The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure, Jonathan Haidt and Greg Lukianoff Quite […]
Books
Cork Dork
Cork Dork, Bianca Bosker Goodreads: For readers of Anthony Bourdain, Susan Orlean, and Mary Roach, a surprising, entertaining and hilarious journey through the world of […]
Should I Be Tested for Cancer?
Should I Be Tested for Cancer, H. Gilbert Welch Goodreads: Getting tested to detect cancer early is one of the best ways to stay healthy—or […]
Heartland
Heartland: A Memoir of Working Hard and Being Broke in the Richest Country on Earth, Sarah Smarsh Goodreads: During Sarah Smarsh’s turbulent childhood in Kansas […]
The Economists’ Hour
The Economists’ Hour: False Prophets, Free Markets, and the Fracture of Society, Binyamin Appelbaum Goodreads: The Economists’ Hour is the biography of a revolution: The […]
The Mosquito
The Mosquito, Timothy Winegard Goodreads: Why was gin and tonic the cocktail of choice for British colonists in India and Africa? What does Starbucks have […]
21 Lessons for the 21st Century
21 Lessons for the 21st Century, Yuval Noah Harari Goodreads: How do computers and robots change the meaning of being human? How do we deal […]
American Predator
American Predator, Maureen Callahan Goodreads: Ted Bundy. John Wayne Gacy. Jeffrey Dahmer. The names of notorious serial killers are usually well-known; they echo in the […]
Factfulness
Factfulness, Hans Rosling, Ola Rosling and Anna Rosling Rönnlund Absolutely loved this book. Really a must read for anyone who puts significant effort into deciphering […]
Elephant Company
Elephant Company, Vicki Constantine Croke Goodreads: Billy Williams came to colonial Burma in 1920, fresh from service in World War I, to a job as […]
If You Tell
If You Tell, Gregg Olsen Goodreads: After more than a decade, when sisters Nikki, Sami, and Tori Knotek hear the word mom, it claws like […]
A Woman in Amber
A Woman in Amber, Agate Nesaule Kirkus Reviews: This feminist, literature-as-therapy memoir offers a disturbing and timely commentary on the fate of women in war. […]
Permanent Record
Permanent Record, Edward Snowden Goodreads: In 2013, twenty-nine-year-old Edward Snowden shocked the world when he broke with the American intelligence establishment and revealed that the […]
The Lost Boys of Mr Dickens
The Lost Boys of Mr Dickens, Steve Harris Goodreads: As engrossing as a novel, this story of the death of childhood in the cradle of […]
Walking Free
Walking Free, Munjed Al Muderis Goodreads: In 1999, Munjed Al Muderis was a young surgical resident working in Baghdad when a squad of Military Police […]
White Butterflies
White Butterflies, Colin McPhedran Goodreads: This autobiography describes one of the worst but least documented refugee tragedies of World War II. Tens of thousands of […]
Educated
Educated, Tara Westover Goodreads: Tara Westover was 17 the first time she set foot in a classroom. Born to survivalists in the mountains of Idaho, […]
People I Want to Punch in the Throat
People I Want to Punch in the Throat, Jen Mann Goodreads: Jen Mann doesn’t have a filter, which sometimes gets her in trouble with her […]
Against All Odds
Against All Odds, Craig Challen and Richard Harris Goodreads: “I just want to warn you. You’re going to dive to the end of the cave. […]
Before I Forget: An Early Memoir
Before I Forget: An Early Memoir, Geoffrey Blainey Goodreads: Now in his late-eighties, and listed by the National Trust as a ‘Living Treasure’, in Before […]