The Revolutionary - Book Summary
"Samuel Adams" 👉 For more insights, check out the full book here 📖 Transcript and written book summary available here for free 🗒️ Author: Stacy Schiff Category: Biography & Memoir
Nov 24, 2023•22 min
20 Minute Books
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Embark on a journey of knowledge with the "20 Minute Books" podcast, your free gateway to invaluable insights distilled from best-selling non-fiction books. Spanning categories such as Business, Entrepreneurship, Psychology, and more we transform influential works into engaging (roughly) 20-minute summaries. Perfect for commuters, budding entrepreneurs, or book enthusiasts, join me as I distill key takeaways from a world of wisdom, offering a rich library of book summaries directly to your ears. Don't miss out on this opportunity to enhance your knowledge landscape in a time-efficient manner.
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Becoming Supernatural - Book Summary
"How Common People are Doing the Uncommon" 👉 For more insights, check out the full book here 📖 Transcript and written book summary available here for free 🗒️ Author: Joe Dispenza Category: Religion & Spirituality
Nov 24, 2023•19 min
Strength in What Remains - Book Summary
"A Journey of Remembrance and Forgiveness" 👉 For more insights, check out the full book here 📖 Transcript and written book summary available here for free 🗒️ Author: Tracy Kidder Category: Biography & Memoir
Nov 24, 2023•27 min
The Doomsday Machine - Book Summary
"Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner" 👉 For more insights, check out the full book here 📖 Transcript and written book summary available here for free 🗒️ Author: Daniel Ellsberg Category: History
Nov 23, 2023•28 min
On the House - Book Summary
"A Washington Memoir" 👉 For more insights, check out the full book here 📖 Transcript and written book summary available here for free 🗒️ Author: John Boehner Category: Biography & Memoir
Nov 23, 2023•25 min
Why Nations Fail - Book Summary
"The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty" 👉 For more insights, check out the full book here 📖 Transcript and written book summary available here for free 🗒️ Author: Daron Acemoglu & James A. Robinson Category: Politics
Nov 23, 2023•33 min
The Truths We Hold - Book Summary
"An American Journey" 👉 For more insights, check out the full book here 📖 Transcript and written book summary available here for free 🗒️ Author: Kamala Harris Category: Biography & Memoir
Nov 23, 2023•32 min
Fast Food Nation - Book Summary
"The Dark Side of the All-American Meal" 👉 For more insights, check out the full book here 📖 Transcript and written book summary available here for free 🗒️ Author: Eric Schlosser Category: Health & Nutrition
Nov 23, 2023•29 min
Fukushima - Book Summary
"The Story of a Nuclear Disaster" 👉 For more insights, check out the full book here 📖 Transcript and written book summary available here for free 🗒️ Author: David Lochbaum, Edwin Lyman, Susan Q. Stranahan and the Union of Concerned Scientists Category: Nature & the Environment
Nov 23, 2023•24 min
A People Betrayed - Book Summary
"The Role of the West in Rwanda's Genocide" 👉 For more insights, check out the full book here 📖 Transcript and written book summary available here for free 🗒️ Author: Linda Melvern Category: History
Nov 23, 2023•40 min
Maoism - Book Summary
"A Global History" Transcript and written book summary available here for free 🗒️ Author: Julia Lovell Category: History
Nov 23, 2023•33 min
The Myth of the Strong Leader - Book Summary
"Political Leadership in the Modern Age" 👉 For more insights, check out the full book here 📖 Transcript and written book summary available here for free 🗒️ Author: Archie Brown Category: Politics
Nov 23, 2023•23 min
Pegasus - Book Summary
"How a Spy in Our Pocket Threatens the End of Privacy, Dignity, and Democracy" 👉 For more insights, check out the full book here 📖 Transcript and written book summary available here for free 🗒️ Author: Laurent Richard and Sandrine Rigaud Category: History
Nov 23, 2023•19 min
Faith Still Moves Mountains - Book Summary
"Miraculous Stories of the Healing Power of Prayer" 👉 For more insights, check out the full book here 📖 Transcript and written book summary available here for free 🗒️ Author: Harris Faulkner Category: History
Nov 22, 2023•14 min
Letter to the American Church - Book Summary
"A Call for Christians and Church Leaders to Learn From the Past" 👉 For more insights, check out the full book here 📖 Transcript and written book summary available here for free 🗒️ Author: Eric Metaxas Category: History
Nov 22, 2023•28 min
Why We Get the Wrong Politicians - Book Summary
"A quick tour of British politics" 👉 For more insights, check out the full book here 📖 Transcript and written book summary available here for free 🗒️ Author: Isabel Hardman Category: Politics
Nov 22, 2023•29 min
Back Channel to Cuba - Book Summary
"The Hidden History of Negotiations Between Washington and Havana" 👉 For more insights, check out the full book here 📖 Transcript and written book summary available here for free 🗒️ Author: William M. LeoGrande & Peter Kornbluh Category: History
Nov 22, 2023•42 min
Navalny - Book Summary
"Putin's Nemesis, Russia's Future?" 👉 For more insights, check out the full book here 📖 Transcript and written book summary available here for free 🗒️ Author: Jan Matti Dollbaum, Morvan Lallouet and Ben Noble Category: Biography & Memoir
Nov 22, 2023•24 min
Jerusalem - Book Summary
"The Biography" Transcript and written book summary available here for free 🗒️ Author: Simon Sebag Montefiore Category: History
Nov 22, 2023•47 min
Mighty Be Our Powers - Book Summary
"How Sisterhood, Prayer, and Sex Changed a Nation at War" 👉 For more insights, check out the full book here 📖 Transcript and written book summary available here for free 🗒️ Author: Leymah Gbowee with Carol Mithers Category: Biography & Memoir
Nov 22, 2023•30 min
On Tyranny - Book Summary
"Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century" 👉 For more insights, check out the full book here 📖 Transcript and written book summary available here for free 🗒️ Author: Timothy Snyder Category: Politics
Nov 22, 2023•20 min
A River in Darkness - Book Summary
"One Man’s Escape from North Korea" 👉 For more insights, check out the full book here 📖 Transcript and written book summary available here for free 🗒️ Author: Masaji Ishikawa Category: Biography & Memoir
Nov 22, 2023•24 min
Falling Upward - Book Summary
"A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life" 👉 For more insights, check out the full book here 📖 Transcript and written book summary available here for free 🗒️ Author: Richard Rohr Category: Mindfulness & Happiness
Nov 21, 2023•24 min
Liars, Leakers, and Liberals - Book Summary
"The Case Against the Anti-Trump Conspiracy" 👉 For more insights, check out the full book here 📖 Transcript and written book summary available here for free 🗒️ Author: Judge Jeanine Pirro Category: Politics
Nov 21, 2023•31 min
What’s Our Problem? - Book Summary
"A Self-Help Book for Societies" Transcript and written book summary available here for free 🗒️ Author: Tim Urban Category: History
Nov 21, 2023•18 min
The End of Power - Book Summary
"From Boardrooms to Battlefields and Churches to States, Why Being in Charge Isn’t What It Used To Be" 👉 For more insights, check out the full book here 📖 Transcript and written book summary available here for free 🗒️ Author: Moisés Naím Category: Politics
Nov 21, 2023•31 min
The Social Contract - Book Summary
"A cornerstone in modern political and social thought" Transcript and written book summary available here for free 🗒️ Author: Jean-Jacques Rousseau Category: Philosophy
Nov 21, 2023•23 min
Impeachment - Book Summary
"An American History" 👉 For more insights, check out the full book here 📖 Transcript and written book summary available here for free 🗒️ Author: Jeffrey A. Engel, Jon Meacham, Timothy Naftali and Peter Baker Category: History
Nov 21, 2023•22 min
In Praise Of Love - Book Summary
"An Ode to Romance, Relationships, and Sex" Transcript and written book summary available here for free 🗒️ Author: Alain Badiou Category: Philosophy
Nov 21, 2023•22 min
Food Fix - Book Summary
"How to Save Our Health, Our Economy, Our Communities, and Our Planet – One Bite at a Time" 👉 For more insights, check out the full book here 📖 Transcript and written book summary available here for free 🗒️ Author: Mark Hyman Category: Health & Nutrition
Nov 21, 2023•30 min
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