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First in Line: Presidents, Vice Presidents, and the Pursuit of Power by Kate Andersen Brower: Conversation Starters
The vice presidency has been described by John Nance Garner as "not worth a bucket of warm piss." For men who have previously occupied powerful political positions before becoming subservient to the president, being vice president is a thankless job. In this book, accounts of how vice presidents have been maneuvering for more important...
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From Cold War to Hot Peace: An American Ambassador in Putin's Russia by Michael McFaul: Conversation Starters
"From Cold War to Hot Peace" is an intimate account of the relations between Russia and the U.S. from 1989 to the present day. It was written by Michael McFaul, who was ambassador to Russia during Obama's presidency. In it, he argues that by 2010 everything indicated that American-Russian relations were improving because Presidents Obama and...
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From the Corner of the Oval: A Memoir by Beck Dorey-Stein: Conversation Starters
In 2012, Beck Dorey-Stein was looking for a job in DC. She found a post on Craigslist that landed her a job as one of the stenographers in the Oval Office of Barack Obama. Six years later, she writes about her story in her book From the Corner of the Oval Office: One Woman's True Story of Her Accidental Career in the Obama White House. This memoir is a behind-the-scenes...
64) Summary of Genius Foods: Become Smarter, Happier, and More Productive While Protecting Your Brain fo
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Genius Foods is a New York Times bestselling book written by filmmaker Max Lugavere. His life changed when his mother was diagnosed with a rare dementia. Max decided to take a break in his media career to explore all that he could about the brain and how it works. He spent years reading brain research, interviewing medical doctors, neurologists and scientists. He hopes to better understand his mother's ailment. In his book Genius Foods, he shares...
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Girl in Snow: A Novel by Danya Kukafka: Conversation Starters
When Lucinda Hayes is found dead in the snow, the small town of Broomsville, Colorado is shaken. Who could have killed the town's beloved "golden girl"? Is it Cameron, the mentally unstable boy who obsessed about her? Or could it be Jade who hated Lucinda for taking away from her everything she loved? As the town wrestles with the truth, Russ, the police officer tasked to solve the murder...
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Give and Take: Why Helping Others Drives Our Success by Adam Grant: Conversation Starters
Adam Grant, the bestselling author of Originals, gives us a revolutionary look at the reasons why our interactions with others lead to success. Grants talk about how we need to stop focusing on what drives us to success individually, like passion, talent, luck, and hard work, and start paying attention to how we interact with others, our approach to work and...
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Go Set a Watchman: A Novel by Harper Lee: Conversation Starters
Go Set a Watchman is a novel that discusses race in the American context. A grown-up Scout (Jean Louise) returns to her hometown in Alabama and confronts a growing unease about how it has irretrievably changed over the years. A partially disabled father, whom she adored, turns out to be handicapped in more ways than one. When Jean Louise has to confront the fact that all the people she...
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In his book, Dr. John E. Sarno uses what he discovered about TMS (Tension Myositis Syndrome) to help people overcome back conditions without dangerous surgery or drugs. He explains that is necessary to identify stress and other psychological factors that can create back pain and, by doing this, patients can heal themselves without physical therapy or specific exercise. Dr. Sarno includes case histories in his book along with the results of in-depth...
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Hell's Angels: A Strange and Terrible Saga by Hunter S. Thompson: Conversation Starters
Gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson vividly recounts his experiences with the most notorious motorcycle gang in California — Hell's Angels. Back in the mid-1960s, Thompson lived for almost two years with the controversial Angels. They cycle up and down the California coast, they revel in their clan's anarchic spirit and as their name befits, they raise hell....
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Hidden Christmas: The Surprising Truth Behind the Birth of Christ by Timothy Keller: Conversation Starters
Hidden Christmas: The Surprising Truth Behind the Birth of Christ by Dr. Timothy Keller, pastor and bestselling author, was written to help you better understand the whole and true story of Christmas. Most people, whether Christian or not, have heard the Christmas story their whole lives yet don't know the whole story. The author takes the watered...
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Hope in the Dark: Believing God Is Good When Life Is Not by Craig Groeschel: Conversation Starters
The prophet Habbakuk's journey from doubting God to recovering his faith is a story that demonstrates how hope is possible in one's darkest times. In his latest book, Pastor Craig Groeschel grapples with life issues that go deep into people's hearts and souls, issues that they avoid talking about. He shares stories of people who went through most trying...
72) Summary of House of Trump, House of Putin: The Untold Story of Donald Trump and the Russian Mafia
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House of Trump, House of Putin: The Untold Story of Donald Trump and the Russian Mafia by Craig Unger: Conversation Starters
The Trump presidency is the culmination of Russian president Vladimir Putin's secret work. Putin and his oligarchs spent many years burrowing into the foundation of American democracy. The Cold War never really ended but evolved into a different phase. The book reveals the hidden alliance between Americans and the Russian Mafia....
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Fascism is on the rise and we ought to see the patterns of fascist politics and resist it. Fascist tactics create divisions among people which lead to a weak society that will easily succumb to proposals of authoritarian governance. This book explains the populist presidency of Trump, the Brexit phenomenon, the rise of Hungarian leader Orban who is supported by rightist politicians, the five-star movement and its roots in Italy, the authoritarian...
74) Summary of How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousn
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How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence by Michael Pollan Conversation Starters
New York Times bestselling author Michael Pollan writes a brilliant book about his own life-changing psychedelic experiences. How to Change Your Mind: What The New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression and Transcendence is...
75) Summary of Hunting El Chapo: The Inside Story of the American Lawman Who Captured the World's Most-W
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Hunting El Chapo: The Inside Story of the American Lawman Who Captured the World's Most-Wanted Drug Lord by Andrew Hogan: Conversation Starters
Former DEA Agent Andrew Hogan and author Douglas Century publish their first book Hunting El Chapo: The Inside Story of the American Lawman Who Captured the World's Most Wanted Drug-Lord. Hogan and his partner Brady were two of the several agents from the Drug Enforcement Administration who caught El Chapo...
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I Can Only Imagine: A Memoir by Bart Miller: Conversation Starters
I Can Only Imagine: A Memoir, by Bart Millard, shows the pain, spark of faith, redemption, and healing that is behind the biggest Christian song in history. Bart Millard shows readers his life with his previously abusive father and how his father found God in an intimate telling within his memoir. I Can Only Imagine: A Memoir, by Bart Millard, became an instant bestseller the moment...
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I Love Capitalism!: An American Story by Ken Langone Conversation Starters
American billionaire co-founder Ken Langone writes his memoir I Love Capitalism! He tells the story of how he reached the American Dream. He came from a hungry kid to a corporate giant whose net worth is beyond his wildest dreams. Ken Lagone is a former director of the New York Stock Exchange and the co-founder of Home Depot. In I Love Capitalism!, Langone says that capitalism...
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I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness by Austin Channing Brown: Conversation Starters
I'm Still Here, Austin Brown's debut is an eye-opening book about how some people in the United States still struggle for acceptance. Brown's book shows her own journey to find self-worth amongst gilded diversity mission statements in various organizations for both her gender and her skin color.
I'm Still Here by Austin Brown has been praised...
79) Summary of Indianapolis: The True Story of the Worst Sea Disaster in U.S. Naval History and the Fift
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Indianapolis: The True Story of the Worst Sea Disaster in U.S. Naval History and the Fifty-Year Fight to Exonerate an Innocent Man by Lynn Vincent and Sara Vladic: Conversation Starters
Authors Lynn Vincent and Sara Vladic team up to write the definitive true story of USS Indianapolis and its unfortunate fate. In Indianapolis, Vincent and Vladic take us back to the midnight of July 30, 1945. This was days after the Indianapolis delivered the atomic...
80) Summary of Into the Raging Sea: Thirty-Three Mariners, One Megastorm, and the Sinking of El Faro
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Into the Raging Sea: Thirty-Three Mariners, One Megastorm, and the Sinking of El Faro by Rachel Slade Conversation Starters
Boston-based journalist Rachel Slade writes about the fate of the container ship El Faro in her book Into The Raging Sea. This happened on October 1, 2015. Inspite of the vessel's satellite communications, navigation system, and weather forecasting, El Faro got swallowed into the Bermuda Triangle when Hurricane Joaquin's fury...
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