Books / Livres

Brawn, by Stuart McRobert (book re-cap)

Saturday, July 17th, 2010

As part of my efforts to curtail spending, pay off some debts and living a cleaner, simpler, easier life, I’ve eschewed a lot of socialization in favor of spending some quiet evenings with books. It’s good, from time to time, to withdraw from a lot of society and spend time with oneself - I really […]

Book Review: The Game by Neil Strauss

Friday, June 11th, 2010

December 4, 2007 - I still remember the date. Having just received the results of the CA exam, and finding out I had passed, I was partying it up with my mentor at a downtown Montreal pub. Passing the exam was huge; it had been a long-time “to-do” of mine, en route to becoming a […]

Book Review: The Progress Paradox by Gregg Easterbook

Saturday, May 12th, 2007

AMAZON page
The Progress Paradox
How Life Gets better while people feel worse
Gregg Easterbook
I’ve always loved Gregg Easterbrook’s writing on ESPN.com. In fact, for a sports writer, his columns have always struck me as some of the more socially engaging ones in the sports universe. It’s rare to find sportswriters that stick their heads out and above […]