Kevin Sites has lived through the craziest year of anybody’s life. He took his video camera, stills camera and a laptop. He married them to a Satellite Internet connection and then as Yahoo! News’s first war correspondent – he threw himself into 20 war zones in a single year. Something that no other reporter has ever done in history. If you’ve ever wondered what it takes to be a war reporter in the era of modern media, this is the book for you. If you’re fascinated by tales of human courage …
Non-Fiction
Mom & Me & Mom
We begin on Mom Reads with one of the greatest authors the world has ever known, exploring her own relationship with her mother. Mom & Me & Mom by Maya Angelou is best read before approaching her autobiography I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings as it offers some important backstory. This is a chronicle of both the complexity of a parent-child relationship and also the unwavering connection and support a mother can offer a child. It’s a fantastic book and one that should be on every mom’s …
Ina May’s Guide to Childbirth
Ina May is an inspiration to moms everywhere. They love her on Goodreads and on Amazon. The first issue of this now classic text, Ina May's Guide to Childbirth!, was released to much fanfare back in 2003. It’s sensibly priced (at just under $15 in both electronic format and hard copy). The book is split into a sort of hippy-dippy first half that may or may not delight you and then a steadfastly practical second-half that is indispensable to new moms. Heather on Amazon says, “I loved this …
The Quantum Guide To Life
One of the things I hated about science at school was that it never seemed to have any relevance to my life. That’s the gap that Kunal K Das is trying to bridge with The Quantum Guide to Life which takes theoretical physics and applies the learning to the way we live. It’s very clever. If you’ve ever wondered why we all want to put off our chores or how immigration and financial markets really work… the answers are here. I found it to be one of the most fascinating reads of the year. And for …
Love Cemetery: Unburying The Secret History Of Slaves
This book is for the historians and sociologists out there. Love Cemetery: Unburying The Secret History Of Slaves by China Galland is going to appeal very much to a certain audience. Which is a shame because it deals with a worthy subject that we ought to examine more often in the public eye. The book takes us to Texas and the unmarked and unmourned cemeteries full of the bodies of slaves. She unpacks the complicated relationship between the local people and their dark and brutal past. It is …
Birth: The Surprising History of How We Are Born
Ever wonder WHY it's so hard for human beings to give birth? I mean, why does it have to be so difficult and carry on for an hour after painful hour? Why have we worked hard to devise methods of pain relief and surgical procedures to "deliver" women from this burden? Is it something to truly be "delivered" from, as the term originally indicated? Birth: The Surprising History of How We Are Born is one book you should read! If you’re curious about how your Great Grandmother’s birth may have …
The Danish Way Of Parenting
The Danish are world famous for being the happiest people in the world and that includes their kids. So, what is it that Danes know that Americans don’t? Jessica Joelle Alexander and Iben Sandhal try to answer this in The Danish Way of Parenting: What the Happiest People in the World Know About Raising Kids. As a mother, I can tell you that this book deeply affected me. There are some brilliant ideas that everyone can incorporate into their own parenting style without compromising your …
inGenius: A Course On Creativity
This book is like a shot in the arm for your brain power. Tina Seelig is a top-level consultant and Stanford University educator and she works with some of the world’s biggest companies to instill creativity at all levels. You see, creating things and being successful is not a matter of luck or innate talent – it can be taught. This book is your guide to unleashing your full potential and it’s based firmly in scientific, measured fact and not “wishing for it from the universe” nonsense. It’s …
Too Big To Fail
Andrew Ross Sorkin brings us a fascinating tale of the day Wall Street began to eat itself and the banks were declared “Too Big To Fail.” It’s a shocking insider story of how the financial institutions of this world stuffed themselves fat on the little guy and still managed to lose it all… only to get bailed out by the government. This 10th anniversary edition has been updated to shine further light into the scandal that ought to have seen Americans rioting in the street but which, …