GP Dinner Speakers
DOUGLAS RUSHKOFF-THROWING ROCKS AT THE GOOGLE BUS: HOW GROWTH BECAME THE ENEMY OF PROSPERITY
CRAIG MULLANEY-THE UNFORGIVING MINUTE: A SOLDIER’S EDUCATION
JODI HALPERN-FROM DETACHED CONCERN TO EMPATHY: HUMANIZING MEDICAL PRACTICE
DANIEL J. LEVITIN-THIS IS YOUR BRAIN ON MUSIC: THE SCIENCE OF A HUMAN OBSESSION
DAVID GELLES-MINDFUL WORK: HOW MEDITATION IS CHANGING BUSINESS FROM THE INSIDE OUT
DAVID GELLES - THE MAN WHO BROKE CAPITALISM
ADAM SMILEY POSWOLSKI--THE BREAKTHROUGH SPEAKER: HOW TO BUILD A PUBLIC SPEAKING CAREER
KARE ANDERSON-MUTUALITY MATTERS: HOW YOU CAN CREATE MORE OPPORTUNITY, ADVENTURE & FRIENDSHIP WITH OTHERS
CHELSEA RUSTRUM--IT’S A SHAREABLE LIFE: A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO SHARING
MICHAEL TAFT-NONDUALISM: A BRIEF HISTORY OF A TIMELESS CONCEPT
SAFI BAHCALL-LOONSHOTS: HOW TO NURTURE THE CRAZY IDEAS THAT WIN WARS, CURE DISEASES AND TRANSFORM INDUSTRIES
DORIE CLARK-STAND OUT: HOW TO DEVELOP YOUR BREAKTHROUGH IDEA AND BUILD A FOLLOWING AROUND IT
DAVID BERREBY-US AND THEM: UNDERSTANDING YOUR TRIBAL MIND
ARI WALLACH-LONGPATH
RENEE LERTZMAN-ENVIRONMENTAL MELANCHOLIA
CRAIG MULLANEY-THE UNFORGIVING MINUTE: A SOLDIER’S EDUCATION
JODI HALPERN-FROM DETACHED CONCERN TO EMPATHY: HUMANIZING MEDICAL PRACTICE
DANIEL J. LEVITIN-THIS IS YOUR BRAIN ON MUSIC: THE SCIENCE OF A HUMAN OBSESSION
DAVID GELLES-MINDFUL WORK: HOW MEDITATION IS CHANGING BUSINESS FROM THE INSIDE OUT
DAVID GELLES - THE MAN WHO BROKE CAPITALISM
ADAM SMILEY POSWOLSKI--THE BREAKTHROUGH SPEAKER: HOW TO BUILD A PUBLIC SPEAKING CAREER
KARE ANDERSON-MUTUALITY MATTERS: HOW YOU CAN CREATE MORE OPPORTUNITY, ADVENTURE & FRIENDSHIP WITH OTHERS
CHELSEA RUSTRUM--IT’S A SHAREABLE LIFE: A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO SHARING
MICHAEL TAFT-NONDUALISM: A BRIEF HISTORY OF A TIMELESS CONCEPT
SAFI BAHCALL-LOONSHOTS: HOW TO NURTURE THE CRAZY IDEAS THAT WIN WARS, CURE DISEASES AND TRANSFORM INDUSTRIES
DORIE CLARK-STAND OUT: HOW TO DEVELOP YOUR BREAKTHROUGH IDEA AND BUILD A FOLLOWING AROUND IT
DAVID BERREBY-US AND THEM: UNDERSTANDING YOUR TRIBAL MIND
ARI WALLACH-LONGPATH
RENEE LERTZMAN-ENVIRONMENTAL MELANCHOLIA
Contemporary Thinkers & Writers
RAOUL MARTINEZ: CREATING FREEDOM
NEAL STEPHENSON: TERMINATION SHOCK
KIM STANLEY ROBINSON: THE MINISTRY FOR THE FUTURE
KIM STANLEY ROBINSON: THE HIGH SIERRA, A LOVE STORY
JEREMY LENT: THE WEB OF MEANING
ROBIN WALL KIMMERER: BRAIDING SWEETGRASS
CHRISTOPHER BOEHM: MORAL ORIGINS: THE EVOLUTION OF VIRTUE, ALTRUISM AND SHAME
SEBASTIAN JUNGER: TRIBE: ON HOMECOMING AND BELONGING
REBECCA SOLNIT--A PARADISE BUILT IN HELL: THE EXTRAORDINARY COMMUNITIES THAT ARISE IN DISASTER. OR MEN EXPLAIN THINGS TO ME.
CORMAC MCCARTHY--BLOOD MERIDIAN: OR THE EVENING REDNESS IN THE WEST
PEMA CHODRON--COMFORTABLE WITH UNCERTAINTY: 108 TEACHINGS ON CULTIVATING FEARLESSNESS AND COMPASSION
DANIEL KAHNEMANN--THINKING, FAST AND SLOW
MIHALY CSIKSZENTMIHALYI--FLOW: THE PSYCHOLOGY OF OPTIMAL EXPERIENCE
RICHARD H. THALER & CASS R. SUNSTEIN--NUDGE: IMPROVING DECISIONS ABOUT HEALTH, WEALTH AND HAPPINESS
ROBERT SAPOLSKY--BEHAVE: THE BIOLOGY OF HUMANS AT OUR BEST AND WORST
CHRISTINE KEANNELLY--THE FIRST WORD: THE SEARCH FOR THE ORIGINS OF LANGUAGE
GARY SHTEYNGART--SUPER SAD TRUE LOVE STORY
ZADIE SMITH--WHITE TEETH
KAREN ARMSTRONG--ISLAM: A SHORT HISTORY
DANIEL DENNETT--CONSCIOUSNESS EXPLAINED
KATE RAWORTH--DOUGHNUT ECONOMICS: SEVEN WAYS TO THINK LIKE A 21ST CENTURY ECONOMIST
DAVID GRAEBER—DEBT--THE FIRST 5,000 YEARS AND BULLSHIT JOBS: A THEORY AND THE DAWN OF EVERYTHING
DAVID BERREBY--US AND THEM: UNDERSTANDING YOUR TRIBAL MIND
SAM HARRIS--WAKING UP: A GUIDE TO SPIRITUALITY WITHOUT RELIGION
AYAAN HIRSI ALI--INFIDEL
SHERAB CHODZIN KOHN--A LIFE OF THE BUDDHA
ROBERT GUEST--THE SHACKLED CONTINENT: AFRICA’S PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE
IAN JOHNSON--WILD GRASS: THREE PORTRAITS OF CHANGE IN MODERN CHINA
CHARLES SIMIC--THE WORLD DOESN’T END
RUSSELL HOBAN--RIDDLEY WALKER
ROXANE GAY--BAD FEMINIST: ESSAYS
MARGARET ATWOOD--A HANDMAID’S TALE
JOSEPH GOLDSTEIN--MINDFULNESS: A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO AWAKENING
SHARON SALZBERG--LOVINGKINDNESS: THE REVOLUTIONARY ART OF HAPPINESS
YUVAL NOAH HARARI--SAPIENS: A BRIEF HISTORY OF HUMANKIND AND HOMO DEUS: A BRIEF HISTORY OF TOMORROW
RAY KURZWEIL--THE AGE OF SPIRITUAL MACHINES
DANIEL PINK--A WHOLE NEW MIND
STEVEN JOHNSON--WHERE GOOD IDEAS COME FROM: THE NATURAL HISTORY OF INNOVATION
JARED DIAMOND--GUNS, GERMS AND STEEL: THE FATES OF HUMAN SOCIETIES
ED CATMULL: CREATIVITY INC.--OVERCOMING THE UNSEEN FORCES THAT STAND IN THE WAY OF TRUE INSPIRATION
PETER SIMS--LITTLE BETS: HOW BREAKTHROUGH IDEAS EMERGE FROM SMALL DISCOVERIES
PAUL HAWKENS, HUNTER LOVENS, AMORY LOVENS--NATURAL CAPITALISM: CREATING THE NEXT INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
WILLIAM MCDONOUGH, MICHAEL BRAUNGART, BILL CLINTON--UPCYCLE: BEYOND SUSTAINABILITY - DESIGNING FOR ABUNDANCE
RODNEY DEVENISH--PRINCIPLE YOGACARA TEXTS: INDO-TIBETAN SOURCES OF DZOGCHEN MAHAMUDRA
PAUL AUSTER--THE ART OF HUNGER
CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS--ARGUABLY
RICHARD DAWKINS--THE BLIND WATCHMAKER: WHY THE EVIDENCE OF EVOLUTION REVEALS A UNIVERSE WITHOUT DESIGN
KEVIN KELLY--WHAT TECHNOLOGY WANTS
JAMES BARRAT--OUR FINAL INVENTION: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND THE END OF THE HUMAN ERA
STEVE SILBERMAN--NEUROTRIBES: THE LEGACY OF AUTISM AND THE FUTURE OF NEURODIVERSITY
BHANTE HENEPOLA GUNARATNA--THE FOUR FOUNDATIONS OF MINDFULNESS IN PLAIN ENGLISH
STEVEN PINKER--THE BETTER ANGELS OF OUR NATURE: WHY VIOLENCE HAS DECLINED
SHERYL WU DUN AND NICHOLAS KRISTOFF--HALF THE SKY: TURNING OPPRESSION INTO OPPORTUNITY FOR WOMEN WORLDWIDE
NEAL STEPHENSON: TERMINATION SHOCK
KIM STANLEY ROBINSON: THE MINISTRY FOR THE FUTURE
KIM STANLEY ROBINSON: THE HIGH SIERRA, A LOVE STORY
JEREMY LENT: THE WEB OF MEANING
ROBIN WALL KIMMERER: BRAIDING SWEETGRASS
CHRISTOPHER BOEHM: MORAL ORIGINS: THE EVOLUTION OF VIRTUE, ALTRUISM AND SHAME
SEBASTIAN JUNGER: TRIBE: ON HOMECOMING AND BELONGING
REBECCA SOLNIT--A PARADISE BUILT IN HELL: THE EXTRAORDINARY COMMUNITIES THAT ARISE IN DISASTER. OR MEN EXPLAIN THINGS TO ME.
CORMAC MCCARTHY--BLOOD MERIDIAN: OR THE EVENING REDNESS IN THE WEST
PEMA CHODRON--COMFORTABLE WITH UNCERTAINTY: 108 TEACHINGS ON CULTIVATING FEARLESSNESS AND COMPASSION
DANIEL KAHNEMANN--THINKING, FAST AND SLOW
MIHALY CSIKSZENTMIHALYI--FLOW: THE PSYCHOLOGY OF OPTIMAL EXPERIENCE
RICHARD H. THALER & CASS R. SUNSTEIN--NUDGE: IMPROVING DECISIONS ABOUT HEALTH, WEALTH AND HAPPINESS
ROBERT SAPOLSKY--BEHAVE: THE BIOLOGY OF HUMANS AT OUR BEST AND WORST
CHRISTINE KEANNELLY--THE FIRST WORD: THE SEARCH FOR THE ORIGINS OF LANGUAGE
GARY SHTEYNGART--SUPER SAD TRUE LOVE STORY
ZADIE SMITH--WHITE TEETH
KAREN ARMSTRONG--ISLAM: A SHORT HISTORY
DANIEL DENNETT--CONSCIOUSNESS EXPLAINED
KATE RAWORTH--DOUGHNUT ECONOMICS: SEVEN WAYS TO THINK LIKE A 21ST CENTURY ECONOMIST
DAVID GRAEBER—DEBT--THE FIRST 5,000 YEARS AND BULLSHIT JOBS: A THEORY AND THE DAWN OF EVERYTHING
DAVID BERREBY--US AND THEM: UNDERSTANDING YOUR TRIBAL MIND
SAM HARRIS--WAKING UP: A GUIDE TO SPIRITUALITY WITHOUT RELIGION
AYAAN HIRSI ALI--INFIDEL
SHERAB CHODZIN KOHN--A LIFE OF THE BUDDHA
ROBERT GUEST--THE SHACKLED CONTINENT: AFRICA’S PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE
IAN JOHNSON--WILD GRASS: THREE PORTRAITS OF CHANGE IN MODERN CHINA
CHARLES SIMIC--THE WORLD DOESN’T END
RUSSELL HOBAN--RIDDLEY WALKER
ROXANE GAY--BAD FEMINIST: ESSAYS
MARGARET ATWOOD--A HANDMAID’S TALE
JOSEPH GOLDSTEIN--MINDFULNESS: A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO AWAKENING
SHARON SALZBERG--LOVINGKINDNESS: THE REVOLUTIONARY ART OF HAPPINESS
YUVAL NOAH HARARI--SAPIENS: A BRIEF HISTORY OF HUMANKIND AND HOMO DEUS: A BRIEF HISTORY OF TOMORROW
RAY KURZWEIL--THE AGE OF SPIRITUAL MACHINES
DANIEL PINK--A WHOLE NEW MIND
STEVEN JOHNSON--WHERE GOOD IDEAS COME FROM: THE NATURAL HISTORY OF INNOVATION
JARED DIAMOND--GUNS, GERMS AND STEEL: THE FATES OF HUMAN SOCIETIES
ED CATMULL: CREATIVITY INC.--OVERCOMING THE UNSEEN FORCES THAT STAND IN THE WAY OF TRUE INSPIRATION
PETER SIMS--LITTLE BETS: HOW BREAKTHROUGH IDEAS EMERGE FROM SMALL DISCOVERIES
PAUL HAWKENS, HUNTER LOVENS, AMORY LOVENS--NATURAL CAPITALISM: CREATING THE NEXT INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
WILLIAM MCDONOUGH, MICHAEL BRAUNGART, BILL CLINTON--UPCYCLE: BEYOND SUSTAINABILITY - DESIGNING FOR ABUNDANCE
RODNEY DEVENISH--PRINCIPLE YOGACARA TEXTS: INDO-TIBETAN SOURCES OF DZOGCHEN MAHAMUDRA
PAUL AUSTER--THE ART OF HUNGER
CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS--ARGUABLY
RICHARD DAWKINS--THE BLIND WATCHMAKER: WHY THE EVIDENCE OF EVOLUTION REVEALS A UNIVERSE WITHOUT DESIGN
KEVIN KELLY--WHAT TECHNOLOGY WANTS
JAMES BARRAT--OUR FINAL INVENTION: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND THE END OF THE HUMAN ERA
STEVE SILBERMAN--NEUROTRIBES: THE LEGACY OF AUTISM AND THE FUTURE OF NEURODIVERSITY
BHANTE HENEPOLA GUNARATNA--THE FOUR FOUNDATIONS OF MINDFULNESS IN PLAIN ENGLISH
STEVEN PINKER--THE BETTER ANGELS OF OUR NATURE: WHY VIOLENCE HAS DECLINED
SHERYL WU DUN AND NICHOLAS KRISTOFF--HALF THE SKY: TURNING OPPRESSION INTO OPPORTUNITY FOR WOMEN WORLDWIDE
Historical Writers & Thinkers
NAGARJUNA--THE FUNDAMENTAL WISDOM OF THE MIDDLE WAY
WALPOLA RAHULA--WHAT THE BUDDHA TAUGHT
SUSAN SONNTAG--ILLNESS AS METAPHOR AND AIDS AND ITS METAPHORS
LUDWIG WITTGENSTEIN--MAJOR WORKS: SELECTED PHILOSOPHICAL WRITINGS
JOHAN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE--THE ESSENTIAL GOETHE
SHANTIDEVA--A GUIDE TO THE BODHISATTVA’S WAY OF LIFE
CANDRAKIRTI--INTRODUCTION TO THE MIDDLE WAY
ZORA NEAL HURSTON--THEIR EYES WERE WATCHING GOD
SIGMUND FREUD--THE FUTURE OF AN ILLUSION
CHOGYAM TRUNGPA--CUTTING THROUGH SPIRITUAL MATERIALISM
J. KRISHNAMURTI--FREEDOM FROM THE KNOWN
ROBERT A HEINLEIN--STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND
URSULA K. LE GUIN--THE EARTHSEA TRILOGY
LAWRENCE DURRELL--THE ALEXANDRIA QUARTET
FRANTZ FANON--THE WRETCHED OF THE EARTH
SURYA DAS--THE SNOW LION’S TURQUOISE MANE
JOHN ASHBERY--SELF PORTRAIT IN A CONVEX MIRROR (POEMS)
MARIANNE MOORE--COMPLETE POEMS
KENNETH REXROTH--THE COMPLETE POEMS
GEORGE BERNARD SHAW--PYGMALION
HERMAN MELVILLE--MOBY DICK
MARK TWAIN--THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER
ZHUANG-ZI--THE INNER CHAPTERS
LAO-ZI--DAO DE ZHING
CONFUCIUS--THE ANALECTS
MENCIUS--COLLECTED WORKS
THE KING JAMES BIBLE
JALAL AL-DIN RUMI--THE ESSENTIAL RUMI
FRANZ KAFKA--THE METAMORPHOSIS
WALPOLA RAHULA--WHAT THE BUDDHA TAUGHT
SUSAN SONNTAG--ILLNESS AS METAPHOR AND AIDS AND ITS METAPHORS
LUDWIG WITTGENSTEIN--MAJOR WORKS: SELECTED PHILOSOPHICAL WRITINGS
JOHAN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE--THE ESSENTIAL GOETHE
SHANTIDEVA--A GUIDE TO THE BODHISATTVA’S WAY OF LIFE
CANDRAKIRTI--INTRODUCTION TO THE MIDDLE WAY
ZORA NEAL HURSTON--THEIR EYES WERE WATCHING GOD
SIGMUND FREUD--THE FUTURE OF AN ILLUSION
CHOGYAM TRUNGPA--CUTTING THROUGH SPIRITUAL MATERIALISM
J. KRISHNAMURTI--FREEDOM FROM THE KNOWN
ROBERT A HEINLEIN--STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND
URSULA K. LE GUIN--THE EARTHSEA TRILOGY
LAWRENCE DURRELL--THE ALEXANDRIA QUARTET
FRANTZ FANON--THE WRETCHED OF THE EARTH
SURYA DAS--THE SNOW LION’S TURQUOISE MANE
JOHN ASHBERY--SELF PORTRAIT IN A CONVEX MIRROR (POEMS)
MARIANNE MOORE--COMPLETE POEMS
KENNETH REXROTH--THE COMPLETE POEMS
GEORGE BERNARD SHAW--PYGMALION
HERMAN MELVILLE--MOBY DICK
MARK TWAIN--THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER
ZHUANG-ZI--THE INNER CHAPTERS
LAO-ZI--DAO DE ZHING
CONFUCIUS--THE ANALECTS
MENCIUS--COLLECTED WORKS
THE KING JAMES BIBLE
JALAL AL-DIN RUMI--THE ESSENTIAL RUMI
FRANZ KAFKA--THE METAMORPHOSIS