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Books, Books, Books

An index of Solvitur Ambulando essays on books

Russell Smith
Sep 9, 2022
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I write about books a lot on Solvitur Ambulando – um, a lot. Since I can remember, I have loved reading books. As a young boy, I could lose myself for hours in Hardy Boys mysteries, Encyclopedia Brown, science books, histories, biographies and more. That love continues today. 

Below you will find an index of essays on Solvitur Ambulando concerning books.

A Unified Life

Reflecting on a photo of Wendell Berry, in thought and action

Only 25 Books for the Rest of My Life?

Finding a way to make do

Limitations are Essential to Human Thriving

An interview with author, poet, mother and pediatrician Sherry Shenoda.

Reflecting on What We Truly Want

And Organizing Life Accordingly

16 Awesome Gift Ideas for Dad

Hit a home run this Father’s Day

Buying No New Books in 2022

A lesson in self-knowledge

Same Books = Same Ideas

Three improvements to your reading to develop distinct ideas

A Beautiful Walk Today, and Every Day

Three books about walking to delight and challenge us

Plato’s Warning to Salespeople

Everything you do affects your soul

Lonesome Dove and Leadership

Gus’s and Call’s two key points of leadership

In Life, My Spirit Never Walked Beyond Our Counting House

Lessons on business and partnership from “A Christmas Carol”

Thought, Logic and Precision in Business Writing

Strunk and White…and clarity

Do Today’s Job Well

Reflections on the Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant

“Then they said, “Yes Tai-Pan,” and obeyed”

Carefully choose words to make profound points

Mind, Body and Spirit of the Hero

A mashup of Deep Work (Cal Newport) and Natural Born Heroes (Christopher McDougall)

Ho! Ho! Ho! Merry Christmas, Clark!

Whatever, Russ

Otherness and Greatness

Lessons from a hodge-podge of biographies

Internal Action of the Old West

Better than the gunfights

Does the Captain Matter When a Rising Tide Lifts All Boats?

On business leadership in great markets

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