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Get the Summary of Rick Reilly's So Help Me Golf in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: This is the book Rick Reilly has been writing in the back of his head since he fell in love with the game of golf at eleven years old. He unpacks and explores all of the wonderful, maddening, heart-melting, heart-breaking, cool, and captivating things about golf that make the game so utterly addictive....
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#1 When we got married, we knew we wanted children someday, but we also knew that our family home would not be complete without a dog sprawled at our feet. We had grown up with dogs and loved them immensely.
#2 We had just bought a house in West Palm Beach, and we spent months refurbishing it. We brought home a large, four-legged roommate with sharp toenails, large teeth,...
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Get the Summary of Irene Pepperberg's Alex & Me in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book.
Original book introduction: On September 6, 2007, an African Grey parrot named Alex died prematurely at age thirty-one. His last words to his owner, Irene Pepperberg, were "You be good. I love you."
What would normally be a quiet, very private event was, in Alex's case, headline news. Over the thirty years they had worked together,...
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Get the Summary of Rich Paul's Lucky Me in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "Lucky Me" chronicles the life of Rich Paul, who was born to Peaches and Richard Paul in Cleveland, Ohio. Peaches, a tenacious entrepreneur with a knack for cooking and sales, struggled with addiction, while Richard was a respected businessman and community figure. Rich grew up in the challenging environment of his father's store, learning...
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Get the Summary of Viola Davis's Finding Me in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "Finding Me" is Viola Davis's memoir, chronicling her journey from a challenging childhood to becoming an acclaimed actress. Born into a family with a history of abuse and poverty, Davis faced bullying and racism but found strength in her defiance and resilience. Her mother, a survivor of abuse and advocate for welfare reform, and her...
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#1 I was told the water could be dangerous at this time of year. It was extremely cold. When I got in, I took a long breath out.
#2 I was afraid of the cold, so I took an outdoor swim in one of the coldest days of the year. I was not afraid of the cold, but I was afraid of doing things that would get me arrested. I was going to spend January picking up the phone.
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#1 I wanted to see my son in person, but the family who adopted him when he was four was concerned about interrupting his life. I completely understood that, but it still broke my heart.
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#1 I had become used to the smell of my own bucket, and I didn't notice the outside air any more than I noticed the air inside my room. I was only aware that the air outside my house was different, thinner, and crisper.
#2 I had a very difficult time dealing with my mother's criticism. She would constantly tell me how ugly I was, and that no man would ever want me. I had a difficult...
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Get the Summary of Dean Nelson's Talk to Me in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "Talk to Me: How to Ask Better Questions, Get Better Answers, and Interview Anyone Like a Pro" by Dean Nelson is a comprehensive guide to the art of interviewing. Drawing from his own experiences and those of other professionals, Nelson emphasizes the importance of a central idea to steer both writing and interviewing. He illustrates...
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Get the Summary of Joe Biden's Promise Me, Dad in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: In November 2014, thirteen members of the Biden family gathered on Nantucket for Thanksgiving, a tradition they had been celebrating for the past forty years; it was the one constant in what had become a hectic, scrutinized, and overscheduled life. The Thanksgiving holiday was a much-needed respite, a time...
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#1 I had played Hercule Poirot for more than a hundred hours of television over twenty-five years. I had brought him to life for millions of people around the world and helped them to care about him as much as I did. I was relieved that I had done him justice.
#2 I was 40 when I was cast as Poirot, the little man who was so much a part of the rest of my life. I had been...
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#1 I was raised in Berkeley, California, by a pair of pot-smoking hippies. My parents rebellion was buying Coca-Cola by the case and going to Disney on Ice. They wanted to have an emphatically equal partnership.
#2 I had a father who was stereotypically masculine, but he was also very sensitive and liberal. He always treated me like a princess, but he also made sure...
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#1 I was born on June 28, 1926, in Brooklyn, New York. I was the last child born to Kate Kaminsky, whose maiden name was Katie Brookman. I was the center of attention as I was the baby of the family. My father died when I was six years old, leaving me with a lasting frustration about not having a father.
#2 My brothers were all wonderful, and even though they didn't...
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#1 My father, Rabbi Shaul Kaplan, was a short, stiff-shouldered man with flat, sad eyes and a high forehead that faded into a bald pate. He had called his own father Dad, but as a child I was not critical enough to reflect on the discrepancy between the little I knew of his history and his insistence that their way of life had always been as it was.
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#1 My mother, who was a fiction editor, and her friend Andy White, a writer of casuals and poetry, drove me around in an eight-year-old Pierce-Arrow touring car in 1928. They soon got a secondhand beige-and-black 1928 Plymouth roadster.
#2 I was a New York City kid who knew the subways and museums by heart, but in the 1930s, I got out of town a lot, mostly by car. I...
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#1 It's hard to get people to like you, but it's even harder to keep people liking you. You have to care about what you say, but you don't have to care about what people think of you.
#2 I want to share my stories with you, so you can see what I'm really like. I'm excited to get to know you, and I hope you enjoy reading about my life.
#3 The key to looking glamorous...
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#1 I was assigned to serve as an assistant to the orientation officer of my shipment. The officer did not believe in books or theories that did not include a solid, unequivocal QED. He thought the entire Orientation Program was nonsense.
#2 We were in England for only five or six days, and yet the army apparently believed that anti-British sentiment had swept through...
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#1 Vivian Baxter was the firstborn of the Baxter children. Her father, a Trinidadian with a heavy Caribbean accent, had jumped from a banana boat in Tampa, Florida, and evaded immigration agents successfully all his life. He spoke often and loudly with pride about being an American citizen.
#2 Vivian's father made her brothers tough, and she followed suit. She...
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#1 When Paul looked at the post, he was shocked to see a picture of his former fiancée, Nicole, standing by a sweeping harbor and the iconic Sydney Opera House. She was laughing at something the person on the other end of the camera had probably said. She'd been promoted from the first job, and her title was now Head of Finance.
#2 He tried to remember the incident,...
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Get the Summary of Priscilla Beaulieu Presley's Elvis and Me in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "Elvis and Me" is the personal memoir of Priscilla Beaulieu Presley, chronicling her life and relationship with Elvis Presley. The book begins with the somber news of Elvis's death, reflecting on their deep bond despite their divorce. Priscilla recounts her conservative upbringing, her parents' influence, and the revelation...
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