First Friday Book Synopsis

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My Books: This Month and Last Month

First Friday Book Synopsis

Here are the newest books that I have read recently: (Note: The books marked with a (*) are current best-sellers) Current Books (April, 2020) The Boy from the Woods by Harlan Coben* Rules on Civility by Amor Towels The Man Who Broke Into Auschwitz by Danis Avey Drunk on Sports by Tim Cowlishaw Recent Books (March, 2020) Long Range by C.J.

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Vance’s Book on Elon Musk is 2015’s Best Book

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We present 24 books a year at the First Friday Book Synopsis in Dallas, and have done so for eighteen years. I don’t remember which author said what content in what book. I… Read More Vance’s Book on Elon Musk is 2015’s Best Book. So, living in Texas, I give a greasy answer.

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Thinking About Book Recommendations

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Today, I had three books recommended to me. I think a book recommendation is a magic, personal gift. Kind of this: “I think I know you well enough to recommend a book to you — a good book, a favorite book, a book […]. I love it when that happens. I hate it when that happens.

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Phil Jackson Gave a Book – a Different Book – to Each of His Individual Players – Remarkable!

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Getting the players to turn inward wasn’t always easy… Before the trip I would select a book for each of the players to read, based on what I knew about them. Randy''s blog entries'

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Four Books That Book Lovers Should Read

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Scott Fitzgerald Four Books Every Book Lover Should Read Italian studies Joseph Heller Joseph Luzzi My Two Italies One Day University Othello Philip Roth Shakespeare The Great Gatsby To the Lighthouse Virgina Woolf' One of these classes is taught […].

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Vaden’s Books Make Significant Contributions

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I am pictured below with Rory Vaden, whose two best-sellers I delivered at the First Friday Book Synopsis in Dallas. The books, Take the Stairs, and Procrastinate on Purpose, are… Read More Vaden’s Books Make Significant Contributions.

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All 30 Books Listed, and Linked – 30 Books in 30 Days, Highlights from the 1st 15 Years of the First Friday Book Synopsis

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Over the last 30 days, I have written a blog post every day on significant books that I have presented over the first 15 years of the First Friday Book Synopsis. We meet every month, so that means I did not write about 10 books from each year. My selections include my choices for two [.].

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