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This is a summary of Ron Chernow's Alexander Hamilton (2004); a voluminous book which chronicles the life and legacy of one of America’s Founding Fathers.Alexander Hamilton gained prominence as one of America’s Founding Fathers and leader of the Federalist Party. And as Federalist,...

This is a Summary of Simon Sebag Montefiore’s The Romanovs 1613 - 1918The Romanovs were the most successful dynasty of modern times, ruling a sixth of the world’s surface for three centuries. How did one family turn a war-ruined principality into the world’s greatest empire? And how did...

This is a Summary of Susannah Cahalan’s award winning memoir "Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness" An instant New York Times bestseller that goes far beyond its riveting medical mystery, Brain on Fire is the powerful account of one woman’s struggle to recapture her identity.When twenty-four-year-old...

La vida en todas sus formas, las anécdotas de infancia y el recuerdo de amigos desaparecidos, una calle de Lisboa... La vida en todas sus formas, las anécdotas de infancia y el recuerdo de amigos desaparecidos, una calle de Lisboa, un árbol en el jardín familiar, un viaje a Italia, una...

The scribbled musings of a self-styled Escapist, aimed at breaking down the illusion of reality to explore dimensions of human psychology. The poems explore the interplay of dreams, art and imagination on everyday perspectives of reality.

This is a summary of Daniel Kahneman's book entitled Thinking, Fast and Slow. In the international bestseller, Thinking, Fast and Slow, Daniel Kahneman, the renowned psychologist and winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics, takes us on a groundbreaking tour of the mind and explains the two systems...

Em 1860, como em muitos períodos da sua história, em Portugal discutia-se a manutenção da independência do país, ou a sua união com Espanha para proveito mútuo. Foi neste contexto que o escritor e político português António...

This is a summary of Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill; a revolutionary book.Over 25 years ago, Napoleon Hill, then a young special investigator for a nationally known business magazine, was sent to interview Andrew Carnegie. During that interview Carnegie slyly dropped a hint of certain...

This is a Summary of Eben Alexander’s Proof of Heaven A Neurosurgeon’s Journey into the AfterlifeA Scientist's Case for the Afterlife...Thousands of people have had near-death experiences, but scientists have argued that they are impossible. Dr. Eben Alexander was one of those...

This is a summary of Shonda Rhimes’ Year of Yes: How to Dance It Out, Stand In the Sun and Be Your Own Person.In this poignant, hilarious and deeply intimate call to arms, Hollywood's most powerful woman, the mega-talented creator of Grey's Anatomy and Scandal and executive producer...

This is a Summary of J.D. Vance's Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture In Crisis#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFrom a former marine and Yale Law School graduate, a powerful account of growing up in a poor Rust Belt town that offers a broader, probing look at the struggles...

This is a Summary of Adam Hochschild’s Spain In Our Heart Americans in the Spanish Civil War, 1936 – 1939From the acclaimed, best-selling author Adam Hochschild, a sweeping history of the Spanish Civil War, told through a dozen characters, including Ernest Hemingway and George Orwell: a...

This is a Summary of Nathaniel Philbrick’s Valiant Ambition: George Washington, Benedict Arnold, and the Fate of the American RevolutionFrom the New York Times bestselling author of In The Heart of the Sea and Mayflower comes a surprising account of the middle years of the American Revolution,...

This is a Summary of David D. Burns’ Feeling Good: The New Mood TherapyThe good news is that anxiety, guilt, pessimism, procrastination, low self-esteem, and other ′black holes′ of depression can be cured without drugs. In Feeling Good, eminent psychiatrist David D. Burns, M.D. outlines...