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Focus on books that I read
I read. And read.
And this lens will focus on only those books that thrill me.
I bet you will like them too.
Some are best sellers; others that you may not have come across before.
if you are as crazy about books as I am, then this lens will bring us closer.
Note: The picture used here belongs to Zsuzsanna Kilian.
5 Cute (?) Business Parables
Our Iceberg Is Melting: Changing and Succeeding Under Any Conditions
Amazon Price: $13.57 (as of 07/06/2009) 
Who Moved My Cheese?: An Amazing Way to Deal with Change in Your Work and in Your Life
Amazon Price: (as of 07/06/2009)
The One Minute Manager
Amazon Price: $14.93 (as of 07/06/2009)
High Five! The Magic of Working Together
Amazon Price: $14.40 (as of 07/06/2009)
Fish! A Remarkable Way to Boost Morale and Improve Results
Amazon Price: $13.57 (as of 07/06/2009)
5 Pop-Science/Mathematics
Journey through Genius: The Great Theorems of Mathematics
Amazon Price: $10.40 (as of 07/06/2009)
QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter
Amazon Price: (as of 07/06/2009)
Shadows of the Mind
Amazon Price: (as of 07/06/2009)
Survival of the Sickest LP
Amazon Price: $17.13 (as of 07/06/2009)
A Brief History of Time
Amazon Price: $12.24 (as of 07/06/2009)
5 Amazing Pop-Economics Books
Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk
Amazon Price: $13.57 (as of 07/06/2009)
Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets
Amazon Price: (as of 07/06/2009)
The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable
Amazon Price: $18.48 (as of 07/06/2009)
![Freakonomics [Revised and Expanded]: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51Cz7mSihbL._SL75_.jpg)
Freakonomics [Revised and Expanded]: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
Amazon Price: $19.77 (as of 07/06/2009)
The Undercover Economist
Amazon Price: $10.17 (as of 07/06/2009)
5 Crackling Business Books
The Fifth Discipline: The Art & Practice of The Learning Organization
Amazon Price: $16.47 (as of 07/06/2009)
The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement
Amazon Price: $16.47 (as of 07/06/2009)
Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done
Amazon Price: $18.15 (as of 07/06/2009)
managing for results
Amazon Price: $13.22 (as of 07/06/2009)
Hard Facts, Dangerous Half-Truths And Total Nonsense: Profiting From Evidence-Based Management
Amazon Price: $19.77 (as of 07/06/2009)
5 Inspirational Biographies
The Man Who Knew Infinity: A Life of the Genius Ramanujan
Amazon Price: $11.70 (as of 07/06/2009)
Genius: The Life and Science of Richard Feynman
Amazon Price: $11.53 (as of 07/06/2009)
iCon Steve Jobs: The Greatest Second Act in the History of Business
Amazon Price: $10.17 (as of 07/06/2009)
Alexander: Child of a Dream v. 1 (Alexander Trilogy)
Amazon Price: $13.17 (as of 07/06/2009)
Andy Grove: The Life and Times of an American
Amazon Price: (as of 07/06/2009)
5 Smooth Fictions
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
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Amazon Price: $10.98 (as of 07/06/2009)
List Price: $14.00
Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah
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Amazon Price: $13.17 (as of 07/06/2009)
List Price: $13.17
The Shadow Lines: A Novel
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Amazon Price: $11.20 (as of 07/06/2009)
List Price: $14.00
Murder on the Orient Express (Hercule Poirot Mysteries)
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Amazon Price: $6.99 (as of 07/06/2009)
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A Few Of My Book Reviews
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Himalaya - Book Review
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This book is a travelogue across Himalaya. Michael Palin and his team take a trip that starts at Khyber Pass in Pakistan and end their trip at the Delta in the Bay of Bengal. That would be more than 3000 miles of journey covered in about 6 months. I...
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The Blind Watchmaker - Book Review
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The Blind Watchmaker by Richard Dawkins is a spirited defense in favour of Darwin and evolution. Contrary to popular belief - often used as a weapon by those who criticize Darwin - natural selection is not a random process. The book rubbishes the ass...
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The Calendar - Book Review
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The Calendar written by David Ewing Duncan is the story of how we gave ourselves the modern calendar. Did you know it took mankind 5000 years to do so? We take the calendar for granted. Whether we are in Bangalore or Birmingham or Boston. We know wha...
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Eats Shoots & Leaves - Book review
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Eats Shoots & Leaves by Lynne Truss is a hilarious zero tolerance punctuation guide. Have you ever mixed up your "it's" with "its"? Or confused with whether to put a comma before an and or not? Then this is the book you need to buy. Picture courtesy...
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Survival of the Sickest - Book Review
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(From the back cover) Find out why deadly diseases are bred into our genetic code and learn the answers to such provocative questions such as: Can a person rust to death? Can sunglasses cause sunburns? Can the tanning salon lower cholesterol? Who ge...
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Role reversal - Discovering Internet in Books
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No! I don't mean e-books. I mean the books that deal with some aspect of Internet. I avoided such books for a long time - for some strange reason that I have still not been able to put my finger on.
But before I go on here are a few interesting things ...
a) Have you heard of LAUNCHcast? It is Yahoo's online radio station. You can create your own play list. You can pick and choose. This is also where recording companies test waters.
b) Ok how about this? Machinima. Have you heard about this? You can make movies at your home on this using animation characters. All you need is a script and a set of good voices.
c) I am sure you have heard of Rhapsody. Yes? Congratulations because you are ahead of me. I just read about this.
d) Let's try something more basic. Go to Google. In the search field just type "25 * 30" and hit return. What do you get? Yes it works like a calculator. Ho hum! But wait. Now type "twenty five * 30". Hmmmm... it still works. What about "twenty five multiplied by thirty". Wow! It still gives you an answer. What kind of calculator is this?
The first book on Internet that I read was The Google Story by David Vise. Besides telling a story it had such interesting bits (such as the Google calculator) that I was hooked.
I am now reading LONG TAIL. by Chris Anderson. Equally riveting. But the interesting parts are the information on Internet that otherwise would have escaped me.
The best thing about such information is that you can immediately go to the Net and check it out for yourself.
The paradox: the best way of discovering Internet is through books. All this when Internet is threatening to displace books as a habit.
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Reader Feedback
There are many books that must be better than the ones I have listed above. I am sure. But the books listed below are the ones I have read and known to be good.
Would really welcome comments to improve
a) my selection of books
b) this lens
Adarsh wrote
Hello Amitabh, You have interesting books listed. (I do have Black Swan in my 'to read' list)
Have you read 'A Short History of Nearly Everything' by Bill Bryson? I have seen some reviews and it appears to be good. Will keep you posted of other books. Looking forward to your book reviews.
All the best!
Posted January 21, 2009
kashmirihindu wrote
nice blog
Posted January 13, 2009
by Amitabh1702
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