The Mind’s Eye – Oliver Sacks
Oliver Sacks books are always interesting, but there is little new to say about one versus another.
Non-Fiction
The Portable Curmudgeon – Jon Winokur
The Portable Curmudgeon is a book of vignettes held together by the slightest of threads
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.
How to travel with a Salmon – Umberto Eco
Umberto Eco’s ‘How to travel with a Salmon’ and other essays show a different side of him – well, to most of us.
Talking to my Daughter About the Economy, or How Capitalism Works – and How It Fails – Yanis Varoufakis
I don’t know if distilling economics gives you correct simplifications, but it does make good reading.
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.
Unfu*k Yourself – Gary John Bishop
I decided to see if living by the principles of a self-help book for one calander year would make a difference in my life.
Everything is F*cked – Mark Manson
And sometimes some books make you think “I’d rather be reading something else.”
Hello World – Hannah Fry
I bet you’ve tossed around words like ‘algorithm’ before, and you’ve not really known what it’s meant.
