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Listen to this audio analysis of 1984 by George Orwell, a cautionary novel about the abuses of totalitarian government. It tells the story of 39-year-old Winston Smith, a lowly bureaucrat who tries and fails to fight back against his oppressive overlords.

Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed (2019) by author and psychotherapist Lori Gottlieb is a memoir about the process of psychotherapy. When Gottlieb’s boyfriend broke up with her because he didn’t want to help raise her eight-year-old son, she felt blindsided, which led her to seek therapy. Purchase this in-depth audiobook to learn more.

In Secrets of the Millionaire Mind: Mastering the Inner Game of Wealth (2005), author and entrepreneur T. Harv Eker argues that readers can substantially increase their net worth by studying the financial habits and attitudes that rich people commonly have. Although their personalities and temperaments vary greatly, the wealthy generally have similar fiscal ideas and practices.... (Disclaimer: This is NOT the original book. If you’re looking for the original book, it is available from Amazon and Audible.)

Dopesick (2018) details the explosion of OxyContin use in Appalachia in the 1990s and 2000s and the widespread heroin addiction that ensued when medical providers began restricting access to prescription opioids in the late 2000s and 2010s. Journalist and author Beth Macy, who once worked as a reporter in Roanoke, Virginia, traces the efforts of local activists, doctors, law enforcement officials, and parents to combat opioid dependence.... (Disclaimer: This is NOT the original book. If you’re looking for the original book, it is available from Amazon and Audible.)

The Proper Care and Feeding of Husbands (2003) details how wives can improve their marriages and encourage better behavior from their husbands by first addressing the toxic habits women tend to introduce into a relationship. Author and radio talk show host Laura Schlessinger reminds listeners that men are simple creatures who require only three things from a wife: Acceptance, approval, and affection.... Purchase this in-depth summary to learn more.

The Big Leap: Conquer Your Hidden Fear and Take Life to the Next Level reveals one of the most common barriers to an individual's success: the upper limit problem (ULP), a self-imposed, subconscious limit for how much happiness and positivity someone can feel. Using research, case studies, and personal experience, Hendricks explores how the ULP can prevent someone from taking the Big Leap, or reaching his or her highest potential. (Disclaimer: This is NOT the original book. If you’re looking for the original book, it is available from Amazon and Audible.)

The Fountainhead (1943) by Ayn Rand is a novel about a group of fictional architects and their critics in the 1920s and ’30s. Set mostly in New York City, the story follows Howard Roark, a young, preternaturally assured architect, and Peter Keating, his fair-weather friend and quasi-rival, through the ups and downs of their careers and personal lives… Purchase this in-depth analysis to learn more. (Disclaimer: This is NOT the original book. If you’re looking for the original book, it is available from Amazon and Audible.)

A wet washcloth was handed to Alistair and he slapped it none too gently on the back of her neck. She tried to lift her head and he pushed her back down and glared at his brother. He had to take his anger out on someone, and he was the perfect target for it. "You had to scare her off on the first day, didn't you? You just couldn’t stand the fact that you didn't know that Colette wouldn't work for you and that I'd found you suitable help in the meantime." His brother started to speak, but Bronwyn lifted her head again and he shoved her back down. "You should be horse whipped."

This is a summary of The Autobiography of Malcolm X: As Told to Alex Haley (1965), an attempt by Malcolm X to clarify his own beliefs through an account of his life journey. The story traces Malcolm’s surprising transformation from wild hustler in Harlem into devout Black Muslim human-rights activist.... (Disclaimer: This is NOT the original book. If you’re looking for the original book, it is available from Amazon and Audible.)

Thomas Sowell’s book Discrimination and Disparities (2018) is an extended essay by a respected conservative economist and thinker. It addresses questions of why success is elusive and explains what so many people get wrong about social disparity. (Disclaimer: This is NOT the original book. If you’re looking for the original book, it is available from Amazon and Audible.)

This is an analysis of Katherine Boo's Behind the Beautiful Flowers which follows the lives and aspirations of residents of Annawadi, one of Mumbai’s many densely inhabited slums. Boo, a Pulitzer Prize winning reporter, spent three years visiting and researching Annawadi, which was located near the Mumbai airport but hidden from travelers’ view by a wall advertising Italian floor tiles that purportedly stayed “beautiful forever".

HEAVEN, HELL AND PURGATORY (OUT-OF-BODY TRAVEL): The Mystic Knowledge Series is a group of compilations of the Mystic and Out-of-Body Travel Works of Marilynn Hughes on various subjects of scholarship so you may have at your fingertips all the Out-of-Body Travel Instructions on a particular area of study. We hope this series helps those who are interested in a special area of study to read all the recorded mystical and out-of-body travel experiences that the author had on each subject.

This is an analysis of 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos (2018) by Jordan B. Peterson, a sweeping investigation into how humans should cope with life’s suffering. Drawing from biology, anthropology, psychology, history, and mythology, as well as from great thinkers and religions, Peterson outlines 12 key principles that will lead to an ethical and relatively manageable life. Purchase this in-depth analysis to learn more.

Do you want to learn more about how to overcome common struggles for adults with ADD such as managing time and procrastination? Would you like to change your view of Attention Deficit Disorder from a weakness to utilizing it as a strength? Are you interested in the differences between childhood ADD and Adult ADD? Then this book is for you! Adult ADD starts by examining the common symptoms and struggles of those with ADD. It then gives you simple, applicable strategies to manage your ADD symptoms.

Tuesdays with Morrie (1997) by Mitch Albom is a memoir that describes visits he made to his former professor, Morrie Schwartz, while Morrie was dying of ALS in 1995. In 1979, at his college graduation, Mitch runs into his favorite college professor, Morrie....

This is a summary of The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope (2009), in which Malawian inventor William Kamkwamba and journalist Bryan Mealer explain how Kamkwamba, using little more than determination and a few library books, built a windmill capable of generating electricity near his family’s home. Born in 1987, Kamkwamba grew up in a village called Masitala, which is located in the Wimbe district near the city of Kasungu....

Chris Beat Cancer: A Comprehensive Plan for Healing Naturally (2018), by cancer survivor and wellness advocate Chris Wark, offers alternative treatment therapies to cancer patients. In 2002, Wark, who was 26 years old, was diagnosed with stage-three colon cancer. (Disclaimer: This is NOT the original book. If you’re looking for the original book, it is available from Amazon and Audible.)

Outliers: The Story of Success (2008) by Malcolm Gladwell examines statistically anomalous people and events to better understand why individuals succeed or fail. Too many people toil under the myth of meritocracy.... Purchase this in-depth analysis to learn more.

The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail — but Some Don’t considers the common shortcomings statisticians face when attempting to make predictions. While bad predictions can lead to setbacks and false beliefs, accurate predictions can advance scientific knowledge, government efficiency, the quality of education, and other social projects and goals.

What I Know for Sure (2014) by Oprah Winfrey is a compilation of 14 years’ worth of columns Winfrey wrote for O Magazine. In columns targeted to American women, Oprah dispenses life advice and inspiration in the form of glimpses into her remarkable life.... Listen to this in-depth analysis to learn more.