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Five years of freedom, together with anecdotes relating to slavery. Ive collected notes from over 200 books since then, and i use them almost every day to influence my writing, business decisions, podcast episodes, or thinking through various problems in my life. The true story of a vietnam pow kindle edition by rowe. After seeing how derek sivers publicizes his book notes, i decided i would publicize all of my summaries and notes from books, speeches, articles, and other things i was reading. But this is not an action packed military thriller, nor an analysis of of how, why or should we have been there, though those. If youd like help to create your own content strategy, ebook, physical book, or other media related content, do contact us, using the form below.
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