The Song of the Dodo: Island Biogeography in an Age of Extinction: Quammen explores how studying the distribution of species on islands applies to modern ecosystem decay and extinction. (This was mentioned in our post on What is the best book that no one knows about? where a reader offered “If there’s been a better book written about evolution and extinction, I don’t know what it is.”)

Bad Science: Quacks, Hacks, and Big Pharma Flacks: An informative and witty expose of all the bad science we are constantly exposed to.

Boombustology: Spotting Financial Bubbles Before They Burst: A poorly titled book that employs a multi-disciplinary framework to explore unsustainable booms and forthcoming busts.

Transcript from the Morning with Charlie Munger. Munger, the vice-chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, throws stones at the sin and folly of our world. I’ll gladly trade $10 for three hours of his wit and wisdom.