What are you reading now?

[arcadefire]

Time magazine. Been catching up on the backlog, and haven't touched a paperback in like... months.

 

[Sinclairr]

hello guys...
i m reading a English novel book....Toy Story 3 dvd

 

[Ivy_Lim]

Just read Nutrition and health advice for a healthy lifestyle | Patrick Holford

Patrick Holford writes good books about healthy lifestyle

 

[kawerty]

Just finished The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins.

Started on Outliers by Malcom Gladwell.

 

[rty]

EconoMyths is surprisingly good. The author is right: Continuous economy growth is unsustainable.

You might want to read "Alchemy of Air" by Thomas Hager

 

[mangomilkshake]

The Happiness Project by Gretchen Ruchin

 

[tansrb]

HP Lovecraft's At the Mountains of Madness.

forth time reading it but i cant seem to get bored of it

 

[rty]

Reading Alchemy of Air now!

I couldn't put down the book when I started reading it.

If you like this one, there's another book that somewhat related to the Haber-Bosch's product down-chain called "Omnivore's Dillema" written by Michael Pollan.

 

[Justin.L]

I read almost purely non-fiction so here's a list of books I read quite recently;

1. Supersense - Bruce M.Hood
2. Dance with Chance - Sypros Makridakis
3. The Last Lecture - Randy Pausch (Brilliant book!)

I'm currently dabbling into philosophy and psychology, any recommendations?

 

[rty]

I just read the myths of innovation by a ex-Microsoft employee. It's super boring! Everyone knows every invention is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration. Since the author is so logical(left brain), I wonder he has the creativity(right brain) to innovate!

There's another book that might interest you related to I.T. industry: "In Search of Stupidity: Over Twenty Years of High Tech Marketing Disasters, Second Edition" but only if you are old enough to know about Wordpro, Borland, Ashton Tate, etc. Unfortunately, this book was written before MS-Vista hit the market, otherwise, Microsoft would be one of the biggest butts of the jokes as well.

 

[rty]

I read almost purely non-fiction so here's a list of books I read quite recently;

1. Supersense - Bruce M.Hood
2. Dance with Chance - Sypros Makridakis
3. The Last Lecture - Randy Pausch (Brilliant book!)

I'm currently dabbling into philosophy and psychology, any recommendations?

"Does It Matter?: Essays on Man's Relation to Materiality" by Alan W. Watts

"Man's Search for Meaning : An Introduction to Logotherapy" by Victor Frankl

 

[KatieLin]

"Get into Bed with Google" by Jon Smith

 

[radish]

murakami haruki 1q84 volume 1

 

[Justin.L]

"Does It Matter?: Essays on Man's Relation to Materiality" by Alan W. Watts

"Man's Search for Meaning : An Introduction to Logotherapy" by Victor Frankl

Thanks, will check them out!

 

[rty]

Just read The Omnivore's Dilemma; I like the 1st half which is about the corn in most of our food, the 2nd part is not so interesting.

Wow! You are a voracious reader!

I agree with you. Second part is not that captivating. I switched to another book after I finished the first part. This book comes with 2 versions, by the way: 1 is for adults, other is for kids. I prefer the latter.

 

[rty]

Alchemy of Air is really good. I am usually a heartless person who do not care about the characters. I dun remember when was the last time I felt something for the characters in books. After reading, I felt sorry for Fritz Haber and Carl Bosch ending. That must have said something about the book, right? .

I particularly enjoyed the sea battle part between Peru vs Argentina.

Will you be reading Thomas Hager's 2nd book? The Demon Under the Microscope: From Battlefield Hospitals to Nazi Labs

I have just finished The Innovation Secrets of Steve Jobs. A so-so book but good if you are looking for inspiration and motivation. It is mostly about other successful entrepreneurs, not Steve Jobs. It is pale in comparison to the first book, The Presentation Secrets of Steve Jobs.

If you are interested in the early story of Apple, iWoz by Steve Wozniak might interest you. To me, it is just so-so.

 

[rty]

Hi rty, I will be reading Thomas Hager's 2nd book. I won't be reading iWoz because I am not interested in Steve Wozniak's side of the Apple story though I think Steve Wozniak is nicer person than Steve Jobs; Wozniak gave some of his IPO shares to his staff after Steve Jobs refused to let the Apple staff to receive stock options.

I am more interested in books that is about insights into human behaviour or human history, for example, Outlier, Freakonomics and what the dog saw

Or motivation, for example DRiVE

Or market trends, creativity/innovation or ideas, something like Do you matter?

Got any to recommend?

Thanks!!

Try this: The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable

I think some of the chapters in "What the Dog Saw" are quite boring. I found out a bit too late that the book is actually a collection of Gladwell's old articles published in the New Yorker magazine. In fact, all the articles can be downloaded from its archive free of charge.

 

[AnimeNewbie]

Try this: The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable

I think some of the chapters in "What the Dog Saw" are quite boring. I found out a bit too late that the book is actually a collection of Gladwell's old articles published in the New Yorker magazine. In fact, all the articles can be downloaded from its archive free of charge.

I read the kids edition of the Omnivore's dilemma bcos it is shorter than the adult edition.

I dun plan to read Black Swan. I have read fooled by randomness; I found the author, Nassim Nicholas Taleb's writing to be quite arrogant though he is not wrong in what he says in his books.

 

[rty]

I found the author, Nassim Nicholas Taleb's writing to be quite arrogant though he is not wrong in what he says in his books.

I think you are right. He's probably an arrogant and aloof professor in real life. I don't have the book with me but I can still recall in the last chapter of the Blank Swan, he said he believes in "elegance and aesthetic in behavior", that's why he and his poet friend never run to catch the train. He also wrote: "Snub your destiny!". How I wish I could do that!

 

[AnimeNewbie]

The Demon Under the Microscope is not as interesting as Alchemy of Air. I guess I'll turn my attention to (technical) IT books than (read-for-leisure) books for now, before they are outdated and waste my money.