water for elephants
publisher’s summary from audible.com A great read about the life and times of Jacob Jankowski, a “ninety or ninety-three year-old” man who lives in a nursing home. Jacob is waiting for his family to take him to the circus. Jacob and Marlena married and had 5 children spending the first seven years at the Ringling [...]
the universe in a nutshell – stephen hawking
publisher’s summary from audible.com One of the most influential thinkers of our time, Stephen Hawking is an intellectual icon, known not only for the adventurousness of his ideas, but for the clarity and wit with which he expresses them. In this new work, Hawking brings us to the cutting edge of theoretical physics, where truth [...]
kite runner – khaled hosseini
from Publishers Weekly Hosseini’s stunning debut novel starts as an eloquent Afghan version of the American immigrant experience in the late 20th century, but betrayal and redemption come to the forefront when the narrator, a writer, returns to his ravaged homeland to rescue the son of his childhood friend after the boy’s parents are shot [...]
blink – malcolm gladwell
from Amazon.com Review Blink is about the first two seconds of looking–the decisive glance that knows in an instant. Gladwell, the best-selling author of The Tipping Point, campaigns for snap judgments and mind reading with a gift for translating research into splendid storytelling. Building his case with scenes from a marriage, heart attack triage, speed [...]