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Books: The River of Doubt - Candice Millard The Road to Jonestown - Jeff Guinn The World Until Yesterday - Jared Diamond The Path Between the Seas - David McCullough The Great Bridge - David McCullough The Blue Sweater - Jacqueline Novogratz Chasing the Scream - Johann Hari Lost Connections - Johann Hari Zealot - Reza Aslan Hillbilly Elegy - J.D. Vance Kitchen Confidential - Anthony Bourdain The Satanic Verses - Salman Rushdie The Jaguar Smile - Salman Rushdie The Global Oil and Gas Industry : Management, Strategy, and Finance - Andrew Inkpen & Michael H Moffett How to Win Friends and Influence People - Dale Carnegie The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People - Stephen R. Covey Dreams from My Father - Barack Obama The Audacity of Hope - Barack Obama Infinite Jest - David Foster Wallace Consider the Lobster - David Foster Wallace Nicaragua: Living in the Shadow of the Eagle - Thomas W. Walker In Praise of Wasting Time - Alan Lightman Music: Big fan of singer-song writers and acoustic guitar players (since I play guitar myself). My favorite musicians right now are John Mayer, Jorge Drexler, and El Kuelgue. I am also a fan of latin pop (Juanes, Maluma, Shakira, Ricky Martin, Bad Bunny), and alt rock (Pearl Jam, Dave Matthews) and I like to dance to europop, reggaeton, and hip-hop/rap. I also have a soft spot for the Zach Brown Band in the appropriate setting. Movies: The Big Lebowski - the Coen Brothers The Grand Budapest Hotel - Wes Anderson No Country for Old Men - the Coen Brothers Drugstore Cowboy - Gus Van Sant Grizzly Man - Werner Herzog Amores Perros - Alejandro Iñárritu Y Tu Mamá También - Alfonso Cuarón The Motorcycle Diaries - Walter Salles Whiplash - Damien Chazelle Lost in Translation - Sofia Coppola Spotlight - Tom McCarthy My Own Private Idaho - Gus Van Sant The Godfather - Francis Ford Coppola The Godfather Part II - Francis Ford Coppola