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  The Wager - Book Summary and...

  David Grann

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  Book summary and Analysis by Loudly, this is an abridged version of the original title
   
  
  
   
  Embark on an unforgettable journey with The Wager, a gripping tale of human endurance, leadership, and the quest for survival in the face of unimaginable odds. Set against the backdrop of the unforgiving sea, this audiobook takes you through a journey that starts with ambition and exploration but quickly transforms into a desperate struggle for life itself.
   
  In this epic story, a group of sailors sets out on an adventure that promises glory and fortune, but they are soon confronted by the fiercest of storms, leaving them stranded on a barren island. As weeks stretch into months, the crew must confront their deepest fears, test their limits, and discover strengths they never knew they had. With leadership fractured and survival uncertain, the men must adapt to their harsh environment, navigate inner conflicts, and find new ways to collaborate to stay alive.
   
  This audiobook offers not only a heart-pounding narrative of survival but also powerful lessons on resilience, adaptability, and the transformative power of leadership. It’s a story that mirrors the challenges we face in our own lives, where setbacks, adversity, and uncertainty are inevitable. What truly matters is how we respond to these challenges, how we grow through them, and how we emerge stronger.

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  Chance Particulars - A Writer's...

  Sara Mansfield Taber

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  “A guide to paying attention to the concrete, sensory details of experience and the process of getting them down on the page.” —James Barilla, author of My Backyard Jungle 
   
  Based on what accomplished nonfiction writer Sara Mansfield Taber learned in her many years of field notebook keeping, Chance Particulars is a unique and handy primer for writers who want to use their experiences to tell a lively, satisfying story. Often, writers try to turn their notes into a memoir, essay, travel piece, or story, only to find that they haven’t recorded enough of details necessary to create evocative description. To help writers overcome this problem, Taber has composed a true “field notebook for field notebook keepers.” Enhanced by beautiful illustrations, this charming and comprehensive guide is a practical manual for anyone who wishes to learn or hone the crafts of writing, ethnography, or journalism. 
   
  Writers of all levels, genres, and ages, as well as teachers of writing, will appreciate this useful tool for learning how to record the details that build vibrant prose. With this book in hand, you will be able to recreate times and places, conjure up intricate character portraits, and paint pictures of particular landscapes, cultures, and locales. 
   
  “At once a delicious read and the distilled wisdom of a long-time teacher and virtuoso of the literary memoir. Her powerful lessons will give you rare and vital skills: to be able to read the world around you, and to read other writers, as a writer, that is, with your beadiest conjurer’s eye and mammoth heart. This is a book to savor, to engage with, and to reread, again and again.” —C. M. Mayo, author of Miraculous Air

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  On the Duty of Civil Disobedience

  Henry David Thoreau, Eireann Press

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  Thoreau wrote his famous essay, On the Duty of Civil Disobedience, as a protest against an unjust but popular war and the immoral but popular institution of slave-owning.

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  Acres of Diamonds

  James Allen

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  One of the most requested motivational lectures of all time. "I say that you ought to get rich, and it is your duty to get rich ... The men who get rich may be the most honest men you find in the community. Let me say here clearly ... ninety-eight out of one hundred of the rich men of America are honest. That is why they are rich. That is why they are trusted with money. That is why they carry on great enterprises and find plenty of people to work with them. It is because they are honest men. ." The central idea of the work is that one need not look elsewhere for opportunity, achievement, or fortune—the resources to achieve all good things are present in one's own community; look in your own backyard for those acres of diamonds. This theme is developed by an introductory anecdote, credited by Conwell to an Arab guide, about a man who wanted to find diamonds so badly that he sold his property and went off in futile search for them. The new owner of his home discovered that a rich diamond mine was located right there on the property. Conwell elaborates on the theme through examples of success, genius, service, or other virtues involving ordinary Americans contemporary to his audience: "dig in your own backyard!". -

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  Ulysses S Grant

  Owen Wister

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  Ulysses S. Grant was the great hero (for the North) in the Civil War and the 18th President of the United States. This short biography is only 145 pages in a little pamphlet size. The author is famous for his stories of the Old West, but he also wrote a substantial body of nonfiction literature. (Summary by David Wales)

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  Jim Bridger: Founder of Bridger...

  Charles H. L. Johnston

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  Jim Bridger was a famous frontiersman in the Rockies whose legacy extended beyond the wilderness he explored. The legends of his life inspired countless western stories, this one included. In this excerpt from Famous Frontiersmen and Heroes of the Border, Charles Johnston presents an adventurous story from Bridger’s youth: one of his early encounters with Blackfoot Indians. Johnston’s classic tale about a real-life explorer will transport any reader to the early days of westward expansion.  
   

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