Odyssey
A Thousand Ships: A Novel Hardcover Natalie Haynes Harper/An imprint of Harper Collins (January 2021) This is an epic reading experience unlike any other. I have never read another book that I enjoyed more that was — at the same…
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The Art of War: A New Translation by Michael Nylan Sun Tzu W.W. Norton & Company (January 2020) A classic within western civilization has been revitalized W.W. Norton has proudly published this volume, one that, “for the first time in…
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In his eponymous work, Adam Nicolson explains why Homer matters and his comments also apply to other authors such as Sophocles, Dante, Shakespeare, Tolstoy, and Joyce. Nicolson suggests, “Homer matters because Homer, in a godlike way, understands what mortals do…
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Getting There: A Book of Mentors Gillian Zoe Segal Abrams Books (April 2015) “When you remember what you love, you will remember who you are [and then] you can do anything.” Cathy Guisewite I checked the etymology of the word…
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Why Homer Matters Adam Nicolson Henry Holt (2014) “We don’t read great books. They read us.” George Steiner Homer, Sophocles, Virgil, Shakespeare, Dante, and other great authors matter because their great works serve as magic carpets that transport us back…
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A Little History of Literature John Sutherland Yale University Press (2013) Brilliant perspectives on a wealth of (mostly British) authors and their works Since childhood, I have cherished books as “magic carpets” by which to visit human experiences that would…
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World Changers: 25 Entrepreneurs Who Changed Business as We Knew It John A. Byrne Portfolio/Penguin Group (2011) Exemplars of an opportunistic mindset and acceptance of risk and potential failure, as well as independence and control John A. Byrne is chairman…
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I agree that the great books “speak for themselves”…and do so with unique eloquence. However, there is no documentation to suggest that authors such as Homer, Sophocles, Chaucer, Cervantes, and Shakespeare were ever interviewed. Oh, do I wish I could…
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Charles Handy on Striving to Earn Trust
In Thinkers 50 Leadership Stuart Crainer and Des Dearlove focus on various dimensions and elements of leadership, a subject that has fascinated thoughtful commentators at least since a blind poet, Homer, created the Iliad and Odyssey; then, Sophocles and Shakespeare;…
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