by William | Book Reviews
Marriage, A History by Stephanie Coontz is not a book about wedding ceremonies. But, I found the book fascinating nonetheless. Since reading it, Fox News seem sillier than ever. It also challenged assumptions I didn’t know I have about the complementary natures...
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Zero to One by Peter Thiel is a book written for the startup entrepreneur. It’s about innovation and thinking right about the future, about business and success. The title comes from the idea of vertical and horizontal progress. Horizontal, or...
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It’s not quite a textbook, and not quite a dictionary. The Universal Principles of Design by William Lidwell, Kritina Holden and Jill Butler is reference material for designers, and those who need to work with them regularly. Its aim is to bring some unity to...
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Creativity Habit is a book by an accomplished choreographer named Twlya Tharp. She wrote a book for creative people, but she had to dress it up like it was for everyone. At least I think that’s what happened. Her’s is a practical guide for day to day...
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Have you ever been taking a shower and the solution to some problem you’ve been thinking about for days suddenly comes to you? It has to me… on almost a daily basis. I find this frustrating for two reasons. First, because I don’t have writing...
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It was a warm. The air was dense with invisible droplets of water. My eyes and knees were heavy. I wanted to go home and rest my head on a soft pillow, But the descending cadence of conversation on that back patio full of exhausted party-goers insisted I stay put. I...
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I Will Teach You To Be Rich by Ramit Sethi is a book about very slowly getting rich. In many ways, it’s almost exactly the opposite set of advice as what you’d find in Timmothy Ferris’ The Four Hour Workweek. You could say Sethi sees life ideally...
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The Universe in a Single Atom by the 14th and current Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, is a book about the many overlapping parts of Buddhism and modern scientific inquiry. This makes the fourth book I have read from Mr. Lama. The Art of Happiness, In My Own Words, and How...
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Ethics for the Real World by Ronald Howard, Clinton Korver & Bill Richard (credited on Amazon), was published in 2008, with the intent to help people to “master ethical distinctions to enable clear ethical thinking…” and to therefore help them...
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Influence, by Robert Cialdini Ph.D., is a book about how we get duped all the freaking time. And, how we might be inadvertently duping other people all the freaking time. I was first introduced to these concepts by The Personal MBA, which really didn’t do...
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