What are the best selling books in the nation right now? What’s everyone reading? What are they talking about at the water cooler? Let’s find out. As of right this minute, the #1 best selling books on Amazon.com are: 1. “The Last Lecture” by Randy Pausch. Randy was a computer science professor at Carnegie Mellon. Professors are often asked to give their hypothetical “last lecture,” to pretend they are dying or retiring and to decide what things they would find most important to say. When Randy was asked to fulfill this assignment, he didn’t have to pretend. He already was … Continue reading →

Wondering what everyone in America is reading right now? I was a little curious myself and decided to take a look at Amazon’s bestseller list. I was pretty surprised to see how many nonfiction titles were listed amongst the top ten, but I do understand that twice as many nonfiction as fiction books are published per year, so maybe I shouldn’t have been so surprised. Coming in at #1: “You: Staying Young: The Owner’s Manual for Extending Your Warranty” by by Michael F. Roizen and Mehmet C. Oz. This book was written to help us understand how our bodies age … Continue reading →