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Book Preview: #1 iSight Partners, a private intelligence firm, had a team that specialized in software vulnerability research. In 2014, they discovered a secret security flaw in Microsoft Office that allowed hackers to break out of the confines of the software application and begin to execute their own code on a target computer.
#2 iSight's Ukrainian staff found the email, and Hultquist,...
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#1 I am blessed among men. I was encouraged by my daughter, Maggie, and my wife, Ellen, while writing this book.
#2 My father, Malachy McCourt, was born in Toome, County Antrim. He grew up wild, in trouble with the English, or the Irish, or both. He fought with the Old IRA and for some desperate act he wound up a fugitive with a price on his head. When I was a child,...
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Get the Summary of Greg Steinmetz's American Rascal in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: American Rascal shows Gould's complex, quirky character. He was at once praised for his brilliance by Rockefeller and Vanderbilt and condemned for forever destroying American business values by Mark Twain. He lived a colorful life, trading jokes with Thomas Edison, figuring Thomas Nast's best sketches,...
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Get the Summary of Peter Frankopan's The Silk Roads in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "The Silk Roads" by Peter Frankopan explores the historical significance of the trade routes connecting Asia, Europe, and Africa. It begins with the early civilizations of Babylon and Mohenjo-Daro, highlighting the Persian Empire's influence and the spread of trade during the Han dynasty. The book details the exchange of goods,...
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Get the Summary of Robert Kaplan's The Loom of Time in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "The Loom of Time" by Robert Kaplan delves into the complex history and future of the Greater Middle East, a region stretching from Europe to China, known for its arid climate, political upheaval, and lack of consistent ruling authority. The book examines the region's history of tribalism and religious divisions, the establishment...
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Book Preview: #1 The order to abandon ship was given at 5 P. M. For most of the men, however, no order was needed because by then everybody knew that the ship was done and that it was time to give up trying to save her. They accepted their defeat almost apathetically.
#2 The dog-team drivers had made a canvas chute down to the ice alongside the ship. They took the forty-nine huskies...
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#1 In the jungle-clad hills of Northwest Burma, Billy Williams, delirious with fever, began to regain consciousness. He was riding an elephant through the raging Yu River, and he had never been sicker. He was grateful and believed in Bandoola, his elephant, who could navigate the crossing safely.
#2 The order Hmit! was given, and Bandoola sank down, back legs buckling...
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#1 Christmas wreaths are hung up in Arlington. But it will be a difficult Christmas for Frank. His brother-in-law, Harry Gray, worked at Olmsted-Flint, and last summer he made a model of a boat for his young son.
#2 Harry's father died in December of heart failure. His family was able to put aside a little money, but not much, and after that was gone, they were on their...
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#1 The Borja family, which originated from the remote hill town of Borja, Spain, had royal blood. They believed that the Borgias were the descendants of kings and were destined to become kings once more.
#2 Alonso de Borja was the king's secretary and was in charge of overseeing his affairs and duties. He was also required to undertake diplomatic missions, which he did...
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#1 Gino grew up in Ponte a Ema, a town in Italy that was a laundry town. The orchards outside town were ideal for any pastime that involved hiding and chasing, and he and his friends would frequently play games of tag or cops and robbers in the fields.
#2 Gino's father, Torello, was the primary breadwinner of the family. He was a quiet, old workhorse who moved with the...
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#1 By summer 1943, it was clear that the war was not going the way Hitler had predicted. The Allied landings on Sicily brought the threat of invasion closer to home. Mussolini needed to persuade Hitler that his power was tenuous, so he could receive reinforcements.
#2 Mussolini's call for a meeting of the Grand Council on July 24 to discuss the progress of the war was...
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#1 The Great War, which saw two and a half million Germans die and four million wounded, left a discernible line in the sand between the victors and the vanquished. For Germany, the vanquished, losing the war left the turmoil of economic uncertainty, unbridled violence, and boiling resentment.
#2 In the 1930s, the German government passed increasingly harsh laws against...
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#1 I love having no clothes on me. I feel everything better that way. I feel a shivery-good sensation in my legs. I come up out of the sand and walk out of the way by the naupaka bush to pee.
#2 I loved swimming. I would spend hours in the ocean, and when I was done, I would lie in the sun and feel warm fingers all over my skin. I would help my mom dig a hole in the...
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#1 Sarah Simms Edge was expecting another child in August 1945 and was waiting anxiously for a letter from her husband, U. S. Navy commander Lawrence Lott Edge. She was sure that the war would soon be over, and that her husband would be coming home soon.
#2 The letters continued to arrive from Guam before his seventh war patrol, and after his return in late May. Something...
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#1 Augustus was an icon and a mystery. He ended a century of revolution and brought down the Roman Republic, and replaced it with the empire of which he was the first emperor. He found the perfect number two: a partner to serve as his general and administrator without threatening his power.
#2 Octavian was born in 63 BC. His father, Gaius Octavius, came from a family...
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#1 I have experienced similar defeats in my attempts to respond to other searches for unique identification. I have never been able to answer the question what is your favorite food. because I love them all, but I would not like to live on any one of them as my only food.
#2 My family was living in the city of Dhaka when I was born in 1933. I was not born there, but...
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#1 To understand the rise of Trump, you must understand the history of America. To understand the history of America, you must understand Missouri. Missouri has long been a test case for corruption and injustice, and the country has often looked to it to show what direction it should go in.
#2 Missouri is known as the Cave State, because of the many caves that exist...
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#1 Lee Auchincloss, the daughter of Janet Auchincloss, came to visit her mother at her new job at Harper's Bazaar. She was assistant to fashion icon Diana Vreeland. Lee was elegant and smart, and she had a way about her that was elegant and smart.
#2 Lee Auchincloss was hired as Diana Vreeland's assistant. She never felt the warmth of her mother's approval, as she was...
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#1 The Englishman born to rule, George Nathaniel Curzon, epitomized this concept. He was the eldest of four brothers and six sisters, and he was born in 1859. He was passionate about Kedleston, and he sought to improve it.
#2 George's back pain affected his entire life, and it was reflected in his stiff-necked attitude and prejudices. He was a member of the coterie...
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Book Preview: #1 In 1945, the American heavy bombers came to German city of Straubing and destroyed a third of the city. The Americans then handed out food stamps to the German citizens, who were mostly silent.
#2 As Franz walked down the street, he saw people standing in line to get work. The brickyard was farther down the street, and the veteran he had seen every day for the past...
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