Started reading The Millionaire Mind but I felt like it was just repeating the same idea over and over which is "rich people do not need luxury cars or other expensive toys"

I will just stick to reading L4P

 

Great idea, I'm always looking for a new book to read. A friend just gave me a couple classic business books, one I've read and the other I'm reading now. I've read:

- The Richest Man in Babylon. George S. Clason
Great inspirational book that takes a collection of pamphlets written by Clason in the late 20's regarding thrift and financial success. I compared myself to some of the characters and took away some good points. This should be a definite read.

I'm reading:
- Getting to Yes by Roger Fisher and William Ury.
So far struggling through this one. Kind of dull but we will see as I'm only a quarter of the way through it.

 

Miguel Ruiz' - The 4 Agreements
A surgeon who returned to his roots postulates about 4 principles that cover almost all of life's impasses.

Edward De Bono - Teaching Your Child to Think
Author of the Six Thinking Hats, De Bono gets into the pragmatic approach to getting a child to not just think critically, but to think in context.
- Creatively when appropriate
- Decisively when appropriate
- Devil's Advocate when appropriate
etc...

Good stuff.

My mom was a librarian for 13 years so I have read too much, & that is why my manTV is 110"... LOL
L in IL

 

Catcher in the rye.

 

i read excellence magazine. :woot2:

 

Two, VERY different books

The Teachings of Don Juan: A Yaqui Way of Knowledge
By Carlos Castaneda



Crossing the Chasm: Marketing and Selling High
by Geoffrey A Moore

 

This book is quite the eye opener.

I haven't finished this one yet.....

 

Shantaram
by Gregory David Roberts

A semi-autobiographical tale of an escaped Autralian convict and herion addict (the author) who finds himself in the center of the chaos of Bombay's underground (and elswhere, including fighting w/ the mujaheddin in Afghanistan). There is some debate as to how much of the story is fiction vs non-fiction (a lot of which is documented, some of which is not), but it is an amazing read nonetheless, esp for anyone who's ever traveled to Bombay.

The book is a best-seller OUTSIDE of the US, and Johnny Depp is working on the movie adaptation of the book scheduled to be released sometime in 2009 or 2010.

http://www.shantaram.com/

 

Deception Point - Dan Brown - Another Crazy Dan Brown book about government cover ups.

Good to Great - Jim collins - A good book about making a company that lasts. It kept my attention but made me want to open a pie shoppe. one of those business books "everyone" has to read. Take that with a grain of salt though.

 

Interconnecting Cisco Network Devices, Part 1 (ICND1): CCNA Exam 640-802 and ICND1 Exam 640-822, 2nd Edition

It was a snoozer!

 

Reading "Naked Economics" right now. I'm about 1/2 way through.

I'm trying to find a decent economics books to give to friends and family who have no working knowledge of how the world economy works. I have to pre-screen these books because most economic jargon will put them to sleep.

http://www.nakedeconomics.com/

 

Check out this book then. It is very entertaining and I think appeals to a wide array of interests.

 

A Confederacy of Dunces

The story behind the book is almost better than the book itself. The author committed suicide after having the manuscript rejected by Simon & Shuster, but after his death his mother coerced an University English professor to read the book, who ultimately championed the novel and had it published posthumously. The novel went on to win a Pulitzer Prize.

I think everyone feels a bit like Ignatius sometimes.

 

Brotherhood of Warriors: Aaron Cohen: Non-fictional book written by a former Israeli SF operator. Raised by a wealthy Beverley Hills family. He had a troubled youth and through guidance and personal interest went to Israel and advanced through the ranks to one of the highest level SF units in the Israeli Defense Forces. I really liked the book; It's a quick 300page read.

+1 to a thousand splendid suns

 

Twelve Ordinary Men

It's about the twelve Apostles and how they were just regular people like we are yet they were called to follow Jesus.

 

sounds pretty cool. let me know how you like it...

 

TRUMAN by David McCullough, long book but great look back into American history and politics. McCullough has written some great books if anyone is looking for something to read non fiction.

Ryan

 

1. In the Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco

I read that about once a year, along with Dune (both about religion, interestingly enough).

But right now I'm too stressed at work for anything deep, so popcorn:

The Pixar Touch: The Making of a Company by David A. Price
A good business profile/history book, told mostly from the perspective of Catmull and Lasseter, although you can't avoid Jobs.

Bangkok 8 by John Burdett
A murder mystery set mainly in the brothels of Bangkok, nuff said.

 

The Gospel of the Flying Spaghetti Monster by Bobby Henderson

The Complete Peanut Allergy Handbook by, Scott H. Sicherer M.D. and Terry Malloy

 

i like to read for enjoyment and relaxation, so nothing too heavy.
i enjoy mysterys (hate romances) and am always looking for recommendations.

right now: The Gift of Time (Letters from a father) By Jorge Ramos.
I think MTK might like this one. I was trying to finish before his flight to Chicago,
but didn't make it. I know he likes to read on planes.

 

The Art of Possibility by Benjamin Zander: http://www.benjaminzander.com/book/

Good Stuff.


Gary

 

Where I'm Calling From, Raymond Carver

Collection of short stories in the minimalist mode of Hemingway or Chekhov, good stuff.

 

i never liked hemingway's sparse style; but after devouring the Cormac McCarthy book (The Road), i need to give it another whirl. did you get that Borges book yet?

- chuck

 

Minutes to Burn - Gregg Hurwitz

 

The Tipping Point - Malcolm Gladwell

 

I just finished Band of Brothers by Stephen E. Ambrose.

Recent books that I've read this year and would recomend:
All the Sundays yet to come by Kathryn Bertine (This was written by a close friend of ours)
Complications by Atul Gawande
The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
I know this much is true by Wally Lamb
The Road by Cormac McCarthy

 

Reading - Confessions of an Economic Hitman.

 

Not necessarily the last book I read, but The Long Tail by Chris Anderson is a really interesting book about how smart technologies like Amazon etc. are using - which keeps track of your purchases and recommends similar items - are helping to aid the growth of niche markets. Since the internet allows for unlimited "shelf space", people can find niche items that they might not normally come across in a Brick and Mortar store.