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  Summary of Inside Out - A Memoir...

  Brook Bryant

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  *PLEASE NOTE: This concise summary is unofficial and is not authorized, approved, licensed, or endorsed by the original book's publisher or author.* 
  Short on time? Or maybe you’ve already read the book, but need a refresh on the most important takeaways. In a quick, easy listen, you can take the main principles from Inside Out! 
  In her 2019 memoir, Inside Out, Demi Moore writes about three areas of her life: survival, success, and surrender. She invites the reader into her private world and shares how she wound up a low point, alone in her empty house, feeling like a failure in all areas of her life that gave her joy. Through this low point, she begins to explore the complex and long history leading to this point. With painstaking accuracy, she provides accounts of impactful and painful elements of her life, and through each of these experiences, she surmises important psychological revelations about herself, enabling her to move beyond the past rather than repeating it. 
  A captivating book that gives a glimpse into the life of one of the most prolific and scrutinized actresses of her time, Demi Moore powerfully navigates through her troubled childhood, portraying her very flawed parents with compassion and humanity despite their harmful shortcomings. Further, Moore does the same of her three marriages, fairly depicting her own point of view while not villainizing the people who have caused her trauma and distress. She steers the readers through her substance abuse, eating disorders, traumas, and ultimately, Moore shows her never-ending drive forward to become a better and healthy person.  
  This audiobook encapsulates key takeaways found in the original book. We’ve also provided an in-depth analysis as well as removing any fluff to save you hours of your time. If you’ve read the original, then this audio summary will help you solidify the most important lessons.

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  First and Always - A New...

  Peter Henriques

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  George Washington may be the most famous American who ever lived, and certainly is one of the most admired. Butalthough he has been heavily mythologized, it is no myth that the man who led Americans’ fight for independence andwhose two terms in office largely defined the presidency was the most highly respected individual among a generationof formidable personalities. In First and Always, celebrated historian Peter Henriques illuminates Washington’s life,more fully explicating his character and his achievements.Arranged thematically, the book’s chapters focus on important and controversial issues, achieving a depth notpossible in a traditional biography. First and Always examines factors that coalesced to make Washington such aremarkable and admirable leader, while also chronicling how Washington mistreated enslaved workers, engaged inextreme partisanship, and responded with excessive sensitivity to criticism. Henriques portrays a Washington deeplyambitious and always hungry for public adoration, even as he disclaimed such desires. In its account of an amazing life,First and Always shows how, despite profound flaws, George Washington nevertheless deserves to rank as the nation’smost consequential leader, without whom the American experiment in republican government would have diedin infancy

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  Tales from the Rifle Brigade -...

  John Kincaid

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  To Napoleon's troops, the sharp shooters of the 95th (Rifle) Regiment were 'the rascals in green', famed throughout Europe for their bravery, skill, and dash. Kincaid's Adventures in the Rifle Brigade was the first book to be published by a veteran, recounting the amazing escapades of this legendary unit in the war against French armies in Portugal and Spain. His second volume, Random Shots From a Rifleman, is just as vivid and memorable as the first, and finishes with a remarkable first-hand description of the Waterloo campaign from the ordinary soldier's point of view. The two volumes, here bound together in abridged form, add up to one of the most enthralling eyewitness records of regimental soldiering ever written. Although other Rifles memoirs quickly followed, none achieved the commercial or critical success of Kincaid's collection of unforgettable anecdotes.

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  Bang Bang Crash

  Nic Brown

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  In the mid-1990s, fresh out of high school, Nic Brown was living his childhood dream as a rock and roll drummer. Signing a major label record deal, playing big shows, hitting the charts, giving interviews in Rolling Stone, appearing on The Tonight Show—what could be better for a young artist? But contrary to expectations, getting a shot at his artistic dream early in life was a destabilizing shock. The more he achieved, the more accolades that came his way, the less sure Brown became about his path.Only a few years into a promising musical career, he discovered the crux of his discontent: he was never meant to remain behind the drums. In fact, his true artistic path lay in a radically different direction entirely: he decided to become a writer, embarking on a journey leading him to attend the Iowa Writers' Workshop, publish novels and short stories, and teach literature to college students across the country.Bang Bang Crash tells the story of Nic Brown's unusual journey to gain new strength, presence of mind, and sense of perspective, enabling him to discover an even greater life of artistic fulfillment.

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  Old Abe - A Novel

  John Cribb

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  Abraham Lincoln comes alive like never before.Old Abe: A Novel recounts the final five years of Abraham Lincoln's life, the most cataclysmic years of America's history. Bound to Lincoln's side, every page of this vivid novel details the President's struggles. We follow him as national tragedy deepens, as he struggles and presses ahead, and as he comes to life once again fighting to save the country.This story spans from the spring of 1860 in Illinois, to Lincoln's election and the calamity of the Civil War, to his assassination at the height of his power. During the war, death surrounds him. Lincoln walks the bloody battlefields of Virginia and Maryland. He peers down the Potomac River through a spyglass, searching for approaching Confederate gunboats that reports have warned him of. He feels death stalk him as one summer evening, a would-be assassin fires a shot that passes through his hat. At the White House, he weeps over the body of Willie, his second son to die in childhood.Lincoln tries desperately to hold the Union together, searching for a general who will fight for him. Amid national and personal tragedy, he struggles to find meaning in the war and bring freedom to Southern slaves.Central to this novel is a love story—the story of Abraham and Mary Lincoln's stormy yet devoted marriage. Mary Todd Lincoln's strong will and ambition for her husband helped drive him to the White House, but the presidency takes an incredible toll on her. Mary grows increasingly frightened and insecure. Lincoln watches helplessly as she becomes more and more emotionally unstable. He grasps for ways to support her, but finds no remedy strong enough to reverse the damage that has been done.As Lincoln's journey unfolds, Old Abe probes the relentless character and enduring spirit of America.This story portrays Lincoln not only as a flesh-and-blood man, but a hero who embodies his country's finest ideals. In the midst of America's most devastating tragedy, Old Abe captures the challenges and triumphs, the failures and successes, of one of the most famous leaders in U.S. history, who sets a divided country on track to become a great nation of the world.

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  Canaries Among Us - Parenting at...

  Kayla Taylor

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  “Riveting...powerful...brilliant...necessary.” (Kirkus Reviews) 
  For those drawn to both Tara Westover’s moving account of a difficult childhood and Susan Cain’s research on underappreciated traits... 
  Canaries Among Us reveals the exquisite joy and tender heartache inherent in raising a child who is undervalued by a community. 
  A lifeline to those struggling with learning differences, bullying, and anxiety, Canaries Among Us explores one of the most widespread threats to child well-being: a lack of acceptance. This heart-rending exposé provides a candid view of the ways unique children are regularly misunderstood and mistreated. Fortunately, through raw storytelling and groundbreaking science, Taylor points to an inspirational alternative: supporting, and even celebrating, the dazzling variety of our humanity.  
  Praise: 
  "[A]n important book with essential messages for all of us." (BookTrib) 
  “[A] masterpiece...a poignant, urgent, and important story that has yet to be told and needs to be heard.” (Rosalie Whitlock, CEO of the Children’s Health Council) 
  “This book should be required reading for educators, caregivers, and health.” (Rosalind Wiseman, author of Queen Bees & Wannabes) 
  “For any parent who has worried their child does not fit in...this amazing book will heal your soul.” (Jo Boaler, author of Limitless Mind) 
  Editor's pick—Booklife by Publisher's Weekly 
  Five out of five stars—SF Book Review 
  Warning: Content covers bullying and anxiety. It also mentions a broad range of victimizations in an effort to recognize, validate, and support all survivors. Still, the content might be difficult for some. Please prioritize self-care. 
  Note: This book was previously subtitled A Mother’s Quest to Honor Her Child’s Individuality in a Culture Determined to Negate It.

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