Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Power Down

The Smartest Guys in the Room: The Amazing Rise and Scandalous Fall of Enron by Bethany McLean and Peter Elkind

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Years ago, I half-read something by Malcolm Gladwell about how he wasn’t sure that the Enron execs did anything wrong. Gladwell’s thing is not my thing; he’s the kind of faux intellectual others love that I find empty and lacking. But at the time, having no idea what actually brought Enron down, I figured he might be on to something. Well he wasn’t. Malcolm Gladwell is wrong again. Also, the things rich white men get away with… I am a white man, not rich by […]

The House of the Mouse

Disneywar by James B. Stewart

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Several folks recommended this non-fiction tome for people like me who love the hit HBO series Succession. Since the third season just ended (and who knows when we’ll get a fourth?), I finally decided to try it. And yeah, fans of Succession will love it. Fans of corporate thrillers/backstabbing will love it too, whether fiction or non-fiction is your poison. James B. Stewart documents in great detail the rise and fall arc of Michael Eisner. These kinds of books aren’t my thing but I can’t imagine there’s a better […]



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