Twenty Five Books That Influenced My Life – #25
One of the wisest things my Mom did when I was growing up was to make reading a treat. It all started when I’d go shopping with her and, like most kids, pester her for…
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Twenty Five Books That Influenced My Life
Last year I read 25 Books Every Christian Should Read and it made me wonder what 25 books I would recommend if I were on the editorial board that put such a book together. I…
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Final Reading List
It’s official: I read 119 books in 2011. Roughly 10 books a month. Definitely a record for me. No way I’ll approach that in 2012. Perhaps ever. If you are interested, here is the complete…
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Favorite Books of 2011
Here it is … my long awaited “favorite books” post! The “Would you shut up about this book? It’s all you talk about anymore!” category: Lost in Shangri-La by Mitchell Zuckoff. D’Aun didn’t have to…
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Books, books, and more books
Well, I didn’t start the year with an aim to accomplish this, but I’ve read over 100 books this year. People ask me how I find the time to do it. Truth is that I…
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Simply Jesus, by N.T. Wright
Later this week I’ll be attending an event at the Newbigin House in San Francisco with N.T. Wright as the keynote speaker. I’ve read previous books by Wright, and enjoyed them, so I picked up…
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Go Like Hell!
How could I resist a book titled Go Like Hell? Actually, the full title of this book by A.J. Baime is Go Like Hell: Ford, Ferrari, and Their Battle for Speed and Glory at Le…
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How I Sold Car Parts to Steve Jobs (okay, so probably not, but still…)
Walter Isaacson is one of my favorite biographers. His books about Einstein, Kissinger, and Benjamin Franklin are fantastic. So last summer when I heard that he would be writing a book titled Steve Jobs, I…