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George W Bush – 41 Portrait of my Father
This book is a “love story”, rather than a biography. George W Bush, the 43rd President of the United States wrote the book as a glimpse into the life of the 41st President of the United States, his father, George W H Bush. Not many…
The Psychopath Test – Jon Ronson
Without reading any reviews of the book, I assumed it would be a sort of how-to book, or at least some connection with criminal profiling in a way that it leaves you with some good takeaways. The book is actually about the famous psychopath test…
Mating in Captivity – Esther Perel
Esther Perel begins her 2006 best-seller by sharing her experiences as a psychotherapist. Did you ever go to a party and ask people about their sex lives? She did. In “Mating in Captivity”, she popularizes the concept of Erotic Intelligence. She also tries to convince…
Give and Take – Adam Grant
“Give and take” is a refreshing new look on what it takes to succeed in a professional life. Books researching success usually end up being too heavy on the processes behind it or they zoom in into some desirable traits or habits that successful people…
Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness – R Thaler, C Sunstein
Reading Richard Thaler’s – Nudge opened my eyes on some kick-ass concepts, or at least getting a different angle from some traditional concepts. The first one is “choice architects”- a term coined by the author, which is a mix of statistician and marketing expert. In…
This Changes Everything – Naomi Klein
Charles David Keeling is the first person that alerted the world of the possibility of anthropogenic contribution to the greenhouse effect. He set up to measure the CO2 levels in the mid-1950s first in the Yosemite Park, then on top of Mauna Loa. He was…