Tripping over American Gods
I had the rare luxury of being able to wander the aisles of B&N late last week, and one of the authors I tripped over (while looking for Prelude to Foundation) was Neil Gaiman. A 30-second peruse of his book, “American Gods” got me hooked enough to bring it home for a read. [...]
The Sequel to Pillars of the Earth is here!
About two months ago, I noticed a book listing in a Costco flier. What got me all excited was seeing, “Sequel to Pillars of the Earth.” That’s all is said, and that’s all it took. I’ve been counting down the days till it was released the way most of my co-workers were counting the days [...]
Become Ayn Rand overnight with Lulu
OK, maybe not, and I stumbled across Lulu.com this morning. Lulu focuses on self-publishing - books, calendars, music, etc - pretty interesting niche…
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My Summer Vacation Reading List
It’s finally time for a 1–week break. We’re headed over to Lake Chelan for a week. I try to take three types of books with me when we do these trips – a work-related book, a book on a subject that’s not usually on my radar, and a couple good “beach books”. This year, I’m [...]
A good start at a summer reading list
Here’s Guy Kawasaki’s list of ten favorite books – it makes a good start at a summer reading list…
My Ten Favorite Books
Many people have requested my list of favorite books, so here you go. (I’ve sorted this list by author’s last name, fyi.) Read long and prosper! I hope you find them as [...]
Nando Parrado - a must read
I remember reading “Alive” a long, long time ago - it was one of those books that struck a chord deep inside me. Living through an unimaginable accident - your plane has just crashed in the Andes, faced with an unfathomable choice - here’s dinner, and coming through the experience upright. The whole [...]
Anybody Want an Autographed Copy of Freakonomics?
Freakonomics is definately one of my favorite books of this year. Professor Levitt and Mr. Dubner have now made being a fan even cooler…
Once in a while, someone writes to ask if we would autograph his or her copy of Freakonomics. And we say: sure, thanks for asking. But the logistics aren’t very [...]
Book Review: The Art of Project Management
The Goat pointed me to this book as soon as it came out; he’s always great at pointing out new ways to further improve my program management skills.
Long ago, I made a distinction between program management and project management that has helped me tremendously in my career, and I appreciate that Scott pays so much [...]
Oprah picks three Faulkner novels for summer reading
This is so cool… ..and some of the other classics are just one click off the Summer Reading list on B&N. Way to go folks!!!
Oprah picks three Faulkner novels for summer reading
Oprah has revolutionized the book business with her hugely popular book club. Now she is about to revolutionize the notion of summer [...]
New Neil Stephenson book
Just got an email about Neal Stephenson’s new book due 4/14. There must be a word processor wired directly to the speech center of his brain….
HarperCollins Publishers — Home of William Morrow, Avon, Perennial, Rayo, Amistad, Caedmon Audio, Regan Books
from the site…
The world is a most confused and unsteady place — especially London, center of finance, [...]