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#1 I am blessed among men. I was encouraged by my daughter, Maggie, and my wife, Ellen, while writing this book.
#2 My father, Malachy McCourt, was born in Toome, County Antrim. He grew up wild, in trouble with the English, or the Irish, or both. He fought with the Old IRA and for some desperate act he wound up a fugitive with a price on his head. When I was a child,...
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Book Preview: #1 The last day, Elizabeth Packard woke up in a handsome maple bed, body covered by a snow-white counterpane. She was surrounded by her six children, who were the sun, moon, and stars of her life.
#2 Theophilus had always tried to control Elizabeth, and she had always resisted him. But he had never before gone through her things at night, and she was shocked by his...
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Get the Summary of Jennette McCurdy's I'm Glad My Mom Died in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: ennette McCurdy was six years old when she had her first acting audition. Her mother's dream was for her only daughter to become a star, and Jennette would do anything to make her mother happy. So she went along with what Mom called "calorie restriction," eating little and weighing herself five...
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#1 When Adam Brown woke up on March 17, 2010, he didn't know he would die that night in the Hindu Kush mountains of Afghanistan, but he was ready. He had written in his journal to both Nathan and Savannah, his ten-year-old son, a letter they weren't meant to see unless the worst happened.
#2 In late 2009, intelligence agencies had been tracking a Taliban leader...
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#1 The contrast between the two men is clear. St. Francis was a lean and lively little man, while St. Thomas was a massive and silent figure. Francis's life was full of plunges and scampers, while St. Thomas's was full of contemplation and study.
#2 St. Thomas was a huge heavy bull of a man, fat and slow and quiet. He was shy, even apart from the humility of holiness,...
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#1 Bellevue Hospital is the oldest hospital in the country, and it is also the most famous public hospital in the United States. It was also the first maternity ward, first pediatric ward, and first C-section.
#2 I was a physician at Dartmouth College for seventeen years, and I was ready to be back in New York and in public health. I had no choice. I loved...
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#1 I was detained in St. Louis longer than I expected, and to make time pass pleasantly I visited with Joe Shurds and had a long talk about the usual topics. Nothing in particular, but matters generally.
#2 Julia's brother, Frederick T. Dent, was a second lieutenant in Grant's regiment, the 4th Infantry. Her father, Frederick F. Dent, was a military title holder....
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#1 I was in my fifties and single in early October 2014. I had just sold my house in Irvine, California, and was moving beyond a painful breakup with a man who had emotionally abused and duped me. I felt optimism in the marrow of my bones: this was my time.
#2 I had completely given up on finding an honest, decent man. The idea of romantic love had become a...
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Book Preview: #1 Poachers had been the scourge of our lives since we bought Thula Thula, a game reserve in central Zululand. They had been targeting us for almost a year now. I couldn't work out who they were or where they were coming from.
#2 I learned that the izinduna were right: someone was operating within the reserve, and they were not local tribesmen and scrawny dogs. They...
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#1 Leakin Park is a beautiful and quiet stream that runs through heavily wooded terrain in Baltimore. It has been a dumping ground for bodies for the past five decades.
#2 Syed Rahman, a Pakistani immigrant, was stabbed to death at his son's high school in Woodlawn, Maryland. His son, Tanveer, was arrested for the murder.
#3 I was in law school in Virginia, married...
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#1 I got a call from a man named Clark who said he was a freelance central banker. He told me he'd never gone to high school, but that he collected modern art. He asked for the number of my fax machine so he could send me copies of the recipes.
#2 I met Clark, the dog menu editor, and he seemed to like me. He spoke with an accent, and occasionally tossed in a word...
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#1 Paul Simon's first love was baseball, and he was obsessed with the sport from a young age. He loved listening to the radio with his father, and when he found out that some players on the cards were close to his own height, he was hopeful that he could play professional ball.
#2 Paul's love of music was born in 1954, when he accidentally heard a new group, the...
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#1 The speaker, Leonard Lake, was going to build a secret room that would house a cell. He would imprison a young woman there, and have complete control over her.
#2 I am a sexist slob. I enjoy using women and, of course, women aren't particularly interested in being used. I don't want to bother or entertain or satisfy a woman's whims of emotional whatevers. I...
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#1 I woke up to a beautiful fall morning, and as I wrote, I thought about my life. I remembered the lies and deceit, and how something so beautiful and freeing turned into something so damaging and real.
#2 I remember the lies and deceit of something so beautiful and freeing turning into something so damaging and real. I was rescued by a man who didn't talk back, but...
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#1 Pearl Jam played at Red Rocks, a sacred place for rock bands, in the early nineties. In 2017, they were not overly enthusiastic about returning to Colorado. -> Pearl Jam's second drummer, Matt Chamberlain, once likened playing with the band to boxing with Mike Tyson. The band members carried out a metal folding chair and placed it next to the others in a semicircle...
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#1 I began professional auditioning in 1996, ten years after I began to play the tuba. I was invited to audition for the New Mexico Symphony Orchestra, and I scraped together money for the plane ticket, the overweight luggage fee, and the oversized luggage fee to fly my two tubas in their hard cases.
#2 I had gone from homeless on the Baltimore streets to studying...
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Book Preview: #1 I was a haole, or white, kid in a primarily Hawaiian school in Honolulu. The other kids made fun of me, and I didn't have any friends. I was too scared to say anything.
#2 I was sent to Kaimuki Intermediate School, a racially segregated school, where I was bullied and had no friends. I was bored in class, and spent most of my time watching the trees outside for...
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#1 I came to Hawaii at the end of July and have been running every day since. I'm aiming at increasing the distance I run, so speed is less of an issue. As long as I can run a certain distance, that's all I care about.
#2 I began living in Cambridge, Massachusetts, at the end of May of this year, and running has been the mainstay of my daily routine ever since. I'm seriously...
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Get the Summary of Greg Clarke & Monte Beauchamp's A Sidecar Named Desire Great in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "A Sidecar Named Desire: Great Writers and the Booze That Stirred Them" by Greg Clarke and Monte Beauchamp is a literary and historical exploration of the relationship between famous writers and their preferred alcoholic beverages. The book delves into the ancient origins of various drinks, such as...
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#1 I was flying on a practice mission at four in the morning. I was zipped in my flying coveralls, fleece-lined boots, and leather fleece-lined pants. I had my navigation kit, two bags, and five #10 grocery sacks.
#2 The crew of Blakely's plane was getting ready. I was in charge of the lead crew, which meant I was in front. I was not a lead navigator. On all my...
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