Sunday, April 25, 2021

The Spy and the Traitor by Ben Macintyre

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The Spy and the Traitor by  Ben Macintyre is an engrossing work of nonfiction subtitled  The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War . It...

How to Avoid a Climate Disaster by Bill Gates

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How to Avoid a Climate Disaster by Bill Gates is a solid and detailed book with the subtitle The Solutions We Have and the Breakthroughs W...
Sunday, April 04, 2021

Think Again by Adam Grant

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Think Again by Adam Grant is a solid book with the subtitle The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know . Grant is an organizational psych...

Last Call by Elon Green

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  Last Call by Elon Green chronicles the Last Call Killer who preyed on gay men in New York in the '80s and '90s and the book tell...
Sunday, March 28, 2021

Team of Teams by Stanley McChrystal

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Team of Teams by Stanley McChrystal is a solid read subtitled  New Rules of Engagement for a Complex World  from the retired four-star U.S...
Saturday, March 06, 2021

A Shot in the Moonlight by Ben Montgomery

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A Shot in the Moonlight by Ben Montgomery  is an excellent book that recounts the story of George Dinning and has the subtitle How a Freed ...

Intangibles by Joan Ryan

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Intangibles by Joan Ryan is a solid book subtitled Unlocking the Science and Soul of Team Chemistry . Ryan worked as a sports columnist in...
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...