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Daryl

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Joined 6 months, 2 weeks ago

Maker of deft geekery :: product and company builder.

Unrepentant travel junkie, snowboarding yeti, wildlife whisperer, submarine explorer, and aspiring astronomer.

Reader of many books.

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The Creative Act (Hardcover, 2023, Canongate Books)
Negotiation Genius (EBook, 2007, Random House Publishing Group)

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Six Easy Pieces (2005, Basic Books)
The Peripheral (Paperback, 2015, Berkley Publishing Group, Berkley)
Bullet Train (Hardcover, 2021, Harry N. Abrams)
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2023 Reading Goal

45% complete! Daryl has read 19 of 42 books.

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finished reading Leading by Alex Ferguson

Leading (2015) 1 star

"After an astonishing career-first in Scotland, and then over 27 years with Manchester United Football …

Obvious and basic from the management and leadership perspective it seems to emphasize. People really need to stop equating sports with success in business. Really felt the only reason this is popular is because people are football obsessed and Man United won games. I'd like the hours I spent reading this book in this timeline back, please.

reviewed The Mountain in the Sea by Ray Nayler

The Mountain in the Sea (Hardcover, 2023, Weidenfeld & Nicolson) 5 stars

When pioneering marine biologist Dr. Ha Nguyen is offered the chance to travel to the …

Page-turner speculative scifi about the nature of mind, culture, communications, and... loneliness and indeifference

5 stars

Really quite enjoyed this one. The philosophical departures make it really interesting beyond the story that's told.