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Don't miss this summary of the first installment of the newest saga in the Harry Potter adventures! J.K. Rowling debuts her first screenplay with Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. Learn about the world of wizardry in America long before Harry and friends are ever born!

Siddhartha Mukherjee's best-selling book, The Gene: An Intimate History, is an epic and exhaustive work on the history, impact, and story of the most groundbreaking human discovery in generations - the gene. This FastReads summary and analysis offers supplementary material to The Gene to help you distill the key takeaways, review the book's content, and further understand the writing style and overall themes from an editorial perspective.

In Scott Adam's life-changing book, How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big, the author encourages listeners to invite failure into their professional lives as it is often the raw material for success. He asserts that no matter how many times you fail, you can come out ahead if you learn something in the process.

Jenny Lawson's bestselling collection of hysterical, off-beat wisdom, Furiously Happy tells the story of her struggle with depression and anxiety through her hilarious, laugh-out-loud point of view that manages to put everything into perspective.

This FastReads Summary & Analysis offers supplementary material to Furiously Happy to help you distill the key takeaways, review the book's content, and further understand the writing style and overall themes from an editorial perspective. Whether you'd like to deepen your understanding, refresh your memory or simply decide whether or not this book is for you, FastReads Summary & Analysis is here to help. Absorb everything you need to know in under 20 minutes!

Viktor Frankl's memoir, Man's Search for Meaning is about so much more than one man's experiences in a concentration camp. As a book about the Holocaust, it helps to shed light on the day-to-day struggles that inmates faced physically, psychologically, and socially. But it also reaches far beyond camp life and into the meaning of life itself.

This book is different from other management books because it addresses problems that other books don't. It teaches you how to deal with the hard things. So, what are the hard things? Setting a big goal and getting your employees to achieve it is not a hard thing; the hard thing is when you miss that goal and have to lay people off. Other management books try to present a recipe for dealing with situations that have no recipes. There are no recipes for building a start-up or composing a hit single, or running for the president of the United States. That's the hard thing about hard things.

Please Note: This is a summary, analysis and review of the book and not the original book. It is meant as a supplement to, not a replacement for, The Hard Thing About Hard Things.

Funny, heart-warming, charming, surprising, honest, and fresh. Fredrik Backman got his start as a Swedish blogger, but the almost instant success of A Man Called Ove has catapulted him into much-deserved fame. With this debut novel, Backman has undoubtedly written the feel-good book of the year.

Whether you are currently aspiring, succeeding, or failing, ego is always lurking around. It limits your attempt to build, to maintain, or to recover. Ryan Holiday's best-selling book, Ego Is The Enemy offers practical wisdom to overcome your inner ego and find real success.

Don't miss this FastReads book bundle, Money & Motivation. This bundle includes five summaries of best-selling books on money, motivation, and success to help you stay focused, achieve more, and make your money work harder for you. Each summary includes key takeaways and analysis of the original book to help you quickly absorb the author's wisdom in a distilled and easy-to-digest format. FastReads' summaries mean you save time and money listening to only what you need.

This FastReads summary bundle, The Better You, includes five summaries of best-selling books on overcoming obstacles, cultivating emotional strength, and being the best you you can be. Get started creating the kick-ass life you've always wanted! This FastReads summary bundle includes: Summary of Rising Strong by Brene Brown; Summary of Year of Yes by Shonda Rhimes; Summary of 13 Things Mentally Strong People Don't Do by Amy Morin; Summary of The Universe Has Your Back by Gabrielle Bernstein; and Summary of 52 Ways to Live a Kick-Ass Life by Andrea Owen.

In his acclaimed memoir, 10% Happier, Dan Harris recounts the events leading to his televised panic attack and the series of events that followed — involving evangelicals, self-help gurus, Buddhists and neuroscientists — on his accidental quest to find himself.

This FastReads Summary & Analysis offers supplementary material to 10% Happier to help you distill the key takeaways, review the book's content, and further understand the writing style and overall themes from an editorial perspective. Whether you'd like to deepen your understanding, refresh your memory, or simply decide whether or not this book is for you, FastReads Summary & Analysis is here to help. Absorb everything you need to know in under 20 minutes!

Don't miss Robert Cialdiani's long anticipated follow-up to his blockbuster book Influence. Robert Cialdiani uses heavily researched data along with relatable situations to show you a new way to influence people before you even open your mouth.

Arianna Huffington's latest book, The Sleep Revolution, examines the ancient, essential, and mysterious phenomenon of sleep and explores the ways sleep can be utilized to regain control over our lives.

Don't miss out on this FastReads book bundle, Happy Life. This bundle includes five summaries of best-selling books on feeling good, finding joy in your daily life, letting go of the small stuff, and being truly happy. This bundle provides advice on happiness from spiritual, personal, and scientific perspectives. For anyone looking to shift their life towards more daily positivity, this is the bundle for you!

Hillbilly Elegy is a powerful, riveting memoir that tells us about J.D. Vance’s journey from a young, troubled boy to a graduate of Yale Law School. He grew up in Appalachia - in a small town that was drug-torn and filled with misery. It’s very difficult to discern the discontent and rage coming from the working-class whites in modern America, but this audiobook helps you understand why they behave the way they do. Yes, they may seem like a "bunch of lunatics," but at the end of the day, they are just like us.

Vishen Lakiani's New York Times best-selling book, The Code of the Extraordinary Mind is a combination of the author's philosophy and the life experiences of brilliant thinkers and creators who have achieved greatness in their own lives. It touches on the limiting beliefs that constrain people from living their lives to the fullest.

Please note: This is a summary and not the original book. If you're living through the 21st century, but feeling like the pace of life has picked up beyond what you can handle, Thank You for Being Late will help you understand why. Renowned journalist Thomas L. Friedman has returned to what he does best in this fascinating field guide to modern life - though many of the conclusions he comes to might leave you feeling anything but optimistic.

Don't miss this summary of Bryan Stevenson's controversial and eye-opening book, Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption. This FastReads summary provides chapter synopses, key takeaways, and analysis to help you fully digest this stunning, personal, and in-depth look at the racial injustices plaguing the American justice system.

Don't miss this summary of Andrea Owen's wake-up call of a book: 52 Ways to Live a Kick-Ass Life: BS-Free Wisdom to Ignite Your Inner Badass and Live the Life You Deserve. Owen uses her own personal struggles and triumphs to show you how easy it can be to take charge of your life and start living the way you want. This FastReads summary includes key takeaways and analyses to help you quickly absorb her life-changing wisdom.

What will you gain from listening to this book? A better understanding of the hardships facing African Americans throughout history. A new perspective of the brutality that slavery inflicted on the enslaved. A perspective of how history might have turned out if a few things had been only slightly different. A unique look into life in 19th century America. An understanding of what the journey towards freedom looked like for many people, and the different ways that freedom can be misidentified.