In the Distance by Hernan Diaz Swedish peasant teen finds himself seperated from his brother and on a boat to California in the 1840s. Reads like an odd mix of

In the Distance by Hernan Diaz Swedish peasant teen finds himself seperated from his brother and on a boat to California in the 1840s. Reads like an odd mix of Louis L'Amour and Gabriel Garcia Marquez. I usually don't read fiction, but I found this to be completely gripping. 40 Chances by Howard Buffett Warren Buffett's son, a farmer in Illinois, describes the difficulties in feeding the world and America's somewhat backwards approach to helping the third world get self-sufficient. As someone in a very rural area, learning more about the economics of farming is fascinating.