Elon Musk, by Walter Isaacson
An in depth look at Elon Musk, a high achieving, brilliant and somewhat eccentric entrepreneur.
Category Archives: Books Read
Terra, by Michael Novacek
Our 100-million-year-old ecosystem, and the threats that now put it at risk.
The Road to Wigan Pier, George Orwell
A fascinating and detailed look at life for British coal miners in the 1930s, which then leads onto politics at the time. The book was written at George Orwell’s evolution from journalist to author.
Still Alice, Lisa Genova
Still Alice is a fictional book about Alice, a highly intelligent professor and researcher, who gets Alzheimer’s disease at the incredibly young age of around fifty.
Clarkson on Cars, Jeremy Clarkson
With Clarkson on the cover, there’s a good chance you’re for a read with much humour and wit, and I wasn’t wrong.
Then There Was Her, Sophie Cachia
What I thought was a novel turned out to be a mini biography of a very interesting minor celebrity.
Books to Read
Following is a collection of book lists that I have come across in my travels. A list of books to read, and they are sure to be great with some well known classics in here.
Advertising and Promotion
An Integrated Marketing and Communications Perspective. A fascinating look into the ins and outs of the advertising world.
Ads That Made Australia
This book covers the role of advertising from when the first newspapers and bill posters were published in Australia until television. It covers in much detail the development of commerce along with advertising.
A Girl From Shep: A Memoir
A look at through the 1950s in Shepparton and other places, through the eyes of a local biographer.