Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind - Yuval Noah Harari
Phenomenal read. It is the kind of book that I will read again several times.
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#32Blue Ocean Strategy by Renée Mauborgne and W. Chan Kim
As a software engineer, I've come to really love how good products are built and how to explore new markets. While I don't think it's a life-changing book, it's certainly a good read and I'd recommend it to any engineer that wants to be more product-focused (also Inspired, Creativity Inc, and Zero to One)
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#33"Clear Waters Rising" by Nicholas Crane. An account of his journey on foot across Europe--literally across Europe--from Cape Finisterre, Spain to Istanbul, Turkey. The route Mr Crane takes is particularly interesting: one day while looking at a physical map of Europe, he notices that the major mountain ranges of Europe (more or less) form a continuous chain across Europe--eg, the Pyrenees -> Alps -> Carpathian (+ Tatras). His path follows follows this chain.
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#34Manual of Photography: 10th Edition https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilford_Manual_of_Photography
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#35Did Gustafson's "Swift Dam" set in a time 50 after the first swift dam catastrophically failed, wiping out horses farms and family in the valley below. Our family often went to the Birch Creek Campground below the dam nice family picnic.
Sid's brother is Wylie whose voice does the yodel in the Yahoo commercials. Their father, Rib Gustasfson was the vet for Pondera County and the Blackfeet Reservation and all around the Rocky Mountain Front. Rib also wrote a book called "Under the Chinook Arch"
As a side note, Pondera county is home to an amazing number of authors given its population. Not the least of which is Ivan Doig. There are about 14 nationally known.
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#36Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert Pirsig.
I've been really taking my time with this one, lots of annotations, lots of re-reading passages and pages.
I'm not done yet, but what I've read so far has really spoken to me and provided a lot of clarity where I previously had trouble filling in the blanks.
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#37Irwin Shaw "Rich man, Poor man"
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#38Didn't read it lately but Consilience by W.O Wilson (Nobel Prize winner) is definitely worth a look if you're not too distressed by having your sacred cows butchered.
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#39"Data and Goliath: The Hidden Battles to Collect Your Data and Control Your World"
It was a bit over the top but I'd recommend reading it anyway.
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#40"Everybody Writes"
Not that I follow all the great advice yet but I aspire to get there someday. I have it on my shelf next to "Elements of Style."