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Book Preview: #1 When we arrived in Rome, we were taken to a refugee camp where we were lodged with other asylum seekers from all over the world. It was a temporary safe space for us until we could be processed and assigned a new country to live in.
#2 At the Hotel Barba, I had the chance to meet many different grandmothers and grandfathers from all over the world. I learned how to...
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Book Preview: #1 I was a bright, playful child, too young and energetic to understand fear. I spent a lot of time in front of the hallway mirror, examining my eyes to discover where the fear was hiding. I was three generations living in the same house: Baba-jan and Nanah-jan, their four daughters, my aunts Kurbra, Hajar, Zahra, and Azizah, my uncles Naseer and Basheer, and me.
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Get the Summary of Nancy Sprowell Geise's Auschwitz 34207 in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "Auschwitz 34207" by Nancy Sprowell Geise tells the harrowing story of Joe Rubinstein, a Jewish man from Radom, Poland, whose life is irrevocably changed by the Holocaust. The narrative begins with Joe's early life in Radom, filled with family love and Jewish tradition, before shifting to the brutal reality of Nazi occupation....
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Book Preview: #1 I was sick on my birthday, and I drunkenly dialed my therapist to tell her about it. She thought I should go to the hospital, and I was so confused about why she was so worried.
#2 I am, in fact, stable now, and on a perfect day, when I am drinking a latte and wearing a feather-light, perfectly layered Zara scarf, I am joyful. I have a schmancy job in comedy that...
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Book Preview: #1 I grew up with the living embodiment of the strength, devotion, and intelligence Laura Ingalls Wilder described in her books. My mother, Frae Ella Berry, was a one-room-schoolhouse teacher who married a man who was a devoted partner but whose restlessness also challenged all her strength.
#2 My mother's story was that she and her sister Edith, her big sister, grew...
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Get the Summary of Michael Finkel's The Art Thief in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession" recounts the astonishing tale of Stéphane Breitwieser, a notorious art thief, and his accomplice and girlfriend, Anne-Catherine Kleinklaus. Breitwieser, driven by a passion for beauty rather than financial gain, meticulously plans and executes the theft of...
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Book Preview: #1 There is one exception to my dislike of euphemisms for dying: the phrase I lost my father. I have always found it difficult to talk about my father's death, but the phrase I lost my father feels plain and lonely, like grief itself.
#2 The experience of loss is different for everyone. It can be the loss of a loved one, a childhood toy, a beloved cat who went outside...
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Book Preview: #1 I borrowed a VCR and struggled with the puzzle of plugs and cords. I pushed one tape in, and it started with Christmas in 1984. I saw a four-year-old girl in a velvet dress, her little neck swallowed by an enormous white lace collar. She had thick, straight-across bangs and braided pigtails.
#2 My father was a brilliant man who had spent his life immersed in tropical...
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#1 Stanley's luck was so good that he did not even realize how lucky he was. He had been born lucky, and he would go on to receive free tickets, a fellowship, and a bohemian loft apartment near the Chelsea Hotel.
#2 Boris's self-containment may be due in part to severe deafness. He was unable to hear what people were saying when he was young, and he feared that he might...
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Book Preview: #1 We were introduced one by one. The chairman of the department, Dr. John Harding, gave a brief history of orthopedic surgery at Mayo, and said we were lucky to be starting in orthopedics now. We were going to spend four years here, two as junior residents and two as senior residents.
#2 I was assigned to be the junior resident surgeon with Dr. Harding. I was scared...
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#1 Rene Enriquez, better known on the streets as Boxer, was a full-fledged member of the Mexican Mafia. He had participated in at least ten murders and had personal knowledge of seven more.
#2 Boxer's criminal career was a demonstration of the lifestyle of the Mexican Mafia, which did not care if its members were caught or went to prison. They adapted and became creatures...
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Book Preview: #1 I am supposed to jump off a cliff and onto a zip wire, but I am terrified. I am here for Mike, my brother, who died of motor neurone disease. He left me a bucket list of things to do on his behalf.
#2 I was finally ready to jump, and I did so. I screamed Mike's name at the top of my lungs, and then I was caught by the second zip line. I laughed euphorically.
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#1 The hearing was held in the Law and Justice Center in Chehalis. There were more media present than spectators. The waiting area was full of people, some appearing for their own trials, and some whose presence there I could not pinpoint.
#2 Everyone hopes for a warm and loving gathering of family and friends, but there is always a subliminal fear that someone we love...
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Book Preview: #1 The climb up Lhotse was terrifying, but I was able to get over it and focus on the ropes. They turned into velvet ropes that led me toward a mysterious, exclusive nightclub.
#2 I have learned to make do with the jumar, which is an extension of me. I respect the jumar and bow to it every time I feel its steel teeth bite down on rope.
#3 At elevations like this, time...
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#1 I had intended to spend the first act of 1776, a musical about the Declaration of Independence, ignoring the stage and staring at Abraham Lincoln's box from my balcony seat. But I was sucked into the play, and I spent the second act in the Lincoln Museum basement.
#2 The play gives the audience a sense of the anguish, embarrassment, and disappointment Adams and Jefferson...
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#1 Amanda Palmer is a complex person. She is passionate about her art, but she is also passionate about her fans and friends. She is inseparable from her music, art, and blog, and she can't be separated from them.
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Get the Summary of Joseph Campbell's The Heros Journey in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Joseph Campbell's "The Hero's Journey" delves into his lifelong exploration of mythology, influenced by his Irish heritage, early mentorship, and academic pursuits. He emphasizes the cyclical nature of life, the importance of aligning with nature, and the role of sacred places. Campbell discusses symbols and mythic motifs that...
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Book Preview: #1 I drop two classes and get put on academic probation. I meet some kids from Foothill College at an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting off campus. I change my major from biology to history and psychology.
#2 The Game was a method of getting through the hardened defenses of drug addicts, similar to AA, but it was actually a form of brainwashing. It lasted days, sometimes...
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