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Why this book:  We selected this book for our All American Leadership reading group, and it was I who suggested it.  It had been recommended to me by Liz Barron who said it was creating something of a stir in … Continue reading →

Why this book:  My good friend Jay read it after I recommended  Vonnegut’s Slaughter House Five to him. I had read Slaughter House Five twice and found it really clever, creative, and powerful.  I had read Vonnegut’s Cat’s Cradle in college … Continue reading →

Why this book:  I listened to Tim Ferriss’s interview with Sebastian Junger on The Tim Ferriss Show podcast and was impressed with his ideas.  A couple of my friends,  also Tim Ferriss devotees, who were similarly impressed.  We all agreed … Continue reading →

Why This Book:  This book was recommended to me by my son, who said it was short, powerful, and very much worth reading.  Then another friend told me she had read it and her reaction was identical to my son’s. … Continue reading →

Why this book: A good friend and currently active-duty SEAL officer and I agreed to read some literature related to our chosen profession.  I had read Tim O’Brien’s The Things They Carried and liked it, and attended a lecture at which … Continue reading →

Why this Book:  My literature reading group selected it as a companion piece to The Paris Wife, since both are about Hemingway’s experiences living in Paris during the 1920s. The Paris Wife is a novel based on the experiences of … Continue reading →

Why this Book:   My reading group had selected The Paris Wife and A Moveable Feast to read for our next selection.  Hemingway wrote The Sun Also Rises during his time living in Paris described in these two books.  A member … Continue reading →

Why this book: Selected by my literature reading group, along with Moveable Feast, Hemingway’s own version of life during the time described in The Paris Wife.  A few of us also are reading The Sun Also Rises, the novel Hemingway wrote … Continue reading →

Why this book: Suggested by one of the members of my literature reading group, who had read it in college, was intrigued, wanted to read it again, and wanted to discuss it with this group.  Toni Morrison is a very … Continue reading →

Why this book: Bounce was selected by my All American Leadership reading group as a good follow up to our last book, Mindset by Carol Dweck.  Many of us felt that Dweck’s book needed more depth and we decided that … Continue reading →