A Radical Pessimist’s Predictions After 10 Years
10 years ago, I bookmarked “A radical pessimist’s guide to the next 10 years” by Douglas Coupland. I’m not sure…
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A Literary Guide to Flannery O’Connor’s Georgia
A Literary Guide to Flannery O’Connor’s Georgia was a helpful and fascinating guide to pair with her writing. Her work…
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The Almost Nearly Perfect People by Michael Booth
The Almost Nearly Perfect People by Michael Booth is a 2014 nonfiction book detailing the author’s exploration of the cultural…
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Lost Continent by Bill Bryson Book Review
Lost Continent by Bill Bryson is a classic of travel literature, hilariously funny yet tinged with heartache. It is the…
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The Business Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained
The Business Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained is accessible reference book from DK about key theories of business and management.
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The Games by David Goldblatt
The Games by David Goldblatt is a door-stop history of the modern Olympic Games, from their reinvention in Athens in…
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Books Read in 2022
Ever since 2007, I’ve kept track of every book I’ve read. Ideally, I’ve also written short lessons learned or reviews…
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Book of Basketball by Bill Simmons
Two of my favorite non-fiction books are The Ball Is Round and How Soccer Explains the World. Both are about…
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Georgia Scenes by Augustus Longstreet Book Review
This book is a collection of stories & tales from ~1780 to ~1830 on the Georgia Frontier. I picked it…
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One Day In The Life of Ivan Denisovich by Alexander Solzhenitsyn
After reading Midnight in Siberia, I decided to check out a couple of famous books written by Russians. This book…
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Bowhunting Public Land Whitetails by Tony Peterson
Bowhunting Public Land Whitetails is a book about…well, hunting deer on public land with a bow. I picked up the…
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Magic Money by Lawrence Kotlikoff
Most personal finance books are written by financial advisors who rely on communicating academic research and financial best practices that…
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Courage is Calling by Ryan Holiday
I read this book in a pair with Discipline Is Destiny (also in the same series). My likes / dislikes…
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Discipline is Destiny by Ryan Holiday
Discipline is Destiny is a book on one of the four cardinal virtues of Stoic philosophy (aka Temperance). Ryan Holiday…
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Our National Forests by Greg Peters
This is the book that I was hoping would get published. Outdoor writing & media is dominated by (rightly so)…
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O Pioneers by Willa Cather
I picked this book up for free for Kindle at Standard Books (highly recommended project!). It’s the first of a…
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DK Eyewitness Alaska Book Review
Like their book on Mexico, DK Eyewitness Alaska is a super-handy, concise, structured way to quickly get a sense of…
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Mexico by DK Book Review
I love these series of books by DK Publishing. They go under the brand of Eyewitness Travel and have been…
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How To Read Literature Like a Professor by Thomas Foster Book Review
I picked this book up (at the library, but it’s also cheap on Amazon) after struggling to get through the…
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O’Connor Collected Works by Flannery O’Connor Book Review
Flannery O’Connor is one of my favorite writers, even if I still have to read her works with a bit…
