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  Summary and Analysis of It Can't...

  Worth Books

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  So much to read, so little time? This brief overview of It Can’t Happen Here tells you what you need to know—before or after you read Sinclair Lewis’s book.   Crafted and edited with care, Worth Books set the standard for quality and give you the tools you need to be a well-informed reader.   This short summary and analysis of It Can’t Happen Here includes:  Historical contextChapter-by-chapter overviewsProfiles of the main charactersDetailed timeline of key eventsThemes and symbolsImportant quotes and analysisFascinating triviaGlossary of termsSupporting material to enhance your understanding of the original work  About It Can’t Happen Here by Sinclair Lewis:   Sinclair Lewis’s satirical novel It Can’t Happen Here documents the rise of a fascist government in the United States.   It follows a small town newspaper editor, Doremus Jessup, as he watches his country come out of economic depression only to embrace a smoke-and-mirrors presidential candidate who wraps himself in patriotic zeal. This charismatic demagogue and his cronies amass power and wealth as the rest of the population watches its rights and freedoms disappear.   There is censorship, the random violence of an unchecked paramilitary force, and the emergence of concentration camps. Jews, foreigners, and intellectuals are singled out for especially brutal treatment. Universities are taken over and books are burned.     As he watches the devastating toll exacted from his friends and family, the once easygoing Jessup is swept into an underground resistance movement in which he must ignore his moral compass. A revolution is launched, but the outcome is uncertain.   Lewis’s dystopian work asks: could it happen here and, if it does, how would it be stopped?   The summary and analysis in this ebook are intended to complement your reading experience and bring you closer to a great work of fiction.

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  Lawrence Welk - Part 1

  Wink Martindale

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  Lawrence Welk left home at the age of 21 and spent two years trying to get a job with bands with little success. Though his career got off to a rocky start, Welk would go on to become a renowned musician, bandleader and television personality. In Part 1 we hear about Welk’s earliest days of his life and career. In a conversation with Wink Martindale in 1973, he reflects on the beginning of his career and journey to success while sharing intimate details about his personal life and experiences.

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  21 Day English Guide for...

  HowExpert, Veronica Cordido

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  “21 Day English Guide for Tourists Visiting America" is a practical, concise and complete language book designed with our modern busy lifestyles in mind. This guide was designed to help speakers of another language quickly and efficiently master English skills for tourists.In order to do this, we have divided this book into 21 lessons to be mastered in 21 days, investing only one hour a day. Each lesson will cover a common scenario tourists will face when traveling to an English speaking country. 
  By the time you finish the 21 days, you should be able to communicate well in English when: 
  • Buying your tickets 
  • Checking in at the airport, going through security, and boarding the plane 
  • Requesting, asking, and answering questions while on the plane 
  • Claiming your bags and going through Immigration and Customs 
  • Renting a car or taking the bus, subway, a cab, or the train 
  • Making a hotel reservation and checking in/out 
  • Going to restaurants, bars, and coffee shops 
  • Going shopping and asking for prices (from clothing stores to pharmacies) 
  • Asking for directions 
  • Basic ways to express how you feel if you get sick. 
  • You will also find some important tips, and dos and don’ts when traveling to the USA. 
  About the Expert: 
  Veronica Cordido is an English-Spanish-English translator, English as a Second Language (ESL) instructor, and author of English and Spanish language guides and books designed for foreigners to master the basics of both languages fast and easily. Having been there as a foreigner more than 20 years ago, and having found in languages her passion, she combines the best of both experiences, the one as a student and the one as a teacher, into her own teaching methods. 
  HowExpert publishes quick 'how to' guides on all topics from A to Z by everyday experts.

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  Asymmetrical-Motion - Notes on...

  Lucas Condró, Pablo Messiez

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  Lucas Condró and Pablo Messiez gather in this essay a set of notes on pedagogy and movement, result from their long experience giving workshops on the work with the body.  
  English version by  Carlota Gaviño .

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  Green Home Building -...

  Miki Cook, Doug Garrett

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  A comprehensive guide to building green on any budget.According to conventional wisdom, building a green home is an expensive endeavor. The standard approach treats green as an add-on, tacking "premium" products, finishes, and equipment onto a traditional home design. As a result, many green home projects end up over budget or fail to achieve their environmental and performance goals.Green Home Building explodes the myth that green homes have to cost more. Using proven methods based on applied building science, the authors show how to:Lower base construction costs to provide funding for high performance upgradesAchieve a net-zero energy home, including "zero-ing" water, waste, carbon, and associated costs within fifteen yearsLive affordably into the future, despite anticipated rising costs for fuel, water, materials, taxes, and health careThis comprehensive guide to building green on any budget defines the strategies that maximize the return on green investments. Written for anyone who has ever been swayed by the argument that the price tag limits how green a home can be, Green Home Building is a must-read for builders, contractors, architects, designers, and homeowners.Miki Cook is a green building and sustainability consultant who has dedicated her career to educating contractors and the public on the strategies, methods, and benefits of green homes.Doug Garrett has trained thousands of homebuilders, architects, and sub-contractors to build energy-efficient homes using applied building science to improve comfort, durability, and healthfulness while meeting or exceeding the energy code.

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  Summary Analysis and Review of...

  Start Publishing Notes

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  PLEASE NOTE: This is a summary, analysis and review of the book and not the original book.
  
  Uncanny Valley is a captivating account of Anna Wiener’s struggle to find meaning and fulfilment in an industry that was brimming with optimism but felt ever so selfish, insidious, and hostile.
  
  What Does this Start Publishing Notes' Summary, Analysis, and Review Include?
  Summary of the original book
  Easily digestible takeaways distilling the main ideas
  An overview of Wiener's experiences in the tech industry
  Lessons on sexism, data privacy, and other pitfalls of Silicon Valley
  Editorial Review & Analysis
  Background on Anna Wiener
  
  About the Original Book:
  Through the lens of her personal experiences, Wiener traces the rise of Silicon Valley and documents the opportunities and problems it has created. She takes the reader through her experiences working at a literary agency and then an e-book startup in Manhattan to providing customer support at a data analytics company and then an open-source company in San Francisco’s Silicon Valley. In between, Wiener reflects on the failings of startup culture and considers what it might take for the tech industry to be a source of good in a delicate socio-economic landscape. Anyone curious about what Silicon Valley feels like to an outsider and how it is shaping the world will find this memoir a handy guide.
  
  DISCLAIMER: This book is intended as a companion to, not a replacement for, Uncanny Valley. Start Publishing Notes is wholly responsible for this content and is not associated with the original author in any way.

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