Official NT Summer Reading Thread

[blacksheep08]

^^I second that motion.

 

[blacksheep08]

^^I second that motion.

 

[ruff c]

Ok, I pick

It's only 300 pages so it shouldn't take long to read.


Synopsis

The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference (ISBN 0-316-31696-2) is a book by Malcolm Gladwell, first published by Little Brown in 2000.

Gladwell defines a tipping point as "the moment of critical mass, the threshold, the boiling point." The book seeks to explain and describe the "mysterious" sociological changes that mark everyday life. As Gladwell states, "Ideas and products and messages and behaviors spread like viruses do." The examples of such changes in his book include the rise in popularity and sales of Hush Puppies shoes in the mid-1990s and the precipitous drop in the New York City crime rate after 1990.

 

[ruff c]

Ok, I pick

It's only 300 pages so it shouldn't take long to read.


Synopsis

The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference (ISBN 0-316-31696-2) is a book by Malcolm Gladwell, first published by Little Brown in 2000.

Gladwell defines a tipping point as "the moment of critical mass, the threshold, the boiling point." The book seeks to explain and describe the "mysterious" sociological changes that mark everyday life. As Gladwell states, "Ideas and products and messages and behaviors spread like viruses do." The examples of such changes in his book include the rise in popularity and sales of Hush Puppies shoes in the mid-1990s and the precipitous drop in the New York City crime rate after 1990.

 

[imrichboy]

Got to pick and read "The Social Animal: The Hidden Sources of Love, Character, and Achievement"

 

[imrichboy]

Got to pick and read "The Social Animal: The Hidden Sources of Love, Character, and Achievement"

 

[johnnyredstorm]

Books I wanna get through this summer:

Spring Snow by Yukio Mishima
Lolita by Vladimir Nabakov
The Vampire Lestat by Anne Rice
Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
Maggie Cassidy by Jack Kerouac
Battle Royale by Koushon Takami
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
We by Yevgeny Zamyatin
Hard-Boiled Wonderland by Haruki Murakami
Physics of the Impossible by Michio Kaku

Couple of other books I'd recommend:

The Road by Cormac McCarthy
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
The Sound of Waves by Yukio Mishima
Post Office by Charles Bukowski
The Portrait of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
The Dharma Bums by Jack Kerouac
Beat the Reaper by Josh Bazell
The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler
Nine Stories and Franny and Zooey by J.D. Salinger

 

[johnnyredstorm]

Books I wanna get through this summer:

Spring Snow by Yukio Mishima
Lolita by Vladimir Nabakov
The Vampire Lestat by Anne Rice
Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
Maggie Cassidy by Jack Kerouac
Battle Royale by Koushon Takami
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
We by Yevgeny Zamyatin
Hard-Boiled Wonderland by Haruki Murakami
Physics of the Impossible by Michio Kaku

Couple of other books I'd recommend:

The Road by Cormac McCarthy
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
The Sound of Waves by Yukio Mishima
Post Office by Charles Bukowski
The Portrait of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
The Dharma Bums by Jack Kerouac
Beat the Reaper by Josh Bazell
The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler
Nine Stories and Franny and Zooey by J.D. Salinger

 

[johnnyredstorm]

Originally Posted by Cobra Kai

I say Op picks first book, then we go down the list from the way posters went.

Op picks book 1
1st reply = book 2
2nd = book 3
and so on

I'm in as well.

 

[johnnyredstorm]

Originally Posted by Cobra Kai

I say Op picks first book, then we go down the list from the way posters went.

Op picks book 1
1st reply = book 2
2nd = book 3
and so on

I'm in as well.

 

[webnerd06]

*posting for later* Good looks Chris for starting this

 

[webnerd06]

*posting for later* Good looks Chris for starting this

 

[Gill Baka Esq. LLC.]

written for parents and teachers but appeals to our generation:

 

[Gill Baka Esq. LLC.]

written for parents and teachers but appeals to our generation:

 

[jones23me]

48 laws of power

 

[jones23me]

48 laws of power

 

[cwrite78]

Originally Posted by jones23me

48 laws of power

boring and repetitive

Originally Posted by blacktopking319

Nters read?! 

do you get your posts in audio format or something?

 

[cwrite78]

Originally Posted by jones23me

48 laws of power

boring and repetitive

Originally Posted by blacktopking319

Nters read?! 

do you get your posts in audio format or something?

 

[throwedindagame]

Originally Posted by UbUiBeMe

I'm halfway through Liars Poker by Michael Lewis. It's about Salomon Brothers (investment firm) during the 80s.

I'm looking to pick up a few more good reads before the summer.

Please keep posting recommendations.

book was an OD exaggeration, but if you like finance non-fiction especially about defunct investment banks and hedge funds, there are PLENTY of books out there.

 

[throwedindagame]

Originally Posted by UbUiBeMe

I'm halfway through Liars Poker by Michael Lewis. It's about Salomon Brothers (investment firm) during the 80s.

I'm looking to pick up a few more good reads before the summer.

Please keep posting recommendations.

book was an OD exaggeration, but if you like finance non-fiction especially about defunct investment banks and hedge funds, there are PLENTY of books out there.

 

[freakazoid]

keep it coming. I'm in need of more books to read guys.

 

[freakazoid]

keep it coming. I'm in need of more books to read guys.

 

[aldy]

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Sorry had to do it..

Didn't have much time to post some books.. 

I'll be back later..

 

[aldy]

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Sorry had to do it..

Didn't have much time to post some books.. 

I'll be back later..

 

[shoeking2101]

Oh yeah, Dale Carnegie how to win friends and influence people is good too.