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Get the Summary of Bono's Surrender in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "Surrender" by Bono is a memoir that intertwines the U2 frontman's medical challenges, such as his unique heart condition and extraordinary lung capacity, with a tapestry of personal memories and reflections on his life and career. Bono delves into his upbringing in 1970s Dublin, marked by the loss of his mother, Iris, and the influence of punk...
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#1 I was on a slope about two hours away from Wakayama Point in 1974, waiting for the time to pass. I had met and talked with Norio Suzuki two weeks before, and he had left a message for me to meet him there again. I was still afraid it might be a trap.
#2 When I met with Major Taniguchi, he gave me a pack of cigarettes with the chrysanthemum crest of the emperor on...
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Get the Summary of Michael A. Singer's The Surrender Experiment in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book.
Original book introduction: Michael A. Singer, author of The Untethered Soul, tells the extraordinary story of what happened when, after a deep spiritual awakening, he decided to let go of his personal preferences and simply let life call the shots. As Singer takes you on this great experiment and journey into life's...
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#1 The Liberation complex is when prisoners of Hitler's fallen Reich, who were expected to be grateful and cooperative, were instead exultant and revengeful. It was not limited to DP camps, but was also applied to entire countries newly liberated.
#2 The Dutch women were in a state of frenzy, like teenage girls at a rock concert. They couldn't help themselves....
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Get the Summary of David R. Hawkins's Letting Go in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: The inner mechanism of surrender was, found to be of great practical benefit and is, described in this book. Dr. Hawkins's previous books focused on advanced states of awareness and Enlightenment. Over the years, thousands of students had asked for a practical technique by which to remove the inner blocks...
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Book Preview: #1 On December 29, 1980, the Nevada State Athletic Commission held a hearing to decide whether or not Muhammad Ali would ever box again. The evidence against him was overwhelming.
#2 Ali's attorneys tried to prevent the hearing by offering to surrender his license in Nevada, but the commission still voted to retire him. Ali began entertaining the crowd with magic tricks.
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#1 The American Pacific Fleet was edgy as rumors circulated that Tokyo was about to surrender. The Japanese empire had been shrinking since 1942, and the elected government was irrelevant.
#2 The two-week Allied conference in Potsdam, Germany, which had begun on July 17, finished on August 2. The conference was primarily focused on the immediate postwar situation in...
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Book Preview: #1 Lincoln was watching the battlefield. In a best-case scenario, his general in chief, Ulysses S. Grant, would trap Confederate general Robert E. Lee and his army inside Petersburg, forcing their surrender. The four-year-old American Civil War would be over, and the United States would be divided no more.
#2 Lincoln was planning on offering Lee the most lenient surrender...
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#1 Joan and Paul, who were lawyers, had tried to find a way to avoid surrendering their three boys to CPS. They had tried to think of every possible way to avoid today's decision, but they had come up empty. Their home was 70 percent filled, and there was nowhere for them to sit or eat as a family. They had to surrender their kids to CPS.
#2 Terri, who is dealing with...
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#1 On 12 April 2014, the storming of the Slavyansk interior ministry building took place, which was the first shot fired in the Donbass War. The Ukrainian police had not resisted the assault and surrendered without a fight. No one was killed or wounded.
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#1 I learned hope the hard way. In September 2014, I was arrested while recording the police brutality in St. Louis. I was surrounded by officers, and one of them threatened to tase me. But instead of fear, I felt calmness wash over me. I've received many death threats over the years, but none have shaken me like that day when the car was in front of my house after...
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Book Preview: #1 On April 30, Hitler took his own life. Krebs and the Soviet commander, General Vasily Chuikov, arrived at Schulenburgring 2 in the Tempelhof district to inform him of the news. Chuikov seemed unimpressed.
#2 Goebbels hoped that the conflicts of interest between the western Allies and their Soviet partner would come to a head and that the Soviet leadership might be...
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#1 The Buddhist poem, written several centuries ago, tries to find words for an intuition that is common to almost every culture in the world. It says that a man does not really begin to be alive until he has lost himself. This is the universal discovery that a man does not really begin to live until he has lost his life.
#2 There is a vital contradiction in the idea...
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Get the Summary of Marianne Williamson's A Return to Love in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Marianne Williamson's "A Return to Love" is a profound exploration of internal fear and turmoil affecting her generation, leading to self-sabotage and destructive behaviors. Williamson shares her personal journey of healing through surrender to God, aligning her mind with love, and recognizing that every moment offers a...
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#1 The signing of the Japanese surrender documents on board the U. S. battleship Missouri in Tokyo Bay on 2 September 1945 was a solemn moment. It all seemed a long way from a certain Sunday morning in December 1941, when Admiral Husband E. Kimmel, C.-in-C. Pacific, had looked out of his office window and seen a swarm of Japanese planes bombing, torpedoing, and strafing...
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#1 We get so distracted because we're so busy and overcommitted. We can choose how much we engage in electronic communication, and how much stuff we cram into our daily lives. This distracts us from what's most important and keeps us from feeling our true emotions.
#2 Focus on what's most important to you and your life and let go of the things that are distractions....
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#1 The Yamas and Niyamas are the foundational principles of all yogic thought. They are like a detailed map that helps you navigate your life and reach your goals. They are not restrictive rules, but rather guidelines that help you live a well-lived and joyful life.
#2 The final five jewels are purity, contentment, self-discipline, self-study, and acceptance. They are...
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#1 Because of the political slander and bile that marred Washington's two administrations, the first president soon came to be regarded as a demigod.
#2 George Washington was born in 1732, the first President of the United States. He was taught by his family and friends, and he was a man of hands rather than brains. He was, however, extremely practical.
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#1 On September 1, 1939, Hitler invaded Poland with fifty-eight divisions, fourteen of which were armored or motorized. Poland put into the field only thirty divisions, mostly cavalry and infantry, with just one motorized brigade.
#2 The Polish General Staff, led by Romer, had unrealistic strategic ideas stemming from a foreign policy that had seen Soviet Russia as the...
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#1 The Eminent Lives series, which pairs great subjects with writers known for their strong sensibilities and sharp, lively points of view, is an ideal introduction for the general reader, the student, and the scholar.
#2 The life of the Prophet Muhammad was as crucial to the unfolding Islamic ideal as it is today. His career revealed the inscrutable God's activity in...
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