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18 GOOD READS EXPAND YOUR SKILLS, GAIN INSIGHT, AND GET INSPIRED WITH THESE TOP PICKS. My Inventions: The Autobiography of Nikola Tesla By Nikola Tesla Read the life story of Serbian inventor Nikola Tesla written in his own words. Tesla (1857-1943) was a revolutionary scientist who changed the fields of electricity and magnetism forever with the invention of the A/C current— which powers almost all of today's technological wonders, from everything to computers to home heating to robotics—yet his story remains largely unknown. Not only did Tesla's discoveries lead to the invention of the television, but his dream of wireless communication came to pass in radio and eventually the cell phone. History buffs, science enthusiasts, backyard inventors, and anyone with big dreams will find Tesla's eccentric life story engaging, informative, and humorous. The Right Kind of Crazy: A True Story of Teamwork, Leadership, and High-Stakes Innovation By Adam Steltzner with William Patrick e Right Kind of Crazy contains a first person account of innovation from Seltzner, who led the team that facilitated the landing of NASA's 2,000-pound, $2.5 billion Curiosity rover on Mars. Seltzner describes how his team switched fear and uncertainty into decision-making, how to be objective about our own ideas and when to fight for them, how to foster mutual respect within teams while still being critical of bad ideas, and how to overcome the creative block caused by fear known as the "Dark Room." A book for anyone working in art, science, or technology, e Right Kind of Crazy will help you "channel your craziness into creativity, balance discord, and harmony." Making Failure Feasible: How Bankruptcy Reform Can End "Too Big to Fail" Edited by Kenneth E. Scott, omas H. Jackson, and John B. Taylor In Making Failure Feasible, the contributors contend that reforms to the Bankruptcy Code designed to deal with reorganization or liquidation of the country's largest financial institutions would end the controversial "too big to fail" designation. e contributors expand on their proposal to improve the prospect that those institutions can be successfully reorganized and liquidated, particularly in the area of prebankruptcy planning, pursuant to the rule of the law. e proposed bankruptcy reform as outlined in the book, according to the contributors, is a "substantial advance" toward resolution procedures that are administrative focused rather than dependent on government discretion. Crisis Point: Why We Must—and How We Can—Overcome Our Broken Politics in Washington and Across America By Trent Lott, Tom Daschle Two of the most prominent U.S. Senators of recent time, Tom Daschle and Trent Lott, come together from opposite sides of the aisle to address the American people's dismally low faith in government and sound an alarm on the current polarization in America that has made governing impossible. e two Senators stress in Crisis Point that not only is debate necessary but compromise is imperative, and that it will take leadership, vision, and courage to achieve. Drawing from a combined 60 years of service in the U.S. Senate, Daschle and Lott use personal stories and events cited from deeper in American history to share the conviction that all is far from lost in America.