A intense look at Churchill and London during the Blitz.

The Splendid and the Vile

Advice on writing, researching, and political power.

Working by Robert Caro

The Crack-Up by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Lessons learned from reading about the construction of the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair.

3 Lessons on Human Psychology and Project Management

Books notes and what I learned from reading “The Devil in the White City” by Erik Larson.

The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson

American Moonshot by Douglas Brinkley

Not Long Ago in a Galaxy Not Very Far

What the founding president of Stanford has to say about the care and culture of men


David Starr Jordan on Life, Education, and Politics

Killers of the Flower Moon opened my narrow mind to a new (for me) genre of writing: narrative non-fiction. I highly recommend.

Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann

A collection of his speeches from the founding president of Stanford University.

The Care and Culture of Men by David Starr Jordan

I have a deep admiration for Feynman's beliefs on life, knowledge, and science, but that admiration went deeper still as I followed the stories of his life told by the man himself.

What Do You Care What Other People Think? By Richard Feynman

A brief history on the institution of the library and a fascinating look at the history of books.

The Library: A Fragile History

The foreword to this book, written by Ben Reinhardt, puts it well by saying, "I went into this book with little more than a name and came out with the closest thing to a mentor someone you've never met can be."

Pieces of the Action

A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson

John von Neumann and the birth of game theory.

Where the term "zero-sum" comes from

The most important part of any plan is planning on it not going according to plan.

Be prepared for the disasters you can't imagine

A brilliant overview of the key innovations that paved the way for others to build upon. Truly explains 'how we got to now.'