Admissions: Life as a Brain Surgeon, Henry Marsh Goodreads: Henry Marsh has spent a lifetime operating on the surgical front line. There have been exhilarating […]
Books
Bad Blood
Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup, John Carreyrou Goodreads: The full inside story of the breathtaking rise and shocking collapse of […]
Deep
Deep: Freediving, Renegade Science, and What the Ocean Tells Us About Ourselves, James Nestor Goodreads: While on assignment in Greece, journalist James Nestor witnessed something […]
The Botany of Desire
The Botany of Desire: A Plant’s-Eye View of the World, Michael Pollan Goodreads: The book that helped make Michael Pollan, the New York Times bestselling […]
Saturday
Saturday, Ian McEwin Goodreads: An astonishing novel that captures the fine balance of happiness and the unforeseen threats that can destroy it. A brilliant, thrilling […]
Let There Be Water
Let There Be Water: Israel’s Solution for a Water-Starved World, Seth M. Siegel Goodreads: As every day brings urgent reports of growing water shortages around […]
Algorithms to Live By: The Computer Science of Human Decisions
Algorithms to Live By: The Computer Science of Human Decisions, Brian Christian and Tom Griffiths Goodreads: A fascinating exploration of how insights from computer algorithms […]
Driving Over Lemons: An Optimist in Spain
Driving Over Lemons: An Optimist in Spain, Chris Stewart Goodreads: No sooner had Chris Stewart set eyes on El Valero than he handed over a […]
An Unquiet Mind
An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness, Kay Redfield Jamison The Guardian: The cultural and medical shift that changed the meaningfully descriptive term […]
The Templars
The Templars: The Rise and Spectacular Fall of God’s Holy Warriors, Dan Jones Goodreads: Jerusalem 1119. A small group of knights seeking a purpose in […]
Sleight of Hand
Sleight of Hand, John Owen
Geronimo: Riding the Very Terrible 1914 Tour of Italy
Geronimo: Riding the Very Terrible 1914 Tour of Italy, Tim Moore Amazon: The 1914 Giro d Italia: The hardest bike race in history. Eighty-one riders […]
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, Rebecca Skloot Amazon: Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor black […]
Weapons of Math Destruction
Weapons of Math Destruction, Cathy O’Neil Would have enjoyed it a lot more if she didn’t politicize the book so aggressively! Good Reads: A former […]
An Autobiography of Jack London
An Autobiography of Jack London, Jack London Good Reads: Jack London has been a best-selling author for more than one hundred years. In his short […]
The Sports Gene
The Sports Gene: Inside the Science of Extraordinary Athletic Performance, David Epstein New York Times: As an 800-meter runner at Columbia University, David Epstein often […]
Just Mercy
Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption, Bryan Stevenson New York Times: Luckily, you don’t have to read too long to start cheering for […]
Saving Capitalism
Saving Capitalism: For the Many Not the Few, Robert B. Reich New York Times: To understand “Saving Capitalism,” Robert Reich’s sweeping treatise on inequality in […]
The Courage to Act
The Courage to Act: A Memoir of a Crisis and its Aftermath, Ben S. Bernanke Not only an intriguing behind-the-scenes look at what took place […]
Superintelligence
Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies, Nick Bostrom I can’t remember the last time I couldn’t make it through a book. I had high hopes, but way […]