Non-fiction November 2015 is drawing to a close, and I should finish my last audiobook during my Thanksgiving travels. These are the books that kept me busy during my work commute this month. Let’s Pretend This Never Happened (By Jenny Lawson, read by Jenny Lawson) I read Lawson’s memoir in “dead tree” form when it…
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Review: The Unpublished David Ogilvy
Just like Harry Gordon Selfridge, David Ogilvy is one of the greatest marketing men you’ve never heard of. Ogilvy’s actions did not immediately take the world of retail by storm, but his philosophies on writing, leadership, and company culture have changed the way many — including myself — look at marketing, writing, and life. Ogilvy…
Review: Long Walk to Freedom
Anytime we’re asked to list them, Nelson Mandela is inevitably numbered as one of history’s greatest political leaders. But like many of my contemporaries who were still children when apartheid fell, most of what I know about Mandela comes from films like 2009’s Invictus, or 2013’s Mandela. I love a good primary source, so this…
Review: Smile at Strangers
Susan Schorn began taking karate in order to conquer her temper and anxiety; along the way, she discovered that her studies were bleeding into her personal and professional life. Smile at Strangers: And Other Lessons in the Art of Living Fearlessly is an exploration of how discovering a way to empower one part of your…
Review: The Private World of Georgette Heyer
Georgette Heyer wrote more than 50 novels and has been a beloved author for more than 90 years, but she kept her professional and personal lives so separate that for many years any real information about her as a person were inaccessible. The Private World of Georgette Heyer is the result of author Jane Aiken…