Charles Lehman

A Visit From The Goon Squad - “Bennie is an aging former punk rocker and record executive. Sasha is the passionate, troubled young woman he employs. Here Jennifer Egan brilliantly reveals their pasts, along with the inner lives of a host of other characters whose paths intersect with theirs. With music pulsing on every page, A Visit from the Goon Squad is a startling, exhilarating novel of self-destruction and redemption.”
How to live large in a tiny house - A look into the “tiny house movement.”
Why do pub TVs have a pint glass in the corner? - “When I watch football in the pub, why is there a pint glass in the bottom corner of the screen and why is it sometimes full, sometimes empty and sometimes in between?”
Google got it wrong. The open-office trend is destroying the workplace. - “Workplaces need more walls, not fewer.”
The hacked Sony emails show how Silicon Valley dealmaking really works - “Sony Pictures’ thousands of hacked executive emails, published yesterday on Wikileaks, have already highlighted significant drama at the studio. But now that they are more easily searchable, typing a few simple keywords—names, companies, internet domains—reveals a fascinating trove of communication. These discussions include financial negotiations and personal (and professional) favors; the messages range from the mundane to the regrettable.”

A Field Guide to the American Sandwich - “A celebration of the sandwich, and an attempt to create a taxonomy for its many diverse forms.”
America Loves Pickup Trucks: An Analysis of Vehicular Spending Across the U.S. - “Cars are the ultimate symbol of freedom, independence and individualism. They offer the freedom to “go anywhere,” whenever it suits and with whom one chooses.”
The Obstacle is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph - “We are stuck, stymied, frustrated. But it needn’t be this way. There is a formula for success that’s been followed by the icons of history—from John D. Rockefeller to Amelia Earhart to Ulysses S. Grant to Steve Jobs—a formula that let them turn obstacles into opportunities. Faced with impossible situations, they found the astounding triumphs we all seek.”
How Music Hijacks Our Perception of Time - “A composer details how music works its magic on our brains.”
The Weird Science of Naming New Products - “Like most namers, though, Shore doesn’t believe that computers can replace human creativity. For Shore, sound symbolism was only the beginning. He didn’t just want words that sounded right. Shore liked “natural words,” words that carried semantic and even historic meaning.”