Professionals & Academics

How Starbucks Fought for Its Life without Losing Its Soul
How Starbucks Fought for Its Life without Losing Its Soul

Review:Mr Schultz writes a great story about a fantastic company that got itself in a bad space. More interesting is how he turned it all around.The story is easy to read and informative and has given me loads of inspirational ideas on how to effect change in businesses I am involved in. Read more

Grinding It Out: The Making of McDonald's
Grinding It Out: The Making of McDonald's

Review:An extraordinary entrepreneurial journey that created one of the most successful franchises in the world!! Ray Kroc's story is an inspiration for all especially middle-age businessmen - He started McDonald's at the age of 52!! Read more

Sam Walton: Made In America
Sam Walton: Made In America

Review:I feel that this book captured the real spirit of Sam Walton. Why I liked it so much is the simple fact that I got a glimpse of how Sam thought and conducted business. Would definitely recommend to anyone interested in starting their own business, or to those who are just interested in this giant thing called WallMart and its founder Read more

and Made a Fortune Doing Business My Way - How I Survived
and Made a Fortune Doing Business My Way - How I Survived

Review:Bravissimo. Branson's story is epic in every sense of the word. From the first page you are led on a suspenseful and gripping adventure. I've never felt this excited to flip to the next page when reading a biography. If you are looking for an adventure pick this up, if you are looking for a detailed history of Virgin pick this up, and most importantly if you are looking to be inspired to live life to the fullest extent don't hesitate to... yea you guessed it... pick this up. I am a biography gee... Read more

The Center Cannot Hold: My Journey Through Madness
The Center Cannot Hold: My Journey Through Madness

Review:I have schizophrenia, and this is by far the best account of having schizophrenia I have read. Elyn Saks describes it all: the side effects of the medicines, the stigma attached to schizophrenia, and the deepest, darkest areas of psychosis and delusional thinking. Read more

Killing Yourself to Live: 85% of a True Story
Killing Yourself to Live: 85% of a True Story

Review:I finished reading this book by Chuck Klosterman called Killing Yourself to Live: 85% of a True Story. I enjoyed it. I laughed out loud a lot and that's important sometimes when you are reading a book that supposed to be about this guy visiting cities and cites where rock stars have died, and the cultural significance of these artists, their lives, and deaths. But it actually just ended up being this guy, driving across the country, going to these places, and inevitably beginning to think about ... Read more

The Making of Donald Trump
The Making of Donald Trump

Review:Interesting book by a Pulitzer winning writer, journalist who is highly educated in taxes. I can not understand anyone's attraction to this despicable human being. Reading this book should be a requirement before entering the voting booth. Read more

The Truth About Trump
The Truth About Trump

Review:Had hoped for the insight promised. Initially over-researched, too many details about Trump's father times, etc. About halfway through, the book changes, becomes repetitive and shallow -- like it was opportunistically rushed to print before it was ready. Nothing about Trump's relationships with his siblings or children and touches on, barely, protectively, his relationships with his wives. All in all, a Part 1 of a magazine article stretched too long and with too little substance. Poor effort ul... Read more

A Heroic Olympian's Astonishing Story of Survival as a Japanese POW in World War II
A Heroic Olympian's Astonishing Story of Survival as a Japanese POW in World War II

Review:Fantastic read. I found this book very entertaining and a great story. I wanted to read it at any chance that i got. I got recommended it by a friend but i actually bought the wrong one, the Laura Hillenbrand version provides some interesting facts and figures that are not in this and if i was to recommend it to somebody i would insist on the Laura Hillenbrand version. Read more

Unflinchingly honest tales of the search for life - and fulfillment beyond the Starship Enterprise
Unflinchingly honest tales of the search for life - and fulfillment beyond the Starship Enterprise

Review:Wheaton's book balances nicely the needs of an eager readership who already know his website with an introduction that allows for people like me who hardly remember him at all. The book presents a roughly chronological series of essays about trying to find work as an actor trying to recover from his image as a Star Trek actor.

A few thoughts:

- Wheaton's strength is his honesty. He does a great job explaining what makes him happy and sad, of really documenting the difficulties ... Read more

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