The (Honest) Truth About Dishonesty: How We Lie to Everyone — Especially Ourselves By: Dan Ariely Published June 5th 2012 by Harper The New York Times bestselling author of Predictably Irrational and The Upside of Irrationality returns with thought-provoking work to challenge our preconceptions about dishonesty and urge us to take an honest look at […]
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The Little Prince – a must-read for everybody especially grown ups [a book review]
Original Title: Le Petit Prince Author: Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Illustrator: Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Cover Artist: Antoine de Saint-Exupéry The Little Prince (French: ”Le Petit Prince”), first published in 1943, is a novella and the most famous work of the French aristocrat writer, poet and pioneering aviator Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1900–1944, Mort pour la France).[Note 2] The novella is both the most read and most translated […]
What money can’t and shouldn’t buy [a book review]
What Money Can’t Buy: The Moral Limits of The Markets By Michael J. Sandel Paper back, Open Market edition, 244 pages Published April 2012 by Allen Lane Should we pay children to read books or to get good grades? Should we allow corporations to pay for the right to pollute the atmosphere? Is it ethical […]
The Great Gatsby: brilliant, elusive, beautiful, ironic, melodious
Generally considered to be F. Scott Fitzgerald’s finest novel, The Great Gatsby is a consummate summary of the ‘roaring twenties’ and a devastating exposé of the shallowness of the ‘Jazz Age’. Through the narration of Nick Carraway, the reader is taken into the superficially glittering world of the mansions which lined the Long Island shore in the […]
The Name of The Rose [A book review]
“A brilliantly conceived adventure into another time” (San Francisco Chronicle) by critically acclaimed author Umberto Eco. The year is 1327. Franciscans in a wealthy Italian abbey are suspected of heresy, and Brother William of Baskerville arrives to investigate. When his delicate mission is suddenly overshadowed by seven bizarre deaths, Brother William turns to the logic […]
The Longevity Project: Surprising Discoveries for Health and Long Life from the Landmark Eight-Decade Study [A book review]
This eight-decade longitudinal study thoroughly tested hypothesis and preconceived notion that we have about how to achieve a long life, e.g. e.g. ‘is it true that an extrovert carefree person lives a longer life than the introvert and conscientious one?’, ‘is it true that staying single reduces our chance to live a longer life?’, ‘is […]
Poke the box – Initiate change and do it all the way NOW [A book review]
If you’re looking for scientific statistical analysis for the recipe of success, the book is definitely not for you. This book is a manifesto that aims to rally people to start innovating that not only stops at ideation but goes all the way, takes risk to execute it and find out if it works or […]
My Top 15 Books
Fifteen books I’ve read that will always stick with me: 1. The Alchemist (Paulo Coelho) 2. The Madman (Khalil Gibran) 3. Portrait of An Artist As A Young Man (James Joyce) 4. Negeri Senja (Seno Gumira Ajidarma) 5. Anak Bajang Menggiring Angin (Sindhunata) 6. Mahabharata (Nyoman S. Pendit) 7. Centhini (Elizabeth Inandiak) 8. Candrakirana (Ajip […]
Membongkar Manipulasi Sejarah: Kontroversi Pelaku dan Peristiwa
Membongkar Manipulasi Sejarah: Kontroversi Pelaku dan Peristiwa by Asvi Warman Adam My rating: 4 of 5 stars Published: February 2009 by Penerbit Buku Kompas Binding: Paperback, 257 pages Setting: Indonesia isbn: 9797094041 (isbn13: 9789797094041) Description: Ketika Orde Baru berakhir, gugatan terhadap sejarah bermunculan. Sejarah pun menjadi polemik karena fakta dan interpretasi selama ini dinilai tidak […]
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (James Joyce)
Portrait of the Artist As a Young Man by James Joyce My rating: 5 of 5 starsPortrait of the Artist as a Young Man told us a story about and through the lens of an Irish boy, named Stephen Dedalus. It’s pretty much an autobiography of the adolescence life of Stephen Dedalus who would reappear […]
