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This book was recommended to me after I was promoted to Director. It provided a lot of good advice and helped me to think "broader" about my role instead of only getting caught up in the day-to-day responsibilities. My main criticism is that there weren't enough stories to help make the concept stick. There were a few anecdotes, but they were all very brief.
In his journal, Nobel Prize winner John Steinbeck called East of Eden “the first book,” and indeed it has the …
"How will artificial intelligence affect crime, war, justice, jobs, society and our very sense of …
I've read several books on the future of artificial intelligence, and this one is definitely the best. It's in an depth look at development and impact of AI, but also very approachable for the lay person.
A hilarious and witty look into the history of using cadavers for science, grave diggers, …
I did not expect this book to be so funny. There were so many parts where I had to stop reading because I was laughing so hard.
The murder of an old man is revealed by the continuing beating of his heart.
Thousands of years in the future, humanity is no longer alone in a universe where …
Very imaginative.
The most popular and beloved American historical novel ever written, Gone With the Wind is unparalleled in its portrayal of …
"Since it's publication five decades ago, William L. Shirer?s monumental study of Hitler?s empire has been widely acclaimed as the …
I read this book because it was recommended by the new president of my company and because it had really high reviews. It had the same generic leadership advice as every other book written on the topic at least since I was born; don't treat people badly, treat them good. Groundbreaking...
He never explains why we should want to be the type of leader he describes, which is kind of ironic because his other big book was "Start with Why". He walks through examples where companies seized short term profits at the expense of long term sustainability, but in these instances the leaders were incentivized to do exactly that. So why should they consider that a failure?
There's plenty of junk math/misleading statistics in the book. And if he's going to spend so much time talking about brain chemistry, he should have co-written with an actual scientist. Though I doubt …
I read this book because it was recommended by the new president of my company and because it had really high reviews. It had the same generic leadership advice as every other book written on the topic at least since I was born; don't treat people badly, treat them good. Groundbreaking...
He never explains why we should want to be the type of leader he describes, which is kind of ironic because his other big book was "Start with Why". He walks through examples where companies seized short term profits at the expense of long term sustainability, but in these instances the leaders were incentivized to do exactly that. So why should they consider that a failure?
There's plenty of junk math/misleading statistics in the book. And if he's going to spend so much time talking about brain chemistry, he should have co-written with an actual scientist. Though I doubt any scientist would let him have make the stretches that he did.
Towards the end of the book he completely loses focus. There's a 20 page rant on how these dang millennials just won't put their phones down. Nothing wrong with ranting against millennials, but why is that in a book on leadership?
I wouldn't recommend this book to anyone.
The Dictator's Handbook: Why Bad Behavior is Almost Always Good Politics is a 2011 non-fiction …
I read this book after watching the CGP Grey video that was based on it (link here www.youtube.com/watch?v=rStL7niR7gs). I don't know if I would recommend the book, but I 100% recommend the video. The book offers a unique view of politics which is really insightful, but it then tries to explain everything with that same view. The book was also really repetitive, so despite the shortness of the videos they cover ~90% of the concepts in the book.
The original revenge story, The Count of Monte Cristo is an adventure story set in France and Italy. The story …
An unspeakable crime. A confounding investigation. At a time when the King brand has never …
I feel like the pacing for this book was backward. It started off extremely suspenseful. Then about 1/3 way through the book the pace fell off and things slowed down considerably. The rest of the book was good, just not as good as the beginning.
From the Booker Prize-winning author of The Remains of the Day and When We Were …
Totally blown away, I could not put this book down. I started reading this book not knowing anything about it, and that's the way I would recommend starting it.
From Brian Greene, one of the world’s leading physicists and author the Pulitzer Prize finalist …
Absolutely mind blowing. A very approachable book on cutting edge physics (no math). I loved all the analogies he used to explain concepts, and especially how he mixed in things like The Simpsons and X-files.
