my name is neal

One of the best things about the Amazon Kindle is that it allows me to have several books with me at all times. Right now I’m reading four:

The E-Myth Revisited was recommended by my friend Paul Colligan. It’s about running a small business and the difference between the ones that succeed and the ones that fail.

The Big Oyster: History on the Half Shell is by my absolute favorite historian, Mark Kurlansky. He also wrote the epic, unbelievably compelling book, Salt: A World History. He takes a subject like Oysters or Salt and wraps history around it. Salt is a history of the world. Oysters is really a history of New York City.

The Year of Living Biblically, by A. J. Jacobs is the story of A. J., a secular Jew who decided to literally interpret and follow the rules in the Bible for a year. The book is often funny, often touching, and often deep.

One Red Paperclip: Or How an Ordinary Man Achieved His Dream with the Help of a Simple Office Supply, I’m in fund-raising mode for The Big Trip, so that’s gotten me interested in whacky Internet ideas that have worked for people. One Red Paper Clip is the infamous story of how one guy started with a Red paper clip and traded his way up to a house.