Coming on the heels of “inside Apple” and others in this category, I can’t resist delving into this latest entry in the growing canon of books that analyze Apple’s success.


STATUS: COMPLETED 6/10/2012
MY RATING: ★★★★★
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Tags: apple, business, advertising, marketing

Because Kahneman is supposed to have influenced Gladwell (a favorite of mine) and because I have been on something of a brain book jag, I’m in. This one examines two kinds of thinking, intuitive (think Gladwell’s “Blink”) and deliberate.

STATUS: IN PROGRESS
MY RATING: TBD
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Tags: science, brain

I have long been an Apple enthusiast and am also a student of the company’s intriguing internal culture. Of course, I also enjoyed Isaacson’s excellent bio Steve Jobs, so selected this on that basis.


STATUS: COMPLETED 5/09/2012
MY RATING: ★★★★★
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Tags: apple, business

I heard this book mentioned somewhere in the media and, having enjoyed books like Levy’s Crypto and Neal Stephenson’s Cryptonomicon, I thought the story of von Neumann’s Institute for Advanced Study would be right up my alley.

STATUS: COMPLETED 5/21/2012
MY RATING: ★★★★★
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Tags: science, history, computers

Having read and enjoyed “Term Limits” (which is actually the first of the Mitch Rapp series although the Rapp character does not appear), I’ve opted to forge on. I’m always down for a political thriller and if it’s a series, all the better.

STATUS: COMPLETED 06/11/2012
MY RATING: ★★★★★
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Tags: espionage, thriller, mitch rapp

This is the 3rd in this excellent series, so I know what I’m getting and I like these a lot as they are action-packed and high-end. He’s certainly the Israeli “James Bond.”


STATUS: COMPLETED 4/22/2012
MY RATING: ★★★★★
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Tags: espionage, series, thriller, gabriel allon

I’ve gotten interested in Ray Kurzweil after watching the Transcendent Man documentary and find his views and interests similar to my own, so I look forward to this book.


STATUS: COMPLETED 4/27/2012
MY RATING: ★★★★★
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Tags: science, singularity, self-improvement

Chose this one based on reviews as pure thriller entertainment. Was looking for another series to work through for recreational reading and I’ll be continuing with it.


STATUS: COMPLETED 04/8/2012
MY RATING: ★★★★★
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Tags: thriller, zombies, military, series, joe ledger

My preferred firearm is the Glock 21 (which I saw as the “Mac of guns” back in the late 80’s), so I thought this well-reviewed book would be interesting.


STATUS: COMPLETED 4/10/2012
MY RATING: ★★★★★
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Tags: history, business

Having read and thoroughly enjoyed Kevin Mitnick’s more recent biographical “Man On A Wire,” I wanted to go back and read his classic social engineering primer for IT professionals.


STATUS: COMPLETED 4/03/2012
MY RATING: ★★★★★
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Tags: hackers, security