Book Notes category: 5058 books

PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Ken Blanchard’s & et al The New One Minute Manager and NOT the original book. Preview: The New One Minute Manager by Ken Blanchard and Spencer Johnson is a business parable that portrays a young businessman learning about the strategies of...

PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Giulia Enders’s Gut and NOT the original book. Preview: Gut by Giulia Enders is a thorough introduction to the most recent scientific discoveries and theories about what happens in the human body's digestive system, from ingestion to digestion....

PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Michael A. Singer’s The Untethered Soul and NOT the original book. Preview: Michael A. Singer’s The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself chronicles the spiritual journey an individual can take to explore consciousness, achieve enlightenment,...

PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Carol S. Dweck’s, Ph.D. Mindset and NOT the original book. Preview: Mindset: The New Psychology of Success, written by psychology researcher Carol S. Dweck, Ph.D., uncovers the differences between two core mindsets, the fixed mindset and the growth...

PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Patrick Lencioni’s The Five Dysfunctions of a Team and NOT the original book Preview: Patrick Lencioni’s The Five Dysfunctions of a Team is about the reasons teams fail to work together for the collective good of an organization and ways to overcome...

PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Yuval Noah Harari’s Sapiens and NOT the original book. Preview: Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari is a multifaceted review and analysis of the current understanding of human evolution and the forces behind major historical developments, beginning with...

PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Dr. David Perlmutter’s & et al Brain Maker and NOT the original book. Preview: Brain Maker details the complex microbiome that lives in the human gut and how it affects the brain. Rising rates of Alzheimer’s disease, mood disorders, Attention...

PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Steve Silberman’s NeuroTribes and NOT the original book. Preview: NeuroTribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity seeks to unearth what autism is and why it remains a mystery. Hans Asperger, a researcher and pediatrician...

PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Oliver Sacks’s The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and NOT the original book. Preview: In this 30th anniversary edition of The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, Oliver Sacks, M.D. brings together more than two dozen narratives of patients...

PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Robert B. Reich's Saving Capitalism and NOT the original book. Preview: Saving Capitalism: For the Many, Not the Few by Robert B. Reich examines the intersection of economics and politics in order to make sense of income inequality and wealth disparity...

PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Bessel van der Kolk's, MD The Body Keeps the Score and NOT the original book. Preview: In The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma, Bessel van der Kolk, MD, explores the ways in which trauma rewires the brain and changes...

PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Dan Harris's 10% Happier and NOT the original book. Preview: 10% Happier chronicles author and television news reporter Dan Harris’ life as he discovers mindfulness, meditation, and Buddhist theories for happiness and wellness. A war reporter...

PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to E.J. Dionne Jr.’s Why the Right Went Wrong and NOT the original book. Preview: Why the Right Went Wrong by E.J. Dionne Jr. is a history and analysis of the conservative movement from the early 1960s to 2015. Conservative polarization and radicalization...

PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Rana Foroohar’s Makers and Takers and NOT the original book. Preview: Rana Foroohar’s Makers and Takers: The Rise of Finance and the Fall of American Business argues that finance has become an increasingly dominant force in controlling the organization...