5 min read ⌚ Being thrown in dark and corrupt surroundings does not mean one must become bad himself. Read our summary of “Oliver Twist” and find out a few things about the destiny of one of the best-known orphans of the fictional world. Who Should Read “Oliver Twist”? And Why? Oliver Twist tells the story […]
5 min read ⌚ Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics Nine boys. One boat. A series of trials and fails. And only one chance at victory. Who Should Read “The Boys in the Boat”? And Why? “The Boys in the Boat” is a story about a group of college […]
4 min read ⌚ Anna Karenina. We all know her as the woman who did something unacceptable in her time and threw her life on the railroad tracks. But what made her give up? What did she think? What went wrong? Who Should Read “Anna Karenina”? And Why? From the master of realism, we get yet […]
5 min read ⌚ We all have challenges that we must face. Same as everyone else, one family in Columbia decided to start over and rebuild its future. In this summary, you’ll be introduced to a fraction of the story about the Buendía Family. Who Should Read “One Hundred Years of Solitude”? And Why? Indeed, no […]
8 min read ⌚ The Birth of the Prison Have you ever wondered why public tortures and executions evolved into prisons and penitentiaries? Steven Pinker would say because of the better angels of our nature. Michel Foucault, in “Discipline and Punish” claims that, unfortunately, it’s because of the worse – If not the devils. Who Should […]
8 min read ⌚ Critique of Political Economy They don’t even bother translating the title to make it sound scarier, ha? “Das Kapital” – you have to agree – sounds way more frightening than “Capital,” and “Karl Marx” is a more intimidating author than “Marx and Engels” (the latter sounds as if a corporation, doesn’t it?) […]
5 min read ⌚ Founded by Siddhartha Gautama – The Buddha or the “Awakened,” this relatively old teaching lured many followers in 500 B.C. These so-called early Buddhists quickly began spreading the word of their master – wisdom that will be etched into the hearts of many generations. Siddhartha was born as a prince, who had […]
6 min read ⌚ Become Unstoppable, Irresistible, and Unafraid in Every Area of Your Life You know that you can achieve much more than you have achieved so far – but you’re having second thoughts over how to achieve it? You are probably just insecure and don’t trust yourself enough. And Brian Tracy is here to […]
7 min read ⌚ A Book for All and None Many years before Harari imagined the advent of Homo Deus, Friedrich Nietzsche wrote about Man as the missing link between the Beast and the Overman. And the myth of the eternal return. And the widely misunderstood death of God. There you go – the three main […]
9 min read ⌚ Have you ever been to Yoknapatawpha County? Probably not – since it’s a place which only existed in the mind of William Faulkner. And that’s the place where “The Sound and the Fury” comes from – one of the best and most haunting novels ever written in the history of literature. Who […]
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