Books

Books I've reviewed/written about by title:

48 Days To The Work You Love by Dan Miller

A Broom of One's Own: Words of Writing, Housecleaning, and Life by Nancy Peacock

A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ishmael Beah

A Man Called Ove by Fredik Backman

American Eve: Evelyn Nesbit, Stanford White: The Birth of The "IT" Girl and the Crime of the Century by Paula Uruburu

Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life  by Anne Lamott

Bossypants by Tina Fey

Brazen Careerist: The New Rules for Success by Penelope Trunk

Bringing Home the Birkin: My Life in Hot Pursuit of the World's Most Coveted Bag by Michael Tonello

Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman by Robert K. Massie

Coco Chanel: The Legend and The Life by Justine Picardie

Composed: A Memoir by Rosanne Cash

Do What You Are by  Paul D. Tieger and Barbara Barron-Tieger

Does This Make My Assets Look Fat?: A Woman's Guide to Finding Financial Empowerment and Success by Susan L. Hirshman

Drop Dead Healthy; One Man's Humble Quest for Bodily Perfection by A.J. Jacobs

Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City by Michael Desmond

First Darling of the Morning by Thrity Umrigar

Games Mother Never Taught You by Betty Lehan Harragan

Garlic and Sapphires: The Secret Life of a Critic in Disguise by Ruth Reichl

Going Gray: What I Learned about Beauty, Sex, Work, Motherhood, Authenticity, and Everything Else That Really Matters by Anne Kreamer

Griftopia: Bubble Machines, Vampire Squids, and the Long Con That is Breaking America by Matt Taibbi

Happens Every Day: An All True Story by Isabel Gillies

Holes by Louis Sachar

In the Name of Honor: A Memoir by Mukhtar Mai

It's Always Personal: Emotion in the New Workplace by Anne Kreamer

Kabul Beauty School: An American Woman Goes Behind the Veil by Deborah Rodriguez

Lean in: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead by Sheryl Sandberg

Let's Take the Long Way Home by Gail Caldwell

Love for Grown-ups: The Garter Brides' Guide to Marrying for Life When You've Already Got a Life by Ann Jacobs, Patricia Lampi and Tish Rabe

Loving Frank: A Novel by Nancy Horan

Mad Women: The Other Side of Life on Madison Avenue in the 60's and Beyond by Jane Maas

Marie Antoinette: The Journey by Antonia Fraser

Mighty Be Our Powers by Leymeah Gbowee

Miracles Happen: The Life and Timeless Principles of the Founder of Mary Kay Inc by Mary Kay Ash

Mission Possible: How the Secrets of Success Academies Can Work in Any School by Eva Moskowitz and Arin Lavinia

My Life in France by Julia Child

My Other Ex: Women's True Stories of Losing and Leaving Friends edited by Jessica Smock and
Stephanie Sprenger

Open: An Autobiograhy by Andre Agassi

Packaging Girlhood: Rescuing Our Daughters from Marketing Schemes 
by Sharon Lamb and Lyn Mikel Brown

Paula Deen: It ain't all about the cookin' by Paula Deen

Passion at Work: How to Find Work You Love and Live the Time of Your Life by Lawler Kang

Poorly Made in China: An Insider's Guide by Paul Midler

Pound Foolish: Exposing the Dark Side of the Personal Finance Industry by Helaine Olen

Queen of Fashion: What Marie Antoinette Wore to the Revolution by Caroline Weber

Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Won't Stop Talking by Susan Cain

Random Family: Love, Drugs, Trouble, and Coming of Age in the Bronx by Nicole LeBlanc

Revolution From Within: A Book of Self-Esteem by Gloria Steinem

Saturday Night Widows: The Adventures of Six Friends Remaking Their Lives by Becky Aikman

Shortchanged: Why Women Have Less Wealth and What Can Be Done About It by Mariko Chang

Skywriting: A Life Out of the Blue by Jane Pauley

Sitting Kills, Moving Heals: How Everyday Movement Will Prevent Illness and Early Death - and Exercise Won't by Dr. Joan Vernikos

Special Exits by Joyce Farmer

Strength's Finder 2.0 by Tom Rath

The Accidental Billionaires: The Founding of Facebook A Tale of Sex, Money, Genius and Betrayal by Ben Mezrich

The Alchemist by Paul Coelho

The Body Project by Joan Jacobs Brumberg

The E- Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don't Work and What to Do About It by Michael Gerber

The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer by Siddhartha Mukherjee

The Farm on the Roof: What Brooklyn Grange Taught Us About Entrepreneurship, Community, and Growing a Sustainable Business by Anastasia Cole Plakias

The Feminine Mystique by Betty Friedan

The Gift of Fear  by Gavin de Becker

The Happiness Project: Or, Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean My Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle, and Generally Have More Fun by Gretchen Rubin

The House of Mondavi: The Rise and Fall of an American Wine Dynasty by Julia Flynn Siler

The Professional Women's Guide to Managing Men by Anna Runyan

The Shadow of the Sun by Ryszard Kapuscinski

The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II by Iris Chang

The Relentless Revolution: A History of Capitalism by Joyce Appleby

The United States of Arugula: How We Became a Gourmet Nation by David Kamp

The Underground Girls of Kabul: In Search of a Hidden Resistance in Afghanistan by Jenny Nordberg

The World's Strongest Librarian: A Memoir of Tourette's, Faith, Strength and the Power of Family by Josh Hanagarne

This Life is in Your Hands by Melissa Coleman

Toxic Sludge is Good for You: Lies Damn Lies and the Public Relations Industry by John Stauber and Sheldon Rampton

Think: Straight Talk for Women to Stay Smart in a Dumbed Down World by Lisa Bloom

This Little Light of Mine: The Life of Fannie Lou Hamer by Kay Mills

Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Life and Love From Dear Sugar by Cheryl Strayed

Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us by Seth Godin

Triumph of the Heart: Forgiveness in an Unforgiving World by Megan Feldman Bettencourt

Unbearable Lightness: A Story of Loss and Gain by Portia De Rossi

Under the Tuscan Sun by Frances Mayes

Undress Me in the Temple of Heaven by Susan Jane Gilman

Unemployment Doesn't Have to Suck!: Make it Work for You by Sarah Powers

Verbal Judo: The Gentle Art of Persuasion by George Thompson

When Everything Changed: The Amazing Journey of American Women from 1960 to the Present by Gail Collins

Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed

Women Count: A Guide to Changing the World by Susan Bulkeley Butler

Women Don't Ask: The High Cost of Avoiding Negotiation--and Positive Strategies for Change by Linda Babcock and Sara Laschever

Women Entrepreneur Revolution: Ready! Set! Launch! by Jenn Aubert

Wonder Women: Sex, Power and the Quest for Perfection by Debora L. Spar

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1 comment:

  1. What an impressive list of books you've reviewed. I would love to read My Life in France by Julia Child and an American Behind the Veil. Thanks for sharing these with me, I look forward to seeing what else you read!

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