We get asked quite often what we’re reading. Yep… reading. Some of what we read is informative, some are inspirational and some are just plain entertaining. We don’t have many hardback books in our bookshelves but that’s for several reasons; 1. We just don’t have the space; 2. Betsy uses a Kindle and Nook; and 3. Doug is dyslexic and prefers to absorb his information audibly. Books in any form are great!
Here’s a sampling of what we’ve read. Check back, as this list will grow.
The Wright Brothers
By David McCullough
Betsy; “Well written account of some very determined brothers.” Doug; “When someone tells you that’s never been done. Send them a copy of this.”
Pushin’ Up Daisies
By M.E. Warner
Excuses Be Gone
By Wayne Dyer
From Clay to Bronze
By Tuck Langland
One of Doug’s favorite books on casting.
The Selfish Gene
By Richard Dawkins
Amusing at times, fascinating, and way more information than you’d ever like to know about social biology. If nothing else, you’ll learn why eggs don’t have feet.
Voyage of the Beagle
By Charles Darwin
Two Years Before the Mast
By Richard Henry Dana
One Summer
By Bill Bryson
Pirate Hunters
By Robert Kurson
Shadow Divers
By Robert Kurson
Whatever your fear, here is your chance to push through it once and for all. In this enduring guide to self-empowerment. We liked this book so much, that we even designed a shirt around it.
• what we are afraid of, and why
• how to move from victim to creator
• the secret of making no lose decisions
• the vital 10-step process that helps you outtalk the negative chatterbox in your brain
• how to create more meaning in your life
And so much more!
If you have never changed your mind completely about anything, I believe your ego is holding your eyes closed tightly. When I was a teenager I sat in my Biology class stewing, because my Church of Christ belief structure was under attack by evolution. There was no margin for doubt or questioning in the Church of Christ so I went home and started finding the cracks in the theories of evolution. Fortunately there are some sloppy scientist out there and others like me that had already done some bad interpretation of the data. With that I complied a sermon that I delivered to our congregation of like close minded good people.
Excellent book for learning lessons like check list to compensate for exhausted minds. And never leaving the boat until it leaves the surface, and having that conversation with crew. If they have a doubt, have them read this book. Rafts are an easy choice when exhausted. But staying and fighting for life with the resources on the boat is always the better choice. The raft will be there when the boat is gone.
This book connected with me! With the reading speed of a 6th grader I spend countless hours in programs that were going to fix me and learning to hate school. We are such idiots to think that the one shoe fit all approach to education is ever going to give us anything more than homogenized mediocrity.
A fantastic look in genetics and how everything we were taught about genes is completely wrong. You are not the product of your genetics. Those are just blueprints, and you have the ability ignore and select from the blueprints you carry. It is a life changing read into how changing your thoughts really does change your world. I highly recommend it.
Former President Roosevelt completed a life long ambition to be an explorer by journeying down a previously uncharted jungle river with Candido Mariano da Silva Rondon who’s story I dare say is better that the Rough Rider himself. If you want to feel inspired and small by way of your own life achievements, this is the book for you.