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World-renowned geneticist and Harvard Medical School professor David A. Sinclair proposes a unified theory of aging and reveals the ground-breaking interventions that will extend our healthy years and change what it means to be human in his book Lifespan: Why We Age - And Why We Don’t Have To. 

365 Days of Abundance is a truly inspirational daily devotional that will help you create abundance in every aspect of your life. Health, wealth, wisdom, and true happiness are all within your reach. Discover joy, inspiration, overwhelming gratitude, and overflowing abundance; discover your heart’s burning desire and translate that desire into real success.

This Isn’t Fine is a surprisingly funny and accessible ride through a world on the brink of collapse—and what we can do to survive it. Diving headfirst into finance and energy, culture and ecology, Taylor Ahlstrom transforms the complex systems and histories that underpin our society into relatable narratives, all while mythbusting popular delusions on everything from free-market capitalism to electric cars.

What does this SNAP summary include? Synopsis of the original book, key takeaways from each chapter, an overview of the culture and policies that have steered the growth of Netflix, how leaders and entrepreneurs can adapt what has worked for Netflix to their organizations, editorial review, and more.

Richard Rothstein’s The Color of Law is an academic and exhaustive recounting of the racial discrimination and segregation policies that were carried out by local, state, and federal agencies throughout the 20th century, creating the segregation and wealth inequality that pervades America today. 

What will happen if the world doesn’t get to zero carbon emissions by 2050? You may not want to know. Luckily, Bill Gates has spent billions of dollars finding out exactly what we need to do fix it. Join him in his highly-accessible guide to getting the globe to zero emissions by 2050.

Walter Isaacson's latest best-selling biography follows the life and scientific achievements of Jennifer Doudna, the Nobel-Prize-winning biochemist who discovered the ability to edit the human gene. This summary of his 500-page tome offers a breakdown of the complicated science, the dozens of other scientists who contributed to the discovery, and the drama for patents and recognition in the biggest scientific discovery of the century.

In Live Not by Lies, blogger and author Rod Dreher attempts to awaken the slumbering American church to fight against the totalitarianism that he sees rising in the US. Progressives seek to turn America away from its religious values, and Christians must be prepared to resist the dismantling of their faith.

In Caste, Isabel Wilkerson investigates the origins, evolution, and everyday workings of an insidious force that shapes the life of every American.

When was the last time you were happy? And I mean really happy. Kid on a rollercoaster happy. The kind of happiness that spreads through your whole body and explodes into pure, unadulterated joy? Chances are, it’s been a while. Chances are, most the days of your life are mostly the same. We grow up, we get jobs, maybe we get married and have kids, and somewhere along the line we think we’re finished. We think we’ve become the people we’re going to be.