Category Archives: Technology

GRAM & GRAN SAVE THE SUMMER by Stephen Chiger and Daniel Pereira

Posted on April 12, 2024 by OnlyGoodBooks

An early blurb for this amazing children’s book states: “Put together the wordplay of The Phantom Tollbooth, the imagination of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, and the problem-solving mysteries of Encyclopedia Brown, make it about media and digital literacy, … Continue reading →

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THE ANXIOUS GENERATION by Jonathan Haidt

Posted on April 5, 2024 by OnlyGoodBooks

They say you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover, but Jonathan Haidt’s latest, THE ANXIOUS GENERATION: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness, a must-read for parents and educators, brilliantly captures his two … Continue reading →

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THE FIFTH RISK by Michael Lewis

Posted on November 16, 2018 by OnlyGoodBooks

What I have loved about Michael Lewis’s writing, from LIAR’S POKER forward, is how he follows his intellectual curiosity to investigate timely problems then tells engaging stories to explain these problems and shed light on the people trying to solve … Continue reading →

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A DEADLY WANDERING by Matt Richtel

Posted on July 31, 2016 by OnlyGoodBooks

We have all seen it: someone looking down while driving. Texting. Heck, I saw three people doing it yesterday, when I went out on my porch to check the mail. They were driving 25 miles per hour down a crowded … Continue reading →

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AN ASTRONAUT’S GUIDE TO LIFE ON EARTH by Chris Hadfield

Posted on August 10, 2015 by OnlyGoodBooks

If, like me, you are lucky enough to have a great father, you could easily imagine him writing a book like Colonel Chris Hadfield’s recent bestseller, AN ASTRONAUT’S GUIDE TO LIFE ON EARTH: What Going to Space Taught Me About … Continue reading →

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THE INNOVATORS by Walter Isaacson

Posted on November 15, 2014 by OnlyGoodBooks

Walter Isaacson’s latest 500-pager, THE INNOVATORS: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution, is a paradox. Much like its predecessor, STEVE JOBS, it’s a dense page-turner. For pages and pages, it made me think about … Continue reading →

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FLASH BOYS by Michael Lewis

Posted on April 14, 2014 by OnlyGoodBooks

If you have any money in the stock market, you need to read FLASH BOYS. Of course, I am biased because Michael Lewis (author of Liar’s Poker, Moneyball, The Blind Side, The Big Short, Boomerang, etc., etc.) could write the … Continue reading →

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WHERE GOOD IDEAS COME FROM by Steven Johnson

Posted on July 28, 2012 by OnlyGoodBooks

In my favorite scene in the movie Apollo 13, the engineers at Mission Control have 15 minutes and a bunch of random equipment (duct tape, suit hoses, bags) to invent something that will save the astronauts from running out of … Continue reading →

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STEVE JOBS by Walter Isaacson

Posted on December 4, 2011 by OnlyGoodBooks

In spite of the waves of economic turmoil unsettling this country and many others, and although the Occupy Wall Street protesters have shone a spotlight on the financial disparities between the rich and everyone else (i.e., 1% vs. 99%), I … Continue reading →

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