{"id":2037,"date":"2012-08-15T16:52:59","date_gmt":"2012-08-15T20:52:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thewei.com\/kimi\/?p=2037"},"modified":"2017-10-23T20:52:22","modified_gmt":"2017-10-24T01:52:22","slug":"books","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thewei.com\/kimi\/books\/","title":{"rendered":"Recommended reading: my favorite books"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>These are books and stories that I&#8217;ve found useful or that are special to me. If they resonate with you too, please tell me in a comment. Disclaimer: if you buy one of these titles from Amazon, I will get a very small commission.<\/p>\n<h3>Social Justice<\/h3>\n<div><a id=\"messytruth\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2gutuVk\"><figure id=\"attachment_11467\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11467\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/thewei.com\/kimi\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2017-10-23-at-21.28.49-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"Beyond the Messy Truth\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11467\" srcset=\"http:\/\/thewei.com\/kimi\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2017-10-23-at-21.28.49-200x300.jpg 200w, http:\/\/thewei.com\/kimi\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2017-10-23-at-21.28.49-150x225.jpg 150w, http:\/\/thewei.com\/kimi\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2017-10-23-at-21.28.49.jpg 494w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11467\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Van Jones&#8217; Beyond the Messy Truth<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/a><\/div>\n<div><a id=\"newjimcrow\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1Yb8f8D\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2048\"><figure id=\"attachment_2048\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2048\" style=\"width: 199px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/thewei.com\/kimi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Book-New-Jim-Crow-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"New Jim Crow\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2048\" srcset=\"http:\/\/thewei.com\/kimi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Book-New-Jim-Crow-199x300.jpg 199w, http:\/\/thewei.com\/kimi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Book-New-Jim-Crow.jpg 426w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2048\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/a><\/div>\n<div><a id=\"apath\"><figure id=\"attachment_9897\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9897\" style=\"width: 196px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1Vqd5Q8\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9897\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/thewei.com\/kimi\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2016-04-04-at-10.47.36-196x300.jpg\" alt=\"A Path Appears\" width=\"196\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-9897\" srcset=\"http:\/\/thewei.com\/kimi\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2016-04-04-at-10.47.36-196x300.jpg 196w, http:\/\/thewei.com\/kimi\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2016-04-04-at-10.47.36-147x225.jpg 147w, http:\/\/thewei.com\/kimi\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2016-04-04-at-10.47.36.jpg 454w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 196px) 100vw, 196px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9897\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Path Appears by Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/a><\/div>\n<div><a id=\"bornacrime\"><\/a><figure id=\"attachment_10999\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10999\" style=\"width: 198px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2gg993w\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/thewei.com\/kimi\/wp-content\/uploads\/51OaVVwllhL._SX327_BO1204203200_-198x300.jpg\" alt=\"Noah: Born A Crime\" width=\"198\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10999\" srcset=\"http:\/\/thewei.com\/kimi\/wp-content\/uploads\/51OaVVwllhL._SX327_BO1204203200_-198x300.jpg 198w, http:\/\/thewei.com\/kimi\/wp-content\/uploads\/51OaVVwllhL._SX327_BO1204203200_-148x225.jpg 148w, http:\/\/thewei.com\/kimi\/wp-content\/uploads\/51OaVVwllhL._SX327_BO1204203200_.jpg 329w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 198px) 100vw, 198px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10999\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Born A Crime by Trevor Noah<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/a><\/div>\n<h3>Inspiration<\/h3>\n<div><a id=\"daffodil\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1590382242\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=390957&#038;creativeASIN=1590382242&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;tag=thwe013-20\"><figure id=\"attachment_2131\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2131\" style=\"width: 237px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/thewei.com\/kimi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Screen-shot-2012-08-20-at-10.53.02-PM.jpg\" alt=\"&quot;The Daffodil Principle&quot;\" title=\"Screen shot 2012-08-20 at 10.53.02 PM\" width=\"237\" height=\"256\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2131\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2131\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Daffodil Principle by Jaroldeen Asplund Edwards<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/a><\/div>\n<div><a id=\"practice\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B000FC0PX0\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=390957&#038;creativeASIN=B000FC0PX0&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;tag=thwe013-20\"><figure id=\"attachment_4047\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4047\" style=\"width: 205px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/thewei.com\/kimi\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-shot-2013-10-25-at-10.02.42-PM-205x300.jpg\" alt=\"How To Practice: The Way to a Meaningful Life\" width=\"205\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4047\" srcset=\"http:\/\/thewei.com\/kimi\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-shot-2013-10-25-at-10.02.42-PM-205x300.jpg 205w, http:\/\/thewei.com\/kimi\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-shot-2013-10-25-at-10.02.42-PM-153x225.jpg 153w, http:\/\/thewei.com\/kimi\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-shot-2013-10-25-at-10.02.42-PM.jpg 236w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 205px) 100vw, 205px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4047\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dalai Lama: How To Practice, The Way to a Meaningful Life<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/a><\/div>\n<h3>Shaping Society<\/h3>\n<div><a id=\"newnewdeal\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1451642326\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=390957&#038;creativeASIN=1451642326&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;tag=thwe013-20\"><figure id=\"attachment_2644\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2644\" style=\"width: 170px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/thewei.com\/kimi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Screen-shot-2012-11-24-at-11.57.21-AM.jpg\" alt=\"The New New Deal by Michael Grunwald\" title=\"Screen shot 2012-11-24 at 11.57.21 AM\" width=\"170\" height=\"264\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2644\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2644\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The New New Deal by Michael Grunwald<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/a><\/div>\n<h3>Personal Development<\/h3>\n<div><a id=\"whatcolor\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1607741474\/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=9325&#038;creativeASIN=1607741474&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;tag=thwe013-20\"><figure id=\"attachment_2661\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2661\" style=\"width: 167px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/thewei.com\/kimi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Screen-shot-2012-12-17-at-2.33.10-PM.jpg\" alt=\"What Color is Your parachute 2013\" width=\"167\" height=\"256\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2661\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2661\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">What Color Is Your Parachute? 2013 Edition<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/a><\/div>\n<div><a id=\"quecolor\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2h3RRdt\"><figure id=\"attachment_11465\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11465\" style=\"width: 215px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/thewei.com\/kimi\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2017-10-23-at-21.22.34-215x300.jpg\" alt=\"\u00bfDe qu\u00e9 color es tu paraca\u00eddas?\" width=\"215\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11465\" srcset=\"http:\/\/thewei.com\/kimi\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2017-10-23-at-21.22.34-215x300.jpg 215w, http:\/\/thewei.com\/kimi\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2017-10-23-at-21.22.34-162x225.jpg 162w, http:\/\/thewei.com\/kimi\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2017-10-23-at-21.22.34.jpg 464w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 215px) 100vw, 215px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11465\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u00bfDe qu\u00e9 color es tu paraca\u00eddas? (en espa\u00f1ol)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/a><\/div>\n<div><a id=\"words\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1I3FbG0\"><figure id=\"attachment_7739\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7739\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/thewei.com\/kimi\/wp-content\/uploads\/51zLoC5jQ9L._SX331_BO1204203200_-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"The Words to Say It\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7739\" srcset=\"http:\/\/thewei.com\/kimi\/wp-content\/uploads\/51zLoC5jQ9L._SX331_BO1204203200_-200x300.jpg 200w, http:\/\/thewei.com\/kimi\/wp-content\/uploads\/51zLoC5jQ9L._SX331_BO1204203200_-150x225.jpg 150w, http:\/\/thewei.com\/kimi\/wp-content\/uploads\/51zLoC5jQ9L._SX331_BO1204203200_.jpg 333w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7739\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Words to Say It<br \/>by Marie Cardinal<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/a><\/div>\n<h3>Keen Social Insights<\/h3>\n<div><a id=\"No1ladies\"><\/a><figure id=\"attachment_4108\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4108\" style=\"width: 188px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B000FBJF6Y\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=390957&#038;creativeASIN=B000FBJF6Y&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;tag=thwe013-20\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/thewei.com\/kimi\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-shot-2013-10-30-at-1.30.30-PM-188x300.jpg\" alt=\"The No. 1 Ladies&#039; Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith\" width=\"188\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4108\" srcset=\"http:\/\/thewei.com\/kimi\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-shot-2013-10-30-at-1.30.30-PM-188x300.jpg 188w, http:\/\/thewei.com\/kimi\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-shot-2013-10-30-at-1.30.30-PM-141x225.jpg 141w, http:\/\/thewei.com\/kimi\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-shot-2013-10-30-at-1.30.30-PM.jpg 299w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 188px) 100vw, 188px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4108\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The No. 1 Ladies&#8217; Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/a><\/div>\n<h4>Health<\/h4>\n<div><a id=\"toothhealth\"><\/a><figure id=\"attachment_7764\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7764\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1X36hZa\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/thewei.com\/kimi\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2015-08-30-at-6.35.22-PM-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"Cure Tooth Decay\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7764\" srcset=\"http:\/\/thewei.com\/kimi\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2015-08-30-at-6.35.22-PM-200x300.jpg 200w, http:\/\/thewei.com\/kimi\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2015-08-30-at-6.35.22-PM-150x225.jpg 150w, http:\/\/thewei.com\/kimi\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2015-08-30-at-6.35.22-PM.jpg 454w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7764\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cure Tooth Decay: Heal &#038; Prevent Cavities with Nutrition by Ramiel Nagel<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/a><\/div>\n<h5>Environment<\/h5>\n<div><a id=\"oysters\"><\/a><figure id=\"attachment_7794\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7794\" style=\"width: 195px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/The-Big-Oyster-History-Shell\/dp\/0345476395\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/thewei.com\/kimi\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2015-08-31-at-8.45.36-AM-195x300.jpg\" alt=\"Big Oyster\" width=\"195\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7794\" srcset=\"http:\/\/thewei.com\/kimi\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2015-08-31-at-8.45.36-AM-195x300.jpg 195w, http:\/\/thewei.com\/kimi\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2015-08-31-at-8.45.36-AM-146x225.jpg 146w, http:\/\/thewei.com\/kimi\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2015-08-31-at-8.45.36-AM.jpg 446w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 195px) 100vw, 195px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7794\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Big Oyster: History on the Half Shell<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These are books and stories that I&#8217;ve found useful or that are special to me. If they resonate with you too, please tell me in a comment. Disclaimer: if you buy one of these titles from Amazon, I will get a very small commission. Social Justice Inspiration Shaping Society Personal Development Keen Social Insights Health &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/thewei.com\/kimi\/books\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Recommended reading: my favorite books&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":11467,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1,664,563,160],"tags":[702,923,659,619,72],"class_list":["post-2037","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all","category-happiness","category-justice","category-news-truths","tag-books","tag-health-2","tag-inspiration","tag-personal-development","tag-social-justice"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/thewei.com\/kimi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2037","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/thewei.com\/kimi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/thewei.com\/kimi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thewei.com\/kimi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thewei.com\/kimi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2037"}],"version-history":[{"count":48,"href":"http:\/\/thewei.com\/kimi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2037\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11474,"href":"http:\/\/thewei.com\/kimi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2037\/revisions\/11474"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thewei.com\/kimi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11467"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/thewei.com\/kimi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2037"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thewei.com\/kimi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2037"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thewei.com\/kimi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2037"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}