Tagged: Book Review

Book Review: White Coat, Black Hat: Adventures on the Dark Side of Medicine 9780807061428: Carl Elliot: Books

Amazon.com: White Coat, Black Hat: Adventures on the Dark Side of Medicine 9780807061428: Carl Elliot: Books. This was an interesting book.  It is disappointing how people who are trusted with so much education and responsibility abuse it. I suppose that one of the risks of capitalism is that too many desperate people are willing to cut corners.  I wish that we as a society made compassion for others more important than money.

15 Best books I read in 2010

  1. Denial: Why Business Leaders Fail to Look Facts in the Face—and What to Do About It
  2. A Womans Crusade: Alice Paul and the Battle for the Ballot
  3. The Mystery of Lewis Carroll: Discovering the Whimsical, Thoughtful, and Sometimes Lonely Man Who Created
  4. Customer Reviews: Sexism in America: Alive, Well, and Ruining Our Future
  5. Taking On the Big Boys: Or Why Feminism Is Good for Families, Business, and the Nation
  6. Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired by Nature
  7. Foxy: My Life in Three Acts – If you are limited on time this is my favorite.
  8. Social Intelligence: The New Science of Human Relationships
  9. Working with Emotional Intelligence
  10. Its Not Easy Bein Me: A Lifetime of No Respect but Plenty of Sex and Drugs
  11. Black Is the New White
  12. I Killed: True Stories of the Road from Americas Top Comics
  13. Theres Nothing in This Book That I Meant to Say 9780609603161: Paula Poundstone: Books
  14. Book Review: The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People
  15. The Truth About Managing Your Career: …and Nothing But the Truth

Goodreads (via Craig Bowser)

Books are a great resource that the Internet hasn’t replaced. I can’t see them every going away. Electronic books aren’t that fun.

Goodreads Goodreads is a website for sharing and discovering books. You can post and read book reviews. You can keep up with what your friends are reading. You can use it to keep track of your entire book collection. It is very simple to use, but also robust enough for those passionate about books. It integrates with Facebook too.  My profile. Goodreads.com … Read More

via Craig Bowser

Book Review: Measuring the Immeasurable – The scientific case for spirituality

This is a great introductory text to the ideas and research occurring in many fields.  While at times it was a bit heavy with references and perhaps geared toward a more professional audience at times, the many authors make this work accessible to many types of people.  You can read the positive Amazon reviews here.  It mentions epigenetic in several essays which I was previously unfamiliar with.

Book Review: Inside Cyber Warfare: Mapping the Cyber Underworld

This was a terrible book.  It didn’t have any information that wasn’t already available from other sources.  The writing was boring and didn’t enlighten decision makers.  For example its section on Conficker was pointless.  You can learn more from reading the Wiki page here.  You can read the Amazon reviews.

Book Review: Making Work Work: New Strategies for Surviving and Thriving at the Office

Some practical and useful strategies if you feel behind in the office.  This is a almost like having her consult with you on your personal style of working.  She had assessments and other tools to help you find direction and balance.  Amazon reviews are very positive as well.

Book Review: The Truth About Managing Your Career: …and Nothing But the Truth

If I had read this 10 years ago I would have saved myself a ton of frustration and lessons.  If you are an employee you should read this.  This is as helpful and much like 7 Habits of Highly effective people.  Specific strategies that you can apply to any business.  Find out the Amazon reviews here.

Book Review: Success Built to Last: Creating a Life that Matters

Learning things sometimes makes you question your own values/beliefs and this is a thoughtful book if you want to examine your own ideas of what success means to you.  It has interviews from some famous and not so famous people that might help you create a more meaningful life.  The Amazon reviews are here and positive.