Instaread
Author
Description
How do you move on after losing the person you loved? How do you build a life worth living? Louisa Clark is no longer just an ordinary girl living an ordinary life. After the transformative six months spent with Will Traynor, she is struggling without him. When an extraordinary accident forces Lou to return home to her family, she can't help but feel she's right back where she started. Her body heals, but Lou herself knows that she needs to be kick-started...
Author
Description
PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Chris Hayes's A Colony in a Nation and NOT the original book.
Preview:
A Colony in a Nation is Chris Hayes's treatise against police brutality, which persisted and continued to develop after Jim Crow laws were dismantled in the 1960s. This police brutality has been endured mostly by people of color...
Inside this companion to the book:
• Overview of the Book
• Insights from the Book
• Important People
•...
Author
Description
Summary, Analysis & Review of Brad Stone's The Everything Store by Instaread
Preview:
The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon recounts the rise of Amazon since it was founded in 1994. Simultaneously, the book is a partial biography of the company's CEO and founder, Jeff Bezos, whose personality, values, and life experiences have had enormous influence shaping the company as it exists today. He is a much-feared but much-respected leader...
Author
Description
PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Olivia Fox Cabane's & et al The Net and the Butterfly and NOT the original book.
Preview:
The Net and the Butterfly (2017) by executive leadership experts Olivia Fox Cabane and Judah Pollack is a nonfiction book that demystifies the concept of breakthroughs, or specific times when a person is able to transcend previous limitations or thinking. These eureka moments are generally considered the product of luck. In...
Author
Description
PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Paco Underhill's Why We Buy and NOT the original book.
Preview:
In Why We Buy: The Science of Shopping (1999), Paco Underhill details the factors that influence consumer choices and preferences and explains how retailers tailor the environment to induce people to spend. Underhill's team closely studied every detail of shoppers' interactions with the retail environment to find out what inhibits or encourages spending...
Inside...
Author
Description
PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Amy Myers's The Thyroid Connection and NOT the original book.
Preview:
The Thyroid Connection by functional medicine doctor Amy Myers is a self-help book for people who suffer from thyroid dysfunction or suspect that they do. Myers took up her mission to help others understand thyroid conditions when she was in medical school and was diagnosed with Graves' disease, an autoimmune condition that results in hyperthyroidism,...
Author
Description
Summary, Analysis & Review of Peter Godfrey-Smith's Other Minds by Instaread
Preview:
Other Minds: The Octopus, the Sea, and the Deep Origins of Consciousness by Peter Godfrey-Smith discusses the evolution of intelligence in cephalopods in order to better understand the development of consciousness and cognition. Cephalopods like octopuses and cuttlefish have the most complex nervous systems in the invertebrate world. Examining the similarities and...
Author
Description
PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Peter F. Drucker's The Effective Executive and NOT the original book.
Preview:
The Effective Executive (1967) by Peter Drucker summarizes the author's experiences and observations as a time management and team dynamics consultant. Drucker considers everyone who manages his or her personal time to be an executive, and he believes anyone can learn to be an effective executive...
Inside this companion to the book:
•...
Author
Description
Summary, Analysis & Review of Ronald C. White's American Ulysses by Instaread
Preview:
Ronald C. White's American Ulysses: A Life of Ulysses S. Grant is a biography of general, president, and statesman Ulysses S. Grant. During his lifetime, Grant was considered one of the great American leaders, comparable to George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. His reputation has fallen over time, but author Ronald White aims to restore him to his former glory.
Grant...
Author
Description
PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Neil deGrasse Tyson's Astrophysics for People in a Hurry and NOT the original book.
Preview:
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry (2017) by Neil deGrasse Tyson is a collection of essays covering a variety of topics in astrophysics.
Physicists theorize that the universe originated with a Big Bang 14 billion years ago, when all matter that exists in the universe began as an extremely dense point and rapidly spread...
Author
Description
Summary, Analysis & Review of Jodi Picoult's Small Great Things by Instaread
Preview:
Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult is the story of Ruth Jefferson, an African American labor and delivery nurse who is charged with the murder of the newborn son of white supremacists. The novel is also the story of Ruth's public defender, Kennedy McQuarrie, who learns to confront the criminal justice system's racial prejudice.
Twenty years into her career at Mercy-West...
Author
Description
Summary, Analysis & Review of Emma Donoghue's The Wonder by Instaread
Preview:
The Wonder by Emma Donoghue is a novel about Elizabeth "Lib" Wright, a British nurse whose wits, beliefs, and compassion are tested during an unusual assignment in rural Ireland circa 1859. Lib's charge is Anna O'Donnell, an 11-year-old who allegedly hasn't had a bite to eat in four months. Dubious of this so-called miracle, Lib has just two weeks to uncover her young...
Author
Description
PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to David Schwartz's The Magic of Thinking Big and NOT the original book.
Preview:
In The Magic of Thinking Big (1959), professor and leadership expert Dr. David Schwartz argues that the "size" of people's thoughts determines their success in life. Big thinking is categorized as positive and progressive and small thinking as negative and regressive...
Inside this companion to the book:
• Overview of the Book
•...
Author
Description
Summary, Analysis & Review of Ryan Holiday's and Stephen Hanselman's The Daily Stoic by Instaread
Preview:
The Daily Stoic by Ryan Holiday and Stephen Hanselman is an introduction to the practical application of Stoic philosophy in the format of a daily devotional. Often derided as discouraging emotion, Stoicism is a philosophy that encourages discipline, fortitude, and control of perceptions. The greatest possession of a Stoic is reasoned choice,...
Author
Description
Summary, Analysis & Review of Lawrence Levy's To Pixar and Beyond by Instaread Preview: To Pixar and Beyond: My Unlikely Journey with Steve Jobs to Make Entertainment History is Lawrence Levy's personal account of how he and Steve Jobs turned a struggling animation company into a filmmaking powerhouse. Levy is the former Pixar chief financial officer. When Levy arrived at Pixar in 1995 at the behest of CEO Steve Jobs, the animation company was struggling....
Author
Description
PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Chip Heath's & et al Made to Stick and NOT the original book.
Preview:
In Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die (2007), educators and brothers Chip Heath and Dan Heath offer a guide for sharing ideas that stick with listeners. As a framework for their advice, they offer the acronym SUCCES, short for simple, unexpected, concrete, credible, emotional, and stories....
Inside this companion to...
Author
Description
PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Steven Levitt's & et al SuperFreakonomics and NOT the original book.
Preview:
SuperFreakonomics (2009) by Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner is a follow-up to the authors' previous book Freakonomics (2005). Like the previous book, SuperFreakonomics describes research and innovative ideas in the field of behavioral economics for the casual reader...
Inside this companion to the book:
· Overview of the Book
· Insights...
Author
Description
PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Sam Walton's & et al Made in America and NOT the original book.
Preview:
Sam Walton: Made in America (1992) by Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton is an autobiographical account of how Walton, who came from modest means and grew up during the Great Depression, became the proprietor of the largest retailer in the United States. Walton's passion, ambition, and competitive spirit drove him to succeed...
Inside this companion...
Author
Description
PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Tony Robbins's & et al Unshakeable and NOT the original book.
Preview:
Unshakeable (2017) by Tony Robbins with Peter Mallouk is a concise guide to smart investing for both experienced and novice investors. Those without plenty of investing experience often lose out financially because they don't understand the complex rules of the financial market and make uninformed choices, some of which are driven by fear...
Inside...
Author
Description
PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Robert Kiyosaki's Rich Dad Poor Dad and NOT the original book.
Preview:
Robert Kiyosaki's Rich Dad Poor Dad (1997) is an educational story that contrasts the mindsets of the rich and the poor. The Poor Dad is the main character's biological father, who works as a college professor...
Inside this companion to the book:
· Overview of the Book
· Insights from the Book
· Important People
· Author's Style and...