Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Book Preview: #1 The 2020 election was a culmination of events that began in 2016 with the rise of Donald Trump, and it was a continuation of the issues that came with his presidency. #2 I was doing all I could to stay calm and collected, but inside I was a wreck. -> On November 7, 2020, Joe Biden was declared president after a lengthy count in Pennsylvania. The networks had been...

"How May I Help You? is Deepak Singh's insightful and thought-provoking account of disillusionment when, as an educated upper-class Indian, he moves with his American wife to the United States and discovers that America doesn't care if he has an MBA from India or had worked for the BBC. Like many immigrants before him, Singh discovers that in America employers only trust him with a minimum wage job as a clerk, but his disappointment and embarrassment...

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Book Preview: #1 For years, the media refused to call Trump out for his racist comments and behavior. Too many still can't differentiate between racial undertones and blatant racism. #2 With Trump as president, the cable news networks began to see huge increases in viewership. However, these audiences were largely composed of older, white men. #3 Broadcast news was pulling...

"The Big Redhead Book: Inside the Secret Society of Red Hair is an inside look into one of the most elite societies in the world--the real two percent. Well, you know, the two percent of the world's population that are natural redheads, at least. This book has equal parts pop culture, ginger facts, and humorous stories about what it's like to actually have red hair. It's loaded with everything you'd ever want to know about us reds; how we're scientifically...

"In this madcap journey, a bestselling journalist investigates psychopaths and the industry of doctors, scientists, and everyone else who studies them. The Psychopath Test is a fascinating journey through the minds of madness. Jon Ronson's exploration of a potential hoax being played on the world's top neurologists takes him, unexpectedly, into the heart of the madness industry. An influential psychologist who is convinced that many important CEOs...

"Harvard Medical School psychologist and Huffington Post blogger Craig Malkin addresses the 'narcissism epidemic' by illuminating the spectrum of narcissism [and] ways to control the trait, and explaining how too little of it may be a bad thing"--

"Donna writes, "I heard we are not our stories; yet, I became a part of mine ? some anyway ? without intention. History changed me more than once. Those past events hold hands with my soul." Since her days of briefly living in a township under South Africa?s apartheid regime to the inhumanity of being homeless in America, readers will be tied closely to the author's vivid story-telling, beginning with the Prologue?s dream sequence. Donna's homeless...

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Book Preview: #1 Americans are fascinated by the law. And why not. The law is important, intellectually challenging, and sometimes outrageous. Consider some cases that have made front-page news: Stella Liebeck, who bought a cup of coffee at McDonald's and spilled it on herself, was awarded $2. 7 million in damages. #2 The law has pervaded our society from the beginning. It is...

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Book Preview: #1 The astronomer Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc was the conductor of the eclipse. He was a self-disciplinarian who never wore silk, drank only white wine, and ate only lightly. He was also a connector of Europe's greatest minds. #2 Peiresc was a scientist who wrote and dictated letters to his friends and colleagues. He published no books, but he left behind 100,000...

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Book Preview: #1 The 2008 financial crisis was a result of many financial manipulations that ordinary people did not understand, and in which they played no part. It cost millions of Americans their livelihoods and their homes and bankrupted many businesses. #2 Americans' well-justified anger is affecting our political discourse, and it is important to understand the why and the what...