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Nothing But Reading ChallengesSerious Reader Challenge for 2018
Level 8b: 751-800 ✔
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751. - 19/9/18 335p *** - The Geography of Bliss: One Grump's Search for the Happiest Places in the World by Eric Weiner
752. - 19/9/18 200p *** - How to Write Everything by David Quantick
753. - 19/9/18 220p ** - The Power of Collective Wisdom: And the Trap of Collective Folly by Alan Briskin
754. - 19/9/18 240p *** - Sugar Crush: How to Reduce Inflammation, Stop Pain, and Reverse the Path to Diabetes by Richard P. Jacoby
755. - 19/9/18 201p **** - Think Yourself Successful: Rewire Your Mind, Become Confident, and Achieve Your Goals by Alireza Azmandian
756. - 19/9/18 290p *** - Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain by David Eagleman
757. - 19/9/18 144p *** - Humble Inquiry: The Gentle Art of Asking Instead of Telling by Edgar H. Schein
758. - 20/9/18 248p **** - Unwrapping your Passion, Creating the Life You Truly Want by Karen Putz
759. - 20/9/18 208p ** - The Consultant's Handbook: A Practical Guide to Delivering High-value and Differentiated Services in a Competitive Marketplace by Samir Parikh
760. - 20/9/18 239p *** - Shot: Staying Alive with Diabetes by Amy F. Ryan
761. - 20/9/18 304p **** - Alibaba: The House That Jack Ma Built by Duncan Clark
762. - 20/9/18 288p ** - The Simple Act of Reading by Debra Adelaide
763. - 20/9/18 319p *** - Forks Over Knives - The Cookbook: Over 300 Recipes for Plant-Based Eating All Through the Year by Del Sroufe
764. - 21/9/18 120p *** - Tibetan Sound Healing: Seven Guided Practices to Clear Obstacles, Cultivate Positive Qualities, and Uncover Your Inherent Wisdom by Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche
765. - 21/9/18 84p *** - You Were Born To Be An Entrepreneur: The Mystery of Discovering your Calling and Career by Jeremy Lopez
766. - 21/9/18 209p **** - Success is Not an Accident: Change Your Choices Change Your Life by Tommy Newberry
767. - 21/9/18 357p *** - Merchants of Doubt: How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke to Global Warming by Naomi Oreskes
768. - 21/9/18 341p *** - You Are That by Gangaji
769. - 22/9/18 131p *** - Drop Out And Get Schooled: The Case for Thinking Twice About College by Patrick Bet-David
770. - 22/9/18 96p **** - As a Man Thinketh / The Path of Prosperity by James Allen
771. - 22/9/18 290p ** - The Problem Was Me: How to End Negative Self-Talk and Take Your Life to a New Level by Thomas Gagliano
772. - 22/9/18 272p *** - The New Front Page by Tim Dunlop
773. - 22/9/18 286p **** - The Naked Millionaire: The Ultimate Fast-Track Guide to Wealth, Freedom and Fulfillment by David Taylor
774. - 22/9/18 304p **** - Never Too Late To Be Great: The Power of Thinking Long by Tom Butler-Bowdon
775. - 23/9/18 76p ** - The Easy Vegan Week by The Easy Vegan Home
776. - 23/9/18 320p ***** - Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion by Robert B. Cialdini
777. - 23/9/18 288p ** - The Language of Zen: Heart Speaking to Heart by Richard Burnett Carter
778. - 23/9/18 272p *** - The Science of Stephen King: From 'Carrie' to 'Cell,' The Terrifying Truth Behind the Horror Master's Fiction by Lois H. Gresh
779. - 23/9/18 276p * - Of Dice and Men: The Story of Dungeons & Dragons and the People Who Play It by David M. Ewalt
780. - 24/9/18 282p *** - Zombies A-Z by Dan Oliver
781. - 24/9/18 259p ** - Think Before You Swallow by Noel O'Hare
782. - 24/9/18 332p ** - Video Games and Creativity by Garo Green
783. - 24/9/18 299p *** - The Lean Startup: How Today's Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses by Eric Ries
784. - 25/9/18 480p ** - How Not to Be Wrong: The Power of Mathematical Thinking by Jordan Ellenberg
785. - 27/9/18 256p **** - Executive Presence: What Nobody Ever Tells You about Getting Ahead by Sylvia Ann Hewlett
786. - 27/9/18 340p *** - Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration by Ed Catmull
787. - 28/9/18 240p *** - Buyer Personas: How to Gain Insight Into Your Customer's Expectations, Align Your Marketing Strategies, and Win More Business by Adele Revella
788. - 29/9/18 246p **** - Subscribed: Why the Subscription Model Will Be Your Company’s Future—and What to Do About It by Tien Tzuo
789. - 1/10/18 304p *** - A Crack in Creation: Gene Editing and the Unthinkable Power to Control Evolution by Jennifer A. Doudna
790. - 1/10/18 308p ***** - 15 Secrets Successful People Know About Time Management: The Productivity Habits of 7 Billionaires, 13 Olympic Athletes, 29 Straight-A Students, and 239 Entrepreneurs by Kevin Kruse
791. - 1/10/18 204p *** - A Universe from Nothing: Why There Is Something Rather Than Nothing by Lawrence M. Krauss
792. - 1/10/18 388p ** - The Age of Spiritual Machines: When Computers Exceed Human Intelligence by Ray Kurzweil
793. - 2/10/18 320p **** - Captivate: The Science of Succeeding with People by Vanessa Van Edwards
794. - 2/10/18 320p ** - 100 Million Years of Food: What Our Ancestors Ate and Why It Matters Today by Stephen Le
795. - 2/10/18 384p *** - Doughnut Economics: Seven Ways to Think Like a 21st-Century Economist by Kate Raworth
796. - 3/10/18 256p ** - A Bone to Pick: The good and bad news about food, with wisdom and advice on diets, food safety, GMOs, farming, and more by Mark Bittman
797. - 3/10/18 304p ***** - The 5 Levels of Leadership: Proven Steps to Maximize Your Potential by John C. Maxwell
798. - 3/10/18 272p *** - A More Beautiful Question: The Power of Inquiry to Spark Breakthrough Ideas by Warren Berger
799. - 3/10/18 122p ** - A Planet of Viruses by Carl Zimmer
800. - 3/10/18 248p **** - Activate Your Brain: How Understanding Your Brain Can Improve Your Work - and Your Life by Scott G. Halford
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Nothing But Reading ChallengesSerious Reader Challenge for 2018
Level 8a: 701-750 ✔
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701. - 8/9/18 272p *** - Fast Asleep, Wide Awake: Discover the secrets of restorative sleep and vibrant energy by Nerina Ramlakhan
702. - 8/9/18 543p * - Engineering Materials and Processes Desk Reference by Robert W. Messler Jr.
703. - 9/9/18 240p *** - Cooking Up a Business: Lessons from Food Lovers Who Turned Their Passion Into a Career -- And How You C An, Too by Rachel Hofstetter
704. - 9/9/18 96p *** - Anything You Want by Derek Sivers
705. - 9/9/18 272p *** - A Force for Good: The Dalai Lama's Vision for Our World by Daniel Goleman
706. - 10/9/18 396p * - The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson
707. - 10/9/18 320p ** - Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired by Nature by Janine M. Benyus
708. - 10/9/18 192p ** - Guerilla Furniture Design: A Manual for Building Lean, Modern Furnishings from Salvaged and Sustainable Materials by Will Holman
709. - 10/9/18 304p **** - Dream Teams: Working Together Without Falling Apart by Shane Snow
710. - 11/9/18 90p *** - The Secret Door to Success by Florence Scovel Shinn
711. - 11/9/18 304p *** - Eating the Big Fish: How Challenger Brands Can Compete Against Brand Leaders by Adam Morgan
712. - 11/9/18 192p ** - Accidental Genius: Using Writing to Generate Your Best Ideas, Insight, and Content by Mark Levy
713. - 11/9/18 240p * - Lower Ed: The Troubling Rise of For-Profit Colleges in the New Economy by Tressie McMillan Cottom
714. - 11/9/18 272p ** - Emotional Blackmail: When the People in Your Life Use Fear, Obligation, and Guilt to Manipulate You by Susan Forward
715. - 12/9/18 242p ** - Furniture Styles by Oliver Knežević
716. - 12/9/18 237p ** - The Statues that Walked: Unraveling the Mystery of Easter Island by Terry Hunt
717. - 12/9/18 368p **** - Algorithms to Live By: The Computer Science of Human Decisions by Brian Christian
718. - 12/9/18 256p *** - Unmarketing: Stop Marketing. Start Engaging. by Scott Stratten
719. - 12/9/18 148p *** - The IT Marketing Crash Course: How to Get Clients for Your Technology Business by Raj Khera
720. - 12/9/18 496p ** - The Big Fat Surprise: Why Butter, Meat and Cheese Belong in a Healthy Diet by Nina Teicholz
721. - 13/9/18 448p **** - The New Strategic Selling: The Unique Sales System Proven Successful by the World's Best Companies by Robert B. Miller
722. - 13/9/18 336p ** - The State of Affairs: Rethinking Infidelity by Esther Perel
723. - 13/9/18 240p *** - The End of Stress: Four Steps to Rewire Your Brain by Don Joseph Goewey
724. - 13/9/18 276p ** - Noose True stories of Australians who died at the gallows by Xavier Duff
725. - 14/9/18 240p *** - What Is Your What?: Discover the One Amazing Thing You Were Born to Do by Steve Olsher
726. - 14/9/18 304p * - After Virtue: A Study in Moral Theory by Alasdair MacIntyre
727. - 14/9/18 336p *** - Nonsense: The Power of Not Knowing by Jamie Holmes
728. - 14/9/18 399p *** - Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal by Eric Schlosser
729. - 15/9/18 192p *** - The Heart of Hospitality: Great Hotel and Restaurant Leaders Share Their Secrets by Micah Solomon
730. - 15/9/18 288p *** - No Ordinary Disruption: The Four Global Forces Breaking All the Trends by Richard Dobbs
731. - 15/9/18 210p *** - The No Asshole Rule: Building a Civilized Workplace and Surviving One That Isn't by Robert I. Sutton
732. - 15/9/18 72p *** - Think to Lose Weight - The W.E.D. Method. by Brian Ellis
733. - 15/9/18 218p *** - First Responder Supervisor Guide by Trennis E. Killian
734. - 15/9/18 208p ** - Ultimate Guide to Poker Tells: Devastate Opponents by Reading Body Language, Table Talk, Chip Moves, and Much More by Randy Burgess
735. - 16/9/18 107p ** - If You Loved Me, You'd Stop!: What You Really Need to Know if Your Loved One Drinks Too Much by Lisa Frederiksen
736. - 16/9/18 578p *** - The Ultimate Quotable Einstein by Freeman Dyson
737. - 16/9/18 476p *** - A Bigger Prize: Why Competition Isn't Everything and How We Do Better by Margaret Heffernan
738. - 17/9/18 288p *** - Can You Learn to Be Lucky?: Why Some People Seem to Win More Often Than Others by Karla Starr
739. - 17/9/18 273p * - Bear Attacks: The Deadly Truth by James Gary Shelton
740. - 17/9/18 225p ** - Autism: The Gift That Needs to Be Opened by Autism Society, Newfoundland and Labrador
741. - 17/9/18 432p *** - The Idea Factory: Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation by Jon Gertner
742. - 17/9/18 379p ** - Unfair: The New Science of Criminal Injustice by Adam Benforado
743. - 17/9/18 272p **** - All Things Shining: Reading the Western Classics to Find Meaning in a Secular Age by Hubert L. Dreyfus
744. - 18/9/18 240p *** - The Upward Spiral: Using Neuroscience to Reverse the Course of Depression, One Small Change at a Time by Alex Korb
745. - 18/9/18 127p ** - Guide To Hotel Housekeeping by Alex Buenafe
746. - 18/9/18 266p **** - Make Trouble: Standing Up, Speaking Out, and Finding the Courage to Lead by Cecile Richards
747. - 18/9/18 456p ** - Green Illusions by Ozzie Zehner
748. - 18/9/18 271p *** - The Magic of Reality: How We Know What's Really True by Richard Dawkins
749. - 18/9/18 373p **** - Words of Wisdom - 1000 Inspirational Quotes That Make You Think - Wise Words, Aphorisms And Famous Sayings To Realize What Matters In Life by Luise J. Rotman
750. - 19/9/18 249p **** - Cult Horror Movies: Discover the 33 Best Scary, Suspenseful, Gory, and Monstrous Cinema Classics by Danny Peary
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Nothing But Reading ChallengesSerious Reader Challenge for 2018
Level 7b: 651-700 ✔
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651. - 9/7/18 304p *** - The Year of Living Danishly: My Twelve Months Unearthing the Secrets of the World's Happiest Country by Helen Russell
652. - 9/7/18 288p *** - Growing Great Employees: Turning Ordinary People into Extraordinary Performers by Erika Andersen
653. - 9/7/18 215p **** - Unmasking the Face: A Guide to Recognizing Emotions from Facial Clues by Paul Ekman
654. - 10/7/18 352p ** - Untangled: Guiding Teenage Girls Through the Seven Transitions into Adulthood by Lisa Damour
655. - 10/7/18 242p * - Scorpion in the Bed, The Narcissist in Couples and Couple Therapy by Ronald Mah
656. - 10/7/18 536p ** - The Cybernetic Brain: Sketches of Another Future by Andrew Pickering
657. - 11/7/18 165p ** - You Can Be Happy No Matter What: Five Principles for Keeping Life in Perspective by Richard Carlson
658. - 11/7/18 201p ** - Fast Facts for the Student Nurse: Nursing Student Success in a Nutshell by Susan Stabler-Haas
659. - 12/7/18 324p *** - Notes from a Small Island by Bill Bryson
660. - 12/7/18 362p * - Insects: Their Ways and Means of Living by Robert Evans Snodgrass
661. - 12/7/18 191p **** - Nobody Wants to Read Your Sh*t: Why That Is And What You Can Do About It by Steven Pressfield
662. - 13/7/18 291p *** - Manage Your Smart Home With An App!: Learn Step-by-Step How to Control Your Home Lighting, Thermostats, IP Cameras, Music, Alarm, Locks, Kitchen and Garden with an App! by Gerard O'Driscoll
663. - 14/7/18 224p ***** - Sun Tzu: The Art of War for Managers; 50 Strategic Rules by Sun Tzu
664. - 25/7/18 240p ***** - The One Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth Behind Extraordinary Results by Gary Keller
665. - 26/7/18 226p **** - Ego is the Enemy: The Fight to Master Our Greatest Opponent by Ryan Holiday
666. - 27/7/18 304p *** - A World Without Ice by Henry N. Pollack
667. - 28/7/18 309p **** - Never Eat Alone: And Other Secrets to Success, One Relationship at a Time by Keith Ferrazzi
668. - 20/8/18 369p **** - The 21 Most Powerful Minutes in a Leader's Day: Revitalize Your Spirit and Empower Your Leadership by John C. Maxwell
669. - 20/8/18 336p ***** - The 360 Degree Leader: Developing Your Influence from Anywhere in the Organization by John C. Maxwell
670. - 21/8/18 448p *** - 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos by Jordan B. Peterson
671. - 21/8/18 240p *** - 101 Things You Didn't Know About Da Vinci: The Secrets of the World's Most Eccentric and Innovative Genius Revealed! by Shana Priwer
672. - 21/8/18 160p ***** - Go Pro - 7 Steps to Becoming a Network Marketing Professional by Eric Worre
673. - 22/8/18 288p *** - Lead with a Story: A Guide to Crafting Business Narratives That Captivate, Convince, and Inspire by Paul Smith
674. - 22/8/18 288p **** - How to Be a Stoic: Using Ancient Philosophy to Live a Modern Life by Massimo Pigliucci
675. - 23/8/18 571p *** - The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer by Siddhartha Mukherjee
676. - 23/8/18 299p *** - The Lean Startup: How Today's Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses by Eric Ries
677. - 23/8/18 267p **** - Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity by David Allen
678. - 1/9/18 352p * - Hosts and Guests: The Anthropology of Tourism by Valene L. Smith
679. - 1/9/18 567p * - Hydraulics of Groundwater by Jacob Bear
680. - 2/9/18 368p *** - Frenemies: The Epic Disruption of the Ad Business by Ken Auletta
681. - 2/9/18 280p *** - Finding the Next Steve Jobs: How to Find, Hire, Keep and Nurture Creative Talent by Nolan Bushnell
682. - 2/9/18 272p ** - Build It: The Rebel Playbook for World Class Employee Engagement by Glenn Elliott
683. - 2/9/18 136p *** - The Worst Business Model in the World: A New Kind of Guide for a New Kind of Entrepreneur by Danny Schuman
684. - 3/9/18 320p **** - The Third Door: The Wild Quest to Uncover How the World's Most Successful People Launched Their Careers by Alex Banayan
685. - 3/9/18 216p **** - Get your shit together by Sarah Knight
686. - 3/9/18 384p **** - Cosmos by Carl Sagan
687. - 4/9/18 224p *** - An Audience of One: Reclaiming Creativity for Its Own Sake by Srinivas Rao
688. - 4/9/18 304p *** - Dying for a Paycheck: Why the American Way of Business Is Injurious to People and Companies by Jeffrey Pfeffer
689. - 4/9/18 217p *** - Resilience: Facing Down Rejection and Criticism on the Road to Success by Mark McGuinness
690. - 5/9/18 225p ** - Out of Our Minds: Learning to Be Creative by Ken Robinson
691. - 5/9/18 314p *** - How to Read Literature Like a Professor by Thomas C. Foster
692. - 5/9/18 384p *** - Always Hungry?: Conquer Cravings, Retrain Your Fat Cells, and Lose Weight Permanently by David Ludwig
693. - 6/9/18 544p **** - A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
694. - 6/9/18 333p *** - Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking by Susan Cain
695. - 6/9/18 220p **** - A Brief History Of Time: From the Big Bang To Black Holes by Stephen Hawking
696. - 7/9/18 266p *** - I Will Teach You to Be Rich by Ramit Sethi
697. - 7/9/18 128p *** - The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning: How to Free Yourself and your Family from a Lifetime of Clutter by Margareta Magnusson
698. - 7/9/18 208p *** - Getting to Yes with Yourself: And Other Worthy Opponents by William Ury
699. - 7/9/18 241p *** - I'm Judging You: The Do-Better Manual by Luvvie Ajayi
700. - 8/9/18 295p ** - Black Edge: Inside Information, Dirty Money, and the Quest to Bring Down the Most Wanted Man on Wall Street by Sheelah Kolhatkar
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Level 7a: 601-650 ✔
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601. - 30/6/18 320p *** - Endure: Mind, Body, and the Curiously Elastic Limits of Human Performance by Alex Hutchinson
602. - 30/6/18 256p *** - Off the Clock: Feel Less Busy While Getting More Done by Laura Vanderkam
603. - 30/6/18 384p ***** - #AskGaryVee: One Entrepreneur's Take on Leadership, Social Media, and Self-Awareness by Gary Vaynerchuk
604. - 1/7/18 335p *** - Exploring the World of Lucid Dreaming by Stephen LaBerge
605. - 1/7/18 480p *** - The World As It Is: Inside the Obama White House by Ben Rhodes
606. - 1/7/18 128p *** - Eat That Frog!: 21 Great Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Get More Done in Less Time by Brian Tracy
607. - 1/7/18 236p *** - Love Is the Killer App: How to Win Business and Influence Friends by Tim Sanders
608. - 1/7/18 304p *** - Eat to Live: The Revolutionary Formula for Fast and Sustained Weight Loss by Joel Fuhrman
609. - 1/7/18 120p ** - Follow Your Gut: How the Ecosystem in Your Gut Determines Your Health, Mood, and More by Rob Knight
610. - 1/7/18 357p ** - Origin Story: A Big History of Everything by David Christian
611. - 1/7/18 240p *** - It's Not the Size of the Data -- It's How You Use It: Smarter Marketing with Analytics and Dashboards by Koen Pauwels
612. - 2/7/18 336p *** - The Extended Phenotype: The Long Reach of the Gene by Richard Dawkins
613. - 2/7/18 288p *** - The Eureka Factor: Aha Moments, Creative Insight, and the Brain by John Kounios
614. - 2/7/18 288p *** - The Rebel Rules: Daring To Be Yourself In Business by Chip Conley
615. - 2/7/18 366p *** - The Tao of Physics: An Exploration of the Parallels between Modern Physics and Eastern Mysticism by Fritjof Capra
616. - 2/7/18 304p *** - Labor of Love: The Invention of Dating by Moira Weigel
617. - 2/7/18 240p *** - Talent is Overrated: What Really Separates World-Class Performers from Everybody Else by Geoff Colvin
618. - 2/7/18 272p ** - The News: A User's Manual by Alain de Botton
619. - 2/7/18 384p **** - The Upstarts: How Uber, Airbnb, and the Killer Companies of the New Silicon Valley Are Changing the World by Brad Stone
620. - 3/7/18 256p ** - The Good Stuff Cookbook by Spike Mendelsohn
621. - 3/7/18 384p *** - A Splendid Exchange: How Trade Shaped the World from Prehistory to Today by William J. Bernstein
622. - 3/7/18 372p ***** - The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change by Stephen R. Covey
623. - 3/7/18 480p ** - The Myth of the Strong Leader: Political Leadership in the Modern Age by Archie Brown
624. - 3/7/18 281p ** - The Failure of Risk Management: Why It's Broken and How to Fix It by Douglas W. Hubbard
625. - 3/7/18 128p ** - The World as I See It by Albert Einstein
626. - 4/7/18 344p ** - The Camel - Its Uses and Management by Arthur Glyn Leonard
627. - 4/7/18 260p *** - Nail It Then Scale It by Nathan Furr
628. - 4/7/18 44p ** - Keeping Blue-Tongue Lizards by Grant Turner
629. - 4/7/18 240p *** - Investing with Impact: Why Finance Is a Force for Good by Jeremy Balkin
630. - 4/7/18 234p * - Lost and Found: Finding Hope in the Detours of Life by Sarah Jakes
631. - 5/7/18 208p **** - Confessions of an Advertising Man by David Ogilvy
632. - 5/7/18 272p *** - Winning by Losing: Drop the Weight, Change Your Life by Jillian Michaels
633. - 5/7/18 272p ** - Dollars and Sex: How Economics Influences Sex and Love by Marina Adshade
634. - 5/7/18 393p **** - Ghost in the Wires: My Adventures as the World's Most Wanted Hacker by Kevin D. Mitnick
635. - 5/7/18 304p *** - Trying Not to Try: The Art and Science of Spontaneity by Edward Slingerland
636. - 6/7/18 267p **** - You Are a Badass at Making Money: Master the Mindset of Wealth by Jen Sincero
637. - 6/7/18 320p **** - You'll See It When You Believe It: The Way to Your Personal Transformation by Wayne W. Dyer
638. - 6/7/18 320p *** - Value Proposition Design: How to Create Products and Services Customers Want by Alexander Osterwalder
639. - 6/7/18 480p ** - The Smartest Guys in the Room: The Amazing Rise and Scandalous Fall of Enron by Bethany McLean
640. - 6/7/18 272p ** - The Impulse Factor: Why Some of Us Play It Safe and Others Risk It All by Nick Tasler
641. - 6/7/18 336p *** - Jugaad Innovation: A Frugal and Flexible Approach to Innovation for the 21st Century by Navi Radjou
642. - 7/7/18 480p **** - Face the Music: A Life Exposed by Paul Stanley
643. - 7/7/18 272p ** - Magic and Loss: The Internet as Art by Virginia Heffernan
644. - 7/7/18 290p **** - European Nightmares: Horror Cinema in Europe Since 1945 by Patricia Allmer
645. - 7/7/18 288p ***** - How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie
646. - 7/7/18 304p *** - Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me): Why We Justify Foolish Beliefs, Bad Decisions, and Hurtful Acts by Carol Tavris
647. - 8/7/18 337p **** - How to Make Anyone Fall in Love With You: 85 Proven Techniques for Success by Leil Lowndes
648. - 8/7/18 272p ** - Skin in the Game: The Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
649. - 9/7/18 480p *** - The Common Law by Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
650. - 9/7/18 496p ** - After the Music Stopped: The Financial Crisis, the Response, and the Work Ahead by Alan S. Blinder
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Queen Akasha
(view spoiler)[Q - 5/11/18 **** - QBQ! The Question Behind the Question: Practicing Personal Accountability in Work and in Life by John G. Miller
U - 1/11/18 *** - Unconditional Life: Discovering the Power to Fulfill Your Dreams by Deepak Chopra
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K - 14/11/18 **** - 1001 Great Inspirational Quotes by Peter V.G. Kristiansen
A - 3/11/18 *** - Attitude Reflects Leadership by Leo Hamblin
S - 3/11/18 **** - The Sistine Secrets: Michelangelo's Forbidden Messages in the Heart of the Vatican by Benjamin Blech
H - 11/10/18 *** - Mind Hacking: How to Change Your Mind for Good in 21 Days by John Hargrave
A - 12/11/18 ** - Millionaire Teacher: The Nine Rules of Wealth You Should Have Learned in School by Andrew Hallam (hide spoiler)]
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H - 2/11/18 *** - Hot Prospects: The Proven Prospecting System to Ramp Up Your Sales Career by Bill Good
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Raven
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V - 24/9/18 ** - Video Games and Creativity by Garo Green
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K - 10/11/18 ***** - Legacy: What the All Blacks Can Teach Us About the Business of Life by James Kerr (hide spoiler)]
Spiders
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Duration: June - Dec 2018
42/55 Part 5
Lucifer ✔
(view spoiler)[L - 12/10/18 ** - Switch On Your Brain: The Key to Peak Happiness, Thinking, and Health by Caroline Leaf
U - 27/10/18 ** - Unplug: A Simple Guide to Meditation for Busy Skeptics and Modern Soul Seekers by Suze Yalof Schwartz
C - 3/10/18 ** - A Planet of Viruses by Carl Zimmer
I - 30/10/18 *** - Inbound Marketing: Get Found Using Google, Social Media, and Blogs by Brian Halligan
F - 12/10/18 ** - Fads and Fallacies in the Name of Science by Martin Gardner
E - 7/11/18 ***** - Secrets of the Millionaire Mind: Mastering the Inner Game of Wealth by T. Harv Eker
R - 12/10/18 * - Take Your Sales Off the Richter Scale: How I Turned $50,000 A Year Into $50,000 A Month Selling Timeshare by Rick Richter (hide spoiler)]
Monster ✔
(view spoiler)[M - 3/10/18 *** - A More Beautiful Question: The Power of Inquiry to Spark Breakthrough Ideas by Warren Berger
O - 7/11/18 ***** - The Greatest Salesman in the World by Og Mandino
N - 31/10/18 ***** - Napoleon Hill's Golden Rules: The Lost Writings by Napoleon Hill
S - 9/10/18 **** - The 7 Secrets of Leadership Success. Deborah Tom and Richard Barrons by Deborah Tom
T - 9/10/18 ** - Mind Maps for Business: Revolutionise Your Business Thinking and Practice by Tony Buzan
E - 24/11/18 **** - Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win by Jocko Willink
R - 28/10/18 ** - Positive Living Through Positive Affirmations by Sylvester Renner (hide spoiler)]
Moriarty
(view spoiler)[M - 3/10/18 ** - A Bone to Pick: The good and bad news about food, with wisdom and advice on diets, food safety, GMOs, farming, and more by Mark Bittman
O - 23/12/18 *** - The Outward Mindset: Seeing Beyond Ourselves by The Arbinger Institute
R - 4/12/18 **** - Born to be Rich by Rollan Roberts II
I - 30/10/18 ** - The Trump Card: Playing to Win in Work and Life by Ivanka Trump
A - 8/10/18 *** - Agile Selling: Get Up to Speed Quickly in Today's Ever-Changing Sales World by Jill Konrath
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Y - 29/10/18 *** - Fusion: How Integrating Brand and Culture Powers the World's Greatest Companies by Denise Lee Yohn (hide spoiler)]
Noises
(view spoiler)[N - 26/12/18 **** - Master-Key to Riches by Napoleon Hill
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S - 11/10/18 **** - Purple Cow: Transform Your Business by Being Remarkable by Seth Godin
E - 20/11/18 **** - Expert Secrets: The Underground Playbook for Finding Your Message, Building a Tribe, and Changing the World by Russell Brunson
S - 11/10/18 ** - Master Your Day - Design Your Life: Develop Growth Mindset, Build Routines to Level-Up Your Day, Deal Smartly with Outside World and Craft Your Dream Life by Som Bathla (hide spoiler)]
Norman Bates
(view spoiler)[N - 22/12/18 ***** - Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill
O - 4/12/18 *** - Pitch Anything: An Innovative Method for Presenting, Persuading, and Winning the Deal by Oren Klaff
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M - 3/10/18 ***** - The 5 Levels of Leadership: Proven Steps to Maximize Your Potential by John C. Maxwell
A - 8/10/18 * - Age of Anger: A History of the Present by Pankaj Mishra
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A - 8/10/18 **** - Age of Propaganda: The Everyday Use and Abuse of Persuasion by Anthony R. Pratkanis
T - 25/10/18 ** - The Winners Manual: For the Game of Life by Jim Tressel
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Ogre
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R - 4/12/18 *** - Beyond Bullets: Creative Journaling Ideas to Customize Your Personal Productivity System by Megan Rutell
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Owl
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W - 8/10/18 *** - A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future by Daniel H. Pink
L - 29/10/18 ** - The Crisis Caravan: What's Wrong with Humanitarian Aid? by Linda Polman (hide spoiler)]
Pennywise
(view spoiler)[P - 22/9/18 *** - Drop Out And Get Schooled: The Case for Thinking Twice About College by Patrick Bet-David
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S - 30/10/18 * - Halloween: The History of America’s Darkest Holiday by David J. Skal
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Nothing But Reading ChallengesNBRC 26 Alphabet 4: The Bad, The Scary and The Terrifying: A to Z
Duration: June - Dec 2018
60/60 Part 4 ✔
Haunted House
(view spoiler)[H - 16/9/18 *** - A Bigger Prize: Why Competition Isn't Everything and How We Do Better by Margaret Heffernan
A - 19/9/18 ** - The Power of Collective Wisdom: And the Trap of Collective Folly by Alan Briskin
U - 12/9/18 *** - Unmarketing: Stop Marketing. Start Engaging. by Scott Stratten
N - 22/9/18 *** - The New Front Page by Tim Dunlop
T - 22/9/18 ** - The Problem Was Me: How to End Negative Self-Talk and Take Your Life to a New Level by Thomas Gagliano
E - 4/10/18 ***** - 8 Attributes of Great Achievers by Cameron C. Taylor
D - 19/9/18 *** - How to Write Everything by David Quantick
H - 4/10/18 ** - A History of God: The 4,000-Year Quest of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam by Karen Armstrong
O - 4/10/18 **** - A Mind for Numbers: How to Excel at Math and Science by Barbara Oakley
U - 16/9/18 *** - The Ultimate Quotable Einstein by Freeman Dyson
S - 6/9/18 **** - A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
E - 4/10/18 ***** - 8 Attributes of Great Achievers, Volume II by Cameron C. Taylor (hide spoiler)]
Insane
(view spoiler)[I - 16/10/18 *** - Imperfect Courage: Live a Life of Purpose by Leaving Comfort and Going Scared by Jessica Honegger
N - 15/10/18 *** - Hatching Twitter: A True Story of Money, Power, Friendship, and Betrayal by Nick Bilton
S - 20/9/18 *** - Forks Over Knives - The Cookbook: Over 300 Recipes for Plant-Based Eating All Through the Year by Del Sroufe
A - 20/9/18 ** - The Simple Act of Reading by Debra Adelaide
N - 14/10/18 *** - Negotiating the Nonnegotiable: How to Resolve Your Most Emotionally Charged Conflicts by Daniel Shapiro
E - 14/10/18 ** - Propaganda by Edward L. Bernays (hide spoiler)]
It
(view spoiler)[I - 3/10/18 ** - An Invisible Thread: The True Story of an 11-Year-Old Panhandler, a Busy Sales Executive, and an Unlikely Meeting with Destiny by Laura Schroff
T - 29/9/18 **** - Subscribed: Why the Subscription Model Will Be Your Company’s Future—and What to Do About It by Tien Tzuo (hide spoiler)]
Jason Voorhees
(view spoiler)[J - 10/9/18 ** - Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired by Nature by Janine M. Benyus
A - 20/9/18 **** - Alibaba: The House That Jack Ma Built by Duncan Clark
S - 20/9/18 *** - Shot: Staying Alive with Diabetes by Amy F. Ryan
O - 10/10/18 ***** - The Slight Edge by Jeff Olson
N - 13/10/18 ** - Flat Earth News: An Award-Winning Reporter Exposes Falsehood, Distortion and Propaganda in the Global Media by Nick Davies
V - 7/7/18 ** - Magic and Loss: The Internet as Art by Virginia Heffernan
O - 10/10/18 **** - Outwitting the Devil: The Secret to Freedom and Success by Napoleon Hill
O - 27/10/18 **** - Animal Farm by George Orwell
R - 4/10/18 *** - A Really Good Day: How Microdosing Made a Mega Difference in My Mood, My Marriage, and My Life by Ayelet Waldman
H - 3/10/18 **** - Activate Your Brain: How Understanding Your Brain Can Improve Your Work - and Your Life by Scott G. Halford
E - 26/10/18 ** - The Bone Broth Miracle Diet: Twenty-One Days to a Healthier, Energetic Self by Erin Skinner
E - 26/10/18 ** - The Life and Masterworks of Salvador Dali by Eric Shanes
S - 20/9/18 ** - The Consultant's Handbook: A Practical Guide to Delivering High-value and Differentiated Services in a Competitive Marketplace by Samir Parikh (hide spoiler)]
Jigsaw
(view spoiler)[J - 17/9/18 * - Bear Attacks: The Deadly Truth by James Gary Shelton
I - 13/10/18 *** - The Inevitable: Understanding the 12 Technological Forces That Will Shape Our Future by Kevin Kelly
G - 4/10/18 *** - A Million Years in a Day: A Curious History of Daily Life by Greg Jenner
S - 9/10/18 ** - Wiser: Getting Beyond Groupthink to Make Groups Smarter by Cass R. Sunstein
A - 22/9/18 **** - As a Man Thinketh / The Path of Prosperity by James Allen
W - 3/10/18 ** - A Wealth of Common Sense: Why Simplicity Trumps Complexity in Any Investment Plan by Ben Carlson (hide spoiler)]
Khan
(view spoiler)[K - 17/9/18 *** - Can You Learn to Be Lucky?: Why Some People Seem to Win More Often Than Others by Karla Starr
H - 9/10/18 ** - What Matters Now: How to Win in a World of Relentless Change, Ferocious Competition, and Unstoppable Innovation by Gary Hamel
A - 1/10/18 ** - The Age of Spiritual Machines: When Computers Exceed Human Intelligence by Ray Kurzweil
N - 14/10/18 *** - Negotiating the Nonnegotiable: How to Resolve Your Most Emotionally Charged Conflicts by Daniel Shapiro (hide spoiler)]
Killer
(view spoiler)[K - 20/9/18 **** - Unwrapping your Passion, Creating the Life You Truly Want by Karen Putz
I - 27/10/18 *** - The Influential Mind: What the Brain Reveals About Our Power to Change Others by Tali Sharot
L - 1/10/18 *** - A Universe from Nothing: Why There Is Something Rather Than Nothing by Lawrence M. Krauss
L - 24/10/18 ***** - The Laws of Human Nature by Robert Greene
E - 28/10/18 *** - The Element: How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything by Ken Robinson
R - 9/10/18 ***** - Rich Dad Poor Dad: What the Rich Teach Their Kids About Money That the Poor and Middle Class Do Not! by Robert T. Kiyosaki (hide spoiler)]
Leatherface
(view spoiler)[L - 25/10/18 *** - The Leadership Genius of Julius Caesar: Modern Lessons from the Man Who Built an Empire by Phillip Barlag
E - 28/10/18 *** - The Evolution of Money by David Orrell
A - 4/10/18 ** - Against Empathy: The Case for Rational Compassion by Paul Bloom
T - 4/10/18 ***** - The 10x Rule: The Only Difference Between Success and Failure by Grant Cardone
H - 13/10/18 **** - How to Be Rich by J. Paul Getty
E - 8/11/18 * - Eminem: Crossing the Line by Martin Huxley
R - 8/11/18 ** - Real Food/Fake Food: Why You Don’t Know What You’re Eating and What You Can Do About It by Larry Olmsted
F - 1/10/18 ***** - 15 Secrets Successful People Know About Time Management: The Productivity Habits of 7 Billionaires, 13 Olympic Athletes, 29 Straight-A Students, and 239 Entrepreneurs by Kevin Kruse
A - 4/10/18 **** - Abundance: The Future Is Better Than You Think by Peter H. Diamandis
C - 1/10/18 *** - A Crack in Creation: Gene Editing and the Unthinkable Power to Control Evolution by Jennifer A. Doudna
E - 9/11/18 ***** - The Strangest Secret by Earl Nightingale (hide spoiler)]
May 29, 2018 09:33AM
Nothing But Reading ChallengesNBRC 26 Alphabet 4: The Bad, The Scary and The Terrifying: A to Z
Duration: June - Dec 2018
53/53 Part 3 ✔
Freddy Krueger
(view spoiler)[F - 11/9/18 *** - The Secret Door to Success by Florence Scovel Shinn
R - 15/9/18 ** - Ultimate Guide to Poker Tells: Devastate Opponents by Reading Body Language, Table Talk, Chip Moves, and Much More by Randy Burgess
E - 19/9/18 *** - The Geography of Bliss: One Grump's Search for the Happiest Places in the World by Eric Weiner
D - 10/9/18 **** - Dream Teams: Working Together Without Falling Apart by Shane Snow
D - 19/9/18 **** - Cult Horror Movies: Discover the 33 Best Scary, Suspenseful, Gory, and Monstrous Cinema Classics by Danny Peary
Y - 21/9/18 *** - You Are That by Gangaji
K - 2/9/18 *** - Frenemies: The Epic Disruption of the Ad Business by Ken Auletta
R - 18/9/18 **** - Words of Wisdom - 1000 Inspirational Quotes That Make You Think - Wise Words, Aphorisms And Famous Sayings To Realize What Matters In Life by Luise J. Rotman
U - 7/9/18 *** - Getting to Yes with Yourself: And Other Worthy Opponents by William Ury
E - 19/9/18 *** - Humble Inquiry: The Gentle Art of Asking Instead of Telling by Edgar H. Schein
G - 7/9/18 *** - The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning: How to Free Yourself and your Family from a Lifetime of Clutter by Margareta Magnusson
E - 19/9/18 *** - Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain by David Eagleman
R - 18/9/18 *** - The Magic of Reality: How We Know What's Really True by Richard Dawkins (hide spoiler)]
Gozer the Gozerian
(view spoiler)[G - 10/9/18 ** - Guerilla Furniture Design: A Manual for Building Lean, Modern Furnishings from Salvaged and Sustainable Materials by Will Holman
O - 21/9/18 *** - Merchants of Doubt: How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke to Global Warming by Naomi Oreskes
Z - 18/9/18 ** - Green Illusions by Ozzie Zehner
E - 25/9/18 ** - How Not to Be Wrong: The Power of Mathematical Thinking by Jordan Ellenberg
R - 18/9/18 **** - Make Trouble: Standing Up, Speaking Out, and Finding the Courage to Lead by Cecile Richards
T - 19/9/18 **** - Think Yourself Successful: Rewire Your Mind, Become Confident, and Achieve Your Goals by Alireza Azmandian
H - 1/9/18 * - Hosts and Guests: The Anthropology of Tourism by Valene L. Smith
E - 24/9/18 *** - The Lean Startup: How Today's Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses by Eric Ries
G - 18/9/18 ** - Guide To Hotel Housekeeping by Alex Buenafe
O - 24/9/18 ** - Think Before You Swallow by Noel O'Hare
Z - 24/9/18 *** - Zombies A-Z by Dan Oliver
E - 23/9/18 * - Of Dice and Men: The Story of Dungeons & Dragons and the People Who Play It by David M. Ewalt
R - 19/9/18 *** - Sugar Crush: How to Reduce Inflammation, Stop Pain, and Reverse the Path to Diabetes by Richard P. Jacoby
I - 7/9/18 *** - I Will Teach You to Be Rich by Ramit Sethi
A - 18/9/18 *** - The Upward Spiral: Using Neuroscience to Reverse the Course of Depression, One Small Change at a Time by Alex Korb
N - 21/9/18 **** - Success is Not an Accident: Change Your Choices Change Your Life by Tommy Newberry (hide spoiler)]
Grim Reaper
(view spoiler)[G - 23/9/18 *** - The Science of Stephen King: From 'Carrie' to 'Cell,' The Terrifying Truth Behind the Horror Master's Fiction by Lois H. Gresh
R - 23/9/18 ** - The Language of Zen: Heart Speaking to Heart by Richard Burnett Carter
I - 16/9/18 ** - If You Loved Me, You'd Stop!: What You Really Need to Know if Your Loved One Drinks Too Much by Lisa Frederiksen
M - 15/9/18 *** - The Heart of Hospitality: Great Hotel and Restaurant Leaders Share Their Secrets by Micah Solomon
R - 23/9/18 ***** - Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion by Robert B. Cialdini
E - 23/9/18 ** - The Easy Vegan Week by The Easy Vegan Home
A - 17/9/18 **** - All Things Shining: Reading the Western Classics to Find Meaning in a Secular Age by Hubert L. Dreyfus
P - 21/8/18 *** - 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos by Jordan B. Peterson
E - 27/9/18 **** - Executive Presence: What Nobody Ever Tells You about Getting Ahead by Sylvia Ann Hewlett
R - 2/10/18 *** - Doughnut Economics: Seven Ways to Think Like a 21st-Century Economist by Kate Raworth (hide spoiler)]
Hannibal Lecter
(view spoiler)[H - 10/9/18 * - The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson
A - 17/9/18 ** - Unfair: The New Science of Criminal Injustice by Adam Benforado
N - 22/9/18 **** - The Naked Millionaire: The Ultimate Fast-Track Guide to Wealth, Freedom and Fulfillment by David Taylor
N - 22/9/18 **** - Never Too Late To Be Great: The Power of Thinking Long by Tom Butler-Bowdon
I - 17/9/18 *** - The Idea Factory: Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation by Jon Gertner
B - 6/9/18 **** - A Brief History Of Time: From the Big Bang To Black Holes by Stephen Hawking
A - 17/9/18 ** - Autism: The Gift That Needs to Be Opened by Autism Society, Newfoundland and Labrador
L - 21/9/18 *** - You Were Born To Be An Entrepreneur: The Mystery of Discovering your Calling and Career by Jeremy Lopez
L - 2/10/18 ** - 100 Million Years of Food: What Our Ancestors Ate and Why It Matters Today by Stephen Le
E - 27/9/18 *** - Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration by Ed Catmull
C - 6/9/18 *** - Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking by Susan Cain
T - 21/9/18 *** - Tibetan Sound Healing: Seven Guided Practices to Clear Obstacles, Cultivate Positive Qualities, and Uncover Your Inherent Wisdom by Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche
E - 2/10/18 **** - Captivate: The Science of Succeeding with People by Vanessa Van Edwards
R - 28/9/18 *** - Buyer Personas: How to Gain Insight Into Your Customer's Expectations, Align Your Marketing Strategies, and Win More Business by Adele Revella (hide spoiler)]
May 29, 2018 09:33AM
Nothing But Reading ChallengesNBRC 26 Alphabet 4: The Bad, The Scary and The Terrifying: A to Z
Duration: June - Dec 2018
55/55 Part 2 ✔
Darth Vader
(view spoiler)[D - 2/9/18 *** - The Worst Business Model in the World: A New Kind of Guide for a New Kind of Entrepreneur by Danny Schuman
A - 23/8/18 **** - Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity by David Allen
R - 10/7/18 * - Scorpion in the Bed, The Narcissist in Couples and Couple Therapy by Ronald Mah
T - 3/9/18 **** - The Third Door: The Wild Quest to Uncover How the World's Most Successful People Launched Their Careers by Alex Banayan
H - 27/7/18 *** - A World Without Ice by Henry N. Pollack
V - 18/6/18 ***** - Crush It!: Why Now Is the Time to Cash In on Your Passion by Gary Vaynerchuk
A - 4/9/18 *** - An Audience of One: Reclaiming Creativity for Its Own Sake by Srinivas Rao
D - 4/9/18 *** - Dying for a Paycheck: Why the American Way of Business Is Injurious to People and Companies by Jeffrey Pfeffer
E - 7/7/18 **** - European Nightmares: Horror Cinema in Europe Since 1945 by Patricia Allmer
R - 23/8/18 *** - The Lean Startup: How Today's Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses by Eric Ries (hide spoiler)]
Dementors
(view spoiler)[D - 5/9/18 *** - Always Hungry?: Conquer Cravings, Retrain Your Fat Cells, and Lose Weight Permanently by David Ludwig
E - 23/8/18 *** - The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer by Siddhartha Mukherjee
M - 22/8/18 **** - How to Be a Stoic: Using Ancient Philosophy to Live a Modern Life by Massimo Pigliucci
E - 2/9/18 ** - Build It: The Rebel Playbook for World Class Employee Engagement by Glenn Elliott
N - 28/7/18 **** - Never Eat Alone: And Other Secrets to Success, One Relationship at a Time by Keith Ferrazzi
T - 5/9/18 *** - How to Read Literature Like a Professor by Thomas C. Foster
O - 5/9/18 ** - Out of Our Minds: Learning to Be Creative by Ken Robinson
R - 4/9/18 *** - Resilience: Facing Down Rejection and Criticism on the Road to Success by Mark McGuinness
S - 22/8/18 *** - Lead with a Story: A Guide to Crafting Business Narratives That Captivate, Convince, and Inspire by Paul Smith (hide spoiler)]
Edgar Allen Poe
(view spoiler)[E - 8/9/18 * - Engineering Materials and Processes Desk Reference by Robert W. Messler Jr.
D - 9/9/18 *** - A Force for Good: The Dalai Lama's Vision for Our World by Daniel Goleman
G - 21/8/18 ***** - Go Pro - 7 Steps to Becoming a Network Marketing Professional by Eric Worre
A - 9/9/18 *** - Anything You Want by Derek Sivers
R - 9/9/18 *** - Cooking Up a Business: Lessons from Food Lovers Who Turned Their Passion Into a Career -- And How You C An, Too by Rachel Hofstetter
A - 12/9/18 **** - Algorithms to Live By: The Computer Science of Human Decisions by Brian Christian
L - 11/9/18 * - Lower Ed: The Troubling Rise of For-Profit Colleges in the New Economy by Tressie McMillan Cottom
L - 11/9/18 ** - Accidental Genius: Using Writing to Generate Your Best Ideas, Insight, and Content by Mark Levy
E - 11/9/18 *** - Eating the Big Fish: How Challenger Brands Can Compete Against Brand Leaders by Adam Morgan
N - 8/9/18 *** - Fast Asleep, Wide Awake: Discover the secrets of restorative sleep and vibrant energy by Nerina Ramlakhan
P - 21/8/18 *** - 101 Things You Didn't Know About Da Vinci: The Secrets of the World's Most Eccentric and Innovative Genius Revealed! by Shana Priwer
O - 12/9/18 ** - Furniture Styles by Oliver Knežević
E - 11/9/18 ** - Emotional Blackmail: When the People in Your Life Use Fear, Obligation, and Guilt to Manipulate You by Susan Forward (hide spoiler)]
The Exorcist
(view spoiler)[T - 12/9/18 ** - The Statues that Walked: Unraveling the Mystery of Easter Island by Terry Hunt
H - 1/9/18 * - Hydraulics of Groundwater by Jacob Bear
E - 13/9/18 ** - The State of Affairs: Rethinking Infidelity by Esther Perel
E - 13/9/18 *** - The End of Stress: Four Steps to Rewire Your Brain by Don Joseph Goewey
X - 13/9/18 ** - Noose True stories of Australians who died at the gallows by Xavier Duff
O - 14/9/18 *** - What Is Your What?: Discover the One Amazing Thing You Were Born to Do by Steve Olsher
R - 13/9/18 **** - The New Strategic Selling: The Unique Sales System Proven Successful by the World's Best Companies by Robert B. Miller
C - 3/9/18 **** - Cosmos by Carl Sagan
I - 12/7/18 * - Insects: Their Ways and Means of Living by Robert Evans Snodgrass
S - 3/9/18 **** - Get your shit together by Sarah Knight
T - 12/9/18 ** - The Big Fat Surprise: Why Butter, Meat and Cheese Belong in a Healthy Diet by Nina Teicholz (hide spoiler)]
Frankenstein
(view spoiler)[F - 2/9/18 *** - Finding the Next Steve Jobs: How to Find, Hire, Keep and Nurture Creative Talent by Nolan Bushnell
R - 12/9/18 *** - The IT Marketing Crash Course: How to Get Clients for Your Technology Business by Raj Khera
A - 14/9/18 * - After Virtue: A Study in Moral Theory by Alasdair MacIntyre
N - 14/9/18 *** - Nonsense: The Power of Not Knowing by Jamie Holmes
K - 19/6/18 ** - A Simple Guide To Klinefelter Syndrome, Diagnosis, Treatment And Related Conditions by Kenneth Kee
E - 14/9/18 *** - Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal by Eric Schlosser
N - 15/9/18 *** - No Ordinary Disruption: The Four Global Forces Breaking All the Trends by Richard Dobbs
S - 8/9/18 ** - Black Edge: Inside Information, Dirty Money, and the Quest to Bring Down the Most Wanted Man on Wall Street by Sheelah Kolhatkar
T - 15/9/18 *** - First Responder Supervisor Guide by Trennis E. Killian
E - 15/9/18 *** - Think to Lose Weight - The W.E.D. Method. by Brian Ellis
I - 7/9/18 *** - I'm Judging You: The Do-Better Manual by Luvvie Ajayi
N - 15/9/18 *** - The No Asshole Rule: Building a Civilized Workplace and Surviving One That Isn't by Robert I. Sutton (hide spoiler)]
May 29, 2018 09:33AM
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Duration: June - Dec 2018
Total: 294/443
54/54 Part 1 ✔
Agent Smith
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A - 4/7/18 ** - The Camel - Its Uses and Management by Arthur Glyn Leonard
G - 17/6/18 **** - Relentless: From Good to Great to Unstoppable by Tim S. Grover
E - 17/6/18 ** - Experiments with People: Revelations from Social Psychology by Robert P. Abelson
N - 4/7/18 *** - Nail It Then Scale It by Nathan Furr
T - 4/7/18 ** - Keeping Blue-Tongue Lizards by Grant Turner
S - 3/7/18 ***** - The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change by Stephen R. Covey
M - 3/7/18 ** - The Myth of the Strong Leader: Political Leadership in the Modern Age by Archie Brown
I - 4/7/18 *** - Investing with Impact: Why Finance Is a Force for Good by Jeremy Balkin
T - 15/6/18 *** - A History of the World in 6 Glasses by Tom Standage
H - 3/7/18 ** - The Failure of Risk Management: Why It's Broken and How to Fix It by Douglas W. Hubbard (hide spoiler)]
Azazel
(view spoiler)[A - 17/6/18 * - And the Good News Is...: Lessons and Advice from the Bright Side by Dana Perino
Z - 15/6/18 ***** - Zig Ziglar's Secrets of Closing the Sale by Zig Ziglar
A - 19/6/18 ** - Anatomy of an Epidemic: Magic Bullets, Psychiatric Drugs, and the Astonishing Rise of Mental Illness in America by Robert Whitaker
Z - 19/6/18 *** - A People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn
E - 17/6/18 ** - An American Sickness: How Healthcare Became Big Business and How You Can Take It Back by Elisabeth Rosenthal
L - 19/6/18 *** - Workplace Wellness that Works: 10 Steps to Infuse Well-Being and Vitality into Any Organization by Laura Putnam (hide spoiler)]
Bloody Mary
(view spoiler)[B - 9/6/18 *** - What Color Is Your Parachute? 2015 by Richard N. Bolles
L - 4/7/18 * - Lost and Found: Finding Hope in the Detours of Life by Sarah Jakes
O - 5/7/18 **** - Confessions of an Advertising Man by David Ogilvy
O - 6/7/18 *** - Value Proposition Design: How to Create Products and Services Customers Want by Alexander Osterwalder
D - 27/6/18 ** - Coming Back Stronger: Unleashing the Hidden Power of Adversity by Drew Brees
Y - 6/7/18 **** - You Are a Badass at Making Money: Master the Mindset of Wealth by Jen Sincero
M - 5/7/18 *** - Winning by Losing: Drop the Weight, Change Your Life by Jillian Michaels
A - 5/7/18 ** - Dollars and Sex: How Economics Influences Sex and Love by Marina Adshade
R - 19/6/18 ** - The Twenty-four Hour Mind: the Role of Sleep and Dreaming in Our Emotional Lives by Rosalind D. Cartwright
Y - 6/7/18 **** - You'll See It When You Believe It: The Way to Your Personal Transformation by Wayne W. Dyer (hide spoiler)]
Bump in the Night
(view spoiler)[B - 6/7/18 ** - The Smartest Guys in the Room: The Amazing Rise and Scandalous Fall of Enron by Bethany McLean
U - 9/7/18 **** - Unmasking the Face: A Guide to Recognizing Emotions from Facial Clues by Paul Ekman
M - 5/7/18 **** - Ghost in the Wires: My Adventures as the World's Most Wanted Hacker by Kevin D. Mitnick
P - 7/7/18 **** - Face the Music: A Life Exposed by Paul Stanley
I - 18/6/18 *** - Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson
N - 6/7/18 *** - Jugaad Innovation: A Frugal and Flexible Approach to Innovation for the 21st Century by Navi Radjou
T - 5/7/18 *** - Trying Not to Try: The Art and Science of Spontaneity by Edward Slingerland
H - 19/6/18 *** - How to Be Heard: Secrets for Powerful Speaking and Listening by Julian Treasure
E - 3/7/18 ** - The World as I See It by Albert Einstein
N - 8/7/18 ** - Skin in the Game: The Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
I - 6/7/18 ** - The Impulse Factor: Why Some of Us Play It Safe and Others Risk It All by Nick Tasler
G - 9/7/18 *** - Growing Great Employees: Turning Ordinary People into Extraordinary Performers by Erika Andersen
H - 8/7/18 **** - How to Make Anyone Fall in Love With You: 85 Proven Techniques for Success by Leil Lowndes
T - 7/7/18 *** - Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me): Why We Justify Foolish Beliefs, Bad Decisions, and Hurtful Acts by Carol Tavris (hide spoiler)]
Candyman
(view spoiler)[C - 11/6/18 * - Co-Active Leadership: Five Ways to Lead by Karen Kimsey-House
A - 9/7/18 ** - After the Music Stopped: The Financial Crisis, the Response, and the Work Ahead by Alan S. Blinder
N - 12/7/18 **** - Nobody Wants to Read Your Sh*t: Why That Is And What You Can Do About It by Steven Pressfield
D - 7/7/18 ***** - How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie
Y - 9/7/18 *** - The Year of Living Danishly: My Twelve Months Unearthing the Secrets of the World's Happiest Country by Helen Russell
M - 13/7/18 *** - Manage Your Smart Home With An App!: Learn Step-by-Step How to Control Your Home Lighting, Thermostats, IP Cameras, Music, Alarm, Locks, Kitchen and Garden with an App! by Gerard O'Driscoll
A - 14/7/18 ***** - Sun Tzu: The Art of War for Managers; 50 Strategic Rules by Sun Tzu
N - 12/7/18 *** - Notes from a Small Island by Bill Bryson (hide spoiler)]
Chucky
(view spoiler)[C - 9/7/18 *** - The Common Law by Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
H - 11/7/18 ** - Fast Facts for the Student Nurse: Nursing Student Success in a Nutshell by Susan Stabler-Haas
U - 10/7/18 ** - Untangled: Guiding Teenage Girls Through the Seven Transitions into Adulthood by Lisa Damour
C - 10/7/18 ** - The Cybernetic Brain: Sketches of Another Future by Andrew Pickering
K - 14/6/18 *** - Karate The Art of "Empty-Hand" Fighting by Hidetaka Nishiyama
Y - 11/7/18 ** - You Can Be Happy No Matter What: Five Principles for Keeping Life in Perspective by Richard Carlson (hide spoiler)]
Nothing But Reading ChallengesSerious Reader Challenge for 2018
Level 6b: 551-600 ✔
(view spoiler)[551. - 9/6/18 528p **** - Out of Control: The New Biology of Machines, Social Systems, and the Economic World by Kevin Kelly
552. - 9/6/18 288p **** - Find Out Anything From Anyone, Anytime by James Pyle
553. - 10/6/18 70p **** - Hardcore Self Help: F**k Anxiety by Robert Duff
554. - 10/6/18 1716p ***** - DALE CARNEGIE Premium Collection: The Art of Public Speaking, How to Win Friends and Influence People, How to Stop Worrying and Start Living & Lincoln the Unknown by Dale Carnegie
555. - 11/6/18 128p * - Co-Active Leadership: Five Ways to Lead by Karen Kimsey-House
556. - 11/6/18 604p ** - Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth by Lucy Aikin
557. - 11/6/18 198p * - Writing Forensic Reports: A Guide for Mental Health Professionals by Daniel P. Greenfield
558. - 11/6/18 250p ** - Smart Parents: Parenting for Powerful Learning by Bonnie Lathram
559. - 11/6/18 252p ** - A Hint of Saffron: A Buddhist's Thoughts on Religious Belief in the Twenty First Century by Roger Dale
560. - 12/6/18 240p **** - Living on Purpose: Straight Answers to Universal Questions by Dan Millman
561. - 12/6/18 220p **** - The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari: A Fable About Fulfilling Your Dreams and Reaching Your Destiny by Robin S. Sharma
562. - 13/6/18 256p ***** - If You're Not First, You're Last: Sales Strategies to Dominate Your Market and Beat Your Competition by Grant Cardone
563. - 13/6/18 192p **** - Personality Plus for Parents: Understanding What Makes Your Child Tick by Florence Littauer
564. - 14/6/18 256p *** - Karate The Art of "Empty-Hand" Fighting by Hidetaka Nishiyama
565. - 15/6/18 410p ***** - Zig Ziglar's Secrets of Closing the Sale by Zig Ziglar
566. - 15/6/18 336p *** - A History of the World in 6 Glasses by Tom Standage
567. - 17/6/18 272p **** - Relentless: From Good to Great to Unstoppable by Tim S. Grover
568. - 17/6/18 243p * - And the Good News Is...: Lessons and Advice from the Bright Side by Dana Perino
569. - 17/6/18 656p ** - An American Sickness: How Healthcare Became Big Business and How You Can Take It Back by Elisabeth Rosenthal
570. - 17/6/18 376p ** - Experiments with People: Revelations from Social Psychology by Robert P. Abelson
571. - 18/6/18 272p ** - Buy It, Rent It, Profit!: Make Money as a Landlord in ANY Real Estate Market by Bryan M. Chavis
572. - 18/6/18 256p * - Your Nest Egg Game Plan: How to Get Your Finances Back on Track and Create a Lifetime Income Stream by Phil Fragasso
573. - 18/6/18 142p ***** - Crush It!: Why Now Is the Time to Cash In on Your Passion by Gary Vaynerchuk
574. - 18/6/18 656p *** - Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson
575. - 19/6/18 432p ** - Marriage, a History: From Obedience to Intimacy or How Love Conquered Marriage by Stephanie Coontz
576. - 19/6/18 234p ** - Ultimate Guide to Local Business Marketing by Perry Marshall
577. - 19/6/18 729p *** - A People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn
578. - 19/6/18 404p ** - Anatomy of an Epidemic: Magic Bullets, Psychiatric Drugs, and the Astonishing Rise of Mental Illness in America by Robert Whitaker
579. - 19/6/18 321p *** - Workplace Wellness that Works: 10 Steps to Infuse Well-Being and Vitality into Any Organization by Laura Putnam
580. - 19/6/18 85p ** - A Simple Guide To Klinefelter Syndrome, Diagnosis, Treatment And Related Conditions by Kenneth Kee
581. - 19/6/18 208p ** - The Twenty-four Hour Mind: the Role of Sleep and Dreaming in Our Emotional Lives by Rosalind D. Cartwright
582. - 19/6/18 308p *** - How to Be Heard: Secrets for Powerful Speaking and Listening by Julian Treasure
583. - 27/6/18 224p **** - Speak Without Fear: A Total System for Becoming a Natural, Confident Communicator by Ivy Naistadt
584. - 27/6/18 352p *** - The Airplane: How Ideas Gave Us Wings by Jay Spenser
585. - 27/6/18 303p ** - Coming Back Stronger: Unleashing the Hidden Power of Adversity by Drew Brees
586. - 27/6/18 220p ** - Legal Literacy: An Introduction to Legal Studies by Archie Zariski
587. - 28/6/18 240p * - Outrageous Openness: Letting the Divine Take the Lead by Tosha Silver
588. - 28/6/18 224p ** - The Ultimate Office Prank Book by Mae B. Fired
589. - 28/6/18 144p ** - An Appeal to Reason: A Cool Look at Global Warming by Nigel Lawson
590. - 28/6/18 224p *** - 100 Simple Secrets of the Best Half of Life: What Scientists Have Learned and How You Can Use It by David Niven
591. - 28/6/18 170p ** - Third or Additional Language Acquisition by Gessica De Angelis
592. - 28/6/18 288p ** - Secrets To A Successful Eviction For Landlords And Rental Property Managers: The Complete Guide To Evicting Tenants Legally And Quickly by Carolyn Gibson
593. - 28/6/18 272p *** - Raising Grateful Kids in an Entitled World: How One Family Learned That Saying No Can Lead to Life's Biggest Yes by Kristen Welch
594. - 29/6/18 352p ** - All the News That's Fit to Sell: How the Market Transforms Information Into News by James T. Hamilton
595. - 29/6/18 81p **** - How to Learn Any Language in a Few Months While Enjoying Yourself: 45 Proven Tips for Language Learners by Nate Nicholson
596. - 30/6/18 304p *** - Reclaim Your Brain: How to Calm Your Thoughts, Heal Your Mind, and Bring Your Life Back Under Control by Joseph A. Annibali
597. - 30/6/18 416p ** - The Eight Immortal Healers: Taoist Wisdom for Radiant Health by Mantak Chia
598. - 30/6/18 237p *** - Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother by Amy Chua
599. - 30/6/18 290p *** - Reset: My Fight for Inclusion and Lasting Change by Ellen Pao
600. - 30/6/18 240p ***** - Rejection Proof: 100 Days of Rejection, or How to Ask Anything of Anyone at Anytime by Jia Jiang (hide spoiler)]
Nothing But Reading ChallengesSerious Reader Challenge for 2018
Level 6a: 501-550 ✔
(view spoiler)[501. - 1/6/18 244p **** - Sell It Today, Sell It Now by Tom Hopkins
502. - 1/6/18 397p *** - On the Move: A Life by Oliver Sacks
503. - 1/6/18 272p *** - How Companies Win: Profiting from Demand-Driven Business Models No Matter What Business You’re In by Rick Kash
504. - 1/6/18 528p **** - No Logo by Naomi Klein
505. - 1/6/18 392p * - After Heidegger? by Gregory Fried
506. - 2/6/18 496p * - Rambles in the Islands of Corsica and Sardinia with Notices of their History, Antiquities, and Present Condition. by Thomas Forester
507. - 2/6/18 213p *** - If I Understood You, Would I Have This Look on My Face?: My Adventures in the Art and Science of Relating and Communicating by Alan Alda
508. - 2/6/18 192p * - A Treatise on Spherical Trigonometry - Its Application to Geodesy and Astronomy by John Casey
509. - 2/6/18 788p * - Ordered Porous Solids by Valentin Valtchev
510. - 2/6/18 384p *** - The Patient Will See You Now: The Future of Medicine is in Your Hands by Eric Topol
511. - 2/6/18 304p ** - Devil Sent the Rain: Music and Writing in Desperate America by Tom Piazza
512. - 2/6/18 524p *** - Represent Yourself in Court: How to Prepare & Try a Winning Case by Paul Bergman
513. - 3/6/18 302p *** - Before You Do: Making Great Decisions That You Won't Regret by T.D. Jakes
514. - 3/6/18 206p * - Citing Atheists: Quotes of Agnosticism, Non-Theism, Skepticism, Irreligion, Free Thought, and Philosophy by Steve Dustcircle
515. - 3/6/18 216p **** - Two Birds in a Tree: Timeless Indian Wisdom for Business Leaders by Ram Nidumolu
516. - 3/6/18 349p ** - Place and Phenomenology by Janet Donohoe
517. - 3/6/18 336p *** - In Praise of Slowness: Challenging the Cult of Speed by Carl Honoré
518. - 3/6/18 704p * - Secret Reports on Nazi Germany: The Frankfurt School Contribution to the War Effort by Franz Leopold Neumann
519. - 3/6/18 224p *** - Get Some Headspace: How Mindfulness Can Change Your Life in Ten Minutes a Day by Andy Puddicombe
520. - 3/6/18 288p ** - Protecting Your Parents' Money: The Essential Guide to Helping Mom and Dad Navigate the Finances of Retirement by Jeff D. Opdyke
521. - 4/6/18 322p *** - The Zen of Fish: The Story of Sushi, from Samurai to Supermarket by Trevor Corson
522. - 4/6/18 334p *** - The Upside of Irrationality: The Unexpected Benefits of Defying Logic at Work and at Home by Dan Ariely
523. - 4/6/18 172p ** - Near-Earth Objects: Finding Them Before They Find Us by Donald K. Yeomans
524. - 4/6/18 483p ** - Adaptive Markets: Financial Evolution at the Speed of Thought by Andrew W. Lo
525. - 4/6/18 354p *** - Neuro-Linguistic Programming for Dummies by Romilla Ready
526. - 4/6/18 240p ** - Option B by Sheryl Sandberg
527. - 5/6/18 320p *** - Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness by Richard H. Thaler
528. - 5/6/18 544p ***** - Awaken the Giant Within: How to Take Immediate Control of Your Mental, Emotional, Physical and Financial Destiny! by Anthony Robbins
529. - 5/6/18 128p ** - On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century by Timothy Snyder
530. - 5/6/18 320p **** - Be More Pirate: Or How to Take On the World and Win by Sam Conniff Allende
531. - 5/6/18 256p *** - #GIRLBOSS by Sophia Amoruso
532. - 5/6/18 160p *** - How to Think More About Sex by Alain de Botton
533. - 6/6/18 544p *** - What's Going On in There? How the Brain and Mind Develop in the First Five Years of Life by Lise Eliot
534. - 6/6/18 326p *** - A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy by William B. Irvine
535. - 6/6/18 228p *** - What I Know for Sure by Oprah Winfrey
536. - 6/6/18 384p ** - Oxygen: The Molecule That Made the World by Nick Lane
537. - 6/6/18 240p *** - Eat Move Sleep: How Small Choices Lead to Big Changes by Tom Rath
538. - 6/6/18 297p *** - Reading Like a Writer: A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Write Them by Francine Prose
539. - 6/6/18 256p **** - Design to Grow: How Coca-Cola Learned to Combine Scale and Agility by David Butler
540. - 7/6/18 415p ** - To Save Everything, Click Here: The Folly of Technological Solutionism by Evgeny Morozov
541. - 7/6/18 272p ** - Without Their Permission: How the 21st Century Will Be Made, Not Managed by Alexis Ohanian
542. - 7/6/18 272p *** - The New Front Page by Tim Dunlop
543. - 7/6/18 432p *** - A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived: The Stories in Our Genes by Adam Rutherford
544. - 7/6/18 176p ** - In the Name of Identity: Violence and the Need to Belong by Amin Maalouf
545. - 8/6/18 218p *** - Carrots and Sticks: Unlock the Power of Incentives to Get Things Done by Ian Ayres
546. - 8/6/18 256p ** - Get Better: 15 Proven Practices to Build Effective Relationships at Work by Todd Davis
547. - 8/6/18 368p *** - Free to Choose: A Personal Statement by Milton Friedman
548. - 8/6/18 243p *** - The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales by Oliver Sacks
549. - 8/6/18 208p *** - Bored and Brilliant: How Spacing Out Can Unlock Your Most Productive & Creative Self by Manoush Zomorodi
550. - 9/6/18 368p *** - What Color Is Your Parachute? 2015 by Richard N. Bolles (hide spoiler)]
Nothing But Reading ChallengesSerious Reader Challenge for 2018
Level 5b: 451-500 ✔
(view spoiler)[451. - 20/5/18 336p **** - Year of Yes: How to Dance it Out, Stand in the Sun and be Your Own Person by Shonda Rhimes
452. - 20/5/18 352p * - Loving What Is: Four Questions That Can Change Your Life by Byron Katie
453. - 20/5/18 320p *** - YouthNation: Building Remarkable Brands in a Youth-Driven Culture by Matt Britton
454. - 20/5/18 575p ** - The Oligarchs: Wealth and Power in the New Russia by David E. Hoffman
455. - 20/5/18 513p ** - The Compassionate Mind by Paul Gilbert
456. - 21/5/18 426p **** - How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading by Mortimer J. Adler
457. - 21/5/18 192p ** - Energy: A Beginner's Guide by Vaclav Smil
458. - 21/5/18 324p *** - The World Without Us by Alan Weisman
459. - 21/5/18 305p ** - I Thought It Was Just Me: Women Reclaiming Power and Courage in a Culture of Shame by Brené Brown
460. - 21/5/18 294p *** - The Power of Starting Something Stupid: How to Crush Fear, Make Dreams Happen, and Live without Regret by Richie Norton
461. - 21/5/18 688p ** - In a Different Key: The Story of Autism by John Donvan
462. - 25/5/18 320p *** - Vitamins, Minerals & Supplements for Australia & New Zealand by Reader's Digest
463. - 25/5/18 288p * - Nice Girls Don't Get the Corner Office: 101 Unconscious Mistakes Women Make That Sabotage Their Careers by Lois P. Frankel
464. - 25/5/18 224p * - Orbiting the Giant Hairball: A Corporate Fool's Guide to Surviving with Grace by Gordon MacKenzie
465. - 25/5/18 335p **** - The Complete Book of Pickling: 250 Recipes from Pickles & Relishes to Chutneys & Salsas by Jennifer MacKenzie
466. - 26/5/18 340p *** - The Knowledge: How to Rebuild Our World from Scratch by Lewis Dartnell
467. - 26/5/18 224p *** - The Easy Way to Stop Smoking: Join the Millions Who Have Become Nonsmokers Using the Easyway Method by Allen Carr
468. - 26/5/18 386p ** - Our Kids: The American Dream in Crisis by Robert D. Putnam
469. - 26/5/18 288p ** - Out of Character: Surprising Truths About the Liar, Cheat, Sinner (and Saint) Lurking in All of Us by David DeSteno
470. - 26/5/18 256p ** - Overcoming Mobbing: A Recovery Guide for Workplace Aggression and Bullying by Maureen Duffy
471. - 26/5/18 256p ** - Obedience to Authority by Stanley Milgram
472. - 26/5/18 384p **** - You Are Not Your Brain: The 4-Step Solution for Changing Bad Habits, Ending Unhealthy Thinking, and Taking Control of Your Life by Jeffrey M. Schwartz
473. - 27/5/18 304p **** - The Upside of Your Dark Side: Why Being Your Whole Self--Not Just Your "Good" Self--Drives Success and Fulfillment by Todd Kashdan
474. - 27/5/18 256p ** - Necessary Endings: The Employees, Businesses, and Relationships That All of Us Have to Give Up in Order to Move Forward by Henry Cloud
475. - 27/5/18 416p ***** - How to Master the Art of Selling by Tom Hopkins
476. - 28/5/18 214p *** - I Wear the Black Hat: Grappling With Villains by Chuck Klosterman
477. - 28/5/18 352p ** - Educated by Tara Westover
478. - 28/5/18 224p ** - Targeted: How Technology Is Revolutionizing Advertising and the Way Companies Reach Consumers by Mike Smith
479. - 28/5/18 288p ** - Emotional Agility: Get Unstuck, Embrace Change, and Thrive in Work and Life by Susan David
480. - 29/5/18 206p ***** - 10 Days to Faster Reading by The Princeton Language Institute
481. - 29/5/18 207p ***** - Cashvertising: How to Use More Than 100 Secrets of Ad-Agency Psychology to Make BIG MONEY Selling Anything to Anyone by Drew Eric Whitman
482. - 29/5/18 288p **** - 18 Minutes: Find Your Focus, Master Distraction, and Get the Right Things Done by Peter Bregman
483. - 29/5/18 281p ** - The Four Steps to the Epiphany: Successful Strategies for Startups That Win by Steven Gary Blank
484. - 29/5/18 219p ** - Saving Capitalism: For the Many, Not the Few by Robert B. Reich
485. - 29/5/18 368p **** - A Spy Among Friends: Kim Philby and the Great Betrayal by Ben Macintyre
486. - 30/5/18 378p ** - You Should Test That by Chris Goward
487. - 30/5/18 272p ** - Who Gets What — and Why: The New Economics of Matchmaking and Market Design by Alvin E. Roth
488. - 30/5/18 242p *** - 100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know about People by Susan M. Weinschenk
489. - 30/5/18 156p *** - 21 Days to a Big Idea!: Creating Breakthrough Business Concepts by Bryan Mattimore
490. - 30/5/18 221p *** - You Are Not a Gadget by Jaron Lanier
491. - 30/5/18 240p ***** - The Power of Positive Thinking by Norman Vincent Peale
492. - 30/5/18 240p ***** - The Power of Positive Thinking by Norman Vincent Peale
493. - 30/5/18 336p **** - The Leading Brain: Powerful Science-Based Strategies for Achieving Peak Performance by Friederike Fabritius
494. - 31/5/18 272p **** - How to Win Friends and Influence People in the Digital Age by Dale Carnegie
495. - 31/5/18 368p *** - I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life by Ed Yong
496. - 31/5/18 206p **** - The Now Habit: A Strategic Program for Overcoming Procrastination and Enjoying Guilt-Free Play by Neil A. Fiore
497. - 31/5/18 976p *** - Napoleon the Great by Andrew Roberts
498. - 1/6/18 320p *** - When Parents Hurt: Compassionate Strategies When You and Your Grown Child Don't Get Along by Joshua Coleman
499. - 1/6/18 40p *** - Spotify, Music for Everyone: The meteoric rise of the world’s top streaming service by 50MINUTES.COM
500. - 1/6/18 83p *** - Finally Happy: How to Easily Forge True and Enduring Happiness by Foster J.Pickton (hide spoiler)]
Nothing But Reading ChallengesSerious Reader Challenge for 2018
Level 5a: 401-450 ✔
(view spoiler)[401. - 6/5/18 274p **** - DotCom Secrets: The Underground Playbook for Growing Your Company Online by Russell Brunson
402. - 10/5/18 288p * - Sleeping with Your Smartphone: How to Break the 24/7 Habit and Change the Way You Work by Leslie A. Perlow
403. - 10/5/18 309p *** - Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell
404. - 10/5/18 288p ** - The Inner Life of Animals: Surprising Observations of a Hidden World by Peter Wohlleben
405. - 10/5/18 280p ** - 12: The Elements of Great Managing by Rodd Wagner
406. - 11/5/18 357p **** - 59 Seconds: Think a Little, Change a Lot by Richard Wiseman
407. - 11/5/18 240p **** - Midas Touch: Why Some Entrepreneurs Get Rich-And Why Most Don't by Donald J. Trump
408. - 11/5/18 302p *** - The Fear Factor: How One Emotion Connects Altruists, Psychopaths, and Everyone In-Between by Abigail Marsh
409. - 11/5/18 293p * - The Soul of a New Machine by Tracy Kidder
410. - 11/5/18 288p ** - Zillow Talk: The New Rules of Real Estate by Spencer Rascoff
411. - 11/5/18 272p **** - 13 Things Mentally Strong People Don't Do: Take Back Your Power, Embrace Change, Face Your Fears, and Train Your Brain for Happiness and Success by Amy Morin
412. - 12/5/18 304p *** - Awakening the Entrepreneur Within: How Ordinary People Can Create Extraordinary Companies by Michael E. Gerber
413. - 12/5/18 292p *** - Fearless Leadership: How To Overcome Behavioral Blind Spots And Transform Your Organization by Loretta Malandro
414. - 12/5/18 273p * - Analysis Without Paralysis by Babette E. Bensoussan
415. - 12/5/18 288p ** - The End of College: Creating the Future of Learning and the University of Everywhere by Kevin Carey
416. - 12/5/18 224p *** - The Happiness Track: How to Apply the Science of Happiness to Accelerate Your Success by Emma Seppälä
417. - 12/5/18 462p ** - The Nurture Assumption: Why Children Turn Out the Way They Do by Judith Rich Harris
418. - 12/5/18 234p ***** - Put Your Dream to the Test: 10 Questions That Will Help You See It and Seize It by John C. Maxwell
419. - 13/5/18 442p ** - The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World by Niall Ferguson
420. - 13/5/18 496p *** - The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women by Kate Moore
421. - 13/5/18 416p ** - The Telomere Effect: The New Science of Living Younger by Elizabeth Blackburn
422. - 14/5/18 703p *** - The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin
423. - 14/5/18 320p ** - The Only Game in Town: Central Banks, Instability, and Avoiding the Next Collapse by Mohamed El-Erian
424. - 14/5/18 256p *** - End Procrastination Now!: Get It Done with a Proven Psychological Approach by William Knaus
425. - 14/5/18 303p **** - Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
426. - 15/5/18 205p *** - In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto by Michael Pollan
427. - 15/5/18 310p **** - Curious: The Desire to Know and Why Your Future Depends On It by Ian Leslie
428. - 15/5/18 327p *** - Consider the Fork: A History of How We Cook and Eat by Bee Wilson
429. - 15/5/18 448p *** - On Paper: The Everything of Its Two-Thousand-Year History by Nicholas A. Basbanes
430. - 15/5/18 316p **** - A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose by Eckhart Tolle
431. - 15/5/18 304p *** - Co-Opetition by Adam M. Brandenburger
432. - 16/5/18 246p *** - Scaling Up: How a Few Companies Make It...and Why the Rest Don't by Verne Harnish
433. - 16/5/18 352p *** - Quid Pro Quo: What the Romans Really Gave the English Language by Peter Jones
434. - 16/5/18 213p ** - Energy Myths and Realities: Bringing Science to the Energy Policy Debate by Vaclav Smil
435. - 16/5/18 322p * - Lost Connections: Uncovering the Real Causes of Depression - and the Unexpected Solutions by Johann Hari
436. - 16/5/18 408 ** - The Language of Letting Go: Daily Meditations on Codependency by Melody Beattie
437. - 16/5/18 240p ** - Unsubscribe: How to Kill Email Anxiety, Avoid Distractions, and Get Real Work Done by Jocelyn K. Glei
438. - 16/5/18 443p ** - Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari
439. - 16/5/18 256p ** - Poisons: From Hemlock to Botox to the Killer Bean of Calabar by Peter Macinnis
440. - 16/5/18 256p **** - Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products by Nir Eyal
441. - 16/5/18 273p **** - Business Model Generation by Alexander Osterwalder
442. - 16/5/18 246p **** - Delivering Happiness: A Path to Profits, Passion, and Purpose by Tony Hsieh
443. - 16/5/18 288p ***** - Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear by Elizabeth Gilbert
444. - 19/5/18 228p *** - Talent Magnetism: How to Build a Workplace That Attracts and Keeps the Best by Roberta Chinsky Matuson
445. - 19/5/18 209p ** - Talk Lean: Shorter Meetings. Quicker Results. Better Relations. by Alan Palmer
446. - 19/5/18 551p *** - The Lucifer Effect: Understanding How Good People Turn Evil by Philip G. Zimbardo
447. - 19/5/18 256p *** - The As If Principle: The Radically New Approach to Changing Your Life by Richard Wiseman
448. - 19/5/18 375p *** - The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream by Barack Obama
449. - 19/5/18 336p ** - Foolproof: Why Safety Can Be Dangerous and How Danger Makes Us Safe by Greg Ip
450. - 19/5/18 225p ***** - Get Off Your "but": How to End Self-Sabotage and Stand Up for Yourself by Sean Stephenson (hide spoiler)]
Nothing But Reading ChallengesThe May Tea Time Reading Challenge
Duration: May 1st to May 31st, 2018
58/58 Part 2 ✔
Black
(view spoiler)[B - 15/5/18 *** - Consider the Fork: A History of How We Cook and Eat by Bee Wilson
L - 1/5/18 *** - Lonely Planet Dubai & Abu Dhabi by Lonely Planet
A - 6/5/18 ** - Tubes: A Journey to the Center of the Internet by Andrew Blum
C - 14/5/18 *** - The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin
K - 11/5/18 * - The Soul of a New Machine by Tracy Kidder (hide spoiler)]
White
(view spoiler)[W - 10/5/18 ** - 12: The Elements of Great Managing by Rodd Wagner
H - 16/5/18 * - Lost Connections: Uncovering the Real Causes of Depression - and the Unexpected Solutions by Johann Hari
I - 19/5/18 ** - Foolproof: Why Safety Can Be Dangerous and How Danger Makes Us Safe by Greg Ip
T - 19/5/18 ** - Talk Lean: Shorter Meetings. Quicker Results. Better Relations. by Alan Palmer
E - 16/5/18 ** - Energy Myths and Realities: Bringing Science to the Energy Policy Debate by Vaclav Smil (hide spoiler)]
Yellow
(view spoiler)[Y - 20/5/18 *** - YouthNation: Building Remarkable Brands in a Youth-Driven Culture by Matt Britton
E - 21/5/18 ** - Energy: A Beginner's Guide by Vaclav Smil
L - 1/5/18 ** - Lonely Planet Scotland by Lonely Planet
L - 19/5/18 *** - The Lucifer Effect: Understanding How Good People Turn Evil by Philip G. Zimbardo
O - 19/5/18 *** - The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream by Barack Obama
W - 11/5/18 **** - 59 Seconds: Think a Little, Change a Lot by Richard Wiseman (hide spoiler)]
Rooibos
(view spoiler)[R - 3/5/18 *** - The Zero Marginal Cost Society: The Internet of Things, the Collaborative Commons, and the Eclipse of Capitalism by Jeremy Rifkin
O - 25/5/18 * - Orbiting the Giant Hairball: A Corporate Fool's Guide to Surviving with Grace by Gordon MacKenzie
O - 26/5/18 ** - Overcoming Mobbing: A Recovery Guide for Workplace Aggression and Bullying by Maureen Duffy
I - 21/5/18 ** - I Thought It Was Just Me: Women Reclaiming Power and Courage in a Culture of Shame by Brené Brown
B - 29/5/18 **** - 18 Minutes: Find Your Focus, Master Distraction, and Get the Right Things Done by Peter Bregman
O - 26/5/18 ** - Out of Character: Surprising Truths About the Liar, Cheat, Sinner (and Saint) Lurking in All of Us by David DeSteno
S - 11/5/18 ** - Zillow Talk: The New Rules of Real Estate by Spencer Rascoff (hide spoiler)]
Mate
(view spoiler)[M - 5/5/18 **** - A Year with Peter Drucker: 52 Weeks of Coaching for Leadership Effectiveness by Joseph A. Maciariello
A - 11/5/18 *** - The Fear Factor: How One Emotion Connects Altruists, Psychopaths, and Everyone In-Between by Abigail Marsh
T - 19/5/18 *** - Talent Magnetism: How to Build a Workplace That Attracts and Keeps the Best by Roberta Chinsky Matuson
E - 28/5/18 ** - Educated by Tara Westover (hide spoiler)]
Blooming
(view spoiler)[B - 29/5/18 **** - A Spy Among Friends: Kim Philby and the Great Betrayal by Ben Macintyre
L - 20/5/18 * - Loving What Is: Four Questions That Can Change Your Life by Byron Katie
O - 26/5/18 ** - Obedience to Authority by Stanley Milgram
O - 26/5/18 ** - Our Kids: The American Dream in Crisis by Robert D. Putnam
M - 11/5/18 **** - 13 Things Mentally Strong People Don't Do: Take Back Your Power, Embrace Change, Face Your Fears, and Train Your Brain for Happiness and Success by Amy Morin
I - 21/5/18 ** - In a Different Key: The Story of Autism by John Donvan
N - 21/5/18 *** - The Power of Starting Something Stupid: How to Crush Fear, Make Dreams Happen, and Live without Regret by Richie Norton
G - 19/5/18 ***** - Get Off Your "but": How to End Self-Sabotage and Stand Up for Yourself by Sean Stephenson (hide spoiler)]
Honeybush
(view spoiler)[H - 16/5/18 *** - Scaling Up: How a Few Companies Make It...and Why the Rest Don't by Verne Harnish
O - 20/5/18 ** - The Oligarchs: Wealth and Power in the New Russia by David E. Hoffman
N - 25/5/18 * - Nice Girls Don't Get the Corner Office: 101 Unconscious Mistakes Women Make That Sabotage Their Careers by Lois P. Frankel
E - 26/5/18 *** - The Easy Way to Stop Smoking: Join the Millions Who Have Become Nonsmokers Using the Easyway Method by Allen Carr
Y - 20/5/18 **** - Year of Yes: How to Dance it Out, Stand in the Sun and be Your Own Person by Shonda Rhimes
B - 30/5/18 *** - 21 Days to a Big Idea!: Creating Breakthrough Business Concepts by Bryan Mattimore
U - 6/5/18 ** - U Thrive: How to Succeed in College by Dan Lerner
S - 30/5/18 *** - 100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know about People by Susan M. Weinschenk
H - 27/5/18 ***** - How to Master the Art of Selling by Tom Hopkins (hide spoiler)]
Spearmint
(view spoiler)[S - 26/5/18 **** - You Are Not Your Brain: The 4-Step Solution for Changing Bad Habits, Ending Unhealthy Thinking, and Taking Control of Your Life by Jeffrey M. Schwartz
P - 16/5/18 *** - Quid Pro Quo: What the Romans Really Gave the English Language by Peter Jones
E - 28/5/18 ** - Emotional Agility: Get Unstuck, Embrace Change, and Thrive in Work and Life by Susan David
A - 13/5/18 ** - The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World by Niall Ferguson
R - 25/5/18 *** - Vitamins, Minerals & Supplements for Australia & New Zealand by Reader's Digest
M - 13/5/18 *** - The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women by Kate Moore
I - 28/5/18 *** - I Wear the Black Hat: Grappling With Villains by Chuck Klosterman
N - 27/5/18 ** - Necessary Endings: The Employees, Businesses, and Relationships That All of Us Have to Give Up in Order to Move Forward by Henry Cloud
T - 28/5/18 ** - Targeted: How Technology Is Revolutionizing Advertising and the Way Companies Reach Consumers by Mike Smith (hide spoiler)]
Pu-erh
(view spoiler)[P - 29/5/18 ***** - 10 Days to Faster Reading by The Princeton Language Institute
U - 27/5/18 **** - The Upside of Your Dark Side: Why Being Your Whole Self--Not Just Your "Good" Self--Drives Success and Fulfillment by Todd Kashdan
E - 29/5/18 ***** - Cashvertising: How to Use More Than 100 Secrets of Ad-Agency Psychology to Make BIG MONEY Selling Anything to Anyone by Drew Eric Whitman
R - 29/5/18 ** - Saving Capitalism: For the Many, Not the Few by Robert B. Reich
H - 21/5/18 **** - How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading by Mortimer J. Adler (hide spoiler)]
Nothing But Reading ChallengesThe May Tea Time Reading Challenge
Duration: May 1st to May 31st, 2018
Total: 111/118
60/60 ✔
Earl Grey
(view spoiler)[E - 1/5/18 *** - Barking Up the Wrong Tree: The Surprising Science Behind Why Everything You Know About Success Is (Mostly) Wrong by Eric Barker
A - 5/5/18 ** - What Motivates Me: Put Your Passions to Work by Adrian Gostick
R - 4/5/18 *** - The Start-Up of You: Adapt to the Future, Invest in Yourself, and Transform Your Career by Reid Hoffman
L - 12/5/18 *** - Fearless Leadership: How To Overcome Behavioral Blind Spots And Transform Your Organization by Loretta Malandro
G - 3/5/18 **** - Crushing It!: How Great Entrepreneurs Build Their Business and Influence—and How You Can, Too by Gary Vaynerchuk
R - 1/5/18 **** - Get Things Done: What Stops Smart People Achieving More and How You Can Change by Robert Kelsey
E - 5/5/18 **** - Cultivating Curiosity by Evette Cordy
Y - 5/5/18 **** - 250 Home Preserving Favorites: From Jams & Jellies to Marmalades & Chutneys by Yvonne Tremblay (hide spoiler)]
Oolong
(view spoiler)[O - 6/5/18 *** - The Weekend Effect: The Life Changing Benefits of Taking Time Off and Challenging the Cult of Overwork by Katrina Onstad
O - 10/5/18 *** - Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell
L - 10/5/18 * - Sleeping with Your Smartphone: How to Break the 24/7 Habit and Change the Way You Work by Leslie A. Perlow
O - 4/5/18 *** - Orwell's Revenge: The 1984 Palimpsest by Peter Huber
N - 4/5/18 *** - Now, Discover Your Strengths by Marcus Buckingham
G - 3/5/18 ***** - The 48 Laws of Power by Robert Greene (hide spoiler)]
Herbal
(view spoiler)[H - 1/5/18 ***** - Unlimited Memory: How to Use Advanced Learning Strategies to Learn Faster, Remember More and be More Productive by Kevin Horsley
E - 2/5/18 *** - The Lean Startup: How Today's Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses by Eric Ries
R - 2/5/18 ** - What's Stopping Me from Getting Ahead?: What Your Manager Won't Tell You about What It Really Takes to Be Successful by Robert Goldfarb
B - 12/5/18 * - Analysis Without Paralysis by Babette E. Bensoussan
A - 12/5/18 *** - Awakening the Entrepreneur Within: How Ordinary People Can Create Extraordinary Companies by Michael E. Gerber
L - 4/5/18 ** - Work Rules!: Insights from Inside Google That Will Transform How You Live and Lead by Laszlo Bock (hide spoiler)]
Jasmine
(view spoiler)[J - 4/5/18 ** - A Sense of Urgency by John P. Kotter
A - 3/5/18 ** - The Gold Standard: Rules to Rule By by Ari Gold
S - 16/5/18 ** - Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari
M - 5/5/18 *** - Stop Bitching Start Pitching by Marty Kellard
I - 4/5/18 *** - Mind Chi: Re-Wire Your Brain in 8 Minutes a Day: Strategies for Success in Business and Life by Richard Israel
N - 5/5/18 *** - Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea by Barbara Demick
E - 6/5/18 *** - Exponential Organizations: Why new organizations are ten times better, faster, cheaper than yours by Salim Ismail (hide spoiler)]
Peppermint
(view spoiler)[P - 12/5/18 ***** - Put Your Dream to the Test: 10 Questions That Will Help You See It and Seize It by John C. Maxwell
E - 16/5/18 ***** - Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear by Elizabeth Gilbert
P - 3/5/18 ** - Paid Attention: Innovative Advertising for a Digital World by Faris Yakob
P - 16/5/18 ** - Poisons: From Hemlock to Botox to the Killer Bean of Calabar by Peter Macinnis
E - 12/5/18 ** - The End of College: Creating the Future of Learning and the University of Everywhere by Kevin Carey
R - 5/5/18 ** - Rich Brother Rich Sister: Two Different Paths to God, Money and Happiness by Robert T. Kiyosaki
M - 11/5/18 **** - Midas Touch: Why Some Entrepreneurs Get Rich-And Why Most Don't by Donald J. Trump
I - 10/5/18 ** - The Inner Life of Animals: Surprising Observations of a Hidden World by Peter Wohlleben
N - 12/5/18 ** - The Nurture Assumption: Why Children Turn Out the Way They Do by Judith Rich Harris
T - 16/5/18 **** - Delivering Happiness: A Path to Profits, Passion, and Purpose by Tony Hsieh (hide spoiler)]
Green
(view spoiler)[G - 1/5/18 *** - Damn Good Advice (For People with Talent!): How To Unleash Your Creative Potential by America's Master Communicator, George Lois by George Lois
R - 1/5/18 *** - Scaling Up Excellence: Getting to More Without Settling for Less by Robert I. Sutton
E - 12/5/18 *** - The Happiness Track: How to Apply the Science of Happiness to Accelerate Your Success by Emma Seppälä
E - 14/5/18 *** - End Procrastination Now!: Get It Done with a Proven Psychological Approach by William Knaus
N - 15/5/18 *** - On Paper: The Everything of Its Two-Thousand-Year History by Nicholas A. Basbanes (hide spoiler)]
Lemon and Ginger
(view spoiler)[L - 2/5/18 *** - When to Jump: If the Job You Have Isn't the Life You Want by Mike Lewis
E - 13/5/18 ** - The Telomere Effect: The New Science of Living Younger by Elizabeth Blackburn
M - 16/5/18 ** - The Language of Letting Go: Daily Meditations on Codependency by Melody Beattie
O - 16/5/18 **** - Business Model Generation by Alexander Osterwalder
N - 16/5/18 **** - Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products by Nir Eyal
A - 2/5/18 **** - Ask and You Will Succeed: 1001 Extraordinary Questions to Create Life-Changing Results by Kenneth D. Foster
N - 6/5/18 **** - Dangerous Personalities: An FBI Profiler Shows You How to Identify and Protect Yourself from Harmful People by Joe Navarro
D - 2/5/18 ***** - How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie
G - 16/5/18 ** - Unsubscribe: How to Kill Email Anxiety, Avoid Distractions, and Get Real Work Done by Jocelyn K. Glei
I - 15/5/18 *** - In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto by Michael Pollan
N - 15/5/18 **** - A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose by Eckhart Tolle
G - 1/5/18 **** - The Good Psychopath's Guide to Success by Andy McNab
E - 14/5/18 ** - The Only Game in Town: Central Banks, Instability, and Avoiding the Next Collapse by Mohamed El-Erian
R - 6/5/18 **** - DotCom Secrets: The Underground Playbook for Growing Your Company Online by Russell Brunson (hide spoiler)]
Chai
(view spoiler)[C - 14/5/18 **** - Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
H - 5/5/18 *** - Thrive: The Third Metric to Redefining Success and Creating a Life of Well-Being, Wisdom, and Wonder by Arianna Huffington
A - 15/5/18 *** - Co-Opetition by Adam M. Brandenburger
I - 15/5/18 **** - Curious: The Desire to Know and Why Your Future Depends On It by Ian Leslie (hide spoiler)]
Completed challenge 88/88 books.
Nothing But Reading ChallengesApril: ANZAC Challenge
Option 3: Spell it out
Warrant Officer: 13+ books
56/56 ✔
Melbourne
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M - 18/4/18 ** - A Course In Weight Loss: 21 Spiritual Lessons for Surrendering Your Weight Forever by Marianne Williamson
E - 18/4/18 *** - The Economic Singularity: Artificial intelligence and the death of capitalism by Calum Chace
L - 18/4/18 *** - The Louise Parker Method: Lean for Life by Louise Parker
B - 18/4/18 *** - Ta-Ra-Ra-Boom-De-Ay: The Business of Popular Music by Simon Napier-Bell
O - 18/4/18 ** - On the Move: A Life by Oliver Sacks
U - 20/4/18 *** - The Upside of Irrationality: The Unexpected Benefits of Defying Logic at Work and at Home by Dan Ariely
R - 19/4/18 *** - The Five Lessons a Millionaire Taught Me About Life and Wealth by Richard Paul Evans
N - 20/4/18 *** - Beating Diabetes (a Harvard Medical School Book): Lower Your Blood Sugar, Lose Weight, and Stop Diabetes and Its Complications in Their Tracks by David M. Nathan
E - 18/4/18 ** - The Essential HR Handbook: A Quick and Handy Resource for Any Manager or HR Professional by Sharon Armstrong
(hide spoiler)]
Sydney
(view spoiler)[
S - 19/4/18 * - Selfie: How We Became So Self-Obsessed and What It's Doing to Us by Will Storr
Y - 23/4/18 * - Let My People Go Surfing: The Education of a Reluctant Businessman by Yvon Chouinard
D - 19/4/18 ** - Start-up Nation: The Story of Israel's Economic Miracle by Dan Senor
N - 23/4/18 ** - Neuro-Linguistic Programming for Dummies by Romilla Ready
E - 25/4/18 *** - Alibaba's World: How a Remarkable Chinese Company is Changing the Face of Global Business by Porter Erisman
Y - 25/4/18 *** - The Yes Book: The Art of Better Negotiation by Clive Rich
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Canberra
(view spoiler)[
C - 21/4/18 *** - Curious English Words and Phrases: The truth behind the expressions we use by Max Cryer
A - 19/4/18 ** - Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End by Atul Gawande
N - 20/4/18 **** - The Cheese Trap: How Breaking a Surprising Addiction Will Help You Lose Weight, Gain Energy, and Get Healthy by Neal D. Barnard
B - 18/4/18 ** - Patient's Guide to Dental Implants by Tom Balshi
E - 20/4/18 **** - Escape Fat Trap for Life by Judith Wills
R - 20/4/18 *** - The Republic by Plato
R - 20/4/18 *** - The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
A - 20/4/18 *** - Voodoo Histories: The Role of the Conspiracy Theory in Shaping Modern History by David Aaronovitch
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Perth
(view spoiler)[
P - 25/4/18 *** - Get a Financial Grip: A Simple Plan for Finacial Freedom by Pete Wargent
E - 21/4/18 ** - Extreme sports by Steve Shipside
R - 24/4/18 *** - The Road to Reinvention: How to Disrupt Your Organization Before the Competition Does by Josh Linkner
T - 24/4/18 **** - Ultimate Energy: How To Get From Tired To Inspired by Tricia Woolfrey
H - 20/4/18 ** - The Index Card: Why Personal Finance Doesn’t Have to Be Complicated by Helaine Olen
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Darwin
(view spoiler)[
D - 17/4/18 **** - Oversubscribed: How to Get People Lining Up to Do Business with You by Daniel Priestley
A - 17/4/18 ** - The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work by Alain de Botton
R - 17/4/18 *** - Retromania: Pop Culture's Addiction to Its Own Past by Simon Reynolds
W - 17/4/18 ** - Speed Reading: The Definitive Speed Reading Collection by Warren R. Sullivan
I - 17/4/18 * - Introduction to Molecular Energy Transfer by James T. Yardley
N - 18/4/18 ** - The End of Power: From Boardrooms to Battlefields and Churches to States, Why Being In Charge Isn't What It Used to Be by Moisés Naím
(hide spoiler)]
Adelaide
(view spoiler)[
A - 25/4/18 * - The Last Chance Millionaire: It's Not Too Late to Become Wealthy by Douglas R. Andrew
D - 25/4/18 *** - The Art of Deliberate Success by David Keane
E - 24/4/18 ** - Pioneering the Possible: Awakened Leadership for a World That Works by Scilla Elworthy
L - 23/4/18 ** - Why Is the Dalai Lama Always Smiling?: A Westerner's Introduction and Guide to Tibetan Buddhist Practice by Lama Tsomo
A - 27/4/18 **** - The $50 Weekly Shop by Jody Allen
I - 27/4/18 *** - It's Rising Time!: What It Really Takes To Reach Your Financial Dreams by Kim Kiyosaki
D - 26/4/18 ** - Facebook and Philosophy: What's on Your Mind? by D.E. Wittkower
E - 25/4/18 *** - Einstein: His Life and Universe by Walter Isaacson
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Hobart
(view spoiler)[
H - 21/4/18 ** - How Music Got Free: The End of an Industry, the Turn of the Century, and the Patient Zero of Piracy by Stephen Richard Witt
O - 25/4/18 *** - The Overwhelmed Brain: Personal Growth for Critical Thinkers by Paul Colaianni
B - 20/4/18 *** - A Curious Mind: The Secret to a Bigger Life by Brian Grazer
A - 25/4/18 **** - Ali: A Life by Jonathan Eig
R - 26/4/18 ** - Rogue States: The Rule of Force in World Affairs by Noam Chomsky
T - 26/4/18 *** - Think Before You Like: Social Media's Effect on the Brain and the Tools You Need to Navigate Your Newsfeed by Guy P. Harrison
(hide spoiler)]
Brisbane
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B - 27/4/18 ** - Work Makes Me Nervous: Overcome Anxiety and Build the Confidence to Succeed by Jonathan Berent
R - 26/4/18 *** - Resilience: Hard-Won Wisdom for Living a Better Life by Eric Greitens
I - 26/4/18 ** - I is an Other: The Secret Life of Metaphor and How it Shapes the Way We See the World by James Geary
S - 24/4/18 ** - 101 Things Everyone Should Know About Economics: A Down and Dirty Guide to Everything from Securities and Derivatives to Interest Rates and Hedge Funds - And What They Mean For You by Peter Sander
B - 27/4/18 ***** - High Performance Habits: How Extraordinary People Become That Way by Brendon Burchard
A - 27/4/18 *** - Hello, My Name Is Awesome: How to Create Brand Names That Stick by Alexandra Watkins
N - 27/4/18 *** - Negotiating the Nonnegotiable: How to Resolve Your Most Emotionally Charged Conflicts by Daniel Shapiro
E - 27/4/18 **** - Extreme Productivity: Boost Your Results, Reduce Your Hours by Robert C. Pozen
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