| 1. The Art of Racing in the Rain: A Novel | 
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By: Garth Stein
Publisher: Harper Paperbacks
June 09, 2009
This book was the first in a VERY long time that has gripped me from page 1. Told by a dog, it's filled with the fun loving ridiculousness you would expect your 4 pawed friends to think about. But it also takes us down a journey of heartbreak, depression, and turmoil.
It teaches us to endure and to never stop dreaming. It makes points that we could all do better to try to understand... more
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| 2. Country Driving: A Journey Through China from Farm to Factory | 
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By: Peter Hessler
Publisher: Harper
February 09, 2010
My family and I lived in China for a year, back in the early '80s, so Country Driving is fascinating to me. The first part is episodic and more like a log than a full account of contemporary life in China, but with Part Two the book turns into a real story about real people and becomes quite gripping. My only real wish for it is that he had used full stops instead of semicolons. That seems rather... more
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| 3. Zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance | 
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By: Robert M. Pirsig
Publisher: Bantam
1980
I have owned and read this book numerous times in my lifetime so I already knew what I was getting. I was replacing this book as my last copy had wandered away with a borrower, but I could not stand the thought of it not being in my library. This book was a life change for me; one of the most profound moments in my life and I recommend it to anyone... more
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| 4. No Angel: My Harrowing Undercover Journey to the Inner Circle of the Hells Angels |
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By: Jay Dobyns, Nils Johnson-Shelton
Publisher: Three Rivers Press
February 02, 2010
If you're looking for insight into the reality of these groups, this is the book for you! ... more
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| 5. Pensar en grande: la magia del éxito (Think Big: The Magic of Success, Spanish Edition) |
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By: David Joseph Schwartz
Publisher: Giron Books
March 01, 1999
Great book on the power of thinking. Only one thing seperates the successful from the unsuccessful and that is their thinking. Get your thinking right first if you want a chance to change your life... more
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| 6. The Toyota Way |
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By: Jeffrey Liker
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
December 17, 2003
In spite of recent Toyota automotive design failures, this book addresses how to efficiently manufacture product. If you have exhausted other ideas on how to improve your processes and be competitive, I would highly recommend this book. ... more
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| 7. Crash Course: The American Automobile Industry's Road from Glory to Disaster |
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By: Paul Ingrassia
Publisher: Random House
January 05, 2010
"Crash Course" is a great history of the Detroit automakers--history as in it is over. I also think it has a lot to say regarding whether people are inherently good or inherently bad.
Interesting to realize as I was reading this book that generations of Americans lived and died never knowing that the arrogance, greed, incompetence and dishonesty of most of the men who ran the US auto... more
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| 8. The Bicycling Guide to Complete Bicycle Maintenance and Repair: For Road and Mountain Bikes(Expanded and Revised 5th Edition) |
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By: Todd Downs
Publisher: Rodale Books
February 24, 2005
This book is definitely worth. Everything that I needed is covered. It takes the mystique out of bike repairs and also shows you what is not worth your time in tackling. Highly recommended... more
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| 9. Fordlandia: The Rise and Fall of Henry Ford's Forgotten Jungle City | 
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By: Greg Grandin
Publisher: Picador
April 27, 2010
I thought Greg Grandin's Fordlandia was a solid effort. To be honest, I read this book after reading in rapid succession The Lost City of Z and The Thief at the End of the World - both of which cover quite a bit of the same ground and I have to admit to some Amazon and Rubber Trade fatigue setting in. This may have unfairly colored my perception of this book.
I don't have a great deal... more
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| 10. The Yugo: The Rise and Fall of the Worst Car in History |
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By: Jason Vuic
Publisher: Hill and Wang
March 02, 2010
As a former Yugo owner I had to read this book. But it's more than a book about the Yugo. It's about American excess, why communism failed, a business case study, and a brief history of Yugoslavia. All in just 213 pages. The pacing is brisk. The writing is impeccably clear and easy to read. It is well researched both through printed sources and interviews the author himself conducted. This book... more
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