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This isn’t a book on how to manage others, but how to manage yourself. Some parts feel a little dated (especially the language in the book and assumption all “exe...

This book started out great: there’s a new serial killer on the loose, the FBI use all sorts of cool forensic and investigative techniques to try to track him dow...

I meant to read this a while ago, but I guess better late than never? This book is an interesting mix of Obama’s personal and family history, his beliefs, US hist...

Nice prose. Mia is an interesting character. Every other character is flat, boring, and unrealistic. None of them seem to act like real people. The plot ...

I couldn’t finish reading this one. The premise seemed great: why do governments seem especially apt to make decisions counter to their own interests? I was hopin...

This book is an overview of modern particle physics (as of 2005) and a surprisingly deep look at how the universe works at the subatomic level. There are no equat...

Most business books focus on huge, public companies, or companies striving to become big and public. Most business strategy is all about growing as big as possibl...

The rare combination of excellent book and excellent movie. I’m honestly not sure which I like better. I saw the movie first, years ago, and some of the imagery ...

Lots of important ideas and insights, buried in smug, self-congratulatory advertisement for the author’s company.

This is one of those rare cases where: Both the movie and book are great. The movie is actually better than the book. It’s the story of two stage magician...