9 min read ⌚ Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity Have you ever watched Slumdog Millionaire? Well, this is a book about all the slumdogs who’ll never make it. And, to quote Junot Diaz, it’s “beyond groundbreaking.” Ladies and gentlemen, Katherine Boo’s Behind the Beautiful Forevers. Who Should Read “Behind the Beautiful Forevers”? And […]
11 min read ⌚ “I think everything else I have written,” noted once John Steinbeck, “has been, in a sense, practice for this… It has everything in it I have been able to learn about my craft or profession in all these years.” Considering the fact that these are the words of a Nobel Prize-winning author—a […]
4 min read ⌚ How to Write Your Bestselling Book in Record Time Ever wanted to write a non-fiction bestseller? Start sharpening your imagination: your book’s idea is waiting on your brain’s porch! Just waiting for you to find the key and open the door. In 8 Hour Bestseller, Tim Castleman explains how to do just […]
12 min read ⌚ Quick Summary: According to the book, understanding how these two ways of thinking work can help us make the right personal and professional decisions. The author reveals where we should or should not rely on our intuition and how we can benefit from slow or fast thoughts. He shows us how our choices […]
10 min read ⌚ Care to learn a thing or two about the Spanish Civil War? Then George Orwell’s personal account of it is nothing short of a must! We present to you the summary of his unforgettable Homage to Catalonia. Who Should Read “Homage to Catalonia”? And Why? Homage to Catalonia is not one of […]
10 min read ⌚ Interested to find out what happened during the famous trial of Socrates? If so – this is the book to do it. Plato’s Apology. Who Should Read “Plato Apology”? And Why? Just yesterday we summarized for you a discussion between Socrates and Euthyphro concerning the charges brought up against the philosopher and […]
8 min read ⌚ The Disciplined Pursuit of Less We need to do it all. We can have it all. It’s just wishful thinking. The reality always hits us at the end of the day. Exhaustion and setbacks are some of the side-effects of going in a million directions at the speed of a snail. Never […]
10 min read ⌚ Innocent until proven guilty. Well, apparently, not if your surname is Zeitoun. And you come from Syria. And who better to tell a story of the injustice perpetrated upon ethnic minorities in the USA than Dave Eggers, the author of What Is the What? Who Should Read “Zeitoun”? And Why? If Shakespeare’s […]
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