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The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics by Daniel James Brown is a nonfiction account of the remarkable life story of Joe Rantz. Rantz was a determined young man who overcame personal tragedy and hardship to win a gold medal at the 1936 Olympics as a member of the US rowing team. Please note: This product includes an analysis of the audiobook, not the original audiobook.

This is an unofficial summary and analysis of The Black Count, the Pulitzer Prize-winning biography written by author Tom Reiss. The book traces the life of Thomas-Alexandre Davy de la Pailleterie, also known as Alexandre Dumas: a Black general who fought in the French Revolution. The narrative is told through historical documents as well as writings of Dumas' son, the novelist Alexandre Dumas, who wrote The Three Musketeers and The Count of Monte Cristo.

The essence of the Financial Fortress is that as savers and investors, we need to first have a strong defense before we can have a strong offense. As volatility in world markets seems to worsen each year and booms/busts become more intense, preservation of capital is paramount but so is finding opportunities to leverage what we have in order to grow our wealth.

One myth of creating a membership site is that it is difficult to build and maintain. As we learned in this report membership sites are surprisingly easy to set up and sustain. You can construct a site in one month, and all you need is an autoresponder and software you probably already own. There are many sites available to help you verify domain names and set up payment methods. In this eBook we have given you the tools necessary to start and maintain a successful site.

In October of 1960, Nathan McCann is a childless, unhappily married, middle-aged accountant who finds an abandoned baby while walking through the woods on the way to go duck hunting. His hunting dog acts strangely and leads him to the infant buried in leaves under a tree. Nathan rushes the baby to the hospital.

In this hilarious short story, two parents encourage their little girl to grow up, and immediately wonder about the repercussions of their decision, while juggling potty training, theme park visits, and the thought of life without her one day. You will see yourself in this story 100 times over. The Short Years is a series of beautiful vignettes folded into a weekend trip and a look into the future. (Contains selected passages from the book The Long Cutie)

The horizon overlooking the landscape of college football brightened considerably with the announcement that a national committee had approved a four team college football playoff beginning in 2014. At long last, one of America’s most beloved sports and its devoted followers will finally be rewarded with a legitimate champion being crowned on the football field. Or so we’ve been told.

When Hollywood hotshot Paul Terrence began dreaming about his angel in high school, he thought she was just another one of his nightly visitors - the ghosts that come again and again, asking for help and direction. But as years pass, and he steadily becomes more entangled in the long-closed murder case of a famous actress, Paul wonders if this angel actually might be the one real thing worth holding on to.

Set in 2060, Obsession in Death is a murder mystery by J.D. Robb that features homicide detective Lieutenant Eve Dallas. This is the fortieth book in this futuristic crime series.

Preview of this Instaread summary: Co-authors Melissa Hartwig and her husband Dallas Hartwig have backgrounds in nutrition and physical therapy. They have used information gleaned from their own clinical practices and from studying medical research to design an eating program that will improve participants' energy levels, help them lose weight, and make improvements in their overall general health.

The "Down and Dirty" real estate investing and flipping houses guide is a no fluff blueprint to quitting your job and becoming a professional house flipper in 90 days or less. Of all the real estate strategies I have tried over the years, I handpicked the most profitable ones that are working today and featured those in this book. I will show you start to finish how to generate leads, find investors, flip houses, and grow your real estate empire.

Preview of this Instaread: The Paying Guests by Sarah Waters is a historical romance novel and crime story. It is set just outside postwar London in the year 1922. Frances Wray is a 26-year-old single woman who lives with her widowed mother Emily. After losing her two brothers in the war, Frances is left to take care of her mother and the household. Her father mismanaged the family's financial affairs before his death, leaving his wife and daughter struggling to get by with few resources.

At the Water's Edge, a novel by Sarah Gruen, takes place in the waning days of World War II. Maddie Hyde's dissolute husband, Ellis, decides to search for the Loch Ness monster in Scotland. What Maddie learns there about lies, life, and love changes her forever. Inside this Instaread summary & analysis of At the Water's Edge, you will find an introduction to the important people in the book and analysis of themes and the author's style.

Please note: This product includes key takeaways and analysis of Better Than Before by Gretchen Rubin, not the original audiobook. Rubin roots her audiobook in personal experiences with her own family and friends, while citing relevant studies. She specifically investigates how habits are formed, how they are kept, and most importantly, why there is no universal formula for adopting them. The process is independent and relative to personality traits.

Paper Towns is a coming of age story set in Orlando, Florida. It focuses on Quentin, a young man about to embark on his adult life, and the adventure he and his friends, Ben and Radar, have their senior year that centers on the disappearance of their classmate Margo Roth Spiegelman. Quentin lived next door to Margo his entire life, and has a crush on her. He calls living so close to her a miracle and basks in the glory that is her existence. Please note: This is a summary and analysis of the book and not the original book.