Nomadic Matt's June Book Club

{NAME}, Happy June from Los Angeles! I've been here for ten days doing some filming for some brands and start-ups. May was a great month for reading and I have some great books to share with you! Here are the best four books I read recently: [The Far Land:  200 Years of Murder, Mania, and Mutiny in the South Pacific]( - This book recaps the famous Mutiny on the Bounty from the 1700s. The mutineers ended up on the modern-day island of Pitcairn and the book traces the mutiny and looks at modern life on the island. It was a refreshing, interesting, look at one of the most famous incidents from the 1700s and how that shaped a whole island culture. Get it on [Amazon]( | [Bookshop]( [Do Nothing: How to Break Away from Overworking, Overdoing, and Underliving]( - I've been reading a lot of books on time lately. This book was recommended to me by a friend who also just read my new favorite book, Four Thousand Weeks. Do Nothing, rather than being a book on the nature of time, is more about how we need to separate work and play and have more room to be "bored." We view busyness as a program rather than an opportunity to process our thoughts and be creative. Get it on [Amazon]( | [Bookshop]( [Magellan]( - My second book on Magellan, the person who lead the first expedition that circumnavigated the globe in 1519. While I didn't love it as much as [the first]( this book by Stefan Zweig was written in 1938 so contains a more Eurocentric view of the man ("He was so great!!!"), which provides an interesting look at how we write history changes. I would pick this up and read it alongside the other book to get a feel for how our telling of history changes. Get it on [Amazon]( | [Bookshop]( [The Not-Quite States of America: Dispatches from the Territories and Other Far-Flung Outposts of the USA]( - Travel writer Doug Mack heads to all the territories and colonies of the United States to investigate their relationship to "the mainland" and how, over time, the US has sort of forgotten that we even still have territories around the world (I mean for real how many Americans know that we own Guam or Samoa or even what their legal status is?). This history / travelogue is one of the best on the subject and Doug's vivid writing really makes these places and cultures come alive. Get it on [Amazon]( | [Bookshop]( OUR NEXT BOOK CLUB PICK IS... Dan Kois and his wife were busy professionals living in the DC suburbs when he decided that, in order to be a happier family, they should go traveling around the world and live in four different societies to try to find the secret to family bliss. Over the course of a year, the family lands in New Zealand, the Netherlands, Costa Rica, and small-town Kansas. I loved the writing in this book, the vivid storytelling, and the cultural observations on family. I'm super excited to have Dan join us at the end of the month to talk about his book. It's a superb book. [Click here to join our live Q&A with Dan on June 29th!]( **** If you’re looking for even more suggested books, be sure to [check out all my favorites on Bookshop](. It's not as cheap as Amazon but the site helps small, independent books. (But, if you only use Kindle or live elsewhere, [here's the Amazon link]( Best, Nomadic Matt P.S. - While I appreciate everyone sending me their books, I have a long, long, long reading list and I can't accept any books. I appreciate you offering but, if the universe wills it, I will find your book and read it. Thanks. Sent to: {EMAIL} [Unsubscribe]( Nomadic Matt Inc., 207 E. 9th St. , Georgetown, Texas 78626, United States