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Don't miss this summary of Michael A. Singer's thought-provoking book, The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself. In his book, Singer provides unmatched clarity in describing the roadblocks to your own happiness and how to retake control of your mental health and well-being. This Sumoreads summary includes key takeaways and analysis to help you fully understand how to overcome your doubts and insecurities and become the master of your inner mind.

Don't miss this summary of holistic nutritionist Kelly LeVeque's book, Body Love: Live in Balance, Weigh What You Want, and Free Yourself from Food Drama Forever. LeVeque's book proposes an alternative to restrictive dieting that lets you lead a fuller, happier, and healthier life.

In their book, Designing Your Life: How to Build a Well-lived, Joyful Life Bill Burnett and Dave Evans offer practical, actionable advice on how to change the way you look at your life, and how to design the life you've always dreamed of. (This is a summary, analysis and review of the book and not the original book.)

Don't miss out on the unforgettable wisdom of Angela Duckworth's New York Times best-selling book, Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance. This Sumoreads summary includes key takeaways and analysis to help you quickly soak up the essence of her deep insight. The purpose of this Sumoreads Summary & Analysis is to help you decide if it's worth the time, money and effort listening to the original book (if you haven't already). This analysis is meant as a supplement to, and not a replacement for, Grit.

Seventeen years after it began, the interstellar war has taken its toll: the inhabitants of Earth are desperate to find a way to defeat the Argoni, a merciless and horrifying alien race. Light-years away from the fighting, mechanic Landry Stanton lives a peaceful, mundane life on the desolate planet Procyon One, and that's just the way he likes it. But when an unauthorized trip to the other side of the planet leaves him shipwrecked and stranded alongside a hostile alien that wants him dead, Landry discovers a terrifying secret.

Sure, dragonslaying is heroic business. But some poor bastards have to handle the dirty work of cleaning up the god-awful mess the heroes leave behind. Gwill, the grizzled second-in-command of the fabled Iron Line, saw things go a little sideways at the end of their last adventure. After a successful dragonslaying, they might have forgotten to burn the dragon's body. Now Gwill needs a few warm bodies to take care of it. All they have to do is burn the body of the dragon and all's well that ends well. This is where the Novices come in....

Are you ready to discover why data analytics is the only hope for fact based decisions? Would you like learn how insightful-driven decisions can help organizations manage their strategic, operation, and financial performance that can help them increase their shareholder value? This book explores all the concepts about data analytics that can help any beginner to master data analytics and its applications in several industries.

Trapped is the story of a single mother trying her best to raise three kids on her own, the best way that she can, while trying to manage some sort of a love life for herself. Trapped is the first installment in this series of books that will take you through the trials and tribulations of Zakia, a young woman who was on her way down a very dark and destructive path.

Robin Burcell has worked as a cop, hostage negotiator, and as an FBI-trained forensic artist. She's also the author of award-winning thrillers. Now she uses that unparalleled experience to continue Carolyn Weston's groundbreaking series of books, which were the basis for the hit TV show The Streets of San Francisco.

On June 27, 2013, Kenny and Teddy Lee were broke and jobless. After four years working together on smaller videogames, the two brothers had pooled their resources to create Rogue Legacy, a game exponentially larger in scope than any they had created before. Seven days and 100,000 sales later, they were back in the black. Their recipe for success: 18 months, countless arguments, a surprisingly popular game about holding one's bowels, and unwavering trust.

When the Huctans conscript Timothy into a secret army - and when a girl with a strange set of skills sets him free - an awkward young man gets the chance to become a hero. Throwing himself into the rebel cause, Timothy ignites years of pent-up frustration and futility in an obsessive drive to fight, spy, and deceive better than anyone else. Losing himself in the exhaustion of training and the danger of missions, he finds friendship with a Thane as fanatical as he is and wraps his new identity completely in service to the rebel Band.

Ben Carter, pet care specialist, is hired to walk a Shiba Inu named Toby. Unbeknownst to Ben, Toby is no ordinary dog but an inugami - an immortal demon born in feudal Japan and bred for only one purpose...murder. A mysterious cult seeks to capture the inugami and harness its power for evil. With the help of an elderly luchador and a cop with a heart of gold, Ben must protect Toby and uncover the secret of the Tengu.

Liza Ralston has had more adventure in her life than she ever wanted. Leaving her settled existence with friends and family in St. Louis to travel to the Big Sky country of wild Montana with her father, she soon wishes she could turn the clock back. When their scout is murdered and her father is severely wounded by thieves, the Pikuni tribe, led by Crying Wind, takes them in. But Liza wants nothing more than to return to St. Louis, despite her growing attraction for Red Eagle, the handsome son of a white trapper and Blackfeet mother.

Robyn Travis joins Gabriel Fleming in the Audible Studios to discuss her latest book.

Private Investigator Rick Cahill fears the next knock on his door will be a cop holding a warrant for his arrest. For murder. La Jolla Chief of Police Tony Moretti is convinced Rick killed a missing person. No body has been found, but the evidence that's piling up says murder and it all points to Rick. With Moretti on his tail and the bank about to foreclose on his house, Rick takes a paying case that will stave off the bank, but pits him against Moretti and the La Jolla Police Department.

Most coming-of-age stories are fraught with symbolism, hidden metaphors, and a heaping mound of other literary devices. Not this one. Not mine. You see, I came of age while working at a dusty Texas feed store. A place where To Kill a Mockingbird involved a 12-year-old and a BB gun. Of Mice and Men was a problem easily solved with rat poison. And David Copperfield, nothing more than a dude that made shit disappear.

Brother Sebastian is halfway up a mountain in Vermont, hell-bent on interrogating an old woman in a shack, when he gets the order to abandon his quest for personal vengeance. He has to find a missing Inquisitor, or, more likely, his remains. He's reluctant, to say the least. Not only will he have to stop chasing the best potential lead he's had in years, this job - his first solo mission - will mean setting foot in the grubby black hole of Providence, Rhode Island.

Tel, the blacksmith's son, was a Two until someone stole his father's tools, livelihood, and dignity. No longer able to live among the craftsmen on the second terrace of the city, Tel's family is consigned to work as day-laborer Threes in the squalor of the third terrace. Seeing his mother in poverty is hard enough, but seeing his father broken is too much for Tel to bear.

Anna Ziegler's Boy is a powerful statement about sexual identity and the mystery of what makes us who we are. After a baby boy is seriously injured in an accident, a doctor persuades his parents to raise the child as a girl. As the child grows up, the child - known as Samantha and Adam at different times - faces an extraordinary challenge to carve out a place in the world.

You will follow the young Scarecrow Straw Stickpost as he discovers that he has been chosen to do more than he ever thought himself capable of. Only if he can find courage and faith can he succeed in rising to his calling. In a world full of the hateful doctrine of the Ashfolk, bounty-hunting Skabb pirates, ship-hungry sea creatures, and steam-powered beasts, Straw must face his most horrifying fears and rise to be what he is destined to become.