The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin – Benjamin Franklin
A whole lot of bravado from one of America’s founders.
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Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly – Anthony Bourdain
Here is a hot take: after reading this I feel like I understood Anthony Bourdain’s suicide.
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Undisputed Truth: My Autobiography – Mike Tyson and Larry Sloman
Apparently this is a ‘Sports Book’. I am somehow not convinced.
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Man’s Search for Meaning – Viktor E. Frankl
A fascinating cross between a self-help book and a memoir, although the former falls a little short.
Long Walk to Freedom – Nelson Mandela
Some people really have earned the status of hero when we consider history.
Deconverted: A Journey from Religion to Reason – Seth Andrews
There are a lot of books I can throw into the ‘read for the wrong reason’ category. This is one
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Dispatches from the Edge – Anderson Cooper
Dispatches from the Edge is touching and horrifying, and reminds us how us how the fragility of live continues to effect us.
United Breaks Guitars – Dave Carroll
United Breaks Guitars went viral, proving to corporations that you can’t just step on customers.
Digging Up Mother – Doug Stanhope
The temptation to abandon something you are not initially enjoying is not always something to heed. If you do, you may miss out on some pretty great things.
On Writing – Stephen King
I keep giving Stephen King a shot, and I keep learning that he may not deserve it.
Failures in Polymathy 