Drive, Daniel H. Pink With praise from Malcolm Gladwell – one of my favorite authors – I figured Drive should be a relatively safe bet, the […]
Books
Born To Run
Born To Run, Christopher McDougall I don’t hand out five star ratings for books readily, but it’s defintely well-deserved in this case. I’m not a […]
The Wizard Of Lies
The Wizard of Lies, Diana B. Henriques Unless you live in a cave you would have been bombarded by the media coverage of Bernie Madoff’s […]
The Man In The Rockefeller Suit
The Man In The Rockefeller Suit, Mark Seal I kept having to remind myself that this is a non-fiction book when I was engrossed by […]
Cadillac Desert
Cadillac Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water, Marc Reisner Brooke Bakker put me onto this book a few months ago when we were visiting […]
The Big Short
The Big Short, Michael Lewis I’ve been a fan of Michael Lewis since reading Liar’s Poker when I was studying at Cal a few years […]
The Great Reflation
The Great Reflation, J. Anthony Boeckh This book was recommended to me by a colleage of mine. Cheesey sub-title aside, it provides an excellent in-depth […]
Parenting Inc.
Parenting Inc., Pamela Paul I found this book on a sale stand when I was buying Christmas presents in December and – given what lay […]
Why We Make Mistakes
Why We Make Mistakes, Joseph T. Hallinan I will say that this was an interesting read but the number of times I found myself experiencing déjà […]
I Am A Hutterite
I Am A Hutterite, Mary Ann Kirby Publishers Weekly: This sweeping prairie memoir, self-published in Canada in 2007, rapidly garnered both commercial and literary applause. Recounting […]
Methland
From Publishers Weekly Using what he calls a “live-in reporting strategy,” Reding’s chronicle of a small-town crystal meth epidemic-about “the death of a way of […]
God Is Not One
God Is Not One, Stephen Prothero Expressing his astonishment, Prothero arrives late at the party that has been celebrating for years the diversity and plurality […]
My Father’s Paradise
My Father’s Paradise, Ariel Sabar For almost 3,000 years, a tiny Jewish enclave existed in what is now the autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq. […]
Pushed: The Painful Truth About Childbirth and Modern Maternity Care
Pushed: The Painful Truth About Childbirth and Modern Maternity Care, Jennifer Block The United States has the most intense and widespread medical management of birth […]
The Better World Shopping Guide
The Better World Shopping Guide: Every Dollar Makes a Difference, Ellis Jones The only comprehensive guide for socially and environmentally responsible consumers available, this book […]
Germs: Biological Weapons and America’s Secret War
Germs: Biological Weapons and America’s Secret War, Judith Miller, Stephen Engelberg and WIlliam Broad Three reporters from The New York Times survey the recent history […]
How Starbucks Saved My Life
How Starbucks Saved My Life, Michael Gates Gill This one is a bit of a feelgood tale, the story of a high-flying advertising executive born […]
Escape
Escape, Carolyn Jessop I read Jon Krakauer’s Under the Banner of Heaven a few years ago and was absolutely dumbstruck by the existence and far-reaching […]
Sick
Sick, Jonathan Cohn I was browsing around The Book Passage in Corte Madera with a Christmas gift voucher from my mum when I saw this […]
Gang Leader For A Day
Gang Leader For A Day, Sudhir Venkatesh Whilst studying for his PhD. in sociology at the University of Chicago, Sudhir Venkateshchose to take a slightly […]