Summer reading for 2011
What are you reading this summer?
Tuesday, August 2, 2011
It’s been a summer filled with traveling, with more in store the next two weeks. When I travel, I have more time for reading. Here’s what I’m packing for this next trip. · Read more →
7 books that changed the way I see the world
Tuesday, August 2, 2011 · Topics: reading, reading-lists, transformation
From Gretchen Rubin at The Happiness Project. Her list includes: Christopher Alexander’s A Pattern Language; Scott McCloud’s Understanding Comics; Virginia Woolf’s The Waves; Edward Tufte’s The Visual Display of Quantitative Information; Wayne Koestenbaum’s Jackie Under My Skin: Interpreting an Icon; Mark Kurlansky’s Cod: A biography of the fish that changed the world; and J.M. Barrie’s The Boy Castaways of Black Lake Island. · Go to 7 books that changed the way I see the world →
Summer reading picks from Dan Pink, Seth Godin, Eliot Spitzer and more
Tuesday, August 2, 2011 · Topics: humanists, reading, reading-lists
From William Taylor in FastCompany: In the spirit of humanistic studies, I reached out to a diverse and intriguing collection of thinkers, writers, CEOs and entrepreneurs and asked what non-business writing has had a big impact on them, and that they’d recommend others. They sent back a diverse and intriguing collection of fiction, science fiction, and history that is bound to stir the soul and challenge the mind. · Go to Summer reading picks from Dan Pink, Seth Godin, Eliot Spitzer and more →
Oprah’s summer reading list
Tuesday, August 2, 2011 · Topics: reading, reading-lists
Find your next great book—or your next ten—in a jam-packed annual rundown of terrific titles. · Go to Oprah’s summer reading list →
New educator summer reading list
Tuesday, August 2, 2011 · Topics: books, learning, reading, reading-lists
From Stephen Lighthouse: A recent list of recommended reading for educators, beginning with Teaching Outside the Box: How to grab your students by their brains by LouAnne Johnson · Go to New educator summer reading list →
UC Berkeley summer reading list
Tuesday, August 2, 2011 · Topics: books, reading, reading-lists, social-media
The annual summer reading list was designed to introduce new Cal students to the intellectual life of the university. The theme for 2011 is “social media.” · Go to UC Berkeley summer reading list →
