Introduction to psychology by Paul Bloom (2007). This is an outstanding course on psychology. Professor Bloom uses an evolutionary perspective to understand the human mind. He explains complex topics like religion and love very clearly. One of my favorite parts is when Bloom uses the idea of parental investment to explain physical and behavioral differences […]
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The Miracle of Self-discipline by Brian Tracy (2010). This book focuses on advice on business, finances, family and relationships. This is not so much about techniques of self-discipline. But it presents several compelling reasons why you need to be focused in all aspects of your life. Self-discipline is to know what you should do and
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The House of the Dead by Fyodor Dostoyevsky. Several times in the past years, I attempted to read Dostoyevsky’s novels, but at some point, I gave up. I guess I was not ready yet for him. The House of the Dead is the first novel by Dostoevsky that I successfully completed reading, and it is awesome. Dostoevsky
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Novel 11, Book 18 by Dag Solstad. The reason I started reading this Norwegian author is that I had previously read other books originally written in Norwegian and translated into English by Sverre Lyngstad, like “Hunger” by Knut Hamsun. Fifty-year-old Bjorg Hansen has been living in a small city, where he fled to be with
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T. Singer by Dag Solstad. On the cover of this book there is the quotation: “Utterly humane”. When I first saw this quotation, I thought to myself –we are all humans, what’s the big deal? It was until I was deep in the second half of the book that I understood the reason. This book
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Five Levels of Leadership by John Maxwell (2013). This books describes different levels of leadership in a managerial context. At the lower level of leadership people follow you because they have to, but they don’t necessarily like you. When they like you, then you are in a new level in which people follow you because
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The Unusual Second Life of Thomas Weaver by Shawn Inmon. This book is both strange and enjoyable. Thomas Weaver, a man in his fifties, is unemployed and lives with his mother after his divorce. He decides to take his own life after decades of struggling with depression, which began when he accidentally killed his beloved
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Palace Walk by Naguib Mahfouz (1956). This book is about a family in Cairo, Egypt in the early 20 century during WW1. This book captures the culture of an ultraconservative family, and at the same time provides us with a good understanding of the thoughts, feelings and the sorrows of each member of the family.
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Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World by Jack Weatherford (2005). Genghis Khan conquered more land than any other man in history. An area about the size of the African continent. He and his generals controlled western Asia as far north as today’s Korea and as far south as today’s Vietnam. On the
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The Martian by Andy Weir. This book is fantastic. Is the best fiction I’ve read in many years. Although it is clearly not a masterpiece of literature, the ideas, contents and emotions coming out from the author’s mind are pure genius. Reading this book kept me awake, daydreaming for hours. I would recommend to anyone
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