Sunday, January 13, 2019

Grit by Angela Duckworth

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Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance  by Angela Duckworth was a really good book, with some of the key ideas from the various sectio...
Tuesday, January 01, 2019

Disrupted by Dan Lyons

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Disrupted by Dan Lyons was centered around his time at HubSpot, a venture capital-backed marketing startup in Boston and the book both ent...
Monday, December 31, 2018

Rising Out of Hatred by Eli Saslow

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Rising Out of Hatred by Eli Saslow was a good book about Derek Black, godson of David Duke and son of Don Black, founder of the site Stormf...
Wednesday, December 19, 2018

Thirst by Scott Harrison

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Thirst by Scott Harrison was from the founder of charity: water and the book jacket notes that the nonprofit over the past eleven years h...
Friday, December 07, 2018

The Sun Does Shine by Anthony Ray Hinton

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The Sun Does Shine by Anthony Ray Hinton was a great book subtitled How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row , with Hinton released aft...
Sunday, December 02, 2018

Quiet by Susan Cain

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Quiet by Susan Cain was a solid book subtitled  The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking . Cain covers how extrove...
Sunday, November 25, 2018

The Library Book by Susan Orlean

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The Library Book by Susan Orlean was a thorough and interesting look at something that at first blush may not seem to lend itself to a com...

Bad Blood by John Carreyrou

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Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup by John Carreyrou is about the now shut down medical startup Theranos and the book...
Wednesday, November 07, 2018

On Desperate Ground by Hampton Sides

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On Desperate Ground by Hampton Sides was an excellent book about U.S. Marines in the Korean War being surrounded in the mountains by a muc...

The Dinosaur Artist by Paige Williams

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The Dinosaur Artist by Paige Williams has the subtitle Obsession, Betrayal, and the Quest for Earth's Ultimate Trophy and tells the st...
Sunday, October 14, 2018

Leadership in Turbulent Times by Doris Kearns Goodwin

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Leadership in Turbulent Times by Doris Kearns Goodwin was a very solid book on the formative experiences and leadership through difficult ...

Indianapolis by Lynn Vincent and Sara Vladic

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Indianapolis by Lynn Vincent  and Sara Vladic was an excellent book subtitled  The True Story of the Worst Sea Disaster in U.S. Naval His...
Sunday, September 23, 2018

Factfulness by Hans Rosling

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Factfulness by Hans Rosling was an excellent book with the subtitle  Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World — and Why Things Are Bett...

The War of Art by Steven Pressfield

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The War of Art by Steven Pressfield was a solid book about creating things, with the fundamental idea being that you just do the work, i...
Saturday, September 22, 2018

Charlotte Walsh Likes to Win by Jo Piazza

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Charlotte Walsh Likes to Win by Jo Piazza was a fairly interesting novel about a successful female tech executive who leaves the San Franci...

Tip of the Iceberg by Mark Adams

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Tip of the Iceberg by Mark Adams was a excellent travelogue book with the subtitle  My 3,000-Mile Journey Around Wild Alaska, the Last Gre...
Thursday, August 30, 2018

The Soul of America by Jon Meacham

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The Soul of America by Jon Meacham was a solid book subtitled The Battle for Our Better Angels . With the idea for the book out of the...

A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman

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A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman was the debut novel from Backman, and an enjoyable one to read that felt like a series of small storie...
Tuesday, July 31, 2018

Educated by Tara Westover

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Educated by Tara Westover was a compelling autobiography about growing up in the mountains of Idaho, in a family ruled by a patriarch who ...

Us Against You by Fredrik Backman

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Us Against You by Fredrik Backman follows up on his excellent novel Beartown and continues the tale of a small Swedish town, it's you...