Soul Keeping, by John Ortberg
When was the last time you thought about the health of your soul? And when was the last time you heard anybody explain the importance of your soul? For that matter, even gave a reasonable…
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The Up Side of Down
Megan McArdle has written The Up Side of Down: Why Failing Well Is the Key to Success for anybody who has ever failed. Which means she has written it for all of us. The premise…
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Reading Books So You Don’t Have To!
Enjoyed several fun books in the first quarter of 2014, so I wanted to list them here. It’s a fairly short list for me — just 25 books. Quality over quantity, perhaps? My favorites (and…
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So you think you’re a writer?
Four years ago I took a month-long sabbatical to consider where to invest future energies. Great friends offered advice, shared their ideas, and asked me tough questions. One of the questions often asked was, “Why not…
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The Bully Pulpit
Last year I wrote about my favorite books of the year and mentioned The Bully Pulpit by Doris Kearns Goodwin as the one most deserving of a Pulitzer Prize. At that time I had not…
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2013 Reading List
Another year, another 100+ books. My reading list for 2013 was varied and fun. I already posted my favorites here, but below is a complete list of all the books I read this year. You…
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The World Atlas of Wine
My brother-in-law gave me a great Christmas gift: The World Atlas of Wine for my iBook reader. Written by Hugh Johnson and Jancis Robinson, this beautifully done book made my Christmas evening. If you love…
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Best Books of 2013
Wow, the year has flown by! I can’t believe it’s already time to list my favorite books of 2013. Now remember, this is highly subjective, very biased, and aiming to to be on the fun…
