History and Energy were the two themes for last month’s Best Books on Amazon reading list. Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke the World, Superpower: One Man’s Quest to Transform American Energy, and
The Grid: The Fraying Wires Between Americans and Our Energy Future were the books I read.
Superpower: One Man’s Quest to Transform American Energy was the book I liked the most. I’m biased because I work in renewables. However, the author does a fantastic job telling this story. Superpower: One Man’s Quest to Transform American Energy is also the book that I can put into practice immediately. Again, this is due to the fact that I work in renewables.
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3 Best Books on Amazon
Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke the World
The central bankers of the US, Britain, Frane, and Germany are at the heart of this book and the Great Depression. Decisions made by these four individuals, among others, after World World I not only led to the Great Depression but also World War II. Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke the World shows how fragile the world’s financial system can be.
Recommend: Yes
Superpower: One Man’s Quest to Transform American Energy
Michael Skelly is a renewable energy entrepreneur who thinks big. Real big. Superpower: One Man’s Quest to Transform American Energy tells the story of how Skelly used his experience developing wind projects into building Clean Line Energy, a transmission developer whose thesis was to bring renewable energy to the masses in the US. While Skelly ultimately came up short with Clean Line Energy, his company paved the way for the growth of transmission projects connecting the US grid.
Recommend: Yes
The Grid: The Fraying Wires Between Americans and Our Energy Future
In The Grid: The Fraying Wires Between Americans and Our Energy Future, Gretchen Bakke, offers a history of the US power grid. Through the story of its history, you learn how the grid has transformed from the days of Thomas Edison and Samuel Insull into the grid we know today. The grid has many flaws that are currently being exposed by the explosion of renewables. Bakke argues the grid is in need of repair to handle the present-day reality.
Recommend: Yes
Other Ideas for the Best Books on Amazon
History
Fordlandia: The Rise and Fall of Henry Ford’s Forgotten Jungle City
Brothers at Arms: American Independence and the Men of France and Spain Who Saved It
Biography
Galileo’s Daughter: A Historical Memoir of Science, Faith, and Love
American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer
American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House
Louis Armstrong, Master of Modernism
General Nonfiction
How Markets Fail: The Logic of Economic Calamities
The Dead Hand: The Untold Story of the Cold War Arms Race and Its Dangerous Legacy
The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
Conclusion on the Best Books on Amazon
Reading is a skill that I’ve continued to work on by focusing on books that pique my interest at the time. Hopefully, my best books on Amazon list include books you’ll find interesting and enjoy too.
Which books on Amazon did you read last month? Do you have books you recommend? Please let me know in the comments or by sending me an email on my contact page.
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