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The cataclysm began more than a century earlier, when the King of Ayr died before naming an heir to the …
David Burkus: The myths of creativity (2014)
"How to get past the most common myths about creativity to design truly innovative strategies. We tend to think of …
A recent transplant to Paris, humorist David Sedaris, bestselling author of “Naked”, presents a collection …
Not sure if it wasn't as good as Calypso, or his books get tiresome after the first, but I felt as if this was a slog with few humorous moments. Certainly my last Sedaris book.
MAN OF HIS WORDA princess and a stableboy? It sounds like the worst sort of hackneyed formula romance. Think again, …
MAGIC CASEMENTIn MAGIC CASEMENT the tale begins gently, even slowly, with Inosolan enjoying an idyllic childhood in a tiny backwater …
Keith Stewart is a quiet and unassuming man called upon to undertake an extraordinary task. A skilled maker of miniature …
The astonishing sequel to Children of Time, the award-winning novel of humanity’s battle for survival on a terraformed planet.
Thousands …
Awakening from a dream with more than one hundred predictions about the future in his head, an unassuming Manhattan bassist …
In the tradition of Jon Krakauer’s Into Thin Air and Sebastian Junger’s The Perfect Storm comes a true tale of …
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking is a 2012 …
For a book about the virtues of those who don't feel the need to fill a quiet room with small talk, this book felt overly long and drawn out. With no shortage of anecdotes about how great introverts are, the thesis was quickly beat to death. Maybe this book is for extroverted people and the repetition is for their benefit, but found it a slog.
