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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; a review; analysis and key takeaways; and a detailed "About the Author" section.

Neil deGrasse Tyson, a former star, amateur wrestler at Harvard who went on to become an award-winning astrophysicist, might be the most well-known science communicator in the United States since the late Carl Sagan. Tyson, who has served as the director of the Hayden Planetarium in New York City since 1996, had published a dozen books prior to Astrophysics for People in a Hurry; all of them have been aimed at a popular audience. In spite of that, Astrophysics for People in a Hurry is probably his most accessible and scaled-down work to date.

In her book You Were Born for This: Astrology for Radical Self-Acceptance, world-famous astrologer Chani Nicholas guides readers through their birth charts and explains what the placement of each planet, sign, and house means for their identity, emotions, motivations, and life purpose. This is a summary, analysis, and review of the book.

Please note: This is a summary, analysis and review of the book and not the original book. Our thought life determines how we live and how we feel about our lives. It is possible to change the way we think; negative thoughts can be tamed, and our minds transformed.

Jocko Willink’s Leadership Strategy and Tactics is a handy guide to the laws and principles of leadership in combat, business, and life. What does this Start Publishing Notes' summary, analysis, and review include Summary of the original book, easily digestible takeaways distilling the main ideas, a description of the laws and principles of effective leadership, tips to gain more trust and influence, nurture better work relationships, and create high-performance teams, editorial review and analysis, and background on Jocko Willink.

>Includes a summary of the book, review, analysis & key takeaways, and detailed "About the Author" section. Preview: Elizabeth Gilbert's Big Magic is her ode to creativity and inspiration. Gilbert, who's garnered acclaim most famously for her book Eat Pray Love, seeks to impart to listeners that the act of artistic creation does not have be a tortured, complicated process: it's better to just do, and worry about questions of merit or quality only once a work is actually finished. Gilbert opens the audiobook with an anecdote on Jack Gilbert.

Profiles in Corruption is a heavily researched, heavily cited investigation, primarily into the Democratic presidential hopefuls in the 2020 election. The overarching theme of the book is both the daily hypocrisy we are faced with in politics and the fact that small corruptions often lead to larger ones once more power is concentrated in a single person and begins to flow to everyone in their orbit. Schweizer leaves no stone unturned as he pores through the financial records, backchannel deals, and blantant corruption.

Eilene Zimmerman isn’t under any illusions about how the real world operates under self-imposed expectations and rising stress. She shines a spotlight into the obscurity of substance abuse in white-collar settings, and the truth that’s reflected is more than any of us may be ready to accept. In Smacked, she takes a straightforward approach to a discussion that has been avoided at the highest levels of power and influence. With America at peak drug abuse in over a decade, it’s timely counsel.

In Tightrope: Americans Reaching for Hope, Pulitzer Prize winning journalists Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn take a personal and harrowing look at the pervasive problems of poverty, drug abuse, and rising death rate in America through the stories of the people in America's forgotten towns. What they discover is a problem that goes far beyond unemployment or personal choice: they discover America's great social depression.

Start Publishing Notes' Summary, Analysis, and Review of Nick Bilton's American Kingpin: The Epic Hunt for the Criminal Mastermind Behind the Silk Road includes a summary of the book, review, analysis and key takeaways, and detailed "about the author" section. Please note: This is an analysis and key takeaways of the book and not the original book.

In The Self-Care Solution, physician and ABC News medical correspondent Dr. Jennifer Ashton offers readers a peek into her world as she shares the 12 wellness challenges that helped her transform her health and well-being. She shows us that it is possible to live the lives we desire by simply taking small steps and recasting our challenges as opportunities for change.

Start Publishing Notes' Summary, Analysis, and Review of Danny Meyer's Setting the Table: The Transforming Power of Hospitality in Business includes a summary of the book, review, analysis and key takeaways, and a detailed "about the author" section.

When the little girl from Haiti entered Mitch Albom’s life, everything changed. When she left, her legacy of joy, family, courage, and overcoming left the world richer for her being in it, however brief. Chika Jeune was a Haitian national sent to the same orphanage that Mitch Albom found himself managing in 2013. They were devastated when she was diagnosed with DIPG months later. The couple took Chika into their home in America, caring for her, and shouldering her medical bills. There is more to the story than the birth of a family, though.

The 5 Second Rule: Transform Your Life, Work, and Confidence with Everyday Courage by Mel Robbins is a self-help book based on a simple psychological tool that the author developed to motivate herself. Using a technique that involves counting down backwards from five to one, she gave herself the extra push she needed to complete dreaded tasks, become more productive, and live a more fulfilling life. She hopes that listeners will follow in her footsteps.

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Peggy Orenstein’s Boys and Sex provides an open and incisive look into the sexual experiences of boys and the challenges that come with being a sexually active teen. She goes deep into the teenage psyche to uncover what they think about rape, consent, porn, homosexuality, hookups, and much more. A must-listen for every teen and their parents!

Ben Sasse...claims at the outset that The Vanishing American Adult is a nonpartisan audiobook: he is diagnosing and attempting to solve a problem that affects both Democrats and Republicans alike, since a lack of self-reliance among young people threatens the future of the whole country. While serving as president of Midland University in Omaha, Nebraska, Sasse encountered a population of undergraduates who were in a profound state of arrested development, unable to properly mature into adulthood.

Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration by Ed Catmull (with Amy Wallace) takes a close look at the special culture that the author helped establish at Pixar, the computer-generated animation studio that he co-founded. Reflecting on his personal career, his management philosophy and the highs and lows of Pixar's history as a company, Catmull discusses strategies for nurturing creativity and diagnoses common problems faced by creative professionals.

In Everybody Lies: Big Data, New Data, and What the Internet Can Tell Us About Who We Really Are, Seth Stephens-Davidowitz cleverly manipulates Big Data to explore the dark underside of American consciousness. Using powerful new methodologies, the author analyzes anonymous Google searches across a wide range of subjects about which people tend to be secretive.

In The Power of Showing Up, Daniel Siegel and Tina Payne Bryson share a powerful scientific framework that is bound to revolutionize the art of parenting. They provide the key ingredients that can help any parent raise a well-balanced and secure child who enjoys life and thrives in adversity. In The Power of Showing Up, Siegel and Bryson leverage their decades of experience in the area of child psychology to show parents that there is a better way. Perfection shouldn’t be the goal. Instead, parents should focus on establishing a secure attachment with their child.