Tuesday, June 27, 2017

Fly by Wire by William Langewiesche

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Fly by Wire by William Langewiesche was an excellent book about the landing by Captain Sully Sullenberger of US Airways Flight 1549 on the...
Sunday, June 25, 2017

Coach Wooden and Me by Kareem Abdul-Jabbbar

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Coach Wooden and Me  by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was a good book about Abdul-Jabbar's long friendship with and admiration of John Wooden . C...
Tuesday, June 13, 2017

Anything You Want by Derek Sivers

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Anything You Want by Derek Sivers was a solid book that took less than two hours to read and features the subtitle  40 Lessons for a New K...
Sunday, June 11, 2017

The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg

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The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg was a really interesting book that I picked up after previously reading and writing about   Smarter F...
Sunday, June 04, 2017

The Power Paradox by Dacher Keltner

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The Power Paradox by Dacher Keltner was an interesting and short book with the subtitle How we gain and lose influence . Keltner is a profe...

The Stranger in the Woods by Michael Finkel

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The Stranger in the Woods by Michael Finkel was an interesting book and eminently fast read about Christopher Knight, who spent 27 years l...
Saturday, May 27, 2017

Great Sports Illustrated writing by Jenkins & Ballard

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There's been a few different stories from Sports Illustrated in recent months that have struck me as particularly outstanding, with one ...
Monday, May 22, 2017

The Lost City of the Monkey God by Douglas Preston

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The Lost City of the Monkey God by Douglas Preston was a solid read about the search for the ruins of an undiscovered city deep in the La ...
Tuesday, May 16, 2017

Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann

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Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann was a really good book with the subtitle The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI . The book is...
Sunday, April 30, 2017

Smarter Faster Better by Charles Duhigg

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Smarter Faster Better by Charles Duhigg was about an interesting topic in the science of productivity and the book an excellent one, broke...

The Cubs Way by Tom Verducci

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The Cubs Way by Tom Verducci was a really solid read from the Sport Illustrated writer who I’ve posted on a number of times . The book fea...
Sunday, March 26, 2017

The Only Rule is it Has to Work by Ben Lindbergh and Sam Miller

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The Only Rule Is It Has to Work by Ben Lindbergh and Sam Miller was an entertaining and fast read about two baseball writers who for a su...

Exit West by Mohsin Hamid

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Exit West by Mohsin Hamid was a novel I was drawn to after reading ( and then reviewing ) How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia  from Hami...
Wednesday, February 22, 2017

The Upstarts by Brad Stone

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The Upstarts by Brad Stone was an interesting book on Uber and Airbnb, two still privately held companies that in the past decade have bec...
Saturday, February 04, 2017

The Undoing Project by Michael Lewis

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The Undoing Project by Michael Lewis  was the latest book from the bestselling author who I've now read eight book by, with the others:...
Tuesday, January 31, 2017

Tools of Titans by Tim Ferriss

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Tools of Titans by Tim Ferriss was a really good book with the subtitle The Tactics, Routines, and Habits of Billionaires, Icons, and Worl...
Monday, January 23, 2017

Shoe Dog by Phil Knight

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Shoe Dog by Phil Knight was an excellent memoir from the Nike creator, who served as CEO from 1964-2004, Board Chairman through 2016, and ...
Friday, December 30, 2016

Hillbilly Elegy by J.D. Vance

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Hillbilly Elegy by J.D. Vance  was a really compelling memoir by someone born into difficult circumstances who with key help provided along...
Thursday, December 29, 2016

The Legends Club by John Feinstein

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The Legends Club by John Feinstein has the subtitle Dean Smith, Mike Krzyzewski, Jim Valvano, and an Epic College Basketball Rivalry and ...
Thursday, November 24, 2016

Playing Through the Whistle by S.L. Price

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Playing Through the Whistle: Steel, Football and an American Town by S.L. Price was a really good book from the Sports Illustrated writer w...