Books

Impossible To Ignore by Carmen Simon is a groundbreaking approach to creating memorable messages that are easy to process, hard…

1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created is a nonfiction book written by Charles C. Mann and published in 2011….

Paul Theroux is one of my 3 favorite travel writers. I read this book in 2014 almost as soon as…

At Home in The World is a book about a family’s adventure around the world, as they travel to different…

What The Buddha Taught by Walpola Rahula is a reliable introduction to Buddhism. The book provides a solid foundation into…

Sapiens is a multi-disciplinary book that covers 2.5 million years of human history, from the advent of agriculture to the…

Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth is a historical account of the life of Jesus, written by…

God Is Back is a book that argues against the secularization thesis and claims that there is a global revival…

Confessions of an Economic Hitman is a semi-autobiographical book written by John Perkins, first published in 2004. The book provides…

I read Mohsin Hamid’s novel The Reluctant Fundamentalist during my flurry of post-college book reading. It was a powerful novel that…

I picked up You May Also Like: Taste in an Age of Endless Choice by Tom Vanderbilt solely because of his…

Bill Bryson has been one of my (and my wife’s) favorite authors for years. He’s one of the few authors…

Jane McGonigal is a psychologist and researcher into the science of games. She has widely viewed TED Talks and is…

India has been around for a long time. Like more than 5,000 years – back to the earliest establishments of…

Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand is a 1957 novel that explores the themes of individualism, reason, and capitalism. The book…

Linchpin is the 3rd book by Seth Godin that I’ve read (previously Poke The Box and Purple Cow). The book…

In 1927, there was no major war. There was no major election. There was no major economic upheaval. And yet,…

There’s a long tradition of modern travel writers retracing the steps of famous travel routes – whether it’s retracing George…

I originally read Tom Standage in The Economist where he’s an editor & columnist and writes the best Holiday Issue…

I read A Long Walk To Freedom as part of a college history class, but ended up keeping it and…

The Orthodox Church by Timothy Ware is an introductory book on the history, beliefs, and practices of the Orthodox Church….

80/20 Sales & Marketing is a book that provides unique tools to help readers maximize their marketing efforts and increase…

I’ve tried to read books from a diverse range of settings and countries, but aside from the outstanding Sea of…

India has been around for a long time. Like more than 5,000 years – back to the earliest establishments of…

Bright-Sided by Barbara Ehrenreich is a book that explores the negative effects of positive thinking and its reach into every…

Made In America by Bill Bryson is a book that explores the history of the English language in the United…

Do The Work by Steven Pressfield is not a book based on any kind of science of motivation, psychology, or…

A couple years ago, I read Travels In Siberia by Ian Frazier – which was one of the top 5 travel…

In the past ten years, there’s been a really fun genre of books that take normally boring academic research in…

“Vagabond” is a word with lots of negative connotations – laziness, narcissism, dependency, aimlessness – someone avoiding commitment to home…

Josh Waitzkin was called a chess prodigy at a very young age, and was actually the subject of a film…

For me, the best travel books are more than just narratives that just tell how the author did A, then…

When you’re trying to learn something new or excel at something you’re familiar with, there’s a predictable process that we…

The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business by Charles Duhigg is a book in…

Let’s see where to start…you’ll only be interested in this book if your are interested in History, Economics, and American…

First off – it’s absurdly hard to find a business book that’s not too fluffy on anecdotes of one-off successes…

When I publish this post, the content will zip out of the back of my computer over my head to…

As a spectator, watching a running race mainly involves standing around for a while, then watching for a few seconds…

Human felicity is produced not as much by great pieces of good fortune that seldom happen as by little advantages…

With the move to Atlanta, new job, and new routines, it took me an embarrassingly long time to read Bill…

I’ve never thought of memory as skill until I read Moonwalking With Einstein. The book is Joshua Foer’s exploration into…

Our Dumb World is a satirical desk atlas that was published by Little, Brown and Company on October 30, 2007….

The God Delusion is a book by Richard Dawkins, a British evolutionary biologist and professorial fellow at New College, Oxford….

Non-Violence by Mark Kurlansky is a sweeping yet concise history that moves from ancient Hindu times to present-day conflicts raging…

The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid by Bill Bryson is a memoir that takes readers on a journey…

The Mother Tongue by Bill Bryson is an exploration of the history, evolution, and current state of the English language….

Thus Spoke Zarathustra is a philosophical novel written by Friedrich Nietzsche and published in four volumes between 1883 and 1885….

Blowback by Chalmers Johnson is an incisive and controversial book that examines the dangers of American empire. Johnson argues that…

The Copywriter’s Handbook: A Step-By-Step Guide to Writing Copy That Sells by Robert W. Bly is a comprehensive guide to…

In A Sunburned Country by Bill Bryson is a travelogue that chronicles the author’s journey through Australia. The book follows…

Lost Christianities: The Battles for Scripture and the Faiths We Never Knew by Bart D. Ehrman is a book that…

The Varieties of Religious Experience is a book based on a series of lectures given by William James in 1901…

The Family Virtues Guide is a valuable resource for parents and teachers who want to instill basic virtues in their…

In Search of Enemies is a memoir by John Stockwell, a former CIA Case Officer who was asked to lead…

Man’s Search for Meaning is a memoir by psychiatrist Viktor Frankl, chronicling his experiences as a prisoner in Nazi concentration…

What’s It All About: Philosophy and the Meaning of Life by Julian Baggini is a secular and non-hubristic inquiry into…