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The Art & Science of Respect: A Memoir by James Prince by James Prince: Conversation Starters
James Prince tells us how he transformed from a street hustler to a music company CEO, to a boxing manager, and a successful entrepreneur. He has successfully managed artists, athletes, and celebrities like The Geto Boys, Suge Knight, Mike Tyson, and Andre Ward. In this book, he gives accounts of how he dealt with wily recording industry executives, faced...
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The Punishment She Deserves: A Lynley Novel by Elizabeth George: Conversation Starters
"The Punishment She Deserves" takes readers in one more adventure with Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley and Detective Sergeant Barbara Havers as they try to solve an impossible case in a historic medieval town south of England. Ludlow's inhabitants are shocked when one of the most respected residents — Ian Druitt, the town's priest— is charged with a horrendous...
23) Summary of Rich Dad Poor Dad: What the Rich Teach Their Kids About Money That the Poor and Middle Cl
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Rich Dad Poor Dad: What the Rich Teach Their Kids About Money That the Poor and Middle Class Do Not! by Robert T. Kiyosaki: Conversation Starters
Rich Dad Poor Dad: What the Rich Teach Their Kids About Money That the Poor and Middle Class Do Not!, written by Robert Kiyosaki, goes over the importance of learning how to be financially successful through more than just saving money in a bank account. Instead, the authors explain how one must build assets...
24) Summary of The Complete Ketogenic Diet for Beginners: Your Essential Guide to Living the Keto Lifest
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The Complete Ketogenic Diet for Beginners: Your Essential Guide to Living the Keto Lifestyle by Amy Ramos: Conversation Starters
Amy Ramos' book The Complete Ketogenic Diet for Beginners is one of the most sold books on Amazon. There is a health revolution happening in the world today. Everyone wants to eat healthier, lose weight, feel better and trim their waistline. There are different reasons but most frequently, there is only one goal. One of...
25) Summary of The Power of a Positive Team: Proven Principles and Practices that Make Great Teams Great
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Positivity coach Jon Gordon talks to many of the most outstanding teams in history and reveals how good teamwork happens and how this is related to the team's success. Team practices of highly successful teams like the Miami Heat, the Los Angeles Dodgers, the Navy SEALs, and legendary business teams Apple, Twitter, Southwest Airlines, and Google are featured. The author shares the team principles and tools they use to improve their team culture, commitment,...
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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...
27) Summary of Born Survivors: Three Young Mothers and Their Extraordinary Story of Courage, Defiance
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Born Survivors: Three Young Mothers and Their Extraordinary Story of Courage, Defiance, and Hope by Wendy Holden: Conversation Starters
Born Survivors, the latest book from author Wendy Holden, takes place in World War II. Anka, Priska, and Rachel were three Jewish women during The Holocaust. The three women and their husbands were taken to the Auschwitz concentration camp. Their husbands were killed right away. The three women, who were pregnant,...
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Why Liberalism Failed by Patrick J. Deneen: Conversation Starters
Why Liberalism Failed is the latest political philosophy book by Patrick Deneen. Throughout the twentieth century, there were only three, main political ideologies. These ideologies were liberalism, communism, and fascism. Of those three, Deneen writes that only liberalism is left standing. In the opinion of Deneen, people have started to forget that liberalism is only an ideology....
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Radical Candor: Be a Kick-Ass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity by Kim Scott: Conversation Starters
Entrepreneur Kim Scott is the author of the New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestselling book Radical Candor: Be a Kickass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity. In this book, she shares how people with the best intentions can become bad bosses. They can make the people around them and under them miserable. In the process, they restrain the growth...
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There There: A novel by Tommy Orange: Conversation Starters
There There is the New York Times bestselling book of author Tommy Orange. This groundbreaking book poses the question, "What does it really mean to be an Indian? A native American? American Indian?" There There follows a unique case of teenagers and elders who ask this question in light of the complexity of the modern world. Orange's characters live in the urban Oakland, California. This...
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The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row by Anthony Ray Hinton: Conversation Starters
The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row, Anthony Hinton's debut memoir, tells a tale of a young man being sentenced to death row due to a mistaken identity. Anthony's hope lived on despite the darkness around him, creating a memorable and uplifting moment for all of us to think about. The Sun Does Shine, by Anthony Ray Hinton,...
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Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup by John Carreyrou: Conversation Starters
Elizabeth Holmes is touted as the next Steve Jobs of Silicon Valley, a fast-rising entrepreneur who convinced big-name investors to support her company Theranos valued at $9 billion. The youngest female CEO who has reached billionaire status, nothing could stop her. But something is wrong with her much-vaunted product and Wall Street Journal reporter...
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Dreamland: The True Tale of America's Opiate Epidemic by Sam Quinones: Conversation Starters
Author Sam Quinones published the book Dreamland: The True Tale of America's Opiate Epidemic in 2015. Quinones writes about the shocking and explosive account of addiction in America. It was 1929 in Portsmouth, Ohio. A company built a community swimming pool that was the size of a football field. It became the heart of the community. They named it Dreamland....
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21 Lessons for the 21st Century by Yuval Noah Harari: Conversation Starters
Praised for his innovative view of current issues, Yuval Noah Harari continues to use his probing intellect to understand the future state of the planet and of humanity in his latest book. Can we still demand privacy rights in the future? The nature of work and the workforce will be altered in the advent of robotics-are we prepared for this reality? Terrorism will evolve...
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American history is defined by the fight for racial justice, and the activism and resistance that were involved in its historical past. Black Lives Matter is a continuation of the unceasing work for justice to prevail. Author DeRay Mckesson cites that there is an ongoing conversation about resistance, activism, and justice that needs to be discussed. The movement called Black Lives Matter grew out of the protests organized by Mckesson and his friends....
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Born Trump: Inside America's First Family by Emily Jane Fox: Conversation Starters
Donald J. Trump is a billionaire businessman who is now America's incumbent president. According to Vanity Fair writer Emily Jane Fox, to truly know the man who is now the forty-fifth president of the United States, you must know his five children and son-in-law. Their stories provide the keys that unlock the mystery behind the man. In her book Born Trump, Fox shares...
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Death of a Nation: Plantation Politics and the Making of the Democratic Party by Dinesh D'Souza: Conversation Starters
The progressive narrative of American history highlights the horrors of racism and the sins of white supremacists. This narrative points to the American South and the Republicans led by Trump as the enemies of the state. Dinesh D'Souza asks the question: What if this narrative is not true at all? What if Americans have been believing...
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Keto Comfort Foods: Family Favorite Recipes Made Low-Carb and Healthy by Maria Emmerich: Conversation Starters
Maria Emmerich published Keto Comfort Foods in 2017. The ketogenic diet is one of the most popular diet regimens in the world today. This diet is about nourishing the body through consuming whole foods that are nutritionally dense. No matter what your goal is, when you begin doing the ketogenic diet, you will enhance your overall well-being...
39) Summary of True Roots: A Mindful Kitchen with More Than 100 Recipes Free of Gluten, Dairy, and Refin
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True Roots: A Mindful Kitchen with More Than 100 Recipes Free of Gluten, Dairy, and Refined Sugar by Kristin Cavallari: Conversation Starters.
True Roots, Kristin Cavallari's newest book, talks about how clean eating doesn't have to be a dreadful challenge. Cavallari already learned how dieting is never a good way, but instead, a toxin-free and clean way of eating is the best way to make one feel better both physically and mentally.
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New York Times bestselling book Liars, Leakers, and Liberals The Case Against the Anti-Trump Conspiracy is written by Judge Jeanine Pirro. This book tells of her firsthand account of the Fake News the media does not want the public to know. At this moment in the history of America, the American people are victims of sabotage of the presidency. In spite of this, President Trump continues to fight in the hopes of keeping his promise of Making America...