Rating: ☆☆☆☆1/2 Recommended by: Darla Schueth Author: Dan Egan Genre: Non-Fiction, Science, History, Environment, Animals 321 pages, published March 7, 2017 Reading Format: Book Summary In The Death and Life of the Great Lakes, author Dan Egan recounts the history of the Great Lakes which amazingly hold 20 percent of the world’s freshwater. Like […]
Rating: ☆☆☆ Recommended by: Author: Neil deGrasse Tyson Genre: Non-Fiction, Science 222 pages, published May 2, 2017 Reading Format: Audio Book on Hoopla Summary Astrophysics for People in a Hurry is a series of essays written by well known Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson. Some of the fascinating topics covered are: What is the nature […]
Rating: ☆☆☆☆ Recommended by: Author: Roger Fisher, William Ury, Bruce Patton Genre: Non-Fiction, Psychology, Business, Self-Improvement 200 pages, published December 1, 1991 Reading Format: Book Summary Getting to Yes is all about negotiation and how to improve your negotiating skills. The book is based on the work of the Harvard Negotiation Project, a group […]
Rating: ☆☆☆☆1/2 Recommended by: Author: Anders Ericsson and Robert Pool Genre: Non-Fiction, Science, Psychology, Self-Improvement 336 pages, published April 4, 2016 Reading Format: Book Summary Anders Ericsson, the author of Peak, has devoted his career to expertise. He shares the results of years of research in which he concludes that the best in almost […]
Rating: ☆☆☆☆1/2 Recommended by: Author: Kazuo Ishiguro Genre: Fiction, Historical Fiction, World War II 258 pages, published September 12, 1990 Reading Format: Audio Book on Hoopla Summary The Remains of the Day is a compelling portrait of Stevens, the perfect English butler and of the changing landscape in England after World War II. After […]
Rating: ☆☆☆☆ Recommended by: Author: Ashley Hay Genre: Fiction, Historical Fiction 288 pages, published April 5, 2016 Reading Format: Audio Book Summary Set in post World War II 1948 in the small Australian town of Thirroul, The Railwayman’s Wife follows the intersecting lives of three individuals. Anikka Lachlan is a widow who is left […]
Rating: ☆☆☆☆1/2 Recommended by: Author: Yuval Noah Harari Genre: Non-Fiction, History, Science, Philosophy, Anthropology 450 pages, published February 1, 2017 Reading Format: Book Summary The follow up to Yuval Noah Harari’s very successful book Sapiens, Homo Deus takes a wide ranging look at humanity’s future and our the movement to bring immortality to humans. […]
Rating: ☆☆☆1/2 Recommended by: First Presbyterian Church in Boulder Author: Shirley Davis Genre: Non- Fiction, Christian, Theology, Self-Improvement 170 pages, published August 29, 2017 Reading Format: Book Summary God. Gifts. You. is a bible study and assessment of spiritual gifts written by Shirley Davis, a staff member at First Presbyterian Church in Boulder (my […]
Rating: ☆☆☆☆ Recommended by: Author: Colm Tóibín Genre: Historical Fiction, Fiction, Romance 288 pages, published September 8, 2015 Reading Format: Audio Book Summary Brooklyn tells the story of Eilis (pronounced eye-liss) Lacey, a young woman who travels from a small town in Ireland to Brooklyn, New York in the years following World War II. […]
Author: Gretchen Rubin Rating: ☆☆☆☆ Recommended by: Shannon Lemmon Genre: Non-Fiction, Self-Improvement, Psychology 320 pages, published September 12, 2017 Reading Format: Book Summary In The Four Tendencies, happiness and habit guru Gretchen Rubin explores the four personality tendencies that almost everyone falls into: Upholders, Questioners, Obligers, and Rebels. During her years long investigation into […]