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#1 The movement toward sustainable landscaping is gaining momentum. Gardeners are planting more ecologically sound gardens that include both people and wildlife. These gardens are grounded in new concepts such as permaculture and ecological design, but they draw from traditional techniques and designs.
#2 Permaculture designer Larry Santoyo of Earthflow Design...
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Get the Summary of Charmaine Wilkerson's Black Cake in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: In present-day California, Eleanor Bennett's death leaves behind a puzzling inheritance for her two children, Byron and Benny: a black cake, made from a family recipe with a long history, and a voice recording. In her message, Eleanor shares a tumultuous story about a headstrong young swimmer who escapes...
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#1 As you pass through your thirties and forties, you begin to notice changes in your body. You're gaining weight and experiencing cravings. You're feeling old before your time, and just plain off.
#2 There are many bad dogmas in the intermittent fasting community. Don't waste your time or energy on them. Focus on what's important: healthy food, when you eat it, and...
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#1 I was a wannabe, and I wanted to be in the cool group. I figured this would be my ticket. I was used as a convenient tool by my roommates, who planned a trip to the mainland. I assured them that my 1966 VW Bus was perfect for the trip.
#2 I had to convince my best friend, Perro, to be an accomplice. He and I had been sworn enemies in middle school, where I was a year...
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#1 Laroche is a tall, skinny man with pale eyes and a sharp appearance. He is extremely passionate and driven. He has been working for the Seminole Tribe of Florida since he was twenty-one years old, setting up a plant nursery and an orchid-propagation laboratory on the tribe's reservation in Hollywood, Florida.
#2 Laroche is a very unusual person. He is also the most...
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Get the Summary of Stephen Fry's Mythos in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book.
Original book introduction: Here are the thrills, grandeur, and unabashed fun of the Greek myths, stylishly retold by Stephen Fry. The legendary writer, actor, and comedian breathes life into ancient tales, from Pandora's box to Prometheus's fire, and transforms the adventures of Zeus and the Olympians into emotionally resonant and deeply...
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Get the Summary of Michelle Braun's High-Octane Brain in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: American adults fear Alzheimer¹s more than any other disease (including cancer), and because many people do not realize there is no genetic cause for 99 percent of Alzheimer¹s cases, they do not take the necessary steps to change lifestyle factors shown to significantly protect against the disease....
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Get the Summary of The Dalai Lama with Sofia Stril-Rever's My Spiritual Journey in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: In this elegant self-portrait, the world's most outspoken and influential spiritual leader recounts his epic and engaging life story. The Dalai Lama's most accessible and intimate book, My Spiritual Journey is an excellent introduction to the larger-than-life leader of Tibetan...
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#1 I have always had an attraction to the absence of something, whether it was sadness or something else. I was a tomboy as a child, until I wasn't. There was no bridge to the other side.
#2 When I was twelve, I went to the mall with my mother to get makeup applied to my face. I was terrified of the idea, but my mother insisted that I do it. The experience taught me...
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#1 The most important place you can spend time in is your home. Make the most of it by clearing out the excess stuff that's been collecting, and you'll be able to live a more fulfilling life.
#2 There is one moment when people decide to embark on a minimalist lifestyle. For most people, it is when they go on a trip and realize how much they own, and how little space...
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#1 There are four rules of firearm safety: 1. Always treat your firearm as if it is loaded. 2. Never point your firearm at anything you are not willing to destroy. 3. Always keep your finger off the trigger until your sights are on the target. 4. Always be sure of your target and what is behind it before you pull the trigger.
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#1 Gravity does not exist because a majority of politicians decided to pass a law saying that objects fall to the earth. Instead, it is a law of nature, a governing rule that is self-evident.
#2 The House of Representatives of Massachusetts wrote a document that was a defiant objection to the Stamp Act, a new tax on every piece of printed paper used by the colonists.
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#1 The second book in the series, Sacred Symbols of the Dogon, focuses on the Dogon tribe and their cosmology. The book documents many consistent similarities between Dogon mythological keywords and symbols and those of the Egyptian hieroglyphic language.
#2 The Dogon are a modern remnant of a very ancient tradition. They share many common elements of culture, mythology,...
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#1 When Emily fell, she was weightless for a moment between the point where the upward momentum from her limbs was about to give way to gravity, and the point where her body would hit the ground. Her body was still hers, but her fate was sealed.
#2 I was asked to come to the hospital to identify the body of Emily, who had died of apparent suicide. Her home city of New...
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#1 The two men who got on that flight from Moscow to London were actually spies working for a foreign power. They were career officers with Russian military intelligence. Their real names were Anatoliy Chepiga and Alexander Mishkin. They had come to London to murder someone.
#2 The GRU, by contrast, was global. It dealt with external threats. Its mandate was everywhere....
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#1 The book, Moneyball, has sold well over a million copies. It was a significant catalyst in spreading the sabermetric gospel in baseball offices, as well as feeding the growing popularity of sports analytics over the Internet.
#2 The movie and the book both claim that the A's implemented this philosophy. It is also claimed that the strategy worked and explains why...
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#1 There is a five-paragraph introduction to Vonnegut's advice series. He suggests that you find a subject you care about and which you in your heart feel others should care about. It is this genuine caring, and not your games with language, which will be the most compelling and seductive element in your style.
#2 The author's father had a list of criteria for when he...
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#1 On January 3, 1942, an assembly of top army officers was flying in to meet with their naval counterparts, with whom they rarely agreed on anything. The meeting was to discuss the invasion of New Guinea, which lay just eleven hundred miles to the southwest.
#2 In 1940, the Imperial Army had promoted Horii to major general and assigned him command of the South...
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#1 All fats are equal, and will be stored as fat if you don't use them for fuel. Olive oil is far worse for your body than sugar, as it is easily stored as fat and doesn't satisfy your hunger.
#2 The McDougall Program for Maximum Weight Loss is a no-nonsense diet based on the latest scientific and medical evidence about nutrition and the hunger drive. It is a weight...
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Get the Summary of Solomon Northup's Twelve Years a Slave in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: Solomon Northup was born a free man in New York State. At the age of 33 he was kidnapped in Washington D.C. and placed in an underground slave pen. Northup was transported by ship to New Orleans where he was sold into slavery. He spent the next 12 years working as a carpenter, driver, and cotton...
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