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Trumpocracy: The Corruption of the American Republic by David Frum: Conversation Starters
In "Trumpocracy: The Corruption of the American Republic", author David Frum explains why he believes President Trump is threatening our most valuable institutions, and why even the most demanding media is not acknowledging it. Frum unravels the ways in which Trump and his administration are quietly but steadily —and maybe irrevocably- hurting the principles...
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The Diversity Delusion: How Race and Gender Pandering Corrupt the University and Undermine Our Culture by Heather Mac Donald: Conversation Starters
American universities are in crisis for undermining humanistic values that further cause divisions among its citizens. The ideologies against racism and sexism are promoted on college campuses as professors overlook Chaucer, Milton, Shakespeare, and American history in favor of identity politics and ideology....
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Democracy in Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right's Stealth Plan for America by Nancy MacLean: Conversation Starters
James McGill Buchanan was an economics professor at George Mason University who died in 2013. He was a Nobel Prize winner whose political ideas could very well be the primary cause behind the political divisiveness that the United States is going through. His teachings directed America's billionaires to adopt an agenda that...
4) Summary of Whiskey in a Teacup: What Growing Up in the South Taught Me About Life, Love, and Baking
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Whiskey in a Teacup: What Growing Up in the South Taught Me About Life, Love, and Baking Biscuits by Reese Witherspoon: Conversation Starters
Academy Award-winning actress Reese Witherspoon publishes her first book Whiskey in a Teacup: What Growing Up in the South Taught Me About Life, Love, and Baking Biscuits. She invites you into her world in a southern style. She infuses the style she grew up with into her parties and traditions. She loves all...
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Never Split The Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It by Chris Voss: Conversation Starters
The book Never Split The Difference is written by Chris Voss. He is a former international hostage investigator for the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Prior to joining the FBI, Voss was part of the Kansas City police force. He has witnessed crimes after crimes in the city. After this stint, he began his career in the FBI. His job as a hostage...
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From the Corner of the Oval: A Memoir by Beck Dorey-Stein: Conversation Starters
In 2012, Beck Dorey-Stein was looking for a job in DC. She found a post on Craigslist that landed her a job as one of the stenographers in the Oval Office of Barack Obama. Six years later, she writes about her story in her book From the Corner of the Oval Office: One Woman's True Story of Her Accidental Career in the Obama White House. This memoir is a behind-the-scenes...
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In his book, Dr. John E. Sarno uses what he discovered about TMS (Tension Myositis Syndrome) to help people overcome back conditions without dangerous surgery or drugs. He explains that is necessary to identify stress and other psychological factors that can create back pain and, by doing this, patients can heal themselves without physical therapy or specific exercise. Dr. Sarno includes case histories in his book along with the results of in-depth...
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The Man God Has For You: 7 Traits To Help You Determine Your Life Partner by Stephan Labossiere: Conversation Starters
Author and relationship coach Stephan Labossiere says that you deserve a great man. The question is where he is or if he even exists in the first place. Labossiere says that he does and he is out there. He has been handpicked by God for you and he is waiting to experience a wonderful relationship with him. But before you look, you...
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Discrimination and Disparities by Thomas Sowell: Conversation Starters
Thomas Sowell's bestselling book Discrimination and Disparities is his empirical examination of how the economic disparities and other disparities arise. Different outcomes like economic and others have a big difference depending on the individuals, their groups or their nations. Many explanations about the differences have been offered by many scholars and thinkers. Some of them...
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The Perfect Weapon: War, Sabotage, and Fear in the Cyber Age by David E. Sanger: Conversation Starters
World conflict has now evolved from nuclear weapons and terrorism into cyberwarfare, one that the US suddenly finds itself disadvantaged. The US is the most advanced nation in cyber technology and yet has been subject to numerous cyber-attacks from other countries including that of the Russian interference in the 2016 elections in which the US has...
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Bullshit Jobs: A Theory by David Graeber: Conversation Starters
Bullshit jobs are spiritually and morally corrosive and make people extremely unhappy. If people are denied meaningful jobs that enable them to somehow contribute something to the world, they become mad or deeply miserable. They hold jobs that have no real usefulness except to justify careers. These jobs won't be missed if they suddenly disappear in the workplace. How do you deal with...
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The Nine of Us: Growing Up Kennedy by Jean Kennedy Smith: Conversation Starters
The Nine of Us: Growing Up Kennedy" is a memoir by ambassador Jean Kennedy Smith, the eighth of the nine children born to Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. and Rose Fitzgerald. In her book, she looks back at a time long ago when she and her siblings (including future President John F. Kennedy, Senator Ted Kennedy, Senator Robert F. Kennedy, and Special Olympics founder Eunice Kennedy...
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Varina: A Novel by Charles Frazier: Conversation Starters
Bestselling author of Cold Mountain Charles Frazier releases his newest novel Varina. After marrying an old widower for financial security, Varina Howell expected a secure and peaceful life as a wife of a Mississippi landowner. However, her husband's decision to pursue politics brings an end to that security and peace. Varina finds herself at the center of one of American history's darkest...
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Hidden Christmas: The Surprising Truth Behind the Birth of Christ by Timothy Keller: Conversation Starters
Hidden Christmas: The Surprising Truth Behind the Birth of Christ by Dr. Timothy Keller, pastor and bestselling author, was written to help you better understand the whole and true story of Christmas. Most people, whether Christian or not, have heard the Christmas story their whole lives yet don't know the whole story. The author takes the watered...
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Rise and Grind: Outperform, Outwork, and Outhustle Your Way to a More Successful and Rewarding Life by Daymond John: Conversation Starters
New York Times bestselling author Daymond John rediscovers the age-old virtues of persistence, hard work, and grit. He motivates his readers that every great and successful man and business is built on these old-fashioned virtues. Rise and Grind: Outperform, Outwork, and Outhustle Your Way to a More Successful...
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Political Tribes: Group Instinct and the Fate of Nations by Amy Chua: Conversation Starters
"Political Tribes" is a book written by bestseller author Amy Chua. In it, she argues that Americans tend to always regard the world in terms of countries engaged in great ideological combats, for example, Democracy vs. Authoritarianism or Capitalism vs. Communism. Chua defines this as a blindness that is responsible for undermining American foreign policy....
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From Cold War to Hot Peace: An American Ambassador in Putin's Russia by Michael McFaul: Conversation Starters
"From Cold War to Hot Peace" is an intimate account of the relations between Russia and the U.S. from 1989 to the present day. It was written by Michael McFaul, who was ambassador to Russia during Obama's presidency. In it, he argues that by 2010 everything indicated that American-Russian relations were improving because Presidents Obama and...
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Dear Ijeawele, or A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: Conversation Starters
There is no single way to be a feminist. There are many ways to be one, however, and novelist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie suggests we explore many ways in how women can be equal to men. Adichie is asked by a friend from their home country of Nigeria on how to raise her baby daughter to become a feminist. Adichie gives her 15 suggestions, which...
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Uninvited: Living Loved When You Feel Less Than, Left Out, and Lonely by Lysa TerKeurst: Conversation Starters
In the New York Times bestselling book Uninvited, Lysa TerKeurst shares about rejection. She personally struggled with rejection from an incredibly painful childhood when she was abandoned by her father up to an insecure adulthood when she perceived she was being judged by a perfect woman. TerKeurst leans in to explore the truth about rejection...
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Hell's Angels: A Strange and Terrible Saga by Hunter S. Thompson: Conversation Starters
Gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson vividly recounts his experiences with the most notorious motorcycle gang in California — Hell's Angels. Back in the mid-1960s, Thompson lived for almost two years with the controversial Angels. They cycle up and down the California coast, they revel in their clan's anarchic spirit and as their name befits, they raise hell....