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No time to read? Get the main key ideas from this summary of Matt Haig’s The Midnight Library in 23 minutes or less. In the fictional story The Midnight Library (2020), Nora Seed, a woman in her mid 30s, experiences all the alternate paths which she had left behind in favor of others. What if she had never given up swimming? Would she have liked her life better as a professional swimmer? What if she had been a glaciologist instead of a student of philosophy? What if she had stayed with her ex-fiancé?

No time to read? Get the main key ideas from this summary of Thomas C. Foster's How to Read Literature Like a Professor in 23 minutes or less.

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No time to read? Get the main key ideas from this summary of Michael Pollan’s This Is Your Mind on Plants in 23 minutes or less. This Is Your Mind on Plants (2021) is a personal inquiry into three types of molecules and the extraordinary plants that produce them: the morphine in the opium poppy, the caffeine in coffee and tea, and the mescaline produced by the peyote and San Pedro cacti. American author Michael Pollan explains that we humans strive to vary, intensify, and sometimes transcend our ordinary consciousness.

No time to read? Get the main key ideas from this Summary of Stacey Abrams’s While Justice Sleeps in 23 minutes or less. In While Justice Sleeps (2021), Stacey Abrams narrates a thrilling tale of a brilliant young lawyer with an eidetic memory who saves the world through her loyalty to a man others had deemed insane. The novel follows Avery Keene as she deciphers the cryptic messages left to her by Supreme Court Justice Howard Wynn before he went into a coma. Avery discovers shocking secrets of biological warfare and genetic engineering that had been kept hidden.

No time to read? Get the main key ideas from this Summary of Dean Karnazes's A Runner’s High in 23 minutes or less. A Runner’s High (2021) is an autobiography that tells the story of 58-year-old ultramarathon runner Dean Karnazes and his return to the Western States 100 Mile Endurance Run in 2018, after a 10-year break. Karnazes looks back on his adventures and reflects on his life as a runner. He describes his experience participating in the Bishop High Sierra 100K and then the big one itself - the Western States.

No time to read? Get the main key ideas from this summary of Amanda & Anna Kloots’ Live Your Life in 23 minutes or less.

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In Don’t Drop the Mic (2021), best-selling author Bishop T.D. Jakes explores the art of communication and how the way we speak and interact with others can be part of our everyday ministries. He clarifies why our manner of speaking and the words we use matter, and offers practical advice on how to craft your message to connect with listeners, whether it's a simple email or a high-profile speech.

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In How The Word Is Passed (2021), Clint Smith chronicles his journey to multiple monuments and sites, exploring the history of Black slavery in America through the stories and events each one of them represents. Clint reflects on the places he visited, and the stories he heard from multiple tour guides, highlighting the importance of keeping the history of Black people’s struggle alive and running in the blood of up-and-coming and future generations.

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In Out of the Cave (2021), Chris Hodges delves into the causes of depression and offers transformative hope and spiritual power to help us win the battle. Out of the Cave teaches us how to remove the stigma of depression and recognize that we're not alone; how our temperament and view of God influence how we deal with depression; and how to take a holistic approach to wellness - mind, body, and soul.

In Panic Attack (2021), physician and author Nicole Saphier exposes the hypocrisy and hysteria that have marked so much of the American pandemic response. For example, she explores how politicians were applauded for allowing ill-equipped nursing homes to accept COVID patients, resulting in a massive death toll in New York and New Jersey.

Wilson’s book, The Wreckage of My Presence (2021), is her unflinching thoughts and feelings about a smattering of subjects, from cults and spin classes (which aren’t all that different) to the reality of spiritual healers in Hollywood. But the book also dives into much deeper and intimate issues, like Wilson’s never-ending struggles with her weight as an actress, the pressures with raising children, and most prominently, the death of her mother.

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No time to read? Get the main key ideas from this Summary of Jason Schreier's Press Reset in 23 minutes or less. For many of us, video games offer entertainment and leisure away from the worries of life and its obligations. But what happens behind the scenes of the video game industry? It’s not all fun and games.