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The Traitor's Game (The Traitor's Game, Book One)

"Hearts and loyalties collide in this electrifying New York Times bestseller from critically acclaimed author Jennifer A. Nielsen -- in paperback alongside Book Two! Jennifer A. Nielsen's New York Times bestseller The Traitor's Game, which Entertainment Weekly called 'the next big YA fantasy,' is perfect for fans of the Red Queen series by Victoria Aveyard and the Throne of Glass series by Sarah J. Maas. Kestra Dallisor has spent three years in exile in the Lava Fields, but that won't stop her from being drawn back into her father's palace politics. He's second-in-command to the cruel king, Lord Endrick, which makes Kestra a valuable bargaining chip. A group of rebels knows this -- and they snatch Kestra from her carriage as she reluctantly travels home.The kidnappers want her to retrieve the lost Olden Blade, the only object that can destroy the king, but Kestra is not the obedient captive they expected. One of the rebels, Simon, has his hands full as Kestra tries to foil their plot, by any means necessary. As motives shift and secrets emerge, both have to decide what -- and who -- it is they're fighting for."

Jennifer A. Nielsen (Author), Curran-Dorsano Michael, Jesse Vilinsky (Narrator)

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Summary, Analysis, and Review of Rebecca Skloot's The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

"Summary, Analysis, and Review of Rebecca Skloot's The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks PLEASE NOTE: This is a key takeaways and analysis of the book and NOT the original book. Start Publishing Notes' Summary, Analysis, and Review of Rebecca Skloot's The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks includes a summary of the book, review, analysis & key takeaways, and a detailed About the Author section. PREVIEW: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks is a creative nonfiction book that explores the source of HeLa, the most commonly used human cell line in the world. In order to bring its origin to light, Rebecca Skloot weaves together several narrative threads. One is primarily focused on Henrietta Lacks, the woman who, without her knowledge, became central to 20th century biomedical research. Another is the birth of modern biomedical research itself and its roots in the American eugenics movement. Finally, there is the impact of this research, both of the Lacks Family and on society at large. Skloot divides the book int"

Start Publishing Notes (Author), Michael Gilboe (Narrator)

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Summary, Analysis, and Review of Ron Chernow's Alexander Hamilton

"Summary, Analysis, and Review of Ron Chernow's Alexander Hamilton PLEASE NOTE: This is a key takeaways and analysis of the book and NOT the original book. Start Publishing Notes' Summary, Analysis, and Review of Ron Chernow's Alexander Hamilton includes a summary of the book, review, analysis & key takeaways, and a detailed About the Author section. PREVIEW: Ron Chernow details the life of Alexander Hamilton, the wunderkind of the Founding Fathers, the ultimate outsider-turned-insider, and the subsequent poster child for both Democrats and Republicans, depending on how they interpret his economic and political theories. To understand how Hamilton arrived at those theories-his idea for a central bank, his belief in a strong executive branch and an independent judiciary, his abolitionist leanings-one needs to see how his surroundings and his psychology impacted him. Hamilton's origin story begins in the Caribbean, where he was born and raised under inauspicious circumstances, which makes it all the more imp"

Start Publishing Notes (Author), Michael Gilboe (Narrator)

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Summary, Analysis, and Review of Timothy Ferriss's Tools of Titans: The Tactics, Routines, and Habit

"Summary, Analysis, and Review of Timothy Snyder's On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century PLEASE NOTE: This is a key takeaways and analysis of the book and NOT the original book. Start Publishing Notes' Summary, Analysis, and Review of Timothy Snyder's On Tyranny includes a summary of the book, review, analysis & key takeaways, and a detailed About the Author section. PREVIEW: Timothy Snyder's On Tyranny is a primer on what people can do to resist tyranny. It also provides tools for recognizing tyranny and discusses historical background on how tyrannical governments have been established in the past. Snyder uses examples from twentieth century Europe, particularly from communist and fascist regimes, to illustrate his arguments. Furthermore, he uses examples from American history and European history to provide resources for recognizing tyranny and combating it. History also shows though that democratic traditions do not necessarily protect a nation from tyranny. The fact that tyrannies ofte"

Start Publishing Notes (Author), Michael Gilboe (Narrator)

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Summary, Analysis, and Review of R.J. Palacio's Wonder

"Summary, Analysis, and Review of R.J. Palacio's Wonder PLEASE NOTE: This is a key takeaways and analysis of the book and NOT the original book. Start Publishing Notes' Summary, Analysis, and Review of R.J. Palacio's Wonder includes a summary of the book, review, analysis & key takeaways, and a detailed About the Author section PREVIEW: Wonder is a children's novel about a bright, kind, intuitive ten-year-old who has severe facial abnormalities. August Auggie Pullman was born with a rare genetic disorder. He has endured a lot in his short life, including twenty-seven surgeries and the cruelty of strangers who recoil from his unusual appearance. But nothing could quite prepare him for the challenge he must now face: his first year of middle school. Until recently, August, who lives in Manhattan, led a fairly sheltered life with his devoted parents and his fifteen-year-old sister. He's been homeschooled for his entire life, but his parents think it's time to send him out into the world. The idea frightens"

Start Publishing Notes (Author), Michael Gilboe (Narrator)

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Summary, Analysis, and Review of Margot Lee Shetterly's Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the U

"Summary, Analysis, and Review of Margot Lee Shetterly's Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race PLEASE NOTE: This is a key takeaways and analysis of the book and NOT the original book. Start Publishing Notes' Summary, Analysis, and Review of Margot Lee Shetterly's Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race includes a summary of the book, review, analysis & key takeaways, and a detailed About the Author section. PREVIEW: Hidden Figures begins with a prologue recounting author Margot Lee Shetterly's childhood in Hampton, Virginia. Her father worked for NASA's Langley Research Center, and Shetterly was surrounded by an upwardly mobile black community. As Shetterly grew up and left Hampton, she became fascinated by the people she had grown up with and the individuals her father had once mentioned in passing. The popular conception of NASA was that of an o"

Start Publishing Notes (Author), Michael Gilboe (Narrator)

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Summary, Analysis, and Review of Neil Gaiman's American Gods

"Summary, Analysis, and Review of Neil Gaiman's American Gods PLEASE NOTE: This is a key takeaways and analysis of the book and NOT the original book. Start Publishing Notes' Summary, Analysis, and Review of Neil Gaiman's American Gods includes a summary of the book, review, analysis & key takeaways, and a detailed About the Author section. PREVIEW: American Gods is a novel about a war between old world gods, who have been transplanted to America by the Vikings, Egyptians, Irish, Africans, and more, and the more modern American gods-personifications of media and technology-who have sprung up in the United States over time. In most mythological systems, gods create; however, in American Gods, Gaiman presents a world in which human beings create gods. The deities require human belief, sacrifice, and/or worship in order to survive. The Old Gods, who are no longer worshipped, have lost power and solidity over the years. Although they still have some special abilities, they can be killed and destroyed much like"

Start Publishing Notes (Author), Michael Gilboe (Narrator)

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Summary, Analysis, and Review of William H. McRaven's Make Your Bed: Little Things That Can Change Y

"Summary, Analysis, and Review of William H. McRaven's Make Your Bed: Little Things That Can Change Your Life and Maybe the World PLEASE NOTE: This is a key takeaways and analysis of the book and NOT the original book. Start Publishing Notes' Summary, Analysis, and Review of William H. McRaven's Make Your Bed: Little Things That Can Change Your Life and Maybe the World includes a summary of the book, review, analysis & key takeaways, and a detailed About the Author section. PREVIEW: Make Your Bed presents ten life lessons William H. McRaven gleaned from his training as a Navy SEAL and his career in the military. Each lesson is illustrated with anecdotes drawn from McRaven's experiences. The book was inspired by a 2014 commencement address McRaven delivered at the University of Texas, Austin. That speech is reprinted at the end of the volume."

Start Publishing Notes (Author), Michael Gilboe (Narrator)

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Summary, Analysis, and Review of Steven Pinker's The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has D

"Summary, Analysis, and Review of Steven Pinker's The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined PLEASE NOTE: This is a key takeaways and analysis of the book and NOT the original book. Start Publishing Notes' Summary, Analysis, and Review of Steven Pinker's The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined includes a summary of the book, review, analysis & key takeaways, and a detailed About the Author section. PREVIEW: Steven Pinker's The Better Angels of Our Nature argues that violence has been decreasing over most of human history. People have innate tendencies towards violence, but they also have innate tendencies towards peace. Historical developments, especially the consolidation of state power and the Enlightenment, have allowed humans to move away from violence, murder, and war, and move towards more peaceful ways of living."

Start Publishing Notes (Author), Michael Gilboe (Narrator)

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Summary, Analysis, and Review of Maureen Johnson, John Green, and Lauren Myracle’s Let It Snow: Thre

"Summary, Analysis, and Review of Maureen Johnson, John Green, and Lauren Myracle's Let It Snow: Three Holiday Romances PLEASE NOTE: This is a key takeaways and analysis of the book and NOT the original book. Start Publishing Notes' Summary, Analysis, and Review of Maureen Johnson, John Green, and Lauren Myracle's Let It Snow: Three Holiday Romances includes a summary of the book, review, analysis & key takeaways, and a detailed About the Author section. PREVIEW: Let It Snow: Three Holiday Romances is a collection of three interrelated novellas about teenage romance. The first novella is The Jubilee Express by Maureen Johnson, which is written from the perspective of sixteen-year-old Jubilee Dougal. When her parents are arrested during a shopping event that went out of control, Jubilee is put on a train to Florida to spend Christmas with her grandparents. This is far from ideal for a variety of reasons, first and foremost because Jubilee will miss her boyfriend Noah's Christmas Eve party. Unfortunately, sh"

Start Publishing Notes (Author), Michael Gilboe (Narrator)

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Summary, Analysis, and Review of Robert Greene's The 48 Laws of Power

"Summary, Analysis, and Review of Robert Greene's The 48 Laws of Power PLEASE NOTE: This is a key takeaways and analysis of the book and NOT the original book. Start Publishing Notes' Summary, Analysis, and Review of Robert Greene's The 48 Laws of Power includes a summary of the book, review, analysis & key takeaways, and a detailed About the Author section. PREVIEW: The 48 Laws of Power claims to offer readers the secrets to amassing power within the confines of contemporary society. In the book's preface, Robert Greene argues that, at least on the surface, the quest for power has been demonized. From his perspective, however, very little has changed in the time between the royal courts of old and the high-intensity boardrooms of today. According to Greene, the people who amass the most power are those who can crush their enemies while appearing outwardly benevolent. The essence of Greene's perspective on power dynamics can be aptly summarized by President Teddy Roosevelt: Speak softly, and carry a big s"

Start Publishing Notes (Author), Michael Gilboe (Narrator)

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Summary, Analysis, and Review of William Paul Young's The Shack: Where Tragedy Confronts Eternity

"Summary, Analysis, and Review of William Paul Young's The Shack: Where Tragedy Confronts Eternity PLEASE NOTE: This is a key takeaways and analysis of the book and NOT the original book. Start Publishing Notes' Summary, Analysis, and Review of William Paul Young's The Shack: Where Tragedy Confronts Eternity includes a summary of the book, review, analysis & key takeaways, and a detailed About the Author section. PREVIEW: The Shack is the story of Mackenzie Phillips, or Mack, whose daughter, Missy, is kidnapped on a camping trip and killed. Mack experiences a crisis of faith. God appears to Mack in the form of the Trinity and heals him. The book explores issues of grief, faith, evil, forgiveness, and God's presence in human lives. The book opens with a frame story by William Paul Young writing as himself. Young says he is a friend of Mack and his family, including his wife, Nan, and their children, Josh, Kate, and Missy."

Start Publishing Notes (Author), Michael Gilboe (Narrator)

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