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1) Summary of Suicide of the West: How the Rebirth of Tribalism, Populism, Nationalism, and Identity Po
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Suicide of the West: How the Rebirth of Tribalism, Populism, Nationalism, and Identity Politics is Destroying American Democracy by Jonah Goldberg: Conversation Starters
Two-time New York Times bestselling author Jonah Goldberg his newest book Suicide of the West: How The Rebirth Of Tribalism, Populism, Nationalism, and Identity Politics Is Destroying American Democracy. Goldberg makes a case that only once in the last 250,000 years have humans found...
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Democracy in Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right's Stealth Plan for America by Nancy MacLean: Conversation Starters
James McGill Buchanan was an economics professor at George Mason University who died in 2013. He was a Nobel Prize winner whose political ideas could very well be the primary cause behind the political divisiveness that the United States is going through. His teachings directed America's billionaires to adopt an agenda that...
3) Summary of Whiskey in a Teacup: What Growing Up in the South Taught Me About Life, Love, and Baking
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Whiskey in a Teacup: What Growing Up in the South Taught Me About Life, Love, and Baking Biscuits by Reese Witherspoon: Conversation Starters
Academy Award-winning actress Reese Witherspoon publishes her first book Whiskey in a Teacup: What Growing Up in the South Taught Me About Life, Love, and Baking Biscuits. She invites you into her world in a southern style. She infuses the style she grew up with into her parties and traditions. She loves all...
4) Summary of The Diversity Delusion: How Race and Gender Pandering Corrupt the University and Undermin
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The Diversity Delusion: How Race and Gender Pandering Corrupt the University and Undermine Our Culture by Heather Mac Donald: Conversation Starters
American universities are in crisis for undermining humanistic values that further cause divisions among its citizens. The ideologies against racism and sexism are promoted on college campuses as professors overlook Chaucer, Milton, Shakespeare, and American history in favor of identity politics and ideology....
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From the Corner of the Oval: A Memoir by Beck Dorey-Stein: Conversation Starters
In 2012, Beck Dorey-Stein was looking for a job in DC. She found a post on Craigslist that landed her a job as one of the stenographers in the Oval Office of Barack Obama. Six years later, she writes about her story in her book From the Corner of the Oval Office: One Woman's True Story of Her Accidental Career in the Obama White House. This memoir is a behind-the-scenes...
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Trumpocracy: The Corruption of the American Republic by David Frum: Conversation Starters
In "Trumpocracy: The Corruption of the American Republic", author David Frum explains why he believes President Trump is threatening our most valuable institutions, and why even the most demanding media is not acknowledging it. Frum unravels the ways in which Trump and his administration are quietly but steadily —and maybe irrevocably- hurting the principles...
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Bullshit Jobs: A Theory by David Graeber: Conversation Starters
Bullshit jobs are spiritually and morally corrosive and make people extremely unhappy. If people are denied meaningful jobs that enable them to somehow contribute something to the world, they become mad or deeply miserable. They hold jobs that have no real usefulness except to justify careers. These jobs won't be missed if they suddenly disappear in the workplace. How do you deal with...
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Never Split The Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It by Chris Voss: Conversation Starters
The book Never Split The Difference is written by Chris Voss. He is a former international hostage investigator for the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Prior to joining the FBI, Voss was part of the Kansas City police force. He has witnessed crimes after crimes in the city. After this stint, he began his career in the FBI. His job as a hostage...
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I Can Only Imagine: A Memoir by Bart Miller: Conversation Starters
I Can Only Imagine: A Memoir, by Bart Millard, shows the pain, spark of faith, redemption, and healing that is behind the biggest Christian song in history. Bart Millard shows readers his life with his previously abusive father and how his father found God in an intimate telling within his memoir. I Can Only Imagine: A Memoir, by Bart Millard, became an instant bestseller the moment...
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The Nine of Us: Growing Up Kennedy by Jean Kennedy Smith: Conversation Starters
The Nine of Us: Growing Up Kennedy" is a memoir by ambassador Jean Kennedy Smith, the eighth of the nine children born to Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. and Rose Fitzgerald. In her book, she looks back at a time long ago when she and her siblings (including future President John F. Kennedy, Senator Ted Kennedy, Senator Robert F. Kennedy, and Special Olympics founder Eunice Kennedy...
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In his book, Dr. John E. Sarno uses what he discovered about TMS (Tension Myositis Syndrome) to help people overcome back conditions without dangerous surgery or drugs. He explains that is necessary to identify stress and other psychological factors that can create back pain and, by doing this, patients can heal themselves without physical therapy or specific exercise. Dr. Sarno includes case histories in his book along with the results of in-depth...
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Tools of Titans by Timothy Ferriss Conversation Starters
A Brief Look Inside:
EVERY GOOD BOOK CONTAINS A WORLD FAR DEEPER
than the surface of its pages. The characters and their world come alive,
and the characters and its world still live on.
Conversation Starters is peppered with questions designed to
bring us beneath the surface of the page
and invite us into the world that lives on.
These questions can be used to create hours of conversation:
Foster...
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Discrimination and Disparities by Thomas Sowell: Conversation Starters
Thomas Sowell's bestselling book Discrimination and Disparities is his empirical examination of how the economic disparities and other disparities arise. Different outcomes like economic and others have a big difference depending on the individuals, their groups or their nations. Many explanations about the differences have been offered by many scholars and thinkers. Some of them...
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The Perfect Weapon: War, Sabotage, and Fear in the Cyber Age by David E. Sanger: Conversation Starters
World conflict has now evolved from nuclear weapons and terrorism into cyberwarfare, one that the US suddenly finds itself disadvantaged. The US is the most advanced nation in cyber technology and yet has been subject to numerous cyber-attacks from other countries including that of the Russian interference in the 2016 elections in which the US has...
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Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder by Nassim Nicholas Taleb: Conversation Starters
The Black Swan author Nassim Nicholas Taleb released his bestselling book Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder in 2012. This book is part of the Incerto series. Taleb investigates the phenomena of uncertainty, luck, opacity, human error, probability, risk and decision-making in a world we humans barely understand. Human bones get stronger when subjected...
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Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging by Sebastian Junger: Conversation Starters
Tribes are small groups of individuals who have a clearly defined purpose and understanding. Tribes were indispensable for human survival before but somehow it got lost in modern society. New York Times bestselling author Sebastian Junger argues that it still is significant to our psychological survival.
Before the American Revolution, the English settlers were on constantly...
17) Summary of The War on Normal People: The Truth About America's Disappearing Jobs and Why Universal B
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The War on Normal People: The Truth About America's Disappearing Jobs and Why Universal Basic Income Is Our Future by Andrew Yang: Conversation Starters
A "wave of automation and job loss" is currently taking over American industries. Experts in robotics, automation, artificial intelligence, and software have warned that job losses will continue to happen in the coming years. "Normal people," who represent the 70 percent of the American population,...
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Beartown: A Novel by Fredrik Backman: Conversation Starters
Beartown is a town just about to be condemned to insignificance. Its economy has been stagnant for years and people are slowly leaving for better opportunities outside. It has one more chance to redeem itself though. Its junior hockey team has made it to the semifinals. Victory for the team means more jobs and economic opportunities for the town. But Kevin, its 17-year-old star player is...
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Every Note Played is the latest book from author Lisa Genova. It is the heartbreaking story of one man's battle with ALS. Richard is a world-famous concert pianist. He has played for his fans all over the globe. He is celebrated for his perfect accuracy and ability to play with deep emotion that moves his audiences. To his surprise, Richard was diagnosed with ALS, which meant life as he knew it would end. He has already lost the ability to move his...
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The Challenger Sale: Taking Control of the Customer Conversation by Matthew Dixon and Brent Adamson: Conversation Starters
The Challenger Sale opens with this question: What's the secret to sales success? Most business leaders would answer the question with relationships. While that is fundamentally true, Matthew Dixon and Brent Adamson argue that it is not enough to build relationships with customers. To be successful, business leaders need to challenge...