Sunday, December 31, 2017

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

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To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is a novel that I hadn't read in probably 30 years and picked back up upon hearing that my oldest b...
Sunday, December 10, 2017

Leonardo da Vinci by Walter Isaacson

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Leonardo da Vinci by Walter Isaacson was a solid book on someone with a remarkable range of interests, with Isaacson detailing well how da...
Monday, November 13, 2017

Everybody Lies by Seth Stephens-Davidowitz

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Everybody Lies: Big Data, New Data, and What the Internet Can Tell Us About Who We Really Are by Seth Stephens-Davidowitz was a fairly int...

Braving the Wilderness by Brené Brown

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Braving the Wilderness: The Quest for True Belonging and the Courage to Stand Alone   by  Brené Brown was a solid book, with the subtitle r...
Sunday, November 05, 2017

Paul and Me by A.E. Hotchner

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Paul and Me by A.E. Hotchner was a really enjoyable to read book subtitled 53 Years of Adventures and Misadventures with My Pal Paul Newma...

A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson

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A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson was close to the tenth book I've read from Bryson and certainly the longest, with ...
Saturday, October 21, 2017

The Woman Who Smashed Codes by Jason Fagone

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The Woman Who Smashed Codes by Jason Fagone was really a good book about Elizebeth Friedman, whose code breaking exploits on behalf of the...
Sunday, October 15, 2017

The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck by Mark Manson

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The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life  by Mark Manson was a solid read first of interest t...
Monday, September 18, 2017

Lab Girl by Hope Jahren

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Lab Girl by Hope Jahren was a lyrically written and excellent book from a geochemist, geobiologist, and professor who studies trees, flower...

The Best Team Money Can Buy from Molly Knight

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The Best Team Money Can Buy from  Molly Knight  was a good read subtitled The Los Angeles Dodgers Wild Struggle to Build a Baseball Powerho...
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...