Ways of Going Home by Alejandro Zambra was short. That was the first thing I noticed – it was a small book. Apparently, Zambra’s previous two books were also super-short. There are three or four stories contained in the book,
Ways of Going Home
Curmudgeon’s Guide to Getting Ahead
I decided almost immediately that The Curmudgeon’s Guide to Getting Ahead was a good book. Most objectivity went out the window with tip #2: “don’t use first names with people considerably older than you until asked, and sometimes not even then.”
Cadaver Week: Stiff
The giveaway for this book is closed. Subscribe to be notified of new giveaways! First off, I would like to be Mary Roach. Her life seems awesome – she does a lot of research and interviews a ton of fascinating
Psychopath Week: The Psychopath Inside
I received a finished copy of this book from Penguin USA via a GoodReads giveaway. James Fallon works at UC Irvine and doesn’t have a standalone website (that I could find). Instead, here’s a link to his TED talk that
Psychopath Week: The Psychopath Test
The giveaway of this book is closed. Subscribe to receive notice of new giveaways! The Psychopath Test by Jon Ronson explores a journalist’s quest for reliable psychopathic measures. Published in 2011, it coincides with the move, in psychiatry, toward “adaptive