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Flow
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Flow

By Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

September 29, 2018

Editor’s Comments:  This author and this book have been around for a long time but I’d forgotten about it until someone recently made fun of me for my fantasy sports...
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More or Less
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More or Less

By Jeff Shinabarger

August 29, 2018

Editor’s Comments:   I found this book in my stack waiting, perhaps for years.  I sadly cannot even remember who gave it to me.  I took and shot and was...
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China's Great Wall of Debt
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China's Great Wall of Debt

By Dinny McMahon

June 28, 2018

Editor’s comment:  In a June 25 th article titled “China eases credit as US Tariffs Loom”, it was reported that China’s central government will release $77 billion to 17 large...
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Factfulness
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Factfulness

By Hans Rosling

May 27, 2018

Editor’s comment:   See this month's blog post.       Favorite excerpt: “Like tomatoes, human beings need water to survive.  But if you drink six liters at once, you will die. ...
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Black Flags: The Rise of ISIS
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Black Flags: The Rise of ISIS

By Joby Warrick

March 27, 2018

Editor’s comment:   When this book was among Gates’ recommendations, I jumped at it.  I’ve never put together anything coherent about the jihadist movement until some things connected through this...
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Invictus
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Invictus

By William Ernest Henley

January 31, 2018

Out of the night that covers me,       Black as the pit from pole to pole, I thank whatever gods may be       For my unconquerable soul.   In the fell clutch...
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Tell Me How It Ends
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Tell Me How It Ends

By Valeria Luiselli

August 31, 2017

Editor’s Note: I have strong feelings about immigration though I don’t speak much about it. That’s why I read this book; I want to know more before I speak with...
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The Autobiography of Mark Twain – original and unabridged; Mark Twain
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The Autobiography of Mark Twain – original and unabridged; Mark Twain

July 31, 2017

Editor’s note: That Samuel Clemens was a genius writer and humorist is without a doubt. That he was also cantankerous, narcistic and opinionated is proven more clearly than ever in...
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“The Better Angels in our Nature”
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“The Better Angels in our Nature”

By Steven Pinker

July 4, 2017

Editor’s Notes: I’ve signed up for www.gatesnotes.com which is Bill Gates reading blog. After reading a couple books recommended I’m reminded how much smarter he and Melinda must be than...
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The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
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The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich

By William Shirer

May 31, 2017

Editor’s note: I was surprised to learn my son, Tim, is currently reading this book and have started re-reading it myself. We’ve had many conversations about it and we agree...
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First Things First
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First Things First

By Stephen Covey

March 30, 2017

Editor’s Note: “ I’ve been thinking and writing a lot lately about the use of time. It’s the only thing everyone has in equal quantity and yet it is also...
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“Thank You For Being Late”
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“Thank You For Being Late”

By Thomas Friedman

February 27, 2017

Comment:  Like so many books I share, this was recommended to me by a reader in response to a blog post about time.  Friedman has a string of best sellers...
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Superforecasting, The Art and Science of Predicting"
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Superforecasting, The Art and Science of Predicting"

By Tetlock and Gardner

February 1, 2017

Readers of last month’s blog about Daniel Kahneman’s work in decision making suggested I read this book and Michael Lewis latest, “ The Undoing Project ”, which is about DK’s...
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Makers and Takers
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Makers and Takers

By Rana Foroohar

October 30, 2016

Editor’s note: Tell me if you’ve heard this before: “the financial system is ruining our democracy”. Right, me too. But Foroohar is not the Thomas Picketty or Tragic Idealist take,...
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Start Something That Matters
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Start Something That Matters

By Blake Mycoskie

October 2, 2016

Excerpt borrowed from: Blake is the founder of TOMS, the famed leader of the “one for one” movement — a trend that has expanded to many industries and products worldwide....
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Be The Miracle
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Be The Miracle

By Regina Brett

April 27, 2016

Editor’s note: Sometimes I just need a lift. This book by a local newspaper writer who I’ve met and I admire qualifies. She’s also a good writer having been finalist...
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Stieg Larrson, Our Days in Stockholm
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Stieg Larrson, Our Days in Stockholm

By Kurdo Bakski

March 30, 2016

Editors Note:  Heading for bed in a hotel in Austin, TX, I asked the front desk if he had any books and the young man gave me this short read...
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Magnificent Obsession
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Magnificent Obsession

By Lloyd C. Douglas

February 26, 2016

Editor’s note: My friend, Glen Warner, suggested I’d like this book and I did. Since it was written in the 1920’s and the writer’s style is unique, it was a...
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Thinking Fast and Slow
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Thinking Fast and Slow

By Daniel Kahneman

June 27, 2015

Editor’s Note: Reading this book requires great patience, both in reading (it’s deep) and in seeing mistakes in my thinking that I’d rather deny. Nobel prize- winning psychologist and author...
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Finish Big
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Finish Big

By Bo Burlingham

April 28, 2015

Editor’s Note: If you own all or part of a business, this is a must-read. One way or another you will exit your business, as Burlingham says, even if on...
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Empty Abundance
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Empty Abundance

By Tim McCarthy

December 3, 2014

If you wish to participate in our "Buy One Give One" FREE offer, please reply to the MindfulGiving.org order confirmation email with a physical address and recipient name you would...
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