With my birthday and a number of gifts purchased off my Amazon wish list, the summer reading list is shaping up. The themes this year are baseball (once again) and the Monuments Men with a little business, art, and spirituality thrown in.

Here’s what I’ve got (so far):

• The Return of the Prodigal Son by Henri M Nouwen
• The Art of the Sale by Philip Broughton
• The Monuments Men by Robert M. Edsel
• The Rape of Europa by Lynn H. Nicholas
• Practicing the Way of Jesus by Mark Scandrette
• I Never Had It Made by Jackie Robinson
• Wrigley Field the Centennial by Les Krantz
• A Lapsed Anarchist’s Approach to Building a Better Business by Ari Weinzweig
• A Lapsed Anarchist’s Approach to Being a Better Leader by Ari Weinzweig

The reading list is always greater than my amount of time to read, but (as I always remind myself) slow and steady wins the race.

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