Fun on the Run

9 best books like Fun on the Run (Cynthia L. Copeland): Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption, The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference, Bossypants, Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies, Me Talk Pretty One Day, The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America, The Lean Startup: How Today's Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses, Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future, The Art of Mingling: Fun and Proven Techniques for Mastering Any Room

Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption

Author	Laura Hillenbrand
ISBN	1400064163

In her long-awaited new book, Laura Hillenbrand writes with the same rich and vivid narrative voice she displayed in Seabiscuit. Telling an unforgettable story of a man's journey into extremity, Unbroken is a testament to the resilience of the human mind, body, and spirit. On a May afternoon in 1943,...

The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference

Author	Malcolm Gladwell
ISBN	0316346624

An alternate cover edition exists here.

The tipping point is that magic moment when an idea, trend, or social behavior crosses a threshold, tips, and spreads like wildfire. Just as a single sick person can start an epidemic of the flu, so too can a small but precisely targeted push cause a fashion...

Bossypants

Author

Tina Fey

Before Liz Lemon, before "Weekend Update," before "Sarah Palin," Tina Fey was just a young girl with a dream: a recurring stress dream that she was being chased through a local airport by her middle-school gym teacher. She also had a dream that one day she would be a comedian on TV.

She has seen...

Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies

Author	Jared Diamond
ISBN	0739467352

"Diamond has written a book of remarkable scope ... one of the most important and readable works on the human past published in recent years."

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and a national bestseller: the global account of the rise of civilization that is also a stunning refutation of ideas of...

Me Talk Pretty One Day

Author	David Sedaris
ISBN	0349113912

David Sedaris' move to Paris from New York inspired these hilarious pieces, including the title essay, about his attempts to learn French from a sadistic teacher who declares that every day spent with you is like having a caesarean section. His family is another inspiration. You Can't Kill the Rooster...

The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America

Author	Erik Larson
ISBN	0739303406

Erik Larson's gifts as a storyteller are magnificently displayed in this rich narrative of the master builder, the killer, and the great fair that obsessed them both.

Two men, each handsome and unusually adept at his chosen work, embodied an element of the great dynamic that characterized...

The Lean Startup: How Today's Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses

Author	Eric Ries
ISBN	0307887898

Most startups fail. But many of those failures are preventable. The Lean Startup is a new approach being adopted across the globe, changing the way companies are built and new products are launched.

Eric Ries defines a startup as an organization dedicated to creating something new under conditions...

Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future

Author	Peter Thiel
ISBN	0804139296

If you want to build a better future, you must believe in secrets.

The great secret of our time is that there are still uncharted frontiers to explore and new inventions to create. In Zero to One, legendary entrepreneur and investor Peter Thiel shows how we can find singular ways to create those...

The Art of Mingling: Fun and Proven Techniques for Mastering Any Room

Author	Jeanne Martinet
ISBN	1250061768

Fully revised and updated—with Jeanne Martinet’s trademark wit and practicality, The Art of Mingling hands you the keys to feeling at ease in any social situation.

Does the idea of going to a large party make your mouth go dry? Are you more comfortable on Facebook than face-to-face? You’re...