It’s not too late to start a new book. And if you need a good idea or two, here are a few that Utah’s politicos are reading. This is the eleventh in a series on what Utah’s politicians have on their summer reading lists. Lieutenant Governor Spencer Cox hails from Fairview, Utah and was eager to […]
Best Non-fiction Reads of 2012
January 4, 2013 by
Last year was a great year for good books. I tend to prefer history over other topics, but this year’s non-fiction picks included sociology, economics, and literature…but all, still, with a link to history.
In no particular order, then, my favorite non-fiction reads of 2012 are…
Book Review: “The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine” by Michael Lewis
April 4, 2012 by
Michael Lewis can tell a story like no other. In fact, even before I finished reading his “The Big Short,” I wanted to work the book into every conversation I had. The story was that interesting and compelling. Anyone who can take the financial crisis of the last few years, find a story in it that centers around subprime mortgages and shorting the market (if you understand what that means and how to do it, you’re more than a step ahead of me and about anyone else I’ve mentioned it to over the last couple weeks), and then make it interesting to the lay reader deserves to be read. [cont…]
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