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2011–2025years
29% recommend64% neutral7% critical
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- I found this interesting book on Project Gutenberg, by L. Frank Baum of "The Wizard of Oz" fame, about a girl and her brother doing an aircraft startup around 1911:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Flying_Girl
I didn't realize they used the term "angel investor" even back then!
Read and enjoy!
- There are also great children's authors in English - A.A. Milne, Oscar Wilde's stories, Mark Twain, Kipling, Baum (Wizard of Oz). All of these could be accessible at various stages within grades 2-5.
- The Hobbit - Liked, classic.
How Ideas Spread - It was decent, I feel like it could be condensed into an infographic after the fact, and hold great value.
The Lean Startup - Excellent. Changed the way I do business.
A Game of Thrones: A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 1 - Great book, wonderful universe. Apparently Martin loves himself a good descriptions of clothes.
A Clash of Kings: A song of Ice and Fire, Book 2 - Great book.
Diary of a Wimpy Kid - Good book for a kid, pretty irritating kid though (the kid in the book, not mine).
The Andromeda Strain - Excellent!
Christ the Sum of All Spiritual Things - Great book! Very healthy view of a Christocentric theology.
Dracula - Sleeper hit of the year. This book was awesome.
Pippi Longstocking - Read this to my son, and we really enjoyed it.
The Secrets of Power Negotiating - Helped me out during the process of buying a house by understanding various negotiation gambits. Would recommend.
Scrum - Another book that changed the way I work. Would absolutely recommend it.
The Wizard of Oz - Much better than the movie.
The 4-Hour Workweek - .... It was "okay". I don't know. I'm still torn.
The Swiss Family Robinson - Awesome book, full of fun things to talk about with your kids.
The BFG - This was the start of the Roald Dahl stage for bedtime reading.. It's a great book, one of my favorite Dahl books.
Matilda - Reading this as an adult, it was not nearly as fun as when I was a kid, however my son loved it.
The Fantastic Mr. Fox - Fun and easy read for the kids.
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - Pretty decent book.
Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator - Terrible. Absolutely terrible.
- Particularly memorable books I read (or re-read) this year:
- Don't Make Me Think by Krug: http://www.amazon.com/Dont-Make-Me-Think-Usability/dp/032134...
- Apartment Therapy by Gillingham-Ryan http://www.amazon.com/Apartment-Therapy-Eight-Step-Home-Cure...
- Presentation Zen by Gar http://www.amazon.com/Presentation-Zen-Simple-Design-Deliver...
- Belisarius Saga by Flint and Drake http://baencd.thefifthimperium.com/13-TheBalticWarCD/TheBalt...
- Wise Man's Fear by Rothfuss http://www.amazon.com/Wise-Mans-Fear-Kingkiller-Chronicles/d...
- Wizard of Oz by Baum http://www.amazon.com/Wizard-Oz-Puffin-Classics/dp/014132102...
- > “The Master Key,” where a boy wise beyond his years rejects powers too advanced for humanity to adapt.
For those stumbling by- that's a 1901 novel by L. Frank Baum, who also wrote The Wizard Of Oz! Here's a synopsis: https://oz.fandom.com/wiki/The_Master_Key
- The only example I can think of is "munchkin" which was apparently coined by Frank Baum for The Wizard of Oz.
