Currently reading..

Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson. I'm about 2/3 through it, and enjoying it a lot, partly because of the cultural overlap between his life and mine (we're close in age, and we both grew up in the S.F. Bay area), and partly because of his extremes of achievement and bad behavior. Highly recommended.

Prior to that I read The Art Of Fielding by Chad Harbach. As a novel it was good but not great; however, it was fun for me because of the baseball aspect (my son plays on a 14U travel team). I died a thousand deaths every time Henry fielded a ball at short...

"The Passage of Power", by Robert Caro.

The fourth volume of the massive biography, covering the years 1959-1964.

(Interesting after reading Stephen King's "11-22-63".)

The Essays of Michel de Montaigne

The End of Growth: Adapting to Our New Economic Reality by Richard Heinberg

Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr. by Ron Chernow
A very well written account of Rockefeller's life.

Just started Stephen King's 11-22-63

Just finished The Art of Fielding myself and liked it very much. For obvious reasons, it actually inspired me to read Moby Dick which I've been putting off my whole life. It’s not as difficult as I had been led to believe and has a ton of good quotable lines; e.g., ”it’s better to sleep with a sober cannibal than a drunken Christian.”

Don

Roots to Obama's rage.

Is that really a book?
Was it wise to bring it up? Really?
Think about it.
Read Wendell's post again and think about it.

Don

PS I'm not saying you're a bad guy.
I think you're a good guy
And I believe that you are
Sincere

I wasn't commenting about details or content, and yes a great book. I can go into details in a few days. Maybe your quote was farther over the line ( and a cheap shot at religion), than the title to the book I'm reading.

House of 60 fathers by Meindert DeJong

I apologize, Mark

I really didn't think my quote from Melville would be offensive. It wasn't meant to be.
In context it's just funny.
The narrator, Ishmael, is forced to share a bed with Queequog, a person that frightens him, but after a while he realizes that the drunken sailors that abound in his life are far more dangerous.
It's more a cultural than a religious reference.

Don

I apologize, Mark

I wasn't offended. The post ask for books we are reading I responded. I was just pointing out it seemed odd to me to question my book, after adding a quote like that. I have thick skin not much offends me, but motivates me to the truth.

Moby Dick

Moby Dick... a great book and worth the read. I'm glad I did although like Don I had to be inspired.

I also highly recommend Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men. I tear'd up.

Currently reading First Break All the Rules by Buckingham/Coffman. It is an excellent business book on "what the world's greatest managers do differently".

When Roles Reverse by Jim Comer (A Guide to Parenting Your Parents) for the second time. We put my Mom in a nursing home last week and hired an Elder Care Attorney to get my parents assets and affairs in order. If you don't have a copy, get one and read it - you'll need it soon if you haven't already.

The Good War by Studs Terkel

Oxymoron? Studs was a great writer.

Rereading actually - Robert Service's poetry, "The Cremation of Sam McGee" and "The Shooting of Dan McGrew"

> Rereading actually - Robert Service's poetry, "The Cremation of Sam McGee" and "The Shooting of Dan McGrew"

Both are quite comical. I haven't read either since Jr. High.

They are also best read aloud, and reread several times to get into the rhythm. I have to replace my old misplaced LP record sometime with a new CD.