We Learn Nothing: Book Review
I love books comprised of essays as they free writers to go in a wide range of directions and…
Category: Book reviews
Mind over mind: book review
Why do great players sometimes choke in key games? How do scientists explain the placebo effect, where merely believing…
Man’s Search for Meaning: Book Review
This is one of those classic books I’ve had on my shelf for over a decade, but never touched.…
Book review: The War of Art
I didn’t like this book. It was just too unintentionally silly to like. Now I know silly books can…
Book Review: Where Good Ideas Come From
Sometimes life provides happy surprises. I contacted Steven Johnson this summer asking for a blurb for the new edition…
The founding fathers and their faith
Last week I finished reading Founding Faith, by Steven Waldman. The book explores the history of religion in America,…
Book Review: Moby Dick
Years ago, when I decided to become a writer, I decided I should read the classics I’d managed to…
My favorite books: and why I love them
In a series of posts, called ask berkun, I write on whatever topics people submit and vote for. This week…
Sneak preview of my new book
I don’t think I’ ve ever seen amazon.com do this before, but if you head over now to the…
Must read book: Brain rules
Brain rules is easily the best book I’ve read this year. I don’t say this lightly as I read…
Good advice from top bloggers
My favorite books on start-ups and entrepreneurship is Founders at Work by Jessica Livingston. It’s simply a collection of…
Book review: Walden, by Thoreau
Some books are referenced so often that eventually you just have to go and read them, just so you…
Book Review: The New Kings of Nonfiction
I’m a big fan of essay collections and when I came across this one, The New kings of Nonfiction,…
The best book I read in 2007
I’m nuts about books. I finish a book a week, and abandon many more. Looking back on the year,…
Book review: A Whole New Mind
If you write about innovation or creativity there are certain books people will continually tell you to read. I’ve…
Book review: Founders at Work
Founders at work is a collection of interviews with, surprise, founders of tech-sector companies. The goal is to capture…
Book review: Designing Interactions
Disclaimer: I met Bill Moggridge (the author) when he volunteered as a judge, with Brenda Laurel, and Andrew Dillon,…
Book review: Dreaming in code
I was greatly anticipating Scott Rosenberg’s, co-creator of Salon, new book, Dreaming in code and was happy to get…
Book reviews: Engines of ingenuity & How Invention begins
Sometimes good books sneak up on you – you enjoy reading them, but their full value doesn’t surface until…
Review: 37signal’s Getting real, the book
The folks at 37 signals have well earned their reputation for making great web applications. They’ve established a strong…