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This is a summary, analysis, and review of the book and not the original book. Jenny Offill's third novel Weather follows the thoughts of librarian Lizzie Benson as she deals with raising a family, helping her brother overcome addiction, and preparing for the end of the world. In Offill's signature style of disjointed autofiction, she takes the reader/listener on a journey through the mind of a woman obsessed with doomsday preparation in a world ever threatened by climate change and divisive politics.

Eilene Zimmerman isn’t under any illusions about how the real world operates under self-imposed expectations and rising stress. She shines a spotlight into the obscurity of substance abuse in white-collar settings, and the truth that’s reflected is more than any of us may be ready to accept. In Smacked, she takes a straightforward approach to a discussion that has been avoided at the highest levels of power and influence. With America at peak drug abuse in over a decade, it’s timely counsel.

Martha MacCallum’s Unknown Valor is both a personal exploration of war and heroism as well as a detailed recounting of several of the most strategic successes in the American campaign against Japanese imperialist expansion during the Second World War. MacCallum relays the grueling details of such critical battles as Tarawa and Saipan, and the narrative culminates in the harrowing story of the months spent fighting for Iwo Jima.

Author and entrepreneur Emily Ley shares her personal experience and wisdom in an attempt to help women find balance in their lives. She reveals the secrets that have helped her find joy and peace despite her hectic role as a mother of three, wife, and businesswoman in When Less Becomes More. This is a summary, analysis, and review of the book.

Part memoir and part pop psychology presentation, Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience, and Finding Joy by Sheryl Sandberg and Adam Grant is about the struggles that Sandberg faced after her 47-year-old husband's unexpected death in 2015. Option A - the life that Sandberg always thought she would have - was to grow old with her husband. Option B was to figure out how to live her best life without him. Sandberg and her husband Dave Goldberg, were on vacation, celebrating a friend's birthday in Mexico when he died.

When her parents are arrested during a shopping event that went out of control, Jubilee is put on a train to Florida to spend Christmas with her grandparents. This is far from ideal for a variety of reasons, first and foremost because Jubilee will miss her boyfriend Noah's Christmas Eve party. Unfortunately, she has no choice. On the train, Jubilee makes a new friend, Jeb, who's headed to Graceland, North Carolina to see his girlfriend, Addie. Just outside of Graceland, a blizzard causes the train to wreck.

Kahneman uses this audiobook to explore how these decision-making processes work. He characterizes the type of rapid-fire, thoughtless reacting, that constitutes most thought as "System 1" thinking, and more reflective, strategic thinking as "System 2." Examples of System 1 managed functions include simple arithmetic, basic reading comprehension, and determining the relative distances and sizes of objects. System 2, by contrast, handles difficult tasks such as parallel parking, walking at a faster-than-normal speed.

Wonder, by R. J. Palacio, is a children's novel about a bright, kind, intuitive 10-year-old who has severe facial abnormalities. August "Auggie" Pullman was born with a rare genetic disorder. He has endured a lot in his short life, including 27 surgeries and the cruelty of strangers who recoil from his unusual appearance. But nothing could quite prepare him for the challenge he must now face: his first year of middle school.

Start Publishing Notes' Summary, Analysis, and Review of Margot Lee Shetterly's Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race includes a summary of the book, review, analysis and key takeaways, and a detailed "about the author" section.

Start Publishing Notes' Summary, Analysis, and Review of Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard's Killing the Rising Sun: How America Vanquished Japan includes: a summary of the book; a review; analysis and key takeaways; and a detailed "About the Author" section.

Please note: This is a key takeaways and analysis of the book and not the original book. Donald Trump's The Art of the Deal gives the audience a comprehensive look at the author's life as a businessman. It is divided into three sections. The first section offers a detailed look at a single Trump workweek, the second section lists the business principles to which Trump adheres, and the third section contains Trump's autobiographical reflections on his early life and most notable business ventures.

On Tommy's 14th birthday, his parents tell him of his birthright - he is a powerful wizard whose roots are traced back to the land of Kranta, a faraway place to whichTommy can teleport to in an instant...with the right spell.

Learn how to enhance the brain. Cerebrum improvement is the procedure of creating intrinsic capacities that permit you to hold memory. When you hold memory, you capacity better in the public eye, work, home, etc.

Start Publishing Notes’ Summary, Analysis, and Review of Kathryn Miles’ Quakeland includes a summary of the book, a review, analysis and key takeaways, and a detailed "about the author" section. Kathryn Miles' Quakeland: On the Road to America’s Next Devastating Earthquake is a popular science book about earthquake science. It focuses on earthquake dangers in the United States and how to prepare for and reduce harm from quakes.

Start Publishing Notes’ Summary, Analysis, and Review of Ryan Holiday’s Perennial Seller includes a summary of the book, a review, analysis and key takeaways, and a detailed "about the author" section. Perennial Seller is a self-help book targeted to entrepreneurs and creative individuals, such as writers, artists, or filmmakers. This book seeks to help people develop a project or product that will be more than a temporary fad - what he calls a perennial seller.

Start Publishing Notes’ Summary, Analysis, and Review of Jen Hatmaker’s Of Mess and Moxie includes a summary of the book, a review, analysis and key takeaways, and a detailed "about the author" section. Of Mess and Moxie: Wrangling Delight out of This Wild and Glorious Life is a collection of nonfiction essays and life advice by the best-selling Christian humorist Jen Hatmaker.

Start Publishing Notes' Summary, Analysis, and Review of Shauna Niequist's Present over Perfect: Leaving Behind Frantic for a Simpler, More Soulful Way of Living includes a summary of the book, review, analysis and key takeaways, and detailed "About the Author" section.

Much has been written about Donald Trump and his campaign for the 2016 Republican nomination for president. But what does the billionaire builder and media personality himself have to say about what America's greatest problems are? And just as important, what solutions does he offer to address these issues? Crippled America: How to Make America Great Again offers a revealing look at his thinking....

Back pain is one of the most common problems that people, at some point in their lives, experience. Back pain can be categorized as lower, middle, and upper back pain. Muscular and nerve problems, arthritis, and degenerative disc disease can all cause back pain. Symptoms of back pain can be alleviated using pain killers, pain medication, exercise, change of posture, and other natural remedies.

He listened attentively when Grandpa talked. Curiosity is a terrible curse, he decided. And curious Zander was. He knew that they were considered outsiders on their street even when he was in the second grade. He just knew it even though people were nice to him and to his mother.