Moonwalking With Einstein, Joshua Foer When I think about getting back to my book at night during the daytime I know I’m onto something good. […]
Books
Four Fish
Four Fish, Paul Greenberg My star rating above is probably a little biased because I love the ocean end everything in it, but I really […]
Your Inner Fish
Your Inner Fish, Neil Shubin Publisher’s Weekly: Fish paleontologist Shubin illuminates the subject of evolution with humor and clarity in this compelling look at how the […]
Thinking Fast and Slow
Thinking Fast and Slow, Daniel Kahneman I’ve been a big fan of Danny Kahneman ever since I was introduced to his teachings as part of Terry […]
The End of Illness
The End of Illness, David B. Agus Perhaps my hopes were a little high for this book. After all, if someone really had a recipe […]
Keep Australia On Your Left
Keep Australia On Your Left, Eric Stiller A little while back I found myself in the rare situation of not having any new books in […]
Drive
Drive, Daniel H. Pink With praise from Malcolm Gladwell – one of my favorite authors – I figured Drive should be a relatively safe bet, the […]
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 […]