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At this time of year, students are buying textbooks and looking for ways to avoid reading them. Nothing is new about that. CliffsNotes guides, with their familiar yellow and black covers, have been in ...

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You know that stack of books you swear you're going to read? Yeah, same. The problem isn't a lack of interest-it's time. Who has hours to sit and read Atomic Habits when you can barely find the time ...