Free books: Nonfiction
Humans of New York (2013)
I made my first visit to New York City this year, and fell in love with it. The diversity and drama of humanity on every street, in every park, and inside every building. This book broadens and deepens the beauty of the city and its people - a snapshot of our global humanity. The brief stories...
The Honest Truth About Dishonesty: How We Lie to Everyone--Especially Ourselves (2012)
Insightful. It's always helpful when the mind behind academic research see fit to write colloquially about their findings so that the general public can understand its meaning. Surprisingly, our tendency to be dishonest isn't increased by what we think it might be, and often isn't decreased by wh...
The Book Whisperer: Awakening the Inner Reader in Every Child (2009)
Amazing and inspiring...Miller is a voracious reader who carefully examines the habits of lifelong readers and cultivates them in her classroom. Miller's minimalist approach to reading instruction embodies the precept "Let them read!". So many schools and educators are getting this wrong, but Mil...
The Happiness Advantage: The Seven Principles of Positive Psychology That Fuel Success and Performance at Work (2010)
Shawn Achor ran a happiness class at Harvard that was consistently at capacity. This was a really good book -- written in an accessible tone, fun and conversational. The principles he set forth are below. Achor has them in a different order in his book (which is reflected in the numbering precedi...
The Power of a Praying Woman (2002)
Hi. I have started reading this book and then it turned out I have to translate it into my native language; which made the experience with this book even MORE PERSONAL; I hope now that it will get published in my native language my friends, family and many unknown to me women will be able to prof...
Linchpin: Are You Indispensable? (2010)
I've read many of Seth Godin's books, and I read his blog every day, so I'm definitely a fan. While his writing is often a little ADHD, his insights are often right on the mark. Even when he wanders with some odd insights, his frequently subversive view of the world will help keep you alert. Linc...
The Power of a Praying Wife (2014)
I like the idea and main point of this book: Pray for your husband, and expect that God will change you too, possibly as much or more than He changes your husband. I even liked the organization. The short chapters are easy to read one-per-day along with daily Bible reading and prayer. What I did ...
Erasing Hell: What God Said about Eternity, and the Things We've Made Up (2010)
I like how his whole premise is that you shouldn't just believe what your culture tells you is true or what you want to be true, instead you should study the Bible and see what it says. I like how he's completely unaware that the only reason he trusts the Bible is because it's part of his cultur...
The Meaning of Marriage: Facing the Complexities of Commitment with the Wisdom of God (2011)
Service for the sake of gaining moral high ground or self-worth is not service at all. WoundedNess makes us self absorbed, And we are the last person to see it. The mistreatment did not cause the self absorption, but throw fuel on it. The cure for wounded people is for them to recognize that thei...
Counterfeit Gods: The Empty Promises of Money, Sex, and Power, and the Only Hope that Matters (2009)
Another encouraging and challenging read by Timothy Keller.My favorite quotes:"The living God, who revealed himself both at Mount Sinai and on the Cross, is the only Lord who, if you find him, can truly fulfill you, and, if you fail him, can truly forgive you" (p. xxvi)."You don't realize Jesus i...
The Hole in Our Gospel: What Does God Expect of Us? the Answer That Changed My Life and Might Just Change the World (2009)
This book is one of my top 5 life-changing texts. Richard Stearns is one of my heroes, and he paints the picture of God's passion for the poor and the needy in a convicting, hope-filled, and loving way. I've read this book twice now and both times left me shaking my head in astonishment at the tr...
Inside of a Dog: What Dogs See, Smell, and Know (2009)
"Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read." - Groucho MarxThis is a great look at what dogs perceive through their senses and how they use that information to live with us. It's funny, well written, and really interesting for any dog owner. Smell fir...
How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character (2012)
WOW! Paul Tough did such an amazing job exploring how poverty affects children, particularly in relation to stress, education, decision making and life outcomes. Effective initiatives to close or lessen the developmental and educational gaps are discussed in great detail, it would be amazing if s...
Trí Tuệ Giả Tạo (2010)
I've read a number of books on this topic of late, but this is definitely the most balanced and valuable. A great history of knowledge and learning joins with a lot of carefully explained science of the brain to ask some really important questions and provide at least some answers. Anyone who has...
Esto es agua (2009)
The very obvious sights in our lives are the ones that are the hardest to see. Something goes wrong and not per our will, we get mad. But, we always had a choice. Stuck in traffic? It is perfectly fine to be mad at people jumping lanes and blaming your dreary life for being stuck while you could ...