BOOKS
The Outrun - Amy Liptrot
Amy Liptrot
The Outrun follows the author as she deals with recovery from alcoholism. Part of her journey is heading back to the quiet island she grew up on, Orkney, and then going to an even quieter island to l
Visitors - Orson Scott Card
Orson Scott Card
Rigg and his group of friends continue to be manipulated by humanoid mice, Expendables (robots), Ram Odin, and many other people as they try to race to save the planet Garden from the "Visitors". Whi
Ruins - Orson Scott Card
Orson Scott Card
In Pathhfinder we watched Rigg get control of the walls and the ships that brought settlers to Garden but just because he has control of the ships and the robots, doesn't mean he's out of danger. Now
Pathfinder - Orson Scott Card
Orson Scott Card
Rigg thinks he's a simple trapper and wondered why his father made him learn so much about finance and government, but this training has prepared him for the world he's going to get thrust into. Join
Kill it with Fire - Marianne Bellotti
Marianne Bellotti
Kill it with Fire is all about how to manage legacy software projects. How do you determine if you need to rewrite it? How do you keep a team motivated while working on a legacy project? How do you s
Slow Productivity - Cal Newport
Cal Newport
Slow Productivity is Cal Newport’s 4th book looking at how to be productive and maximize your career. As such it blends portions of all the previous books, adding a few bits and rehashing many of the
Smart Brevity - Jim VandeHei, Mike Allen, Roy Schwartz
Jim VandeHei, Mike Allen, Roy Schwartz
Smart Brevity is here to teach you how to cater your communication to the over-stimulated worker, and community, of today. There are 4 Core ideas for the writing system presented. A muscular “tea
Defiant - Brandon Sanderson
Brandon Sanderson
Defiant brings us the final face off between The Superiority and the few races that have gathered with Humanity to say no to the enslavement of everyone. Our protagonist, Spensa, has to wrangle with
The Cost of Being a Girl - Yasemin Besen-Cassino
Yasemin Besen-Cassino
In The Cost of Being a Girl, Besen-Cassino, looks at how part-time employment in the teenage years affects the income of teenage girls vs boys. The biggest takeaway is similar to what I’ve read in th
Elantris - Brandon Sanderson
Brandon Sanderson
This is the oldest book in Brandon Sanderson's writing that I've read, being published first in 2005. As such I found a few parts of the writing clearly still in development. Unlike other more curren