Sunday, February 07, 2021

Icebound by Andrea Pitzer

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  Icebound by Andrea Pitzer is subtitled  Shipwrecked at the Edge of the World and tells the story of sixteenth-century Dutch explorer Wil...

Ready Player Two by Ernest Cline

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Ready Player Two by Ernest Cline is a follow-up to his 2011 debut novel  Ready Player One  that became a best-seller and was adapted into ...

The Autobiography of Malcolm X as told to Alex Haley

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  The Autobiography of Malcolm X as told to Alex Haley  is a very detailed book originally published in 1964, one which I became interested ...
Sunday, January 24, 2021

The Road From Raqqa by Jordan Ritter Conn

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The Road from Raqqa by Jordan Ritter Conn is a compelling book on Riyad and Bashar Al-Kasem, brothers born in Raqqa, Syria and who remaine...
Sunday, January 10, 2021

A Promised Land by Barack Obama

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  A Promised Land by Barack Obama  is a well-written book that covers a tremendous amount of ground. The book jacket includes mention of th...
Monday, December 28, 2020

Walking Home by Lynn Schooler

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Walking Home by Lynn Schooler is a compelling travelogue about the 2007 solo trek he took north from his hometown of Juneau, Alaska. He we...
Sunday, December 20, 2020

Breath by James Nestor

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Breath by James Nestor is an interesting book subtitled The New Science of a Lost Art . I came across Nestor from his book Free Divers and...
Sunday, December 06, 2020

Pappyland by Wright Thompson

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  Pappyland by Wright Thompson is an excellent book subtitled A Story of Family, Fine Bourbon, and the Things That Last . Thompson is a wr...

No Rules Rules by Reed Hastings and Erin Meyer

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No Rules Rules by Reed Hastings and Erin Meyer is an interesting book co-written by the founder and CEO of Netflix along with the author o...
Sunday, November 22, 2020

Endurance by Alfred Lansing

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 Endurance by Alfred Lansing  from 1959 is a compelling book on the twenty-eight man Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, led by Sir Ernest...
Saturday, November 21, 2020

Eat a Peach by David Chang

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 Eat a Peach by David Chang is a memoir from the chef and founder of Momfuku, now a series of restaurants on the east coast and in Las Ve...
Thursday, November 05, 2020

Creating Signature Stories by David Aaker

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  Creating Signature Stories by David Aaker  is a solid business book with the subtitle  Strategic Messaging that Energizes, Persuades and ...

Anxious People by Fredrik Backman

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Anxious People by Fredrik Backman is the fourth novel I've read from the Swedish writer, with the first two  Beartown  and  Us Against...
Wednesday, October 21, 2020

The Power of Moments by Chip and Dan Heath

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The Power of Moments by Chip and Dan Heath is a solid read subtitled Why Certain Experiences Have Extraordinary Impact . The book focuses ...
Monday, October 19, 2020

Endurance by Scott Kelly

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  Endurance by Scott Kelly is from the retired astronaut who spent a year on the International Space Station, returning to Earth March 201...
Sunday, October 11, 2020

His Truth is Marching On by Jon Meacham

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  His Truth is Marching On: John Lewis and the Power of Hope by Jon Meacham  focuses on the impact Lewis, who died earlier this year, had u...
Monday, September 28, 2020

Obviously Awesome by April Dunford

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  Obviously Awesome by April Dunford is a solid marketing book subtitled How to Nail Product Positioning So Customers Get It, Buy It, Love ...
Sunday, September 27, 2020

Aligned to Achieve by Tracy Elier and Andrea Austin

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Aligned to Achieve   by Tracy Eiler and Andrea Austin is subtitled  How to Unite Your Sales and Marketing Teams into a Single Force for Gro...
Monday, September 07, 2020

The Story of More by Hope Jahren

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The Story of More by Hope Jahren is a good book following up on her biography  Lab Girl and this effort subtitled How We Got to Climate Ch...

A Very Punchable Face by Colin Jost

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A Very Punchable Face by Colin Jost is a solid memoir from the fifteen-year Saturday Night Live veteran, hired as a staff writer, and then...