Editor’s Note: How the brain works simply fascinates me. Of other such books I’ve read, Burton is a bit more readable. And this particular topic engaged me since I’m from a long line of Irish who are “often mistaken but never in doubt”. Burton’s concept also seems an argument in favor of moderation, a scarce commodity in our current political environment.
On Being Certain by Robert Burton
May 31, 2023 10:28:46 AM / by Tim McCarthy posted in Recommended Books
The Stranger by Albert Camus
Apr 27, 2023 5:33:14 PM / by Tim McCarthy posted in Recommended Books
Editor’s Note: If you don’t have Netflix, there’s plenty out there online regarding this 90 minute interview of psychiatrist Phil Stutz by his client, Jonah Hill. I’ve watched it twice and plan to watch it at least one more time. Hill’s concept is to turn the tables on his shrink in order to share with the audience a few tools Stutz taught him over five years of therapy after Hill’s brother died suddenly. The intensity of their vulnerability is nicely offset by their humor.
Trust by Hernan Diaz
Feb 28, 2023 2:00:45 PM / by Tim McCarthy posted in Recommended Books
Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan
Jan 31, 2023 1:21:24 PM / by Tim McCarthy posted in Recommended Books
Uniting America by Peter Shinkle
Jan 1, 2023 12:04:07 PM / by Tim McCarthy posted in Recommended Books
The Dyslexic Advantage by Brock and Fernette Eide
Nov 30, 2022 9:21:57 AM / by Tim McCarthy posted in Recommended Books
The Spy and the Traitor by Ben McIntyre
Oct 31, 2022 11:27:21 AM / by Tim McCarthy posted in Recommended Books
Editor’s Note: If you like John LeCarre, you will love McIntyre since, as close as the great spymaster came with his fiction, this is non-fiction. The author builds a page turning story (particularly as the book progresses) from the life of Oleg Gordievsky considered by most as the most important Russian spy of the Cold War. As Kim Philby was Russia’s infamous plant in Britain’s MI6, Gordievsky was a British plant in the Kremlin and KGB’s Lubyanka. McIntyre’s account of Philby in “A Spy Among Friends” is good, this story is even better.
Atomic Habits by James Clear
Aug 29, 2022 2:03:37 PM / by Tim McCarthy posted in Recommended Books
Editor’s note: This book affirms my own experience with good and bad habits over time. The author’s great strength is in his step-by-step how-to approach. He makes life-changing practices seem possible by breaking change down into edible pieces since, let’s face it: habits are elephants that can only be consumed one bite at a time.
Post War by Tony Judt
Jul 30, 2022 10:35:39 AM / by Tim McCarthy posted in Recommended Books