Harrison Monarth

I finished reading this book today (2012.07.17), and immediately began rereading it. I have been impressed with the solid information in it. It's not new material, but presented in a new and compelling manner. When it came due at the library, I bought a Kindle edition of it. This is a book that I want in my library. It is the first Kindle book that I have paid the outrageously high new book price for an electronic copy. Generally I get Kindle classics for $0 or perhaps a few $. Not that I think books are overpriced. I feel that paying something like 75% of the hard cover price is ridiculous. However, in this case I was glad to do it. I like the ability to highlight withe ease and remove the highlight just as easily. Thus, I do a lot more highlighting in electronic books than in printed copies.

When I started reading it, I wasn't quite sure where to classify it. (It's Dewey Decimal number 158.4.) But partway into the book, it self-identified itself as one of hundreds of business books published annually. That gave me a niche to classify what I learn from it. It feels much broader than that. It felt more like a book on how to get along in life in and out of business. It gives enough theory to give a basis for understanding, but not so much that the reader gets bogged down waiting for the author to make the point.

I would love to quote from some of the better parts of this book, but there are just too many good parts in there. When I read a book like this, I want to go read other books by the same author. Thus, my list of books to read continues to grow faster than I can read them. Some authors are a one horse show, but this one demonstrates an interesting diversity. I wonder if he is a Toastmaster.
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