Patrick O'Shaughnessy: "An older book, but a wonderful history of our concept of risk. This is a valuable read for any serious investor out there (and an enjoyable one for casual investors)." Michael Mauboussin: "Traces the path of the intellectual understand of risk. A must read." How...
Because of the Internet, online gay communities likePlanetRomeoare able to offer support for gay men that they may not be able to get anywhere else. Being at the heart of 1.8 million men globally, we have access to both the audience and resources to do this research for the very first t...
Anna Slafer & Kevin Cahill. Written for children but is surprisingly one of the best books on design I’ve ever found. In just the first chapters it strikes at the roots of why design is both fun and hard. Recommended for those considering design as a profession, especially if you want ...
all for good reasons but I didn’t have a lot of time for blogging, reading other bloggers’ posts and reading books. I readDarktownby Thomas Mullen in March, before Quais du Polar as I knew that the author would be at the festival. I did have the opportunity to get the sequel of D...
In a bar in Oran, night after night, he ruminates on his solitude, on his broken heart, on his anger with men desperate for a god, and on his disarray when faced with a country that has so disappointed him. A stranger among his own people, he wants to be granted, finally, the rig...
including a number of older women, a transwoman, and a big butch dyke. So many wonderful characters. I love the flashbacks showing the backstories of the women and also some of the guards and prison officials, giving us compassion for how they all got to where they are. Over the course...
Joe Rogan finished listening toThe War of Artby Steven Pressfield.The War of Artis a motivational book about overcoming obstacles to creativity. Rogan has read it multiple times and been talking about it for years making it one of the most mentioned books on the podcast. He got the audiobook...
There is a sizeable LGBT population for whom end of life care services are required. However, over and above the tremendous challenges that most people face at end of life, there are several significant additional obstacles that LGBT patients at end of l
ROBIN HOOD AND THE MEN OF THE GREENWOOD by Henry Gilbert. Known by various titles, this 1912 children's novel is a much-loved and influential version of the legend. Different editions have different artists, but the first and best was Walter Crane. Like Pyle, Gilbert used pseudo-medieval ...
There are family and friends that come and go, this is more for Jo rather than Ruth or Malcolm, but again with having two good friends beside her Jo is able to see things from a different perspective. I adored this book so much and it was one of those books that just wraps you up...