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Do want to change your life and achieve anything you want? Then this is a book that will truly change one’s life, if the information learned is applied. There will be a step-by-step process on exactly what to do for a 30-90-day period with goal-setting. The information in the book was compiled by years and years of study of public figures such as Bob Proctor, Jack Canfield, Joe Vitale, Napoleon Hill, John Assaraf, and etc.

Patty, LaVerne, and Maxene Andrews created their “unique sound” in part through the development of a “very bright harmonic sense,” first achieved by the older sister, LaVerne. The trio mastered a virtuosic use of close, intricate harmonies, coupled with a precise and a seemingly telepathic rhythmic sense that could be honed for performance in a short period of rehearsal time. These qualities were enveloped in a timbral sheen reminiscent of multiple trumpets.

He was the only sitting member of the House of Representatives elected President to date, but he served only about half a year in the office. He was the second president in less than 20 years felled by an assassin’s bullet. Yet James A. Garfield, a man little known outside his own party before his “dark-horse” nomination by the Republican Party in 1880, was significant in a number of ways. Garfield’s short term marked the first entrance of a “reformist” strain into the presidency that sought to root out corruption and political favoritism in government.

In the span of scarcely more than a half century, the West developed from a handful of scattered fur trapping enterprises, predominantly inhabited by males, to a region full of burgeoning rustic communities. Before the government’s official “closure” of the frontier as a lawless expanse, Western societies were essentially living apart from traditional American rule of law.

The Know Nothing movement can actually be tied to a number of violent episodes and ethnically charged riots that occurred during the last 1850s. The debate over immigration in the 1850s was more than a clash of worldviews - it touched upon the core of America’s values. While nativists, like the Know Nothings, believed that immigrants who embraced politics from their native lands represented a threat to America’s values, those who opposed them argued that it was precisely America’s values that made immigration a necessity and a valuable component of American life.

Despite her distinction and other more notable accomplishments, many people today are not familiar with the groundbreaking actress Dorothy Dandridge, even though she was among the most charismatic and beautiful actresses of the era. Her alluring nightclub acts set pulses pounding across the globe, and she was Hollywood’s first black leading actress. Sadly, all of it came at a high price.

his FastReads summary offers supplementary material to The Nix to help you distill the key takeaways, review the book's content, and further understand the writing style and overall themes from an editorial perspective. Whether you'd like to deepen your understanding, refresh your memory, or simply decide whether or not this book is for you, this FastReads summary is here to help. (Disclaimer: This is NOT the original book. If you’re looking for the original book, it is available from Amazon and Audible.)

This FastReads summary and analysis offers supplementary material to help you distill the key takeaways, review the books' content, and further understand the writing style and overall themes from an editorial perspective. Whether you'd like to deepen your understanding, refresh your memory, or simply decide whether or not this book is for you, FastReads is here to help. Absorb everything you need to know in under 20 minutes per book!

What will you gain from listening to this book? A better understanding of the hardships facing African Americans throughout history. A new perspective of the brutality that slavery inflicted on the enslaved. A perspective of how history might have turned out if a few things had been only slightly different. A unique look into life in 19th century America. An understanding of what the journey towards freedom looked like for many people, and the different ways that freedom can be misidentified.

Dr. Young provides both anecdotal evidence and step-by-step instructions for his refreshing method to behavioral change. His book, Stick with It helps to decipher the science behind lasting change and empowers you to create a fitting process as you journey towards sustainable transformation. This FastReads Summary & Analysis offers supplementary material to Sean Young's Stick with It to help you distill the key takeaways, review the book's content, and further understand the book from an editorial perspective.

Vishen Lakiani's New York Times best-selling book, The Code of the Extraordinary Mind is a combination of the author's philosophy and the life experiences of brilliant thinkers and creators who have achieved greatness in their own lives. It touches on the limiting beliefs that constrain people from living their lives to the fullest.

In this audiobook, Carmen Simon explores how writers, artists, and business communicators can use memory to create content that is impossible to ignore. She asserts that people act on what they remember and that ventures become profitable when they learn to influence what their customers recall in the future. According to the author, people act in favor of a business when the business learns to influence their memory by using the right proportion of facts, distinctiveness, familiarity, emotion, sensory intensity, and other variables in its content.

Don't miss this summary of Andrea Owen's wake-up call of a book: 52 Ways to Live a Kick-Ass Life: BS-Free Wisdom to Ignite Your Inner Badass and Live the Life You Deserve. Owen uses her own personal struggles and triumphs to show you how easy it can be to take charge of your life and start living the way you want. This FastReads summary includes key takeaways and analyses to help you quickly absorb her life-changing wisdom.

Don't miss out on the fresh perspective of best-selling author and social scientist, Brené Brown, in this summary of her audiobook, Rising Strong: The Reckoning, The Rumble, The Revolution. This FastReads Summary contains full chapter synopses, key takeaways, and analysis to help you quickly understand Brown's insight, and turn your own vulnerability into strength today.

How to Draw is a practical drawing course that will guide you in learning how to draw in general. This guide will teach you different techniques in drawing different kinds of things - the most fundamental skill of the arts.

Arianna Huffington's latest book, The Sleep Revolution, examines the ancient, essential, and mysterious phenomenon of sleep and explores the ways sleep can be utilized to regain control over our lives.

This is a highly informative step-by-step guide that demonstrates the fundamentals of hemp jewelry-making in a fun and whimsical way. It supplies a treasure trove of information where everything is covered: from tools that are needed, to the history of macramé, to choosing beads and hemp to work with. There is even a section dedicated to dying hemp. The main focus is in teaching basic macramé knots, along with other techniques such as braiding and weaving, to give the listener a well-rounded, cognizant base on which to start making jewelry of his or her own.

Ever wanted to make your own jewelry? Well now you can with this detailed and instructive guide. You'll amaze your friends and family when you tell them that an amazing jewelry piece was made by you. The author guides you through step by step. Even if you've done some jewelry-making before, this guide is chock full of great information. The guide is specifically designed so you can jump right in to a specific project or start from the beginning.

Simplicity is what we aim for in this book. There are individuals who do not appreciate this form of crafting because they think it is too complicated and boring. In fact, it's the complete opposite, because you are a person who is always enthusiastic to create something beautiful and valuable in terms of effort. This book gives you basic details about cross-stitching, a brief history, a step-by-step guide and a general overview of what to expect in accomplishing a cross-stitch project.

If you have been searching for that which you cannot even articulate and the world's treasure no longer captivates your attention, then you are one for which I've written this book. If all the accolades that life bestows have still left a gaping hole in your psyche, then welcome! You are in a place where God can work abundantly in your life. I invite you to come aside, sit for a while, and ponder these words. Honest skepticism can be the springboard for divine revelation. Allow God to speak to your heart.