Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Book Preview: #1 The mood in the helicopter was upbeat, especially from Ronnie Means. He had taken a job building concrete silos before joining the Army, and he looked like he was giddy. I didn't hit it off with him until we spent five hours together on a bus. #2 I had always known cold and snow in December, but here, the air was so thick and muggy that I struggled to take deep breaths....

Get the Summary of Michael Lewis's Flash Boys in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: Flash Boys is about a small group of Wall Street guys who figure out that the U.S. stock market has been rigged for the benefit of insiders and that, post—financial crisis, the markets have become not more free but less, and more controlled by the big Wall Street banks. Working at different firms, they...

Finalist, 2016 Ralph Waldo Emerson Award
One of Bustle's Books For Your Civil Disobedience Reading List
Examines the key role dissent has played in shaping the United States, emphasizing the way Americans responded to injustices
Dissent: The History of an American Idea examines the key role dissent has played in shaping the United States. It focuses on those who, from colonial days to the present, dissented against

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Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Book Preview: #1 Fitz and I had arrived in Pucallpa, Peru, three days earlier than expected. We were ready to go around the world, but I was nervous about how we were going to afford it. We had a rough itinerary in our hands. #2 When we returned to Pucallpa, the airport had dried enough for use the next morning. We were first in line, but were quickly pushed aside when the clerk opened...

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Book Preview: #1 In 1814, the American lookout at the Pleasure House near Cape Henry saw 46 sails heading up the Chesapeake Bay. The ships were the third year of war with Britain, and now the fighting was moving south from the Canadian border to the nation's front door. #2 When the British sent a letter to President Madison in June 26 supporting his fears that the war would...

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. #1 The Atlanta Race Riot occurred in September 1906, when a political battle between two candidates, Hoke Smith and Clark Howell, resulted in seven men being killed. The White family, who were mail carriers, were afraid to go out that day. #2 As the sun set, gunshots were heard. For the first time in Atlanta's history, a riot call was sounded at 11 p. m. The next morning, newspapers...

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Book Preview: #1 The Gallatin earthquake struck on August 17, 1959, and lasted just under a minute. It sent an entire mountainside crashing down at 100 miles per hour on the lower end of Rock Creek Campground. The slide flowed from south to north, falling more than 1,000 feet. #2 The Painter family of Ogden, Utah, had started the day in Yellowstone. Ray, 47, owned a gas station on...

The Walker Sisters of Little Greenbrier Cove became famous when they bravely stood up to the government, fighting to keep their home and land as the Great Smoky Mountains National Park was being established. When The Saturday Evening Post ran a story about their lives, Margaret Jane, Mary Elizabeth, Martha Ann, Nancy Melinda, Louisa Susan, Sarah Caroline, and Hettie Rebecca became instant celebrities as they became symbols of American freedom and...

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Book Preview: #1 John Wilkes Booth, 26 years old, was a member of a famous theatrical family. He was the son of the legendary actor and tragedian Junius Brutus Booth. His day began in the dining room of the National Hotel, where he was seen eating breakfast with Miss Carrie Bean. #2 The Lincolns' timing was perfect. Good Friday was a slow night, and the news that the president...

This narrative history of sexism in America presents the adventures of Fanny Wright, Victoria Woodhull, Mary Gove Nichols, and their contemporary reformers. Free Love rescues them from the neglect imposed on them by those who so dreaded the equality of women and their threat to change the status quo. The book describes the way myths were employed about the reformers, providing an anatomy of regression that continues in a contemporary culture that...