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Creative Capital
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Creative Capital

By Spencer Ante

February 27, 2021

Editor’s note:  This book is a biography of a man named Georges Doriot who is widely considered the creator of the venture capital space.  I don’t remember how I acquired...
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Adventures of a Bystander
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Adventures of a Bystander

By Peter Drucker

December 31, 2020

Editor’s Note:  This was the first book I read by Drucker.  It is billed as a memoir but feels more like a collection of essays on people he met from...
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Squeeze Me
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Squeeze Me

By Carl Hiaasen

November 29, 2020

Buy Book Editor’s Note:   Warning: If you’ve not read his books, be forewarned that Hiaasen is a bit twisted.  But if you’re neither politically ardent nor easily offended, this...
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The Wisdom of Finance
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The Wisdom of Finance

October 31, 2020

Book of the Month by Mihir Desai Editor’s note:   Thanks to my son, Timmy, for this my favorite read of the year so far.  I imagine that loving it...
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Strengths Based Leadership
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Strengths Based Leadership

By Tom Rath and Barry Conchie

September 29, 2020

Editor’s note:  I’ve followed this concept since it started and have taken the Clifton test a few times.  I got back into it over recent months because I am putting...
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Kathleen Williams
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Kathleen Williams

September 29, 2020

Editors Note: Perhaps the only moderate ad we will see this season so it earned my monthly interest award. Note it is Montana so this is not a partisan statement.
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Furnishing Eternity by David Giffels
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Furnishing Eternity by David Giffels

August 30, 2020

Editor’s note: Thanks to friend, Frank Dixon, for turning me onto Giffels, a local (Akron) professor and writer. Don’t let the theme of building his own coffin (yes, that’s the...
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The Overstory
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The Overstory

By Richard Powers

August 1, 2020

Editor’s note:  Two reasons to avoid this book, kindly referenced by my friend, Joe Gibson: a. you’re looking for recreational reading (I had to strain to stay on track) or...
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Business Adventures
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Business Adventures

By John Brooks

June 30, 2020

Editor’s note:    I’ve read ten books on business and philanthropy over the least few months.  None were worth sharing so I’ve been stuck on historical fiction but now it’s...
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American Dirt
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American Dirt

By Jeanine Cummins

May 31, 2020

Editor’s comment:   I read too many books this month since we are essentially still in lockdown here.  None were particularly good, I’m sorry to say, and I tried fiction...
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The Splendid and the Vile
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The Splendid and the Vile

By Erik Larson

April 27, 2020

Editor’s comments: It’s no secret to readers that I enjoy Erik Larson’s work. His unique blend of great research and near-fictional personalities creates a look at one year in England’s...
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Little Paris Bookshop
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Little Paris Bookshop

By Nina George

March 30, 2020

Editor's note:  This is an airy book of fiction about a bookstore on a barge on the Seine in Paris whose owner sets sail one day after 20 years of...
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Amor Towles
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Amor Towles

February 27, 2020

Book of the Month: “A Gentleman in Moscow”, by Amor Towles Editor’s note:  This historic fiction is beautifully written.  Towles adds well-researched context along with poignant social commentary to make...
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The First Conspiracy
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The First Conspiracy

By Brad Meltzer & Josh Mensch

January 29, 2020

Editor’s Note:  With an admitted uncertainty about detail and Meltzer’s unconfessed sprinkling of cheap fiction chapter endings, this is an outstanding non-fiction read.  It’s also pretty certainly true and supportable...
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The Billion Dollar Whale
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The Billion Dollar Whale

By Bradley Hope and Tom Wright

December 30, 2019

Editor’s comment:  Another “non-fiction that reads more like fiction”.  Jho Low, between graduating from Wharton in 2005 and exposes that began in 2015 appears to have pulled off Madoff-style fraud. ...
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Fundamentals
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Fundamentals

By Jim Sullivan

November 27, 2019

Editor’s note:  If you consider yourself a coach, work in any form of customer service and/or HR/Training, this book will cause you to think differently about some of your more...
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Noah Harari
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Noah Harari

By Homo Deus

October 18, 2019

Editor’s note :  This mind blowing work, subtitled “A Brief History of Tomorrow”, gets a bit lost for me because of its ambition to forecast a few hundred years forward. ...
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The Wright Brothers
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The Wright Brothers

By David McCullough

October 18, 2019

Editor’s note: If you like history, spiced up by great writing, this is a can’t miss. It reads like a novel and yet I learned very interesting detail about man’s...
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Why We Sleep
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Why We Sleep

By Matthew Walker, PhD

October 18, 2019

Editor’s comment:   Sleep is a big topic in our family so when my friend, Kevin Shaw, suggested this book I downloaded it immediately.  Walker has become acclaimed for his...
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The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck
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The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck

By Mark Manson

October 18, 2019

Editor’s Comment:   As you may guess, the book is profane and Manson seems to be the classic millennial male.  But not even that could distract me from gaining momentum...
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Take Control of Your Learning at Work
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Take Control of Your Learning at Work

By Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic

October 18, 2019

Editor’s comment:  I’m lucky in that I pick the organizations I work with now.  But for those still in careers, Chomorro-Premuzic provides four points to assess and perhaps improve the...
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