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Famous Book Lessons & Summary will teach you life lessons, business lessons, leadership lessons This is the Best Place to Find Book Summaries at no extra cost. Too busy to read every book on your list? Subscribe to my podcast today and get the summary of your favourite books delivered to you. Listen to a book summary instead, so you can quickly glean knowledge, prepare for a meeting, or decide to buy the book. Rather than spending six to 10 hours reading a single book, some of us might even spend weeks or months to complete a single book, you might spend a few minutes to an hour instead. ...

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"An engaging picaresque novel of a young man on the run. A warm, well-told story of a likable character with a knack for being in the wrong place at the wrong time." —Publisher's Weekly Willy Middlebrook is a nice boy from the suburbs, a Vietnam vet, a college drop-out majoring in Human Kindness. Framed for the murder of a cop, Willy goes on the lam from the law. With hopeful heart and broken balls he lives among the people of the humble cafes and dusty bars, underground: "They have rough brown skin and wrinkled eyes. They are round and they are usually dirty. They are hard because they have...

We all end up in the same place. It's what you do with your time in between that counts.

Fifty Famous People: A Book of Short Stories" by James Baldwin is an inspiring collection of biographical stories that brings to life the achievements and virtues of historical figures from various walks of life. Published in 1912, this book introduces young readers to fifty well-known personalities, including inventors, leaders, and artists like Benjamin Franklin, Abraham Lincoln, and Sir Isaac Newton. Through engaging storytelling, Baldwin captures key moments and moral lessons from the lives of these famous individuals, highlighting their perseverance, wisdom, and contributions to ...

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Mathew Serback reads some short stories he's published and talks about how they were written. If you're a writer who is looking to learn, Mathew does a brilliant job of breaking down the tools in your workshop. Take a listen.

Discover the dramatic and violent history of "Kentucky's Famous Feuds and Tragedies" with this captivating podcast. Delve into the tales of rivalries, vendettas, and bloodshed that shaped Kentucky's past, offering a gripping narrative that explores the human emotions and societal impacts behind these historical events.

Comedy and romance, history, and tragedy, Shakespeare's canon has it all. Some 400 years after they were written and first performed, his works still remain fresh and relevant today. Shakespeare: His life and Works is an accessible and lavish celebration of the Bard himself and his 39 plays, great sonnets and narrative poems. Themes, plots, characters and language are brought to life with act-by-act plot summaries, resumes of main characters and in-depth analysis of Shakespeare's use of, and influence on, the English language.

Fifty Famous Stories Retold by James Baldwin is a collection of short stories that give a snapshot into the life of a legendary hero or an event in history. Hear how Alexander the Great tamed Bucephalus, the kindness of Doctor Goldsmith, William Tell, George Washington and his hatchet, King Alfred as well as many other interesting tales.View our full collection of podcasts at our website: https://www.solgoodmedia.com or YouTube channel: www.solgood.org/subscribeThis is a Librivox Recording. All Librivox recordings are in the public domain.

This close look at Wonder Woman's history portrays a complicated heroine who is more than just a female Superman with a golden lasso and bullet-deflecting bracelets. The original Wonder Woman was ahead of her time, advocating female superiority and the benefits of matriarchy in the 1940s. At the same time, her creator filled the comics with titillating bondage imagery, and Wonder Woman was tied up as often as she saved the world.

Behind every acclaimed work of literature is a trove of heartfelt decisions. The best authors put painstaking - sometimes obsessive - effort into each element of their stories, from plot and character development to dialogue and point of view. Veteran editor and teacher Richard Cohen draws on his vast reservoir of a lifetime's reading and his insight into what makes good prose soar.

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The son of a devoted Jane Austen scholar, Ted Scheinman spent his childhood summers eating Yorkshire pudding, singing in an Anglican choir, and watching Laurence Olivier as Mr. Darcy. Determined to leave his mother’s world behind, he nonetheless found himself in grad school organizing the first ever UNC-Chapel Hill Jane Austen Summer Camp, a weekend-long event that sits somewhere between an academic conference and superfan extravaganza.