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  • Keep Australia On Your Left

    Keep Australia On Your Left

    May 4, 2012 9:36

     

    Keep Australia On Your Left, Eric Stiller Rating: ★★★½☆  A little while back I...

     

  • Drive

    Drive

    Feb 16, 2012 10:56

     

    Drive, Daniel H. Pink Rating: ★★☆☆☆  With praise from Malcolm Gladwell – one...

     

  • Born To Run

    Born To Run

    Feb 3, 2012 8:17

     

    Born To Run, Christopher McDougall Rating: ★★★★★  I don’t hand out five star...

     

  • The Wizard Of Lies

    The Wizard Of Lies

    Feb 3, 2012 8:06

     

    The Wizard of Lies, Diana B. Henriques Rating: ★★★★☆  Unless you live in a cave...

     

  • The Man In The Rockefeller Suit

    The Man In The Rockefeller Suit

    Nov 3, 2011 14:31

     

    The Man In The Rockefeller Suit, Mark Seal Rating:   I kept having to remind myself that this is a non-fiction...

     

  • Cadillac Desert

    Cadillac Desert

    Oct 25, 2011 7:34

     

    Cadillac Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water, Marc Reisner Rating:   Brooke Bakker put me onto...

     

  • The Big Short

    The Big Short

    Jul 6, 2011 9:03

     

    The Big Short, Michael Lewis Rating:   I’ve been a fan of Michael Lewis since reading Liar’s Poker...

     

  • The Great Reflation

    The Great Reflation

    May 27, 2011 7:47

     

    The Great Reflation, J. Anthony Boeckh Rating:   This book was recommended to me by a colleage of mine.  Cheesey...

     

  • Parenting Inc.

    Parenting Inc.

    May 12, 2011 10:01

     

    Parenting Inc., Pamela Paul Rating:   I found this book on a sale stand when I was buying Christmas presents in...

     

  • Why We Make Mistakes

    Why We Make Mistakes

    Feb 25, 2011 14:18

     

    Why We Make Mistakes, Joseph T. Hallinan Rating:   I will say that this was an interesting read but the number...

     

  • I Am A Hutterite

    I Am A Hutterite

    Feb 7, 2011 7:04

     

    I Am A Hutterite, Mary Ann Kirby Rating:   Publishers Weekly: This sweeping prairie memoir, self-published in...

     

  • Methland

    Methland

    Jan 7, 2011 9:10

     

    Rating:   From Publishers Weekly Using what he calls a “live-in reporting strategy,” Reding’s...

     

  • God Is Not One

    God Is Not One

    Dec 24, 2010 8:21

     

    God Is Not One, Stephen Prothero Rating:   Expressing his astonishment, Prothero arrives late at the party that...

     

  • My Father’s Paradise

    My Father’s Paradise

    Dec 24, 2010 8:17

     

    My Father’s Paradise, Ariel Sabar Rating:   For almost 3,000 years, a tiny Jewish enclave existed in what...

     

  • Pushed: The Painful Truth About Childbirth and Modern Maternity Care

    Pushed: The Painful Truth About Childbirth and Modern Maternity Care

    Dec 22, 2010 13:11

     

    Pushed: The Painful Truth About Childbirth and Modern Maternity Care, Jennifer Block Rating:   The United States...

     

  • The Better World Shopping Guide

    The Better World Shopping Guide

    Nov 21, 2010 7:57

    The Better World Shopping Guide: Every Dollar Makes a Difference, Ellis Jones Rating:   The only comprehensive...

     

  • Germs: Biological Weapons and America’s Secret War

    Germs: Biological Weapons and America’s Secret War

    Nov 15, 2010 7:50

     

    Germs: Biological Weapons and America’s Secret War, Judith Miller, Stephen Engelberg and WIlliam Broad Rating:   Three...

     

  • How Starbucks Saved My Life

    How Starbucks Saved My Life

    Mar 25, 2009 7:50

     

    How Starbucks Saved My Life, Michael Gates Gill Rating:   This one is a bit of a feelgood tale, the story of a...

     

  • Escape

    Escape

    Mar 23, 2009 9:48

     

    Escape, Carolyn Jessop Rating:   I read Jon Krakauer’s Under the Banner of Heaven a few years ago and was...

     

  • Sick

    Sick

    Feb 23, 2009 9:04

    Sick, Jonathan Cohn Rating:   I was browsing around The Book Passage in Corte Madera with a Christmas gift voucher...

     
 

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