Unlocking Great Books

This has become a bit of a tradition - today Seán and Carl dive into their reading for the Great UGB Season 6 Fiction Omnibus. We share 3 books each that have rocked our reading worlds, and desperately avoid spoiling the plots! 
Carl's books are The Sportswriter (Richard Ford), The English Major (Jim Harrison) and American Rust (Phillip Meyer)
Sean's books are Project Hail Mary (Andy Weir), The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell: A Novel(Robert Dugoni) and There are Rivers in the Sky (Elif Shafak).

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Rutger Bregman is a man who has ruffled a few feathers including his “taxes” moment at Davos. He is also a prolific writer and today we present a ‘three-for’ with Utopia for Realists, Humankind and Moral Ambition. How do these books fit together in the arc? Are they good ideas? Do they work in the real world?

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Last week was Do Nothing. This week is Do Hard Things! Steve Magness has a fascinating background in sport, psychology and his own life experiences as an athlete, coach and writer. The idea of resilience is challenged, but is the "tough-guy/gal" mentality really an issue these days? And if Goggins is a verb, is this book a challenge to the Boot Camp, HyRox, Crossfit world? A good disagreement emerges...

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Celeste Headlee's book challenges our tendency to judge ourselves by how productive we are, whether we are working or not. We dive into this topic, and how this book fits in that conversation. Does it simply restate what we should already know? Or is this an important tension worth re-litigating?

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This weeks book is Nigel Latta’s posthumous book, Lessons on Living. We reflect on Latta’s poignant insights and his unique blend of psychological expertise and heartfelt storytelling. Where does practical wisdom, personal agency and emotional connection fit?

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