Charlatan: America’s Most Dangerous Huckster
This week’s Resource Recommendation: Charlatan: America’s Most Dangerous Huckster,the Man Who Pursued Him, and the Age of Flimflam by Pope Brock. Two weeks ago I recommended a new book, Making Them...
View ArticleA Bold Fresh Piece of Humanity
This week’s Resource Recommendation: A Bold Fresh Piece of Humanity by Bill O’Reilly Before you even read a word of this review I’m guessing some of you are excited to continue right now, and others,...
View ArticleLicense to Pawn: Deals, Steals, and My Life at the Gold & Silver
By Rick Harrison and Tim Keown One of my guilty television pleasures is Pawn Stars on the History Channel. I first saw it in a hotel room late one night. And I was hooked from the first show. If you...
View ArticleCash: The Autobiography
By: Johnny Cash I am a country music fan, grew up listening to Johnny Cash, and I love biographies. I also purchased House of Cash, an awesome coffee table book, written by Johnny’s son a few months...
View ArticleDrunk Tank Pink: And Other Unexpected Forces that Shape How We Think, Feel,...
By Adam Alter You can thank book stores for me reading this book and you reading this recommendation. I hadn’t heard of this book (though I am pretty alert to new releases in many categories), but saw...
View ArticleA Curious Man: The Strange and Brilliant Life of Robert “Believe it or Not”...
By Neal Thompson Perhaps you’ve seen a Ripley’s Believe It or Not book, or been to Fisherman’s Wharf in San Francisco (or one of several other cities) and visited the Museums of the same name. And even...
View ArticleSelf-Help Messiah: Dale Carnegie and Success in Modern America
By Steven Watts I, like many of you have taken the Dale Carnegie Course. Even if you haven’t taken it, you likely know something about it and know someone who has. Also like me, you may have read one...
View ArticleAmerican Sketches
By Walter Isaacson Walter Issacson is an accomplished biographer – he’s written bestselling and acclaimed books about Einstein, Kissinger, Ben Franklin and Steve Jobs. His most recent book, The...
View ArticleThe Wright Brothers
By David McCullough I get on airplanes all the time, and never think anything about it. The industry of everything related to flight and flying is massive, and we all take it for granted. And it all...
View ArticleThe Richest Man Who Ever Lived: The Life and Times of Jacob Fugger
By Greg Steinmetz Before I read this book, I might have had a couple of guesses at the richest man who ever lived; but I wouldn’t have guessed Jacob Fugger. The author makes the assertion based...
View ArticleHow to Pick a Biography
I’m a big fan of reading biographies for many reasons, so several years ago I wrote a blog post on why leaders should read biographies (you can read that here). And in response to this article, I was...
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Leonardo da Vinci
by Walter Issacson When I say Leonardo da Vinci, you have a thought. Perhaps it is Inventor, Artist, Painter, or Scientist, or perhaps all of those words and more tumble out of your brain. My first...
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