Two months ago I heard David Lynch being interviewed on the Ron and Fez Show (XM 202). In the interview he was discussing a book he had just completed. I’m a big fan the movie director, so I put it on my required reading list.
Catching the Big Fish: Meditation, Consciousness, and Creativity by David Lynch [...]
A week ago I was chatting with Matt about biographies. He mentioned reading one on Walt Disney. Do you have a favorite biography that you would recommend? Note that I’m not interested in actors, athletes or musicians. Everyone else is fair game.
While at the library I was thumbing through the documentaries and came across one on Ralph Nader. I knew a little bit about the man, but not too much. Considering my interests are more financial and less political these days, I didn’t have high expectations. I was wrong.
An Unreasonable Man [...]
Usually I don’t spend time reading a book that I know is going to be made into a movie. There are too many great books and too few great films. It is more logical to read a great book that has no chance of being filmed. However, when it comes to history of Wall Street [...]
I just finished reading an excellent book about professional gambler Amarillo Slim.
Amarillo Slim in a World Full of Fat People: The Memoirs of the Greatest Gambler Who Ever Lived by Amarillo Slim Preston
This book has stories that will have you laughing out loud. Stories about pool hustling and poker playing are there for sure, but [...]
Three of the books I read recently are biographies.
No Shortcuts to the Top: Climbing the World’s 14 Highest Peaks is by Ed Viesturs. It is the story of the first American to climb all 14 mountains higher than 8,000 meters. Ed did them all without supplemental oxygen.
What I found most impressive about Ed [...]
