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This is a brief description of early watchmaking in a factory setting written during the mid nineteenth century when the master watchmaker was fast being displaced.

A full executive summary of The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined by Steven Pinker. This is not a chapter-by-chapter summary. Rather, the author takes an holistic approach, reorganizing and breaking down the content for easier understanding where necessary, and cutting out the...

How Do You Feel? brings together startling evidence from neuroscience, psychology, and psychiatry to present revolutionary new insights into how our brains enable us to experience the range of sensations and mental states known as feelings. Drawing on his own cutting-edge research, neurobiologist...

Gavin Mitchell si è rassegnato a una vita sentimentale solitaria e insoddisfacente, ma il suo primo incontro con Ryker Hudson è intenso quanto casuale, che è esattamente ciò che quest’ultimo preferisce. Il secondo incontro, altrettanto imprevedibile, è più che imbarazzante. Nonostante...

A full executive summary of The World Until Yesterday: What Can We Learn from Traditional Societies Jared Diamond. This is not a chapter-by-chapter summary. Rather, the author takes an holistic approach, reorganizing and breaking down the content for easier understanding where necessary, and cutting...

A full executive summary of That's Disgusting: Unraveling the Mysteries of Repulsion by Rachel Herz. This is not a chapter-by-chapter summary. Rather, the author takes an holistic approach, reorganizing and breaking down the content for easier understanding where necessary, and cutting out the repetition....

A full executive summary of The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion by Jonathan Haidt. This is not a chapter-by-chapter summary. Rather, the author takes an holistic approach, reorganizing and breaking down the content for easier understanding where necessary, and...

A full executive summary of How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character by Paul Tough. This is not a chapter-by-chapter summary. Rather, the author takes an holistic approach, reorganizing and breaking down the content for easier understanding where necessary, and cutting...

A full executive summary of Mastermind: How to Think Like Sherlock Holmes by Maria Konnikova. This is not a chapter-by-chapter summary. Rather, the author takes an holistic approach, reorganizing and breaking down the content for easier understanding where necessary, and cutting out the repetition. Sample summaries by the author are available here: http://newbooksinbrief.com/free-articles/

A full executive summary of The Chemistry Between Us: Love, Sex, and the Science of Attraction by Larry Young and Brian Alexander. This is not a chapter-by-chapter summary. Rather, the author takes an holistic approach, reorganizing and breaking down the content for easier understanding where necessary,...

A full executive summary of Breakpoint: Why the Web Will Implode, Search Will Be Obsolete, and Everything Else You Need to Know About Technology Is in Your Brain by Jeff Stibel. This is not a chapter-by-chapter summary. Rather, the author takes an holistic approach, reorganizing and breaking down...

The first biographical dictionary in any Western language devoted solely to Chinese women, this reference is the product of years of research, translation, and writing by a team of over 60 China scholars from around the world. Compiled from a wide array of original sources, these detailed biographies...

A full executive summary of The Sports Gene: Inside the Science of Extraordinary Athletic Performance by David Epstein. This is not a chapter-by-chapter summary. Rather, the author takes an holistic approach, reorganizing and breaking down the content for easier understanding where necessary, and...

Insect Natural History introduces the reader to some of the latest discoveries and ideas about British Insects. This volume deals with the natural history of British insects, and introduces the reader to some of the latest discoveries and ideas about them. The author has brought together within convenient...