A year of reading

For my sake as much as yours, here is a list of the books I have read in the last 12 months (that I remember!)

Environmental sustainability/business/behaviour change

• “A Climate for Change” – Di Worrall (2009)
• “The End of Charity: Time for Social Enterprise” – Nic Frances (2008)
• “Plan B 3.0: Mobilizing to Save Civilization” – Lester R. Brown (2008)
• “Ecological Design” – Sim Van der Ryn and Stuart Cowan (2007)
• “Greenhouse Solutions With Renewable Energy” – Mark Diesendorf (2007)
• “Recycle: The Essential Guide” – Black Dog Publishing (2006)
• “Heat: How to Stop the Planet From Burning” – George Monbiot (2006)
• “The Natural Advantage of Nations” – Karlson ‘Charlie’ Hargroves and Michael H. Smith (2005)
• “The Sustainability Advantage: Seven Business Case Benefits of a Triple Bottom Line” – Bob Willard (2002)
• “Gonzo Marketing” – Christopher Locke (2002)
• “Mid-Course Correction: Toward a Sustainable Enterprise: The Interface Model” – Ray Anderson (1999)
• “Fostering Sustainable Behavior: An Introduction to Community-Based Social Marketing” – Doug McKenzie-Mohr (1999)
• “Natural Capitalism: Creating the Next Industrial Revolution” – Paul Hawken, Amory Lovins and Hunter Lovins (1999)
• “Inventing the Future” – David Suzuki (1989)

Pop-economics / sociology

• “Outliers: The Story of Success” – Malcolm Gladwell (2008)
• “The Logic of Life: The Rational Economics of an Irrational World” – Tim Harford (2008)
• “The Dip” – Seth Godin (2007)
• “Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking” – Malcolm Gladwell (2005)
• “Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything” – Steven Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner (2005)
• “The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference” – Malcolm Gladwell (2000)

Music biography

• “Running the Voodoo Down: The Electric Music of Miles Davis” – Philip Freeman (2005)
• “Passion Is A Fashion: The Real Story of The Clash” – Pat Gilbert (2005)
• “Heavier Than Heaven” – Charles R. Cross (2002)

Misc non-fiction reference

• “Planet Simpson: How a Cartoon Masterpiece Documented an Era and Defined a Generation” – Chris Turner (2004)
• “Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art” – Scott McCloud (1993)
• “The Hillbilly Dictator: Australia’s Police State” – Evan Whitton (1993)
• “Getting it Together” – Noel Whittaker (1993)
• “Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business” – Neil Postman (1985)

Fiction/entertainment

• “I’m Coming to Take You to Lunch: A Fantastic Tale of Boys, Booze and How Wham! Were Sold to China” – Simon Napier-Bell (2006)
• “Fight Club” – Chuck Palahniuk (1996)
• “He Died With a Falafel in His Hand” – John Birmingham (1994)
• “Jurassic Park” – Michael Crichton (1990)

Plus a lot of smaller books (e.g. cartoons), and those that I have lost track of. Seems like a lot when it’s listed like that!

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