Thursday, January 14, 2010

Reading List

A list of my recent reads, all highly recommended. In no particular order:

A Short History of Nearly Everything - well, not nearly everything (not a word about art, technology...) but mostly about science. Informative and entertaining.

Increase Your Financial IQ - Robert takes a lot of flack these days for his seminars being too expense, but his books are very worthwhile. The title of this book is very good advice.

The Four Hour Work Week - a great book. Not about work, about not working and living life.

The Ultimate Depression Survival Guide - the author believes the US is heading into depression, and he provides some pretty compelling evidence.

The Party's Over - mostly about peak oil and what it means.

The World Without Us - interesting look at what we are doing to the planet and how it might, or might not, recover if we stopped.

Peak Everything - peak oil really does mean peak everything.

Plan B 3.0 Mobilizing to Save Civilization - the 21st century will be a fascinating read for future history buffs.

The Little Book of Bull Moves in Bear Markets - investing advice.

Crash Proof 2.0 - investing advice.

Power Down - what peak oil means (add global warming with a good helping of environmental degradation and you get the collapse of civilization).

Why Your World Is About To Get A Whole Lot Smaller - peak oil and economics. An important work but reads like it was written by an economist (a bit dry).