Saturday, August 26, 2017

The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu by Joshua Hammer

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The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu by Joshua Hammer was a interesting non-fiction tale of history and danger about the preservation of his...
Thursday, August 24, 2017

Going to Pieces Without Falling Apart by Mark Epstein

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Going to Pieces Without Falling Apart: A Buddhist Perspective on Wholeness by Mark Epstein  was a book I heard about from  10% Happier by  ...
Sunday, July 30, 2017

10% Happier by Dan Harris

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10% Happier by Dan Harris was a really interesting book about meditation, with Harris telling his story of starting down the path towards ...
Saturday, July 29, 2017

The Outlaw Sea by William Langewiesche

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The Outlaw Sea by William Langewiesche was a fast and entertaining read with the subtitle A World of Freedom, Chaos, and Crime . The bo...
Tuesday, July 25, 2017

Algorithms to Live By from Brian Christian and Tom Griffiths

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Algorithms to Live By from Brian Christian and Tom Griffiths was an interesting book with the subtitle The Computer Science of Human Deci...
Saturday, July 15, 2017

Make Your Bed by William McRaven

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Make Your Bed: Little Things That Can Change Your Life...And Maybe the World by William McRaven was a very short (about an hour to read) bo...

Option B by Sheryl Sandberg and Adam Grant

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Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience, and Finding Joy  by Sheryl Sandberg and Adam Grant was a really good, and somewhat gutting...
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...