Books Read



2015


Made in America - Sam Walton
The Write Start - Jennifer Hallissy
How to Teach Your Baby to Read - Glen Doman
Meaningful Differences in the Everyday Education of American Children - Hart & Risley
How Smart is Your Baby - Glen Doman
How to Multiply Your Baby's Intelligence - Glen Doman
The Brainy Bunch - Kip and Mona Lisa Harding
Jab.Jab.Jab. Right Hook - Gary Vaynerchuk
Now is the Time to Crush It! - Gary Vaynerchuk
Get a Life! - David Burke and Jean Lotus
Boys Adrift - re-reading! Leonard Sax


37 Ways to Boost Your Coaching Practice - Steve Chandler
Free Your Breath, Free Your Life - Dennis Lewis
The Secret Life of Houdini - William Kalush
Never Be Closing - Ted McGrath
Sell or Be Sold
The 10X Rule
Total Recall
Write. Publish. Repeat.
The Spark
Sugar Nation
The Everything Store
Art of the Start 2.0

Fall of Giants
Habit Stacking
The New Psycho-Cybernetics
Mud, Sweat, and Tears - Bear Grylls
The Goldfinch
The Great Escape - Frank Brickwell
Ultimate Guide to Google Adwords - Perry Marshall
Edgy Conversations - Dan Waldschmidt
Make Your Website Your #1 Employee - Steve Johnsen
Think & Grow Rich - Napoleon Hill
The Alchemist - Paulo Coelho
The Millionaire Fastlane - M.J. DeMarco


2014

David Versus Goliath - Malcolm Gladwell
Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus - Nabeel Qureshi
The Motivation Manifesto _ Brendan Burchard
Power Evangelism
Linkedin Makeover - Donna Serdula
Chasing the Dragon
The Case Against Christ
From Zero to One - Peter Thiel
Supercoach - Michael Neill
Too Busy NOT to Pray - Bill Hybels
Master the Money Game - Tony Robbins
100 Ways to Motivate Yourself - Steve Chandler
Row for Freedom
23 Innovations in Selling
The Prosperous Coach
Snow Crash
Crash of the Titans -
Dismantling the Inner School - David H. Albert.
Launch - Jeff Walker
Captive in Iran -
Starting Strength - Mark Rippetoe
Seekers of the Lost Boy - Taryn Hayes
Networking is Dead - Derek Coburn
The Obstacle is the Way - Ryan Holiday
Power of Negative Thinking - Bob Knight
Project-Based Homeschooling - Lori Pickert
The Brain Audit - Sean D'Souza
Profiled - Renee Andrews
Hooked - Nir Eyal
Sons of Cain - Val Bianco
The General's Daughter - Nelson DeMille
Up Country - Nelson DeMille
Plum Island - Nelson DeMille
Newsletter Marketing - Shaun Buck
Nightfall - Nelson DeMille
80/20 Sales and Marketing - Perry Marshall
The Lion - Nelson DeMille
The Lion's Game - Nelson DeMille
The Gatehouse - Nelson DeMille
The Magic of Newsletter Marketing - Jim Palmer
Convert - Frank Kern
Outageous Advertising - Bill Glazer
Ultimate Marketing Plan - Dan Kennedy
No BS Marketing to the Affluent - Dan Kennedy
No BS Direct Marketing - Dan Kennedy
No BS Time Management for Entrepreneurs - Dan Kennedy
Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother - Amy Chua
I'm Dying Up Here: Heartbreak and High Times in Stand-Up Comedy's Golden Era - William Knoedelseder
Pompeii: A Novel - Robert Harris
The London Scene: Six Essays on London Life - Virginia Wolfe
The Queen of Katwe - Tim Crothers


2013

The Charm School - Nelson DeMille
Vagabonding - Rolf Potts
Endgame: Bobby Fischer's Remarkable Rise and Fall - Frank Brady
The Gold Coast - Nelson DeMille
Simplicity Parenting - Kim John Payne
Moonwalking with Einstein - Joshua Foer
The New Global Student - Maya Frost
The Richest Man in Babylon - George S. Clayton
Zuka - David Rudel
Bounce - Matthew Syed
Legendary Learning - Jamie McMillin
The Talent Code: Greatness Isn't Born. It's Grown. Here's How. - Daniel Coyne
Boys Adrift - Leonard Sax
The Power of Habit - Charles Duhigg
The 4-Hour Chef - Tim Ferriss
Hard Times in Paradise - David Colfax, Micky Colfax
The Burden of Proof - Scott Turow
Steve Jobs - Walter Isaacson
Zuke 'Em - David Rudel
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (P.S.) - Betty Smith
Defending Jacob: A Novel - William Landay
Half Broke Horses: A True-Life Novel - Jeannette Walls
The Glass Castle: A Memoir - Jeannette Walls
Teacher Man: A Memoir - Frank McCourt
'Tis: A Memoir - Frank McCourt


2012

Play the French (Everyman Chess) - John Watson
Brooklyn: A Novel - Colm Toibin
Ten Ways to Destroy the Imagination of Your Child - Anthony Esolen
Angela's Ashes: A Memoir - Frank McCourt
Teaching as a Conserving Activity - Neil Postman
The End of Education: Redefining the Value of School - Neil Postman
Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business - Neil Postman
The Tender Bar: A Memoir - J.R. Moehringer
Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3) - Suzanne Collins
Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, Book 2) - Suzanne Collins
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest - Stieg Larsson
Open: An Autobiography - Andre Agassi
Haystack Full of Needles, A Catholic Home Educator's Guide to Socialization - Alice Gunther
The Charge - Brendan Burchard
Unlimited Power - Tony Robbins
The Talent Code: Greatness Isn't Born. It's Grown. Here's How. - Daniel Coyle
Be My Guest - Conrad Hilton
Ragtime: A Novel - E.L. Doctorow
The Girl Who Played with Fire - Stieg Larsson
Letters from a Nut - Ted Nancy
Left to Tell: Discovering God Amidst the Rwandan Holocaust- Immaculee Ilibagiza
Here's Looking at Euclid - Alex Bellos
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - Stieg Larsson
The Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins
The Innovator's DNA - Jeff Dyer
Secrets of Mental Math - Arthur Benjamin
The Bluest State: How Democrats Created the Massachusetts Blueprint for American Political Disaster - Jon Keller
Training a Tiger - Earl Woods
The Naked Warrior - Pavel Tsatsouline
Super Joints: Russian Longevity Secrets for Pain-Free Movement, Maximum Mobility & Flexible Strength - Pavel Tsatsouline
Bullet-Proof Abs: 2nd Edition of Beyond Crunches - Pavel Tsatsouline
The Millionaire Messenger - Brendon Burchard
Rework - David Heinemeier Hansson
Moonlighting on the Internet - Yanik Silver
The Pilgrim's Progress - John Bunyan
The Over-Scheduled Child: Avoiding the Hyper-Parenting Trap - Alvin Rosenfield, Nicole Wise
Searching for Bobby Fischer - Fred Waitzkin
Facebook Marketing For Dummies - Paul Dunay, Richard Krueger
Winning Through Intimidation - Robert Ringer
Relax into Stretch : Instant Flexibility Through Mastering Muscle Tension - Pavel Tsatsouline

2011
Marva Collins' Way - Marva Collins
The Exhausted School - John Taylor Gatto
Think & Grow Rich - Napoleon Hill
Home Schooling, the Right Choice - Christopher Klicka
Swim with the Sharks Without Being Eaten Alive - Harvey MacKay
The Ultimate Sales Letter - Dan Kennedy
Awaken The Giant Within - Tony Robbins
"This business has legs": How I Used Infomercial Marketing to Create the $100,000,000 ThighMaster Craze  - Peter Bieler
The Magic of Thinking Big - David J. Schwartz
How to Make Millions with Your Ideas: An Entrepreneur's Guide - Dan Kennedy
Demonic - Ann Coulter
Unschooling: A Lifestyle of Learning - Sara McGrath
Somatics - Thomas Hanna
Dave Pelz's Putting Bible - Dave Pelz
Carschooling - Diane Flynn Keith
Dave Stockton's Putt To Win - Dave Stockton
A Whole New Mind - Daniel H. Pink
Ultramarathon Man: Confessions Of An All-Night Runner - Dean Karnazes
Secrets Of A Buccaneer Scholar - James Marcus Bach
The Inner Game Of Golf - W. Timothy Gallwey
Spark - The Revolutionary New Science Of Exercise And The Brain - John J. Ratey
The Element - Sir Ken Robinson
Enter The Kettlebell - Pavel
Seabiscuit - Laura Hillenbrand
The Art of Non-Conformity - Chris Guillebeau
Trump - The Art Of The Deal - Donald Trump
Unbroken - Laura Hillenbrand
Total Immersion - Terry Laughlin
Lost Boy - Greg Laurie
8-Steps to a Pain-Free Back - Esther Gokhale



2010

One Move Chess By The Champions - Bruce Pandolfini
The 4-Hour Body - Tim Ferriss
The Teacher Who Couldn't Read - John Corcoran
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance - Robert Pirsig
Art of Learning - Josh Waitzkin
Free Range Learning - Laura Grace Weldon
Not A Chance - R.C. Sproul
What Really Matters - David H. Albert & Joyce Reed
The Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone - J.K. Rowling
I Will Teach You To Be Rich - Ramit Sethi
The Omnivore's Dilemma - Michael Pollan
The Big Short - Michael Lewis
The First Man - Albert Camus
The Dip - Seth Godin
The Four Hour Workweek - Tim Ferriss
No Exit - Jean-Paul Sartre
God Never Blinks - Regina Brett
Surprised By Joy - C.S. Lewis
The Weight Of Glory - C.S. Lewis
The Well-Trained Mind - Susan Wise Bauer
The Well-Educated Mind - Susan Wise Bauer
Problogger - Darren Rowse and Chris Garrett
The Faith - Charles Colson
Beyond The Mountain - Steve House
Orthodoxy - G.K. Chesteron
The Everlasting Man - G.K. Chesterton



2009-beyond

The Road To Serfdom - F.A. Hayek
Drawing With Children - Mona Brookes
The Forgotten Man - Amity Shayles
The Superior Person's Book of Words - Peter Bowler
The Socialization Trap - Rick Boyer
Hold On To Your Kids - Dr. Neufield
Homeschooling and the Voyage of Self-Discovery - David H. Albert
Curriculum Of Love - David H. Albert
The Tipping Point - Malcolm Gladwell
The Peasant Prince - Alex Storozynski
Turning Learning Right Side Up - Russell Ackoff, Daniel Greenberg
John Paul The Great - Peggy Noonan
The Pursuit of Happiness - The Lives of Sudbury Valley Alumni - Daniel Greenberg
The Healing Heart - Families - David H. Albert and Allison M. Cox
The Purpose-Driven Life - Rick Warren
A Different Kind of Teacher - John Taylor Gatto
God in My Corner - George Foreman
Learning All The Time- John Holt
Guilty - Ann Coulter
***Life Application Study Bible - 2,200 pages of microscopic print PLUS all the explanatory notes. It took me a full year.
Outliers - Malcolm Gladwell
Talent Is Overrated - Geoff Colvin
The 7 Habits Of Highly Effective People - Stephen R. Covey
Yoga Poetry Of The Body - Rodney Yee
The Way Of The Shark - Lessons On Golf, Business, and Life - Greg Norman
Against The Gods - The Remarkable Story of Risk - Peter L. Bernstein
Dumbing Us Down - John Taylor Gatto
When Genius Failed - The Rise and Fall of Long-Term Capital Management - Roger Lowenstein
Weapons Of Mass Instruction - John Taylor Gatto
Walt Disney - The Triumph of the American Imagination - Neal Gabler
Barbarians At The Gate - The Fall of RJR Nabisco - Bryan Burrough and John Helyar
More Than A Carpenter - Josh McDowell
A Bull in China - Jim Rogers
If Democrats Had Any Brains, They'd Be Republicans - Ann Coulter
Inside American Education - Thomas Sowell
Mark Twain - A Life - Ron Powers
Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York - Robert A. Caro
Rupert Murdoch - Neil Chenoweth
Culture of Success – Goldman Sachs - Lisa Endlich
An Army at Dawn - Rick Atkinson
Harry Truman - David McCulloch
John Adams - David McCulloch
The Burden of Bad Ideas - Heather MacDonald
Lyndon B. Johnson - Robert Dallek
Jack Welch – Straight from the Gut, autobiography
The Cruelest Miles - Gay Salisbury
The Number - Alex Berenson
Mornings on Horseback – David McCullough
The Life of Andrew Jackson - Marquis James
In the Company of Soldiers - Rick Atkinson
Flags of Our Fathers - Michael Bradley
The Last Lion, Winston Spencer Churchill 1932-1940 - William Manchester
The Arms of Krupp - William Manchester
The Glory and the Dream - William Manchester (page 643?)
How the Right Went Wrong - Patrick Buchanan
An Empire of Wealth - John Steele Gordon
The Last Lion, Winston Spencer Churchill 1874-1932 - William Manchester
Hot Commodities - Jim Rogers
A Question of Honor - Lynne Olsen and Stanley Cloud
Civil War - Fort Sumter to Perryville - Shelby Foote
Slander - Ann Coulter
How To Talk To A Liberal - Ann Coulter
The New Great Game – Blood and Oil in Central Asia - Lutz Kleveman
The Dark Valley – Piers Brennan
Imperial Grunts – Robert Kaplan
Men In Black – Mark Levin
Mexifornia – Victor Davis Hanson
Life 2.0 – Rich Karlgaard
Catholic Matters - Richard John Neuhaus
Direct From Dell - Michael Dell
From Head to Toe: An Anatomical Anthology - Mark Steyn
The Twilight of Sovereignty - Walter Wriston
Godless - Ann Coulter
Bias - Bernard Goldberg
100 People Who Are Screwing Up America - Bernard Goldberg
Thomas Alva Edison: Inventing the Electric Age - Gene Adair
Treason - Ann Coulter
The Age of Louis XIV - Will and Ariel Durant


The Underground History of American Education - John Taylor Gatto
The Hypomanic Edge: The Link Between (A Little) Craziness and (A Lot of) Success in America - John D. Gartner.
The Age of Voltaire - Will and Ariel Durant
Hand of God - Bernard Nathanson
Aborting America - Bernard Nathanson
Rousseau and Revolution - Will and Ariel Durant
The Age of Napoleon - Will and Ariel Durant
Our Oriental Heritage - Will and Ariel Durant
The Life of Greece - Will and Ariel Durant
Caesar and Christ- Will and Ariel Durant
The Age of Faith - Will and Ariel Durant
The Renaissance - Will and Ariel Durant
The Reformation - Will and Ariel Durant
The Age of Reason Begins - Will and Ariel Durant
Den of Thieves - James B. Stewart
Liar's Poker - Michael Lewis
House of Morgan - Ron Chernow