Adult Good Reads Topics:
Global Themes100 Best Business BooksEntrepreneurship
Seven guides to the passion and practicality necessary for any new venture. The Art of the Start by Guy Kawasaki (also available in CD and audio) The E-Myth Revisited by Michael E. Gerber (also available in CD andaudio) The Republic of Tea ** by Mel Ziegler, Patricia Ziegler, and Bill Rosenzweig The Partnership Charter by David Gage Growing a Business by Paul Hawken Guerrilla Marketing by Jay Conrad Levinson (also available in audio format) The Monk and the Riddle Randy Komisar with Kent Lineback |
Infidel
by Ayaan Hirsi Ali. Free Press, 2007. (Somalia, Saudi Arabia, Ethiopia, Kenya, Netherlands) The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini. Riverhead Books, 2003. (Afghanistan) The Yacoubian Building by Alaa Al Aswany. American University in Cairo Press, 2004. (Egypt-Bestselling novel in the Arab world) Three Cups of Tea: One Man’s Mission to Promote Peace…One School at a Time by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin. Viking, 2006. |
Monthly Book Group
February Selection: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the GalaxyBy: Douglas Adams
December Selection: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie SocietyBy Mary Ann Shafer and Annie Barrows
November Selection: Blue BloodBy Edward Conlon
If you, could watch Law & Order reruns eight hours a day, or if you've ever been curious about the inner workings of police departments, you'll want to rush right out and read Edward Conlon's Blue Blood. After graduating from Harvard, Conlon came home and joined the New York City Police Department, walking a beat in some of the worse housing projects in the South Bronx. His wide-ranging book is partly a memoir of his experiences (he is now working as a detective for the NYPD); the effects — pro and con — of the Giuliani anti-crime years; the Abner Louima and Amadou Diallo cases; Sept. 11; and the scandals and the triumphs, both large and small, that mark the history of the NYPD. Nicely written (some of it appeared in The New Yorker as "Cop Diary" under the pseudonym Marcus Laffey) and filled with interesting characters (both cops and perps — wait, make that suspected perps), this is both a pleasure and an education to read To View an NPR review with Nancy Pearl Click Here. |
March Selection: The Art of Racing in the RainBy Garth Steinhttp://amzn.to/iFhVzL January Selection: The Sly Company of People Who CareBy: Rahul Bhattacharyahttp://amzn.to/m5WR7o Try this terrific tool: "Fantastic Fiction" |