Book publicists are a curious breed. Although I rarely accept proofs and buy almost all the books I feature on this blog, I frequently receive emails from people promoting titles that will clearly be of no interest to me. Mainstream books by British and American writers. Business books. Academic books on subjects outside my area […]
What’s up y’all! The Godfather of FI has released a new book, and as his favorite Godson I of course was given a couple of copies to give away today – to my Godchildren! Lol… (is that creepy?) JL is the author behind the uber popular book, and blog, The Simple Path to Wealth, which […]
I recently wrote the Foreword for Unshackled, a new book co-authored by Soundarya Basubramani, a writer from India, and Sameer Khedekar, a veteran immigration lawyer. Unshackled breaks down how legal immigration works in America in a way that is friendly, accessible, and human. It’s filled with raw stories of high-skilled immigrants who walked unconventional paths […]
Even though, as my collection of books has grown, my appetite for first editions has increased, I still have a soft spot for reprints. (It was one of the likes in my Valentine to architecture books, after all.) They allow hard-to-find, often prohibitively expensive books to be readily available once again and appreciated by new […]
Last week I cobbled together eight books, some of which publishers had sent me more than a year ago, in an effort to write a “Better Late Than Never” installment of “Book Briefs,” something I had done back in April 2018 with Book Briefs #35. But, sensing I would not be able to absorb the books […]
John McPhee’s Levels of the Game was published when I was three. I’ve read many books about tennis, but it’s still my favorite, with String Theory: David Foster Wallace on Tennis coming in a close second. Both books share extraordinary writers and a topic I can relate to, given my short but profane junior tennis […]
This year’s New York International Antiquarian Book Fair is my third, following the 2022 book fair and, just days before lockdown, the 2020 book fair. Three hardly makes me an expert, even in my specialization of architecture books, but it does help with gauging the value given to books on the subject and getting a sense of […]
Chris Heivly released Build the Fort: The Startup Community Builder’s Field Guide. I encourage you to get Chris’s book if you are a startup community builder or are interested in startup communities. When Ian Hathaway and I started working on The Startup Community Way: Evolving an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem, we initially talked to Chris about writing […]
Cat’s once again failed a fitness test. So Dan talks to Ken Piesse about his new book Ken Piesse’s ABC of Australian Cricket Get Ken’s new book at https://www.cricketbooks.com.au (While you’re there, keep an eye out for Dan’s new book, Australia’s 10 Greatest World Cup Wins, http://liebcricket.com/10greatestworldcupwins/) Source link
After a decade of reading and reviewing books, I’ve decided that it’s time for me to take a step back from blogging. Running this book blog has been such a huge and wonderful part of my life. I’ve written over 600 book reviews and loved the experience of getting to share my love of reading […]