Wow! What a great book. I love to read about these true stories of heroes. Gino Bartali was an Italian world class cyclist in the 1940's who's prime years of cycling were interrupted by WWII. In particular when Mussolini joined forces with Hitler and Italy began their purging of the Jews. Gino was a famous cyclist at the time having won many long distance races in Italy and also the Tour de France. Then all the races were canceled and even when one was reinstated, Gino was forbidden to race … [Read more...]
Creative Lives: An Anthology by Ed Murphy
I received this book at the MACCA conference in December from the keynote speaker, Ed Murphy. It is a collection of stories from a variety of people who work in a creative industry and how they got into their jobs. It is quite a collection of different people from artists and dancers to recording industry and workforce development. It was interesting to read how creativity manifested itself in their lives and how it looked so different to each of them. Some were encouraged early on in … [Read more...]
The Invention of Nature by Andrea Wulf
I am a forestry major (never worked in it but always loved it) who has been influenced by many people regarding the environment. I had no idea that Alexander Von Humboldt was the person who helped people like Henry David Thoreau, John Muir, and Charles Darwin do the work that made them famous. Alexander Von Humboldt was one of the last people on earth who was capable of knowing all the sciences available to him at the time and could see the interconnectedness of them rather than the seeing … [Read more...]
The Introvert’s Complete Career Guide. By Jane Finkle
The Introvert's Complete Career Guide: From Landing a Job to Surviving, Thriving, and Moving Up. By Jane Finkle I am a huge Extrovert who is always curious about my counterparts as a way to better understand me (as their opposites) and my introverted clients better. Jane does a great job at walking introverts through the entire career process with many of the same pieces of advice that I give my clients with her added insights as to how introverts might navigate each of the processes. She … [Read more...]
Book Reviews in 2019
Book Reviews from my bookshelf I write short book reviews whenever I finish a book and post them on my website. Thanks to a couple of other colleagues who are voracious readers, I am now also posting in Good Reads occasionally. Each December I like to reflect back on the books I've read in 2019 and seek recommendations from you. For me, writing down my book reviews makes it (a) easier to remember as a visual & kinesthetic learner and (b) easier to share recommendations with others when … [Read more...]
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