Richo's Challenges to Get to 1,000 Books

[Richard]

The Challenge Factory
Ripped From the Headlines ~ June
June 1 - 30, 2018

35/49 Part 2

to - 6/6/18 *** - A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy by William B. Irvine
help - 10/6/18 **** - Hardcore Self Help: F**k Anxiety by Robert Duff
find - 9/6/18 **** - Find Out Anything From Anyone, Anytime by James Pyle
a - 7/6/18 *** - A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived: The Stories in Our Genes by Adam Rutherford
new - 7/6/18 *** - The New Front Page by Tim Dunlop
place - 3/6/18 ** - Place and Phenomenology by Janet Donohoe
a - 15/6/18 *** - A History of the World in 6 Glasses by Tom Standage
local - 19/6/18 ** - Ultimate Guide to Local Business Marketing by Perry Marshall
news - 29/6/18 ** - All the News That's Fit to Sell: How the Market Transforms Information Into News by James T. Hamilton
reports - 11/6/18 * - Writing Forensic Reports: A Guide for Mental Health Professionals by Daniel P. Greenfield
to - 7/6/18 ** - To Save Everything, Click Here: The Folly of Technological Solutionism by Evgeny Morozov
court - 2/6/18 *** - Represent Yourself in Court: How to Prepare & Try a Winning Case by Paul Bergman
get - 8/6/18 ** - Get Better: 15 Proven Practices to Build Effective Relationships at Work by Todd Davis
hint - 11/6/18 ** - A Hint of Saffron: A Buddhist's Thoughts on Religious Belief in the Twenty First Century by Roger Dale
in - 7/6/18 ** - In the Name of Identity: Violence and the Need to Belong by Amin Maalouf
court - 11/6/18 ** - Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth by Lucy Aikin
to - 10/6/18 ***** - 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
speak - 27/6/18 **** - Speak Without Fear: A Total System for Becoming a Natural, Confident Communicator by Ivy Naistadt
to - 17/6/18 **** - Relentless: From Good to Great to Unstoppable by Tim S. Grover
his - 12/6/18 **** - The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari: A Fable About Fulfilling Your Dreams and Reaching Your Destiny by Robin S. Sharma
parents - 1/6/18 *** - When Parents Hurt: Compassionate Strategies When You and Your Grown Child Don't Get Along by Joshua Coleman
and - 17/6/18 * - And the Good News Is...: Lessons and Advice from the Bright Side by Dana Perino
with - 17/6/18 ** - Experiments with People: Revelations from Social Psychology by Robert P. Abelson
for - 1/6/18 *** - Spotify, Music for Everyone: The meteoric rise of the world’s top streaming service by 50MINUTES.COM
a - 19/6/18 ** - Marriage, a History: From Obedience to Intimacy or How Love Conquered Marriage by Stephanie Coontz
half - 28/6/18 *** - 100 Simple Secrets of the Best Half of Life: What Scientists Have Learned and How You Can Use It by David Niven
an - 17/6/18 ** - An American Sickness: How Healthcare Became Big Business and How You Can Take It Back by Elisabeth Rosenthal
hour - 19/6/18 ** - The Twenty-four Hour Mind: the Role of Sleep and Dreaming in Our Emotional Lives by Rosalind D. Cartwright
that - 19/6/18 *** - Workplace Wellness that Works: 10 Steps to Infuse Well-Being and Vitality into Any Organization by Laura Putnam
entitled - 28/6/18 *** - Raising Grateful Kids in an Entitled World: How One Family Learned That Saying No Can Lead to Life's Biggest Yes by Kristen Welch
to - 19/6/18 *** - How to Be Heard: Secrets for Powerful Speaking and Listening by Julian Treasure
an - 19/6/18 ** - Anatomy of an Epidemic: Magic Bullets, Psychiatric Drugs, and the Astonishing Rise of Mental Illness in America by Robert Whitaker
additional - 28/6/18 ** - Third or Additional Language Acquisition by Gessica De Angelis
months - 29/6/18 **** - How to Learn Any Language in a Few Months While Enjoying Yourself: 45 Proven Tips for Language Learners by Nate Nicholson
before - 3/6/18 *** - Before You Do: Making Great Decisions That You Won't Regret by T.D. Jakes

[Richard]

The Challenge Factory
Ripped From the Headlines ~ June
June 1 - 30, 2018

13/51 Part 3

citing - 3/6/18 * - Citing Atheists: Quotes of Agnosticism, Non-Theism, Skepticism, Irreligion, Free Thought, and Philosophy by Steve Dustcircle
a - 19/6/18 *** - A People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn
on - 1/6/18 *** - On the Move: A Life by Oliver Sacks
the - 4/6/18 ** - Adaptive Markets: Financial Evolution at the Speed of Thought by Andrew W. Lo
back - 27/6/18 ** - Coming Back Stronger: Unleashing the Hidden Power of Adversity by Drew Brees
legal - 27/6/18 ** - Legal Literacy: An Introduction to Legal Studies by Archie Zariski
parents - 11/6/18 ** - Smart Parents: Parenting for Powerful Learning by Bonnie Lathram
for - 4/6/18 *** - Neuro-Linguistic Programming for Dummies by Romilla Ready
more - 5/6/18 **** - Be More Pirate: Or How to Take On the World and Win by Sam Conniff Allende
fired - 28/6/18 ** - The Ultimate Office Prank Book by Mae B. Fired
outrageous - 28/6/18 * - Outrageous Openness: Letting the Divine Take the Lead by Tosha Silver
appeal - 28/6/18 ** - An Appeal to Reason: A Cool Look at Global Warming by Nigel Lawson
the - 5/6/18 ***** - Awaken the Giant Within: How to Take Immediate Control of Your Mental, Emotional, Physical and Financial Destiny! by Anthony Robbins

[Richard]

2018 Reading Challenge
Marathon Challenge
Duration: June 1 - June 30, 2018

Total: 106/150 = 34,008 pages

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1 - 1/6/18 *** - When Parents Hurt: Compassionate Strategies When You and Your Grown Child Don't Get Along by Joshua Coleman
2 - 1/6/18 *** - Spotify, Music for Everyone: The meteoric rise of the world’s top streaming service by 50MINUTES.COM
3 - 1/6/18 *** - Finally Happy: How to Easily Forge True and Enduring Happiness by Foster J.Pickton
4 - 1/6/18 **** - Sell It Today, Sell It Now by Tom Hopkins
5 - 1/6/18 *** - On the Move: A Life by Oliver Sacks
6 - 1/6/18 *** - How Companies Win: Profiting from Demand-Driven Business Models No Matter What Business You’re In by Rick Kash
7 - 1/6/18 **** - No Logo by Naomi Klein
8 - 1/6/18 * - After Heidegger? by Gregory Fried
9 - 2/6/18 * - Rambles in the Islands of Corsica and Sardinia with Notices of their History, Antiquities, and Present Condition. by Thomas Forester
10 - 2/6/18 *** - 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
11 - 2/6/18 * - A Treatise on Spherical Trigonometry - Its Application to Geodesy and Astronomy by John Casey
12 - 2/6/18 * - Ordered Porous Solids by Valentin Valtchev
13 - 2/6/18 *** - The Patient Will See You Now: The Future of Medicine is in Your Hands by Eric Topol
14 - 2/6/18 ** - Devil Sent the Rain: Music and Writing in Desperate America by Tom Piazza
15 - 2/6/18 *** - Represent Yourself in Court: How to Prepare & Try a Winning Case by Paul Bergman
16 - 3/6/18 *** - Before You Do: Making Great Decisions That You Won't Regret by T.D. Jakes
17 - 3/6/18 * - Citing Atheists: Quotes of Agnosticism, Non-Theism, Skepticism, Irreligion, Free Thought, and Philosophy by Steve Dustcircle
18 - 3/6/18 **** - Two Birds in a Tree: Timeless Indian Wisdom for Business Leaders by Ram Nidumolu
19 - 3/6/18 ** - Place and Phenomenology by Janet Donohoe
20 - 3/6/18 *** - In Praise of Slowness: Challenging the Cult of Speed by Carl Honoré
21 - 3/6/18 * - Secret Reports on Nazi Germany: The Frankfurt School Contribution to the War Effort by Franz Leopold Neumann
22 - 3/6/18 *** - Get Some Headspace: How Mindfulness Can Change Your Life in Ten Minutes a Day by Andy Puddicombe
23 - 3/6/18 ** - Protecting Your Parents' Money: The Essential Guide to Helping Mom and Dad Navigate the Finances of Retirement by Jeff D. Opdyke
24 - 4/6/18 *** - The Zen of Fish: The Story of Sushi, from Samurai to Supermarket by Trevor Corson
25 - 4/6/18 *** - The Upside of Irrationality: The Unexpected Benefits of Defying Logic at Work and at Home by Dan Ariely
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26 - 4/6/18 ** - Near-Earth Objects: Finding Them Before They Find Us by Donald K. Yeomans
27 - 4/6/18 ** - Adaptive Markets: Financial Evolution at the Speed of Thought by Andrew W. Lo
28 - 4/6/18 *** - Neuro-Linguistic Programming for Dummies by Romilla Ready
29 - 4/6/18 ** - Option B by Sheryl Sandberg
30 - 5/6/18 *** - Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness by Richard H. Thaler
31 - 5/6/18 ***** - Awaken the Giant Within: How to Take Immediate Control of Your Mental, Emotional, Physical and Financial Destiny! by Anthony Robbins
32 - 5/6/18 ** - On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century by Timothy Snyder
33 - 5/6/18 **** - Be More Pirate: Or How to Take On the World and Win by Sam Conniff Allende
34 - 5/6/18 *** - #GIRLBOSS by Sophia Amoruso
35 - 5/6/18 *** - How to Think More About Sex by Alain de Botton
36 - 6/6/18 *** - What's Going On in There? How the Brain and Mind Develop in the First Five Years of Life by Lise Eliot
37 - 6/6/18 *** - A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy by William B. Irvine
38 - 6/6/18 *** - What I Know for Sure by Oprah Winfrey
39 - 6/6/18 ** - Oxygen: The Molecule That Made the World by Nick Lane
40 - 6/6/18 *** - Eat Move Sleep: How Small Choices Lead to Big Changes by Tom Rath
41 - 6/6/18 *** - Reading Like a Writer: A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Write Them by Francine Prose
42 - 6/6/18 **** - Design to Grow: How Coca-Cola Learned to Combine Scale and Agility by David Butler
43 - 7/6/18 ** - To Save Everything, Click Here: The Folly of Technological Solutionism by Evgeny Morozov
44 - 7/6/18 ** - Without Their Permission: How the 21st Century Will Be Made, Not Managed by Alexis Ohanian
45 - 7/6/18 *** - The New Front Page by Tim Dunlop
46 - 7/6/18 *** - A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived: The Stories in Our Genes by Adam Rutherford
47 - 7/6/18 ** - In the Name of Identity: Violence and the Need to Belong by Amin Maalouf
48 - 8/6/18 *** - Carrots and Sticks: Unlock the Power of Incentives to Get Things Done by Ian Ayres
49 - 8/6/18 ** - Get Better: 15 Proven Practices to Build Effective Relationships at Work by Todd Davis
50 - 8/6/18 *** - Free to Choose: A Personal Statement by Milton Friedman
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[Richard]

2018 Reading Challenge
Marathon Challenge
Duration: June 1 - June 30, 2018

51-75 ✔
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51 - 8/6/18 *** - The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales by Oliver Sacks
52 - 8/6/18 *** - Bored and Brilliant: How Spacing Out Can Unlock Your Most Productive & Creative Self by Manoush Zomorodi
53 - 9/6/18 *** - What Color Is Your Parachute? 2015 by Richard N. Bolles
54 - 9/6/18 **** - Out of Control: The New Biology of Machines, Social Systems, and the Economic World by Kevin Kelly
55 - 9/6/18 **** - Find Out Anything From Anyone, Anytime by James Pyle
56 - 10/6/18 **** - Hardcore Self Help: F**k Anxiety by Robert Duff
57 - 10/6/18 ***** - 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
58 - 11/6/18 * - Co-Active Leadership: Five Ways to Lead by Karen Kimsey-House
59 - 11/6/18 ** - Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth by Lucy Aikin
60 - 11/6/18 * - Writing Forensic Reports: A Guide for Mental Health Professionals by Daniel P. Greenfield
61 - 11/6/18 ** - Smart Parents: Parenting for Powerful Learning by Bonnie Lathram
62 - 11/6/18 ** - A Hint of Saffron: A Buddhist's Thoughts on Religious Belief in the Twenty First Century by Roger Dale
63 - 12/6/18 **** - Living on Purpose: Straight Answers to Universal Questions by Dan Millman
64 - 12/6/18 **** - The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari: A Fable About Fulfilling Your Dreams and Reaching Your Destiny by Robin S. Sharma
65 - 13/6/18 ***** - If You're Not First, You're Last: Sales Strategies to Dominate Your Market and Beat Your Competition by Grant Cardone
66 - 13/6/18 **** - Personality Plus for Parents: Understanding What Makes Your Child Tick by Florence Littauer
67 - 14/6/18 *** - Karate The Art of "Empty-Hand" Fighting by Hidetaka Nishiyama
68 - 15/6/18 ***** - Zig Ziglar's Secrets of Closing the Sale by Zig Ziglar
69 - 15/6/18 *** - A History of the World in 6 Glasses by Tom Standage
70 - 17/6/18 **** - Relentless: From Good to Great to Unstoppable by Tim S. Grover
71 - 17/6/18 * - And the Good News Is...: Lessons and Advice from the Bright Side by Dana Perino
72 - 17/6/18 ** - An American Sickness: How Healthcare Became Big Business and How You Can Take It Back by Elisabeth Rosenthal
73 - 17/6/18 ** - Experiments with People: Revelations from Social Psychology by Robert P. Abelson
74 - 18/6/18 ** - Buy It, Rent It, Profit!: Make Money as a Landlord in ANY Real Estate Market by Bryan M. Chavis
75 - 18/6/18 * - Your Nest Egg Game Plan: How to Get Your Finances Back on Track and Create a Lifetime Income Stream by Phil Fragasso
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76-100 ✔
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76 - 18/6/18 ***** - Crush It!: Why Now Is the Time to Cash In on Your Passion by Gary Vaynerchuk
77 - 18/6/18 *** - Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson
78 - 19/6/18 ** - Marriage, a History: From Obedience to Intimacy or How Love Conquered Marriage by Stephanie Coontz
79 - 19/6/18 ** - Ultimate Guide to Local Business Marketing by Perry Marshall
80 - 19/6/18 *** - A People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn
81 - 19/6/18 ** - Anatomy of an Epidemic: Magic Bullets, Psychiatric Drugs, and the Astonishing Rise of Mental Illness in America by Robert Whitaker
82 - 19/6/18 *** - Workplace Wellness that Works: 10 Steps to Infuse Well-Being and Vitality into Any Organization by Laura Putnam
83 - 19/6/18 ** - A Simple Guide To Klinefelter Syndrome, Diagnosis, Treatment And Related Conditions by Kenneth Kee
84 - 19/6/18 ** - The Twenty-four Hour Mind: the Role of Sleep and Dreaming in Our Emotional Lives by Rosalind D. Cartwright
85 - 19/6/18 *** - How to Be Heard: Secrets for Powerful Speaking and Listening by Julian Treasure
86 - 27/6/18 **** - Speak Without Fear: A Total System for Becoming a Natural, Confident Communicator by Ivy Naistadt
87 - 27/6/18 *** - The Airplane: How Ideas Gave Us Wings by Jay Spenser
88 - 27/6/18 ** - Coming Back Stronger: Unleashing the Hidden Power of Adversity by Drew Brees
89 - 27/6/18 ** - Legal Literacy: An Introduction to Legal Studies by Archie Zariski
90 - 28/6/18 * - Outrageous Openness: Letting the Divine Take the Lead by Tosha Silver
91 - 28/6/18 ** - The Ultimate Office Prank Book by Mae B. Fired
92 - 28/6/18 ** - An Appeal to Reason: A Cool Look at Global Warming by Nigel Lawson
93 - 28/6/18 *** - 100 Simple Secrets of the Best Half of Life: What Scientists Have Learned and How You Can Use It by David Niven
94 - 28/6/18 ** - Third or Additional Language Acquisition by Gessica De Angelis
95 - 28/6/18 ** - Secrets To A Successful Eviction For Landlords And Rental Property Managers: The Complete Guide To Evicting Tenants Legally And Quickly by Carolyn Gibson
96 - 28/6/18 *** - Raising Grateful Kids in an Entitled World: How One Family Learned That Saying No Can Lead to Life's Biggest Yes by Kristen Welch
97 - 29/6/18 ** - All the News That's Fit to Sell: How the Market Transforms Information Into News by James T. Hamilton
98 - 29/6/18 **** - How to Learn Any Language in a Few Months While Enjoying Yourself: 45 Proven Tips for Language Learners by Nate Nicholson
99 - 30/6/18 *** - Reclaim Your Brain: How to Calm Your Thoughts, Heal Your Mind, and Bring Your Life Back Under Control by Joseph A. Annibali
100 - 30/6/18 ** - The Eight Immortal Healers: Taoist Wisdom for Radiant Health by Mantak Chia
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[Richard]

2018 Reading Challenge
Marathon Challenge
Duration: June 1 - June 30, 2018

101-125
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101 - 30/6/18 *** - Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother by Amy Chua
102 - 30/6/18 *** - Reset: My Fight for Inclusion and Lasting Change by Ellen Pao
103 - 30/6/18 ***** - Rejection Proof: 100 Days of Rejection, or How to Ask Anything of Anyone at Anytime by Jia Jiang
104 - 30/6/18 *** - Endure: Mind, Body, and the Curiously Elastic Limits of Human Performance by Alex Hutchinson
105 - 30/6/18 *** - Off the Clock: Feel Less Busy While Getting More Done by Laura Vanderkam
106 - 30/6/18 ***** - #AskGaryVee: One Entrepreneur's Take on Leadership, Social Media, and Self-Awareness by Gary Vaynerchuk
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[Richard]

Nothing But Reading Challenges
Serious 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)]

[Richard]

Nothing But Reading Challenges
Serious 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)]

[Richard]

Nothing But Reading Challenges
NBRC 26 Alphabet 4: The Bad, The Scary and The Terrifying: A to Z
Duration: June - Dec 2018
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Total: 294/443

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Agent Smith
(view spoiler)[
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)]

[Richard]

Nothing But Reading Challenges
NBRC 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)]

[Richard]

Nothing But Reading Challenges
NBRC 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)]

[Richard]

Nothing But Reading Challenges
NBRC 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)]

[Richard]

Nothing But Reading Challenges
NBRC 26 Alphabet 4: The Bad, The Scary and The Terrifying: A to Z
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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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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Owl
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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 Challenges
NBRC 26 Alphabet 4: The Bad, The Scary and The Terrifying: A to Z
Duration: June - Dec 2018

25/56 Part 6

Poltergeist
(view spoiler)[P - 15/11/18 *** - Money Magic by Deborah Price
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T - 31/10/18 **** - Affirmations:300 Positive Affirmations for Business Abundance and Wealth. by The Secret of Glory
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G - 6/11/18 ***** - Good Leaders Ask Great Questions: Your Foundation for Successful Leadership by John C. Maxwell
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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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NBRC 26 Alphabet 4: The Bad, The Scary and The Terrifying: A to Z
Duration: June - Dec 2018

4/53 Part 7

Supernatural
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NBRC 26 Alphabet 4: The Bad, The Scary and The Terrifying: A to Z
Duration: June - Dec 2018

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Dictionary Word of the Month Challenge
Duration: June 1st to June 30th, 2018
Level: On Fire

Total: 86/86

44/44 ✔

Sanko
(view spoiler)[S - 1/6/18 **** - Sell It Today, Sell It Now by Tom Hopkins
A - 4/6/18 ** - Adaptive Markets: Financial Evolution at the Speed of Thought by Andrew W. Lo
N - 4/6/18 *** - Neuro-Linguistic Programming for Dummies by Romilla Ready
K - 1/6/18 **** - No Logo by Naomi Klein
O - 4/6/18 ** - Option B by Sheryl Sandberg (hide spoiler)]

Tantibogus
(view spoiler)[T - 3/6/18 **** - Two Birds in a Tree: Timeless Indian Wisdom for Business Leaders by Ram Nidumolu
A - 1/6/18 * - After Heidegger? by Gregory Fried
N - 3/6/18 * - Secret Reports on Nazi Germany: The Frankfurt School Contribution to the War Effort by Franz Leopold Neumann
T - 2/6/18 * - A Treatise on Spherical Trigonometry - Its Application to Geodesy and Astronomy by John Casey
I - 2/6/18 *** - 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
B - 3/6/18 *** - Before You Do: Making Great Decisions That You Won't Regret by T.D. Jakes
O - 1/6/18 *** - On the Move: A Life by Oliver Sacks
G - 3/6/18 *** - Get Some Headspace: How Mindfulness Can Change Your Life in Ten Minutes a Day by Andy Puddicombe
U - 4/6/18 *** - The Upside of Irrationality: The Unexpected Benefits of Defying Logic at Work and at Home by Dan Ariely
S - 4/6/18 *** - The Zen of Fish: The Story of Sushi, from Samurai to Supermarket by Trevor Corson (hide spoiler)]

Crawpappy
(view spoiler)[C - 10/6/18 ***** - 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
R - 2/6/18 * - Rambles in the Islands of Corsica and Sardinia with Notices of their History, Antiquities, and Present Condition. by Thomas Forester
A - 5/6/18 ***** - Awaken the Giant Within: How to Take Immediate Control of Your Mental, Emotional, Physical and Financial Destiny! by Anthony Robbins
W - 1/6/18 *** - When Parents Hurt: Compassionate Strategies When You and Your Grown Child Don't Get Along by Joshua Coleman
P - 1/6/18 *** - Finally Happy: How to Easily Forge True and Enduring Happiness by Foster J.Pickton
A - 8/6/18 *** - Bored and Brilliant: How Spacing Out Can Unlock Your Most Productive & Creative Self by Manoush Zomorodi
P - 2/6/18 *** - The Patient Will See You Now: The Future of Medicine is in Your Hands by Eric Topol
P - 2/6/18 ** - Devil Sent the Rain: Music and Writing in Desperate America by Tom Piazza
Y - 18/6/18 * - Your Nest Egg Game Plan: How to Get Your Finances Back on Track and Create a Lifetime Income Stream by Phil Fragasso (hide spoiler)]

Snakenavel
(view spoiler)[S - 15/6/18 ***** - Zig Ziglar's Secrets of Closing the Sale by Zig Ziglar
N - 5/6/18 *** - Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness by Richard H. Thaler
A - 7/6/18 ** - Without Their Permission: How the 21st Century Will Be Made, Not Managed by Alexis Ohanian
K - 1/6/18 *** - How Companies Win: Profiting from Demand-Driven Business Models No Matter What Business You’re In by Rick Kash
E - 6/6/18 *** - What's Going On in There? How the Brain and Mind Develop in the First Five Years of Life by Lise Eliot
N - 7/6/18 *** - The New Front Page by Tim Dunlop
A - 7/6/18 *** - A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived: The Stories in Our Genes by Adam Rutherford
V - 18/6/18 ***** - Crush It!: Why Now Is the Time to Cash In on Your Passion by Gary Vaynerchuk
E - 6/6/18 *** - Eat Move Sleep: How Small Choices Lead to Big Changes by Tom Rath
L - 11/6/18 ** - Smart Parents: Parenting for Powerful Learning by Bonnie Lathram (hide spoiler)]

Illywhacker
(view spoiler)[I - 13/6/18 ***** - If You're Not First, You're Last: Sales Strategies to Dominate Your Market and Beat Your Competition by Grant Cardone
L - 13/6/18 **** - Personality Plus for Parents: Understanding What Makes Your Child Tick by Florence Littauer
L - 12/6/18 **** - Living on Purpose: Straight Answers to Universal Questions by Dan Millman
Y - 4/6/18 ** - Near-Earth Objects: Finding Them Before They Find Us by Donald K. Yeomans
W - 18/6/18 *** - Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson
A - 7/6/18 ** - In the Name of Identity: Violence and the Need to Belong by Amin Maalouf
C - 3/6/18 * - Citing Atheists: Quotes of Agnosticism, Non-Theism, Skepticism, Irreligion, Free Thought, and Philosophy by Steve Dustcircle
K - 9/6/18 **** - Out of Control: The New Biology of Machines, Social Systems, and the Economic World by Kevin Kelly
E - 7/6/18 ** - To Save Everything, Click Here: The Folly of Technological Solutionism by Evgeny Morozov
R - 2/6/18 *** - Represent Yourself in Court: How to Prepare & Try a Winning Case by Paul Bergman (hide spoiler)]

[Richard]

The Challenge Factory
Dictionary Word of the Month Challenge
Duration: June 1st to June 30th, 2018
Level: On Fire

42/42 ✔

Calathumpian
(view spoiler)[C - 8/6/18 *** - Carrots and Sticks: Unlock the Power of Incentives to Get Things Done by Ian Ayres
A - 17/6/18 * - And the Good News Is...: Lessons and Advice from the Bright Side by Dana Perino
L - 19/6/18 *** - Workplace Wellness that Works: 10 Steps to Infuse Well-Being and Vitality into Any Organization by Laura Putnam
A - 17/6/18 ** - An American Sickness: How Healthcare Became Big Business and How You Can Take It Back by Elisabeth Rosenthal
T - 15/6/18 *** - A History of the World in 6 Glasses by Tom Standage
H - 5/6/18 *** - How to Think More About Sex by Alain de Botton
U - 19/6/18 ** - Ultimate Guide to Local Business Marketing by Perry Marshall
M - 8/6/18 *** - Free to Choose: A Personal Statement by Milton Friedman
P - 3/6/18 ** - Place and Phenomenology by Janet Donohoe
I - 3/6/18 *** - In Praise of Slowness: Challenging the Cult of Speed by Carl Honoré
A - 17/6/18 ** - Experiments with People: Revelations from Social Psychology by Robert P. Abelson
N - 14/6/18 *** - Karate The Art of "Empty-Hand" Fighting by Hidetaka Nishiyama (hide spoiler)]

Goodoo
(view spoiler)[G - 5/6/18 *** - #GIRLBOSS by Sophia Amoruso
O - 2/6/18 * - Ordered Porous Solids by Valentin Valtchev
O - 3/6/18 ** - Protecting Your Parents' Money: The Essential Guide to Helping Mom and Dad Navigate the Finances of Retirement by Jeff D. Opdyke
D - 6/6/18 **** - Design to Grow: How Coca-Cola Learned to Combine Scale and Agility by David Butler
O - 5/6/18 ** - On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century by Timothy Snyder
O - 6/6/18 ** - Oxygen: The Molecule That Made the World by Nick Lane (hide spoiler)]

Magoos
(view spoiler)[M - 11/6/18 ** - Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth by Lucy Aikin
A - 19/6/18 ** - Anatomy of an Epidemic: Magic Bullets, Psychiatric Drugs, and the Astonishing Rise of Mental Illness in America by Robert Whitaker
G - 8/6/18 ** - Get Better: 15 Proven Practices to Build Effective Relationships at Work by Todd Davis
O - 6/6/18 *** - What I Know for Sure by Oprah Winfrey
O - 28/6/18 * - Outrageous Openness: Letting the Divine Take the Lead by Tosha Silver
S - 12/6/18 **** - The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari: A Fable About Fulfilling Your Dreams and Reaching Your Destiny by Robin S. Sharma (hide spoiler)]

Hubbard
(view spoiler)[H - 8/6/18 *** - The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales by Oliver Sacks
U - 28/6/18 ** - The Ultimate Office Prank Book by Mae B. Fired
B - 5/6/18 **** - Be More Pirate: Or How to Take On the World and Win by Sam Conniff Allende
B - 9/6/18 *** - What Color Is Your Parachute? 2015 by Richard N. Bolles
A - 27/6/18 *** - The Airplane: How Ideas Gave Us Wings by Jay Spenser
R - 11/6/18 252p ** - A Hint of Saffron: A Buddhist's Thoughts on Religious Belief in the Twenty First Century by Roger Dale
D - 10/6/18 **** - Hardcore Self Help: F**k Anxiety by Robert Duff (hide spoiler)]

Kangatarian
(view spoiler)[K - 11/6/18 * - Co-Active Leadership: Five Ways to Lead by Karen Kimsey-House
A - 27/6/18 ** - Legal Literacy: An Introduction to Legal Studies by Archie Zariski
N - 27/6/18 **** - Speak Without Fear: A Total System for Becoming a Natural, Confident Communicator by Ivy Naistadt
G - 11/6/18 * - Writing Forensic Reports: A Guide for Mental Health Professionals by Daniel P. Greenfield
A - 28/6/18 ** - An Appeal to Reason: A Cool Look at Global Warming by Nigel Lawson
T - 17/6/18 **** - Relentless: From Good to Great to Unstoppable by Tim S. Grover
A - 28/6/18 ** - Third or Additional Language Acquisition by Gessica De Angelis
R - 6/6/18 *** - Reading Like a Writer: A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Write Them by Francine Prose
I - 6/6/18 *** - A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy by William B. Irvine
A - 29/6/18 ** - All the News That's Fit to Sell: How the Market Transforms Information Into News by James T. Hamilton
N - 28/6/18 *** - 100 Simple Secrets of the Best Half of Life: What Scientists Have Learned and How You Can Use It by David Niven (hide spoiler)]

[Richard]

The Challenge Factory
Ripped From the Headlines ~ July
July 1 - 31, 2018

Total: 57/143

26/47 Part 1

It's - 1/7/18 *** - It's Not the Size of the Data -- It's How You Use It: Smarter Marketing with Analytics and Dashboards by Koen Pauwels
the - 2/7/18 *** - The Extended Phenotype: The Long Reach of the Gene by Richard Dawkins
stuff - 3/7/18 ** - The Good Stuff Cookbook by Spike Mendelsohn
see - 3/7/18 ** - The World as I See It by Albert Einstein
in - 5/7/18 **** - Ghost in the Wires: My Adventures as the World's Most Wanted Hacker by Kevin D. Mitnick
your - 1/7/18 ** - Follow Your Gut: How the Ecosystem in Your Gut Determines Your Health, Mood, and More by Rob Knight
nightmares - 7/7/18 **** - European Nightmares: Horror Cinema in Europe Since 1945 by Patricia Allmer
and - 5/7/18 ** - Dollars and Sex: How Economics Influences Sex and Love by Marina Adshade
a - 3/7/18 *** - A Splendid Exchange: How Trade Shaped the World from Prehistory to Today by William J. Bernstein
man - 5/7/18 **** - Confessions of an Advertising Man by David Ogilvy
face - 7/7/18 **** - Face the Music: A Life Exposed by Paul Stanley
to - 1/7/18 *** - Eat to Live: The Revolutionary Formula for Fast and Sustained Weight Loss by Joel Fuhrman
with - 4/7/18 *** - Investing with Impact: Why Finance Is a Force for Good by Jeremy Balkin
it - 4/7/18 *** - Nail It Then Scale It by Nathan Furr
common - 9/7/18 *** - The Common Law by Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
is - 1/7/18 *** - Love Is the Killer App: How to Win Business and Influence Friends by Tim Sanders
the - 2/7/18 *** - The Eureka Factor: Aha Moments, Creative Insight, and the Brain by John Kounios
camel - 4/7/18 ** - The Camel - Its Uses and Management by Arthur Glyn Leonard
sun - 14/7/18 ***** - Sun Tzu: The Art of War for Managers; 50 Strategic Rules by Sun Tzu
a - 6/7/18 *** - Jugaad Innovation: A Frugal and Flexible Approach to Innovation for the 21st Century by Navi Radjou
and - 7/7/18 ** - Magic and Loss: The Internet as Art by Virginia Heffernan
not - 5/7/18 *** - Trying Not to Try: The Art and Science of Spontaneity by Edward Slingerland
a - 27/7/18 *** - A World Without Ice by Henry N. Pollack
scorpion - 10/7/18 * - Scorpion in the Bed, The Narcissist in Couples and Couple Therapy by Ronald Mah
to - 6/7/18 *** - Value Proposition Design: How to Create Products and Services Customers Want by Alexander Osterwalder
the - 2/7/18 **** - The Upstarts: How Uber, Airbnb, and the Killer Companies of the New Silicon Valley Are Changing the World by Brad Stone

[Richard]

The Challenge Factory
Ripped From the Headlines ~ July
July 1 - 31, 2018

20/48 Part 2

as - 1/7/18 *** - The World As It Is: Inside the Obama White House by Ben Rhodes
but - 7/7/18 *** - Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me): Why We Justify Foolish Beliefs, Bad Decisions, and Hurtful Acts by Carol Tavris
to - 8/7/18 **** - How to Make Anyone Fall in Love With You: 85 Proven Techniques for Success by Leil Lowndes
Ph.D. - 11/7/18 ** - You Can Be Happy No Matter What: Five Principles for Keeping Life in Perspective by Richard Carlson
student - 11/7/18 ** - Fast Facts for the Student Nurse: Nursing Student Success in a Nutshell by Susan Stabler-Haas
at - 6/7/18 **** - You Are a Badass at Making Money: Master the Mindset of Wealth by Jen Sincero
in - 6/7/18 ** - The Smartest Guys in the Room: The Amazing Rise and Scandalous Fall of Enron by Bethany McLean
the - 3/7/18 ** - The Myth of the Strong Leader: Political Leadership in the Modern Age by Archie Brown
found - 4/7/18 * - Lost and Found: Finding Hope in the Detours of Life by Sarah Jakes
the - 2/7/18 *** - The Rebel Rules: Daring To Be Yourself In Business by Chip Conley
home - 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
After - 9/7/18 ** - After the Music Stopped: The Financial Crisis, the Response, and the Work Ahead by Alan S. Blinder
living - 9/7/18 *** - The Year of Living Danishly: My Twelve Months Unearthing the Secrets of the World's Happiest Country by Helen Russell
in - 8/7/18 ** - Skin in the Game: The Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
never - 28/7/18 **** - Never Eat Alone: And Other Secrets to Success, One Relationship at a Time by Keith Ferrazzi
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one - 25/7/18 ***** - The One Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth Behind Extraordinary Results by Gary Keller
it - 6/7/18 ** - The Impulse Factor: Why Some of Us Play It Safe and Others Risk It All by Nick Tasler
the - 2/7/18 ** - The News: A User's Manual by Alain de Botton
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is - 2/7/18 *** - Talent is Overrated: What Really Separates World-Class Performers from Everybody Else by Geoff Colvin
of - 1/7/18 *** - Exploring the World of Lucid Dreaming by Stephen LaBerge

[Richard]

The Challenge Factory
Ripped From the Headlines ~ July
July 1 - 31, 2018

12/48 Part 3

it - 6/7/18 **** - You'll See It When You Believe It: The Way to Your Personal Transformation by Wayne W. Dyer
of - 3/7/18 ** - The Failure of Risk Management: Why It's Broken and How to Fix It by Douglas W. Hubbard
another - 10/7/18 ** - The Cybernetic Brain: Sketches of Another Future by Andrew Pickering
The - 5/7/18 *** - Winning by Losing: Drop the Weight, Change Your Life by Jillian Michaels
to - 7/7/18 ***** - How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie
small - 12/7/18 *** - Notes from a Small Island by Bill Bryson
lizards - 4/7/18 ** - Keeping Blue-Tongue Lizards by Grant Turner
insects - 12/7/18 * - Insects: Their Ways and Means of Living by Robert Evans Snodgrass
the - 3/7/18 ***** - The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change by Stephen R. Covey
to - 9/7/18 **** - Unmasking the Face: A Guide to Recognizing Emotions from Facial Clues by Paul Ekman
of - 2/7/18 *** - The Tao of Physics: An Exploration of the Parallels between Modern Physics and Eastern Mysticism by Fritjof Capra
to - 12/7/18 **** - Nobody Wants to Read Your Sh*t: Why That Is And What You Can Do About It by Steven Pressfield

[Richard]

Nothing But Reading Challenges
Serious Reader Challenge for 2018

Level 7a: 601-650 ✔
(view spoiler)[
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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[Richard]

Nothing But Reading Challenges
Serious Reader Challenge for 2018

Level 7b: 651-700 ✔
(view spoiler)[
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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[Richard]

The Challenge Factory
TCF'S Summer Seasonal Challenge

Duration: 1/7/18 - 31/7/18

50/50 ✔

Category 1: Summer Colors
(view spoiler)[White - 1/7/18 *** - Love Is the Killer App: How to Win Business and Influence Friends by Tim Sanders
Yellow - 1/7/18 *** - Eat That Frog!: 21 Great Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Get More Done in Less Time by Brian Tracy
Orange - 6/7/18 ** - The Impulse Factor: Why Some of Us Play It Safe and Others Risk It All by Nick Tasler
Red - 5/7/18 *** - Winning by Losing: Drop the Weight, Change Your Life by Jillian Michaels
Pink - 8/7/18 **** - How to Make Anyone Fall in Love With You: 85 Proven Techniques for Success by Leil Lowndes
Green - 4/7/18 ** - Keeping Blue-Tongue Lizards by Grant Turner
Blue - 1/7/18 *** - It's Not the Size of the Data -- It's How You Use It: Smarter Marketing with Analytics and Dashboards by Koen Pauwels (hide spoiler)]

Category 2: Summer Holidays
(view spoiler)[Read a book that's so good you could stay home from work to finish:
3/7/18 ***** - The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change by Stephen R. Covey

Read a book that has the word fireworks or labor in the title, or that has fireworks or someone working on the cover:
2/7/18 *** - Labor of Love: The Invention of Dating by Moira Weigel

Read a book that starts with any letter in the word July or September:
6/7/18 *** - Jugaad Innovation: A Frugal and Flexible Approach to Innovation for the 21st Century by Navi Radjou (hide spoiler)]

Category 3: Hot Weather
(view spoiler)[Read a book that has the letters HOT in the title (doesn't have to be consecutive):
3/7/18 ** - The World as I See It by Albert Einstein

Read a book that has the letters Summer in the title (does not have to be consecutive):
6/7/18 ** - The Smartest Guys in the Room: The Amazing Rise and Scandalous Fall of Enron by Bethany McLean (hide spoiler)]

Category 4: Vacation Time:
(view spoiler)[Read a book that's set in any place you've been to before or would like to travel to:
9/7/18 *** - The Year of Living Danishly: My Twelve Months Unearthing the Secrets of the World's Happiest Country by Helen Russell

Read a book where the characters travel at some point in the story:
7/7/18 **** - Face the Music: A Life Exposed by Paul Stanley

Read a book who's title starts with any of the letters in VACATION:
6/7/18 *** - Value Proposition Design: How to Create Products and Services Customers Want by Alexander Osterwalder

Read a book that's been published in June or August of any year:
1/7/18 *** - The World As It Is: Inside the Obama White House by Ben Rhodes (hide spoiler)]

Category 5: Back to School:
(view spoiler)[Read any book that has a number or single letter in the title:
3/7/18 384p *** - A Splendid Exchange: How Trade Shaped the World from Prehistory to Today by William J. Bernstein

Read a book who's author's last name starts with any letter in SCHOOL:
6/7/18 **** - You Are a Badass at Making Money: Master the Mindset of Wealth by Jen Sincero

Read a book with a character that is a professor/teacher or is a student:
11/7/18 ** - Fast Facts for the Student Nurse: Nursing Student Success in a Nutshell by Susan Stabler-Haas (hide spoiler)]

Category 6: Spell Out:

Vacation
(view spoiler)[V - 7/7/18 ** - Magic and Loss: The Internet as Art by Virginia Heffernan
A - 5/7/18 ** - Dollars and Sex: How Economics Influences Sex and Love by Marina Adshade
C - 2/7/18 *** - The Tao of Physics: An Exploration of the Parallels between Modern Physics and Eastern Mysticism by Fritjof Capra
A - 9/7/18 *** - Growing Great Employees: Turning Ordinary People into Extraordinary Performers by Erika Andersen
T - 7/7/18 *** - Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me): Why We Justify Foolish Beliefs, Bad Decisions, and Hurtful Acts by Carol Tavris
I - 4/7/18 *** - Investing with Impact: Why Finance Is a Force for Good by Jeremy Balkin
O - 1/7/18 ** - Origin Story: A Big History of Everything by David Christian
N - 8/7/18 ** - Skin in the Game: The Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life by Nassim Nicholas Taleb (hide spoiler)]

Beach
(view spoiler)[B - 3/7/18 ** - The Myth of the Strong Leader: Political Leadership in the Modern Age by Archie Brown
E - 1/7/18 *** - Exploring the World of Lucid Dreaming by Stephen LaBerge
A - 2/7/18 ** - The News: A User's Manual by Alain de Botton
C - 2/7/18 *** - Talent is Overrated: What Really Separates World-Class Performers from Everybody Else by Geoff Colvin
H - 3/7/18 ** - The Failure of Risk Management: Why It's Broken and How to Fix It by Douglas W. Hubbard (hide spoiler)]

Tan
(view spoiler)[T - 5/7/18 *** - Trying Not to Try: The Art and Science of Spontaneity by Edward Slingerland
A - 4/7/18 ** - The Camel - Its Uses and Management by Arthur Glyn Leonard
N - 4/7/18 *** - Nail It Then Scale It by Nathan Furr (hide spoiler)]

Swim
(view spoiler)[S - 4/7/18 * - Lost and Found: Finding Hope in the Detours of Life by Sarah Jakes
W - 6/7/18 **** - You'll See It When You Believe It: The Way to Your Personal Transformation by Wayne W. Dyer
I - 12/7/18 * - Insects: Their Ways and Means of Living by Robert Evans Snodgrass
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 (hide spoiler)]

Sunny
(view spoiler)[S - 14/7/18 ***** - Sun Tzu: The Art of War for Managers; 50 Strategic Rules by Sun Tzu
U - 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
N - 12/7/18 *** - Notes from a Small Island by Bill Bryson
N - 12/7/18 **** - Nobody Wants to Read Your Sh*t: Why That Is And What You Can Do About It by Steven Pressfield
Y - 11/7/18 ** - You Can Be Happy No Matter What: Five Principles for Keeping Life in Perspective by Richard Carlson (hide spoiler)]

Garden
(view spoiler)[G - 3/7/18 ** - The Good Stuff Cookbook by Spike Mendelsohn
A - 9/7/18 ** - After the Music Stopped: The Financial Crisis, the Response, and the Work Ahead by Alan S. Blinder
R - 10/7/18 * - Scorpion in the Bed, The Narcissist in Couples and Couple Therapy by Ronald Mah
D - 10/7/18 ** - Untangled: Guiding Teenage Girls Through the Seven Transitions into Adulthood by Lisa Damour
E - 2/7/18 *** - The Extended Phenotype: The Long Reach of the Gene by Richard Dawkins
N - 28/7/18 **** - Never Eat Alone: And Other Secrets to Success, One Relationship at a Time by Keith Ferrazzi (hide spoiler)]

[Richard]

The Challenge Factory
Dictionary Word of the Month - August Edition
On Fire: All words spelled out

10/22

Tooth Jumper
(view spoiler)[T - 20/8/18 **** - The 21 Most Powerful Minutes in a Leader's Day: Revitalize Your Spirit and Empower Your Leadership by John C. Maxwell
O -
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T - 20/8/18 ***** - The 360 Degree Leader: Developing Your Influence from Anywhere in the Organization by John C. Maxwell
H -

J - 21/8/18 *** - 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos by Jordan B. Peterson
U -
M - 22/8/18 **** - How to Be a Stoic: Using Ancient Philosophy to Live a Modern Life by Massimo Pigliucci
P - 22/8/18 *** - Lead with a Story: A Guide to Crafting Business Narratives That Captivate, Convince, and Inspire by Paul Smith
E - 23/8/18 *** - The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer by Siddhartha Mukherjee
R - 23/8/18 *** - The Lean Startup: How Today's Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses by Eric Ries (hide spoiler)]

Gallinipper
(view spoiler)[G - 21/8/18 ***** - Go Pro - 7 Steps to Becoming a Network Marketing Professional by Eric Worre
A - 23/8/18 **** - Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity by David Allen
L -
L -
I -
N -
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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
P -
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[Richard]

The Challenge Factory
Ripped from the Headlines ~ September
September 1st - 30th, 2018

51/87

A - 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
black - 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
bear - 1/9/18 * - Hydraulics of Groundwater by Jacob Bear
the - 2/9/18 *** - The Worst Business Model in the World: A New Kind of Guide for a New Kind of Entrepreneur by Danny Schuman
of - 6/9/18 **** - A Brief History Of Time: From the Big Bang To Black Holes by Stephen Hawking
the - 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
hotel - 15/9/18 *** - The Heart of Hospitality: Great Hotel and Restaurant Leaders Share Their Secrets by Micah Solomon
that - 6/9/18 *** - Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking by Susan Cain
inspired - 10/9/18 ** - Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired by Nature by Janine M. Benyus
Stephen - 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
to - 7/9/18 *** - Getting to Yes with Yourself: And Other Worthy Opponents by William Ury
write - 19/9/18 *** - How to Write Everything by David Quantick
The - 22/9/18 **** - The Naked Millionaire: The Ultimate Fast-Track Guide to Wealth, Freedom and Fulfillment by David Taylor
Shining - 17/9/18 **** - All Things Shining: Reading the Western Classics to Find Meaning in a Secular Age by Hubert L. Dreyfus
tells - 15/9/18 ** - Ultimate Guide to Poker Tells: Devastate Opponents by Reading Body Language, Table Talk, Chip Moves, and Much More by Randy Burgess
that - 21/9/18 *** - You Are That by Gangaji
300 - 20/9/18 *** - Forks Over Knives - The Cookbook: Over 300 Recipes for Plant-Based Eating All Through the Year by Del Sroufe
guests - 1/9/18 * - Hosts and Guests: The Anthropology of Tourism by Valene L. Smith
were - 21/9/18 *** - You Were Born To Be An Entrepreneur: The Mystery of Discovering your Calling and Career by Jeremy Lopez
sound - 21/9/18 *** - Tibetan Sound Healing: Seven Guided Practices to Clear Obstacles, Cultivate Positive Qualities, and Uncover Your Inherent Wisdom by Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche
asleep - 8/9/18 *** - Fast Asleep, Wide Awake: Discover the secrets of restorative sleep and vibrant energy by Nerina Ramlakhan
as - 22/9/18 **** - As a Man Thinketh / The Path of Prosperity by James Allen
the - 19/9/18 **** - Think Yourself Successful: Rewire Your Mind, Become Confident, and Achieve Your Goals by Alireza Azmandian
out - 22/9/18 *** - Drop Out And Get Schooled: The Case for Thinking Twice About College by Patrick Bet-David
how - 25/9/18 ** - How Not to Be Wrong: The Power of Mathematical Thinking by Jordan Ellenberg
to - 15/9/18 *** - Think to Lose Weight - The W.E.D. Method. by Brian Ellis
the - 24/9/18 *** - The Lean Startup: How Today's Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses by Eric Ries
door - 11/9/18 *** - The Secret Door to Success by Florence Scovel Shinn
and - 23/9/18 * - Of Dice and Men: The Story of Dungeons & Dragons and the People Who Play It by David M. Ewalt
climbed - 10/9/18 * - The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson
furniture - 12/9/18 ** - Furniture Styles by Oliver Knežević
front - 22/9/18 *** - The New Front Page by Tim Dunlop
desk - 8/9/18 * - Engineering Materials and Processes Desk Reference by Robert W. Messler Jr.
supervisor - 15/9/18 *** - First Responder Supervisor Guide by Trennis E. Killian
video - 24/9/18 ** - Video Games and Creativity by Garo Green
the - 23/9/18 ** - The Easy Vegan Week by The Easy Vegan Home
was - 22/9/18 ** - The Problem Was Me: How to End Negative Self-Talk and Take Your Life to a New Level by Thomas Gagliano
damage - 19/9/18 *** - Sugar Crush: How to Reduce Inflammation, Stop Pain, and Reverse the Path to Diabetes by Richard P. Jacoby
furniture - 10/9/18 ** - Guerilla Furniture Design: A Manual for Building Lean, Modern Furnishings from Salvaged and Sustainable Materials by Will Holman
before - 24/9/18 ** - Think Before You Swallow by Noel O'Hare
bear - 17/9/18 * - Bear Attacks: The Deadly Truth by James Gary Shelton
walked - 12/9/18 ** - The Statues that Walked: Unraveling the Mystery of Easter Island by Terry Hunt
of - 13/9/18 ** - The State of Affairs: Rethinking Infidelity by Esther Perel
lower - 11/9/18 * - Lower Ed: The Troubling Rise of For-Profit Colleges in the New Economy by Tressie McMillan Cottom
hotel - 18/9/18 ** - Guide To Hotel Housekeeping by Alex Buenafe
opened - 17/9/18 ** - Autism: The Gift That Needs to Be Opened by Autism Society, Newfoundland and Labrador
It - 2/9/18 ** - Build It: The Rebel Playbook for World Class Employee Engagement by Glenn Elliott
of - 20/9/18 ** - The Simple Act of Reading by Debra Adelaide
after - 14/9/18 * - After Virtue: A Study in Moral Theory by Alasdair MacIntyre
horror - 19/9/18 **** - Cult Horror Movies: Discover the 33 Best Scary, Suspenseful, Gory, and Monstrous Cinema Classics by Danny Peary
shot - 20/9/18 *** - Shot: Staying Alive with Diabetes by Amy F. Ryan

[Richard]

The Challenge Factory
Dictionary Word of the Month - September Edition
On Fire: All words spelled out

59/60

Skift ✔
(view spoiler)[S - 6/9/18 **** - A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
K - 2/9/18 *** - Frenemies: The Epic Disruption of the Ad Business by Ken Auletta
I - 7/9/18 *** - I Will Teach You to Be Rich by Ramit Sethi
F - 2/9/18 *** - Finding the Next Steve Jobs: How to Find, Hire, Keep and Nurture Creative Talent by Nolan Bushnell
T - 5/9/18 *** - How to Read Literature Like a Professor by Thomas C. Foster (hide spoiler)]

Circumbendibus ✔
(view spoiler)[C - 3/9/18 **** - Cosmos by Carl Sagan
I - 7/9/18 *** - I'm Judging You: The Do-Better Manual by Luvvie Ajayi
R - 4/9/18 *** - Resilience: Facing Down Rejection and Criticism on the Road to Success by Mark McGuinness
C - 12/9/18 **** - Algorithms to Live By: The Computer Science of Human Decisions by Brian Christian
U - 12/9/18 *** - Unmarketing: Stop Marketing. Start Engaging. by Scott Stratten
M - 11/9/18 ** - Accidental Genius: Using Writing to Generate Your Best Ideas, Insight, and Content by Mark Levy
B - 3/9/18 **** - The Third Door: The Wild Quest to Uncover How the World's Most Successful People Launched Their Careers by Alex Banayan
E - 11/9/18 *** - Eating the Big Fish: How Challenger Brands Can Compete Against Brand Leaders by Adam Morgan
N - 13/9/18 **** - The New Strategic Selling: The Unique Sales System Proven Successful by the World's Best Companies by Robert B. Miller
D - 4/9/18 *** - Dying for a Paycheck: Why the American Way of Business Is Injurious to People and Companies by Jeffrey Pfeffer
I - 12/9/18 *** - The IT Marketing Crash Course: How to Get Clients for Your Technology Business by Raj Khera
B - 12/9/18 ** - The Big Fat Surprise: Why Butter, Meat and Cheese Belong in a Healthy Diet by Nina Teicholz
U - 16/9/18 *** - The Ultimate Quotable Einstein by Freeman Dyson
S - 9/9/18 *** - Anything You Want by Derek Sivers (hide spoiler)]

Cheechako
(view spoiler)[C - 27/9/18 *** - Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration by Ed Catmull
H - 27/9/18 **** - Executive Presence: What Nobody Ever Tells You about Getting Ahead by Sylvia Ann Hewlett
E - 11/9/18 ** - Emotional Blackmail: When the People in Your Life Use Fear, Obligation, and Guilt to Manipulate You by Susan Forward
E - 13/9/18 *** - The End of Stress: Four Steps to Rewire Your Brain by Don Joseph Goewey
C -
H - 16/9/18 *** - A Bigger Prize: Why Competition Isn't Everything and How We Do Better by Margaret Heffernan
A - 4/9/18 *** - An Audience of One: Reclaiming Creativity for Its Own Sake by Srinivas Rao
K - 3/9/18 **** - Get your shit together by Sarah Knight
O - 5/9/18 ** - Out of Our Minds: Learning to Be Creative by Ken Robinson (hide spoiler)]

Rising ✔
(view spoiler)[R - 15/9/18 *** - No Ordinary Disruption: The Four Global Forces Breaking All the Trends by Richard Dobbs
I - 17/9/18 *** - The Idea Factory: Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation by Jon Gertner
S - 29/9/18 **** - Subscribed: Why the Subscription Model Will Be Your Company’s Future—and What to Do About It by Tien Tzuo
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
N - 22/9/18 **** - Never Too Late To Be Great: The Power of Thinking Long by Tom Butler-Bowdon
G - 9/9/18 *** - A Force for Good: The Dalai Lama's Vision for Our World by Daniel Goleman (hide spoiler)]

Mugacino ✔
(view spoiler)[M - 18/9/18 *** - The Magic of Reality: How We Know What's Really True by Richard Dawkins
U - 17/9/18 ** - Unfair: The New Science of Criminal Injustice by Adam Benforado
G - 18/9/18 ** - Green Illusions by Ozzie Zehner
A - 5/9/18 *** - Always Hungry?: Conquer Cravings, Retrain Your Fat Cells, and Lose Weight Permanently by David Ludwig
C - 23/9/18 ** - The Language of Zen: Heart Speaking to Heart by Richard Burnett Carter
I - 19/9/18 *** - Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain by David Eagleman
N - 14/9/18 *** - Nonsense: The Power of Not Knowing by Jamie Holmes
O - 14/9/18 *** - What Is Your What?: Discover the One Amazing Thing You Were Born to Do by Steve Olsher (hide spoiler)]

Dux ✔
(view spoiler)[D - 10/9/18 **** - Dream Teams: Working Together Without Falling Apart by Shane Snow
U - 18/9/18 *** - The Upward Spiral: Using Neuroscience to Reverse the Course of Depression, One Small Change at a Time by Alex Korb
X - 13/9/18 ** - Noose True stories of Australians who died at the gallows by Xavier Duff (hide spoiler)]

Behind ✔
(view spoiler)[B - 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
E - 14/9/18 *** - Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal by Eric Schlosser
H - 19/9/18 *** - Humble Inquiry: The Gentle Art of Asking Instead of Telling by Edgar H. Schein
I - 23/9/18 ***** - Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion by Robert B. Cialdini
N - 21/9/18 **** - Success is Not an Accident: Change Your Choices Change Your Life by Tommy Newberry
D - 20/9/18 **** - Alibaba: The House That Jack Ma Built by Duncan Clark (hide spoiler)]

Soccer ✔
(view spoiler)[S - 15/9/18 *** - The No Asshole Rule: Building a Civilized Workplace and Surviving One That Isn't by Robert I. Sutton
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
C - 17/9/18 *** - Can You Learn to Be Lucky?: Why Some People Seem to Win More Often Than Others by Karla Starr
C - 18/9/18 **** - Make Trouble: Standing Up, Speaking Out, and Finding the Courage to Lead by Cecile Richards
E - 19/9/18 *** - The Geography of Bliss: One Grump's Search for the Happiest Places in the World by Eric Weiner
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 (hide spoiler)]

CUB ✔
(view spoiler)[C - 20/9/18 ** - The Consultant's Handbook: A Practical Guide to Delivering High-value and Differentiated Services in a Competitive Marketplace by Samir Parikh
U - 20/9/18 **** - Unwrapping your Passion, Creating the Life You Truly Want by Karen Putz
B - 19/9/18 ** - The Power of Collective Wisdom: And the Trap of Collective Folly by Alan Briskin (hide spoiler)]

[Richard]

Nothing But Reading Challenges
Serious Reader Challenge for 2018

Level 8a: 701-750 ✔
(view spoiler)[
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
(hide spoiler)]

[Richard]

Nothing But Reading Challenges
Serious Reader Challenge for 2018

Level 8b: 751-800 ✔
(view spoiler)[
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
(hide spoiler)]

[Richard]

The Challenge Factory
TCF'S Fall Seasonal Challenge
Turkey: 5-6 tasks per category
Duration: 1/10/18 - 31/10/18

33/72

Category 1 - Fall Colors:
(view spoiler)[Yellow - 11/10/18 *** - Mind Hacking: How to Change Your Mind for Good in 21 Days
Orange - 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
Red - 25/10/18 ** - The Winners Manual: For the Game of Life
Purple - 12/10/18 ** - Fads and Fallacies in the Name of Science
Blue - 4/10/18 *** - A Million Years in a Day: A Curious History of Daily Life
Brown -
Black - (hide spoiler)]

Category 2 - Autumn's Quotes:
(view spoiler)[Read a book with a smile on the cover: 4/10/18 ***** - 8 Attributes of Great Achievers, Volume II
Read a book with a flower on the cover: 28/10/18 ** - Positive Living Through Positive Affirmations
Read a book with a fall vegetable on the cover: 26/10/18 ** - The Bone Broth Miracle Diet: Twenty-One Days to a Healthier, Energetic Self
Read a book with an older character in it: 25/10/18 *** - The Leadership Genius of Julius Caesar: Modern Lessons from the Man Who Built an Empire
Read a book with a character that is a painter: 26/10/18 ** - The Life and Masterworks of Salvador Dali
Read a book with a gold cover:
Read a book with flames on the cover: 29/10/18 ** - Catching Fire Cookbook: Experience the Hunger Games Trilogy with Unofficial Recipes Inspired by Catching Fire (hide spoiler)]

Category 3 - Harvest Season:
(view spoiler)[Read a book set on a farm: 27/10/18 **** - Animal Farm
Read a book from the historical genre:
Read a book with a countryside scene on the cover:
Read a book with food on the cover: 29/10/18 *** - Feast: Generous Vegetarian Meals for Any Eater and Every Appetite
Read a book involving a family business: 30/10/18 ** - The Trump Card: Playing to Win in Work and Life
Read a book with a moon on the cover: 30/10/18 ** - The Big Splat, or How Our Moon Came to Be
Read a book that starts with one of the letters in Harvest:
12/10/18 * - Take Your Sales Off the Richter Scale: How I Turned $50,000 A Year Into $50,000 A Month Selling Timeshare (hide spoiler)]

Category 4: Changing Weather:
(view spoiler)[Read a book that is set in fall:
Read a book with a weather word in the title:
Read a book with leaves on the cover:
Read a book that has the letters FALL in the title:
Read a book where the characters are dressed for cool weather on the cover:
Read a book you want to curl up with: 31/10/18 ***** - Napoleon Hill's Golden Rules: The Lost Writings (hide spoiler)]

Category 5: Fall Holidays:
(view spoiler)[Read a book set on Halloween: 30/10/18 * - Halloween: The History of America’s Darkest Holiday
Read a book published in October or November:
Read a book with a Contraction in the title:
Read a book with a family member in the title:
Read a book where someone does a lot of cooking:
Read a book from the inspirational genre: (hide spoiler)]

Category 6: Spell Out:

Candy
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N - 10/10/18 **** - Outwitting the Devil: The Secret to Freedom and Success
D - 2/10/18 *** - Doughnut Economics: Seven Ways to Think Like a 21st-Century Economist
Y - (hide spoiler)]

Leaves
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E -
A - 8/10/18 432p **** - Age of Propaganda: The Everyday Use and Abuse of Persuasion
V - 25/10/18 ***** - #AskGaryVee: One Entrepreneur's Take on Leadership, Social Media, and Self-Awareness
E -
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Pie
(view spoiler)[P -
I - 30/10/18 *** - Inbound Marketing: Get Found Using Google, Social Media, and Blogs
E - 2/10/18 **** - Captivate: The Science of Succeeding with People (hide spoiler)]

Crisp
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P - 3/10/18 ** - A Planet of Viruses (hide spoiler)]

Autumn
(view spoiler)[A - 8/10/18 *** - Agile Selling: Get Up to Speed Quickly in Today's Ever-Changing Sales World
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Corn
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O - 2/10/18 ** - 100 Million Years of Food: What Our Ancestors Ate and Why It Matters Today
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Traditions
(view spoiler)[T - 3/10/18 ***** - The 10x Rule: The Only Difference Between Success and Failure
R -
A - 8/10/18 * - Age of Anger: A History of the Present
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T - 11/10/18 **** - The Thank You Economy by Gary Vaynerchuk
I -
O - 10/10/18 ***** - The Slight Edge
N - 14/10/18 *** - Negotiating the Nonnegotiable: How to Resolve Your Most Emotionally Charged Conflicts by Daniel Shapiro
S - 11/10/18 **** - Purple Cow: Transform Your Business by Being Remarkable (hide spoiler)]

[Richard]

The Challenge Factory
Dictionary Word of the Month - October Edition
On Fire: All words spelled out

35/46

Faunch
(view spoiler)[F -
A - 3/10/18 **** - Activate Your Brain: How Understanding Your Brain Can Improve Your Work - and Your Life by Scott G. Halford
U - 27/10/18 ** - Unplug: A Simple Guide to Meditation for Busy Skeptics and Modern Soul Seekers by Suze Yalof Schwartz
N - 13/10/18 ** - Flat Earth News: An Award-Winning Reporter Exposes Falsehood, Distortion and Propaganda in the Global Media by Nick Davies
C - 3/10/18 ** - A Wealth of Common Sense: Why Simplicity Trumps Complexity in Any Investment Plan by Ben Carlson
H - (hide spoiler)]

Listicle ✔
(view spoiler)[L - 24/10/18 ***** - The Laws of Human Nature by Robert Greene
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
S - 9/10/18 **** - The 7 Secrets of Leadership Success. Deborah Tom and Richard Barrons by Deborah Tom
T - 15/10/18 *** - Hatching Twitter: A True Story of Money, Power, Friendship, and Betrayal by Nick Bilton
I - 16/10/18 *** - Imperfect Courage: Live a Life of Purpose by Leaving Comfort and Going Scared by Jessica Honegger
C - 12/10/18 ** - Switch On Your Brain: The Key to Peak Happiness, Thinking, and Health by Caroline Leaf
L - 29/10/18 ** - The Crisis Caravan: What's Wrong with Humanitarian Aid? by Linda Polman
E - 4/10/18 ***** - 8 Attributes of Great Achievers by Cameron C. Taylor (hide spoiler)]

Skippy ✔
(view spoiler)[S - 9/10/18 ** - Wiser: Getting Beyond Groupthink to Make Groups Smarter by Cass R. Sunstein
K - 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
I - 29/10/18 *** - Born Liars: Why We Can't Live without Deceit by Ian Leslie
P - 4/10/18 ** - Against Empathy: The Case for Rational Compassion by Paul Bloom
P - 13/10/18 **** - How to Be Rich by J. Paul Getty
Y - 29/10/18 *** - Fusion: How Integrating Brand and Culture Powers the World's Greatest Companies by Denise Lee Yohn (hide spoiler)]

Flagfall
(view spoiler)[F - 3/10/18 ***** - The 5 Levels of Leadership: Proven Steps to Maximize Your Potential by John C. Maxwell
L -
A - 4/10/18 **** - Abundance: The Future Is Better Than You Think by Peter H. Diamandis
G - 9/10/18 ** - What Matters Now: How to Win in a World of Relentless Change, Ferocious Competition, and Unstoppable Innovation by Gary Hamel
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A - 4/10/18 *** - A Really Good Day: How Microdosing Made a Mega Difference in My Mood, My Marriage, and My Life by Ayelet Waldman
L -
L - (hide spoiler)]

Dig
(view spoiler)[D - 28/10/18 *** - The Evolution of Money by David Orrell
I - 27/10/18 *** - The Influential Mind: What the Brain Reveals About Our Power to Change Others by Tali Sharot
G - (hide spoiler)]

Irukandji
(view spoiler)[I -
R - 28/10/18 *** - The Element: How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything by Ken Robinson
U -
K - 13/10/18 *** - The Inevitable: Understanding the 12 Technological Forces That Will Shape Our Future by Kevin Kelly
A - 1/10/18 ** - The Age of Spiritual Machines: When Computers Exceed Human Intelligence by Ray Kurzweil
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D - 8/10/18 *** - A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future by Daniel H. Pink
J - 10/10/18 ***** - Becoming a Person of Influence: How to Positively Impact the Lives of Others by John C. Maxwell
I - (hide spoiler)]

Falcon ✔
(view spoiler)[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 ** - A History of God: The 4,000-Year Quest of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam by Karen Armstrong
L - 1/10/18 *** - A Universe from Nothing: Why There Is Something Rather Than Nothing by Lawrence M. Krauss
C - 1/10/18 *** - A Crack in Creation: Gene Editing and the Unthinkable Power to Control Evolution by Jennifer A. Doudna
O - 4/10/18 **** - A Mind for Numbers: How to Excel at Math and Science by Barbara Oakley
N - 14/10/18 *** - Negotiating the Nonnegotiable: How to Resolve Your Most Emotionally Charged Conflicts by Daniel Shapiro (hide spoiler)]

[Richard]

Nothing But Reading Challenges
Serious Reader Challenge for 2018

Level 9a: 801-850 ✔
(view spoiler)[
801. - 3/10/18 225p ** - A Wealth of Common Sense: Why Simplicity Trumps Complexity in Any Investment Plan by Ben Carlson
802. - 3/10/18 274p ** - 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
803. - 4/10/18 400p **** - Abundance: The Future Is Better Than You Think by Peter H. Diamandis
804. - 4/10/18 240p ***** - The 10x Rule: The Only Difference Between Success and Failure by Grant Cardone
805. - 4/10/18 285p ** - Against Empathy: The Case for Rational Compassion by Paul Bloom
806. - 4/10/18 369p *** - A Million Years in a Day: A Curious History of Daily Life by Greg Jenner
807. - 4/10/18 256p *** - A Really Good Day: How Microdosing Made a Mega Difference in My Mood, My Marriage, and My Life by Ayelet Waldman
808. - 4/10/18 156p ***** - 8 Attributes of Great Achievers by Cameron C. Taylor
809. - 4/10/18 176p ***** - 8 Attributes of Great Achievers, Volume II by Cameron C. Taylor
810. - 4/10/18 460p ** - A History of God: The 4,000-Year Quest of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam by Karen Armstrong
811. - 4/10/18 306p **** - A Mind for Numbers: How to Excel at Math and Science by Barbara Oakley
812. - 8/10/18 275p *** - A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future by Daniel H. Pink
813. - 8/10/18 432p **** - Age of Propaganda: The Everyday Use and Abuse of Persuasion by Anthony R. Pratkanis
814. - 8/10/18 416p * - Age of Anger: A History of the Present by Pankaj Mishra
815. - 8/10/18 272p *** - Agile Selling: Get Up to Speed Quickly in Today's Ever-Changing Sales World by Jill Konrath
816. - 9/10/18 254p ** - Mind Maps for Business: Revolutionise Your Business Thinking and Practice by Tony Buzan
817. - 9/10/18 400p **** - The 7 Secrets of Leadership Success. Deborah Tom and Richard Barrons by Deborah Tom
818. - 9/10/18 178p ***** - Rich Dad Poor Dad: What the Rich Teach Their Kids About Money That the Poor and Middle Class Do Not! by Robert T. Kiyosaki
819. - 9/10/18 309p ** - What Matters Now: How to Win in a World of Relentless Change, Ferocious Competition, and Unstoppable Innovation by Gary Hamel
820. - 9/10/18 272p ** - Wiser: Getting Beyond Groupthink to Make Groups Smarter by Cass R. Sunstein
821. - 10/10/18 224p ***** - Becoming a Person of Influence: How to Positively Impact the Lives of Others by John C. Maxwell
822. - 10/10/18 168p ***** - The Slight Edge by Jeff Olson
823. - 10/10/18 288p **** - Outwitting the Devil: The Secret to Freedom and Success by Napoleon Hill
824. - 11/10/18 256p *** - Mind Hacking: How to Change Your Mind for Good in 21 Days by John Hargrave
825. - 11/10/18 114p ** - 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
826. - 11/10/18 160p **** - Purple Cow: Transform Your Business by Being Remarkable by Seth Godin
827. - 11/10/18 256p **** - The Thank You Economy by Gary Vaynerchuk
828. - 12/10/18 104p * - Take Your Sales Off the Richter Scale: How I Turned $50,000 A Year Into $50,000 A Month Selling Timeshare by Rick Richter
829. - 12/10/18 384p ** - Fads and Fallacies in the Name of Science by Martin Gardner
830. - 12/10/18 241p ** - Switch On Your Brain: The Key to Peak Happiness, Thinking, and Health by Caroline Leaf
831. - 13/10/18 224p **** - How to Be Rich by J. Paul Getty
832. - 13/10/18 336p *** - The Inevitable: Understanding the 12 Technological Forces That Will Shape Our Future by Kevin Kelly
833. - 13/10/18 408p ** - Flat Earth News: An Award-Winning Reporter Exposes Falsehood, Distortion and Propaganda in the Global Media by Nick Davies
834. - 14/10/18 168p ** - Propaganda by Edward L. Bernays
835. - 14/10/18 336p *** - Negotiating the Nonnegotiable: How to Resolve Your Most Emotionally Charged Conflicts by Daniel Shapiro
836. - 14/10/18 336p *** - Negotiating the Nonnegotiable: How to Resolve Your Most Emotionally Charged Conflicts by Daniel Shapiro
837. - 15/10/18 299p *** - Hatching Twitter: A True Story of Money, Power, Friendship, and Betrayal by Nick Bilton
838. - 16/10/18 240p *** - Imperfect Courage: Live a Life of Purpose by Leaving Comfort and Going Scared by Jessica Honegger
839. - 24/10/18 496p ***** - The Laws of Human Nature by Robert Greene
840. - 25/10/18 384p ***** - #AskGaryVee: One Entrepreneur's Take on Leadership, Social Media, and Self-Awareness by Gary Vaynerchuk
841. - 25/10/18 268p ** - The Winners Manual: For the Game of Life by Jim Tressel
842. - 25/10/18 144p *** - The Leadership Genius of Julius Caesar: Modern Lessons from the Man Who Built an Empire by Phillip Barlag
843. - 26/10/18 192p ** - The Bone Broth Miracle Diet: Twenty-One Days to a Healthier, Energetic Self by Erin Skinner
844. - 26/10/18 256p ** - The Life and Masterworks of Salvador Dali by Eric Shanes
845. - 27/10/18 122p **** - Animal Farm by George Orwell
846. - 27/10/18 212p ** - Unplug: A Simple Guide to Meditation for Busy Skeptics and Modern Soul Seekers by Suze Yalof Schwartz
847. - 27/10/18 244p *** - The Influential Mind: What the Brain Reveals About Our Power to Change Others by Tali Sharot
848. - 28/10/18 274p *** - The Element: How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything by Ken Robinson
849. - 28/10/18 320p *** - The Evolution of Money by David Orrell
850. - 28/10/18 279p ** - Positive Living Through Positive Affirmations by Sylvester Renner
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Nothing But Reading Challenges
Serious Reader Challenge for 2018

Level 9b: 851-900 ✔
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851. - 29/10/18 240p ** - The Crisis Caravan: What's Wrong with Humanitarian Aid? by Linda Polman
852. - 29/10/18 390p *** - Born Liars: Why We Can't Live without Deceit by Ian Leslie
853. - 29/10/18 228p *** - Fusion: How Integrating Brand and Culture Powers the World's Greatest Companies by Denise Lee Yohn
854. - 29/10/18 95p ** - Catching Fire Cookbook: Experience the Hunger Games Trilogy with Unofficial Recipes Inspired by Catching Fire by John Chatham
855. - 29/10/18 288p *** - Feast: Generous Vegetarian Meals for Any Eater and Every Appetite by Sarah Copeland
856. - 30/10/18 241p ** - The Trump Card: Playing to Win in Work and Life by Ivanka Trump
857. - 30/10/18 240p ** - The Big Splat, or How Our Moon Came to Be by Dana Mackenzie
858. - 30/10/18 226p *** - Inbound Marketing: Get Found Using Google, Social Media, and Blogs by Brian Halligan
859. - 30/10/18 272p * - Halloween: The History of America’s Darkest Holiday by David J. Skal
860. - 31/10/18 213p ***** - Napoleon Hill's Golden Rules: The Lost Writings by Napoleon Hill
861. - 31/10/18 29p **** - Affirmations:300 Positive Affirmations for Business Abundance and Wealth. by The Secret of Glory
862. - 1/11/18 288p *** - Unconditional Life: Discovering the Power to Fulfill Your Dreams by Deepak Chopra
863. - 1/11/18 272p **** - Your Best Year Ever: A 5-Step Plan for Achieving Your Most Important Goals by Michael Hyatt
864. - 2/11/18 208p *** - Body Mind Mastery: Training for Sport and Life by Dan Millman
865. - 2/11/18 272p *** - Hot Prospects: The Proven Prospecting System to Ramp Up Your Sales Career by Bill Good
866. - 3/11/18 320p **** - The Sistine Secrets: Michelangelo's Forbidden Messages in the Heart of the Vatican by Benjamin Blech
867. - 3/11/18 96p *** - Attitude Reflects Leadership by Leo Hamblin
868. - 4/11/18 254p **** - Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
869. - 5/11/18 115p **** - QBQ! The Question Behind the Question: Practicing Personal Accountability in Work and in Life by John G. Miller
870. - 5/11/18 130p *** - The 25 Sales Habits of Highly Successful Salespeople by Stephan Schiffman
871. - 6/11/18 320p ***** - Good Leaders Ask Great Questions: Your Foundation for Successful Leadership by John C. Maxwell
872. - 7/11/18 128p ***** - The Greatest Salesman in the World by Og Mandino
873. - 7/11/18 212p ***** - Secrets of the Millionaire Mind: Mastering the Inner Game of Wealth by T. Harv Eker
874. - 8/11/18 144p * - Eminem: Crossing the Line by Martin Huxley
875. - 8/11/18 318p ** - Real Food/Fake Food: Why You Don’t Know What You’re Eating and What You Can Do About It by Larry Olmsted
876. - 9/11/18 96p ***** - The Strangest Secret by Earl Nightingale
877. - 10/11/18 225p ***** - Legacy: What the All Blacks Can Teach Us About the Business of Life by James Kerr
878. - 11/11/18 253p **** - The Unemployed Millionaire: Escape the Rat Race, Fire Your Boss and Live Life on Your Terms! by Matt Morris
879. - 12/11/18 184p ** - Millionaire Teacher: The Nine Rules of Wealth You Should Have Learned in School by Andrew Hallam
880. - 14/11/18 138p **** - 1001 Great Inspirational Quotes by Peter V.G. Kristiansen
881. - 15/11/18 192p *** - Money Magic by Deborah Price
882. - 16/11/18 256p * - It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia: The 7 Secrets of Awakening the Highly Effective Four-Hour Giant, Today by The Gang
883. - 20/11/18 302p **** - Expert Secrets: The Underground Playbook for Finding Your Message, Building a Tribe, and Changing the World by Russell Brunson
884. - 24/11/18 320p **** - Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win by Jocko Willink
885. - 1/12/18 291p *** - 1,000 Words for Business English Learners: A Powerful English Tool for Professional Success by Kerlyn Bautista
886. - 2/12/18 448p ***** - The Complete Sun Tzu for Business Success: Use the Classic Rules of The Art of War to Win the Battle for Customers and Conquer the Competition by Gerald A. Michaelson
887. - 3/12/18 114p **** - Manifest $10,000: Learn How to Manifest $10,000 by Using the Law of Attraction and Improving Your Money Mindset by Cassie Parks
888. - 3/12/18 224p *** - Me, Inc.: Build an Army of One, Unleash Your Inner Rock God, Win in Life and Business by Gene Simmons
889. - 4/12/18 128p *** - Beyond Bullets: Creative Journaling Ideas to Customize Your Personal Productivity System by Megan Rutell
890. - 4/12/18 225p *** - Pitch Anything: An Innovative Method for Presenting, Persuading, and Winning the Deal by Oren Klaff
891. - 4/12/18 77p **** - Born to be Rich by Rollan Roberts II
892. - 12/12/18 192p *** - Man Up: How to Cut the Bullshit and Kick Ass in Business and in Life by Bedros Keuilian
893. - 13/12/18 176p *** - How High Will You Climb?: Determine Your Success by Cultivating the Right Attitude by John C. Maxwell
894. - 15/12/18 319p ***** - Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones by James Clear
895. - 16/12/18 272p ** - Focus: Use Different Ways of Seeing the World for Success and Influence by Heidi Grant Halvorson
896. - 18/12/18 300p ** - The Rational Male by Rollo Tomassi
897. - 20/12/18 237p *** - The Laptop Millionaire by Mark Anastasi
898. - 22/12/18 233p ***** - Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill
899. - 23/12/18 192p *** - The Outward Mindset: Seeing Beyond Ourselves by The Arbinger Institute
900. - 26/12/18 320p **** - Master-Key to Riches by Napoleon Hill
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Nothing But Reading Challenges
November: Feast of Flavor
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