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The craft of writing, speaking, editing and storytelling, along with essay collections and letters read for their prose. Read by writers, speakers and people who want their sentences to carry.

156 books

Books 156

Science and Sanity
T2 Science and Sanity
Alfred Korzybski · 1933
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Made to Stick
T2 Made to Stick
Chip Heath, Dan Heath · 2007 · Why some ideas are remembered and repeated; six sticky attributes
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Andrew WilkinsonMohnish PabraiNat EliasonTony HsiehAlfred LinBrian ArmstrongChangpeng ZhaoJake KnappMichael WongNir EyalSahil LavingiaTristan Harris
TED Talks: The Official TED Guide to Public
T2 TED Talks: The Official TED Guide to Public Speaking
Chris Anderson · 2016
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Mohnish Pabrai
The Storytelling Animal
T3 The Storytelling Animal
Jonathan Gottschall · 2012
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Building a Story Brand
T3 Building a Story Brand
Donald Miller · 2017
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Nat EliasonRan SegallSuperbook reading lists
Perennial Seller
T3 Perennial Seller
Ryan Holiday
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Nat Eliason
The Life of Samuel Johnson (Penguin Classics
T4 The Life of Samuel Johnson (Penguin Classics)
James Boswell · 1791
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Mohnish Pabrai
Both Flesh and Not
T4 Both Flesh and Not
David Foster Wallace · 1861
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Diana Kimball
The Elements of Style
T4 The Elements of Style
William Strunk, E.B. White · 1920
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Nat EliasonAnn HandleyKara SwisherSophie BakalarTobi Lütke
A Room of One's Own
T4 A Room of One's Own
Virginia Woolf · 1929
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Mohnish Pabrai
The Robert Collier Letter Book
T4 The Robert Collier Letter Book
Robert Collier · 1937
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Patrick O'ShaughnessyRamit Sethi
If You Want to Write
T4 If You Want to Write
Brenda Ueland · 1938
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Guy Kawasaki
How to Read a Book
T4 How to Read a Book
Mortimer J. Adler, Charles van Doren · 1940
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Mohnish PabraiAlex and BooksKevin SystromShane ParrishThe Rational Walk
One Man’s Meat
T4 One Man’s Meat
E.B. White · 1941
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Ann Handley
The World's Great Speeches: Fourth Enlarged
T4 The World's Great Speeches: Fourth Enlarged (1999) Edition edited
Lewis Copeland, Lawrence W. Lamm, Stephen J. McKenna · 1942
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Mohnish Pabrai
The Diary of Anais Nin
T4 The Diary of Anais Nin
Anaïs Nin · 1966
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Eric Weinstein
Slouching Towards Bethlehem
T4 Slouching Towards Bethlehem
Joan Didion · 1967
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Audrey GelmanKara Swisher
Wallflower at the Orgy
T4 Wallflower at the Orgy
Nora Ephron · 1970
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Audrey Gelman
On Writing Well
T4 On Writing Well
William Zinsser · 1976
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Nat EliasonDerek SiversGeorge HatzisMatt MullenwegTim Ferriss
The Craft of Interviewing
T4 The Craft of Interviewing
John Joseph Brady · 1976
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Mohnish Pabrai
Revising Prose
T4 Revising Prose
Richard A. Lanham · 1979
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Jason Fried
Part of Nature, Part of Us
T4 Part of Nature, Part of Us
Helen Vendler · 1980
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Sheryl Sandberg
I Always Look Up the Word Egregious
T4 I Always Look Up the Word Egregious
Maxwell Nurnberg · 1981
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Eric Weinstein
Orality and Literacy
T4 Orality and Literacy
Walter J. Ong · 1982
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Patrick Collison
Ernest Hemingway on Writing
T4 Ernest Hemingway on Writing
Ernest Hemingway · 1984
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Matt Mullenweg
A Literary Companion to Science
T4 A Literary Companion to Science
Walter Gratzer · 1990
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Eric Weinstein
The Journalist And The Murderer
T4 The Journalist And The Murderer
Janet Malcolm · 1990
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Patrick CollisonAudrey GelmanBalaji S. Srinivasan
Zen in the Art of Writing
T4 Zen in the Art of Writing
Ray Bradbury · 1990
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Susan J. Fowler
Lincoln at Gettysburg: The Words that Remade
T4 Lincoln at Gettysburg: The Words that Remade America (Simon & Schuster Lincoln Library)
Garry Wills · 1992
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Mohnish PabraiJamie Dimon
Understanding Comics
T4 Understanding Comics
Scott Mccloud · 1993
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Bret VictorDaniel BurkaEv Williams
Bird by Bird
T4 Bird by Bird
Anne Lamott · 1994
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Balaji S. SrinivasanMaria PopovaMatt MullenwegMorgan HouselPaul GrahamRamit SethiRyan HolidayScott BelskySuperbook reading listsSusan CainTim Ferriss
The Fran Lebowitz Reader
T4 The Fran Lebowitz Reader
Fran Lebowitz · 1994
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Audrey Gelman
The Western Canon
T4 The Western Canon
Harold Bloom · 1994
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Stewart Brand
The Salmon of Doubt
T4 The Salmon of Doubt
Douglas Adams · 1995
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Naval Ravikant
The Story of Writing
T4 The Story of Writing
Andrew Robinson · 1995
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Stewart Brand
A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again
T4 A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again
David Foster Wallace · 1997
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Coleen Baik
The Most Wonderful Books: Writers on Discove
T4 The Most Wonderful Books: Writers on Discovering the Pleasures of Reading
Michael Dorris · 1997
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Mohnish Pabrai
On Writing
T4 On Writing
Stephen King · 1999
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Nat EliasonJason CalacanisSam Parr
Hooking Up
T4 Hooking Up
Tom Wolfe · 2000
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Mohnish Pabrai
The Essential Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerso
T4 The Essential Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ralph Waldo Emerson · 2000
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Tony Robbins
Political Fictions
T4 Political Fictions
Joan Didion · 2001
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Audrey Gelman
The Art of Nonfiction
T4 The Art of Nonfiction
Ayn Rand · 2001
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Tim Ferriss
Essays
T4 Essays
George Orwell · 2002
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Ryan HolidayGuy Spier
Making Comics
T4 Making Comics
Scott McCloud · 2006
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Bret VictorKevin Kelly
The Best American Science Writing 2006
T4 The Best American Science Writing 2006
Atul Gawande · 2006
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Mohnish Pabrai
A Guide to Writing as an Engineer
T4 A Guide to Writing as an Engineer
David F. Beer., David A. McMurrey · 2007
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Bryant Chou
Presentation Zen
T4 Presentation Zen
Garr Reynolds · 2007
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Nir Eyal
Words That Work
T4 Words That Work
Frank Luntz · 2007
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Nat EliasonMatt MullenwegTim FerrissTristan Harris
Samuel Johnson: A Biography
T4 Samuel Johnson: A Biography
Peter Martin · 2008
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Mohnish Pabrai
Samuel Johnson: The Struggle
T4 Samuel Johnson: The Struggle
Jeffrey Meyers · 2008
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Mohnish Pabrai
Confessions of a Public Speaker
T4 Confessions of a Public Speaker
Scott Berkun · 2009
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Nat Eliason
The Presentation Secrets of Steve Jobs: How
T4 The Presentation Secrets of Steve Jobs: How to Be Insanely Great in Front of Any Audience
Carmine Gallo · 2009
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Mohnish Pabrai
This Is Water
T4 This Is Water
David Foster Wallace · 2009
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Nat EliasonJulie Zhuo
Although of Course You End Up Becoming Yours
T4 Although of Course You End Up Becoming Yourself
David Lipsky · 2010
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Andrew Wilkinson
Buffett's Bites: The Essential Investor's Gu
T4 Buffett's Bites: The Essential Investor's Guide to Warren Buffett's Shareholder Letters
L.J. Rittenhouse · 2010
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Mohnish Pabrai
J. D. Salinger: A Life
T4 J. D. Salinger: A Life
Kenneth Slawenski · 2010
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Mohnish Pabrai
Do the Work
T4 Do the Work
Steven Pressfield · 2011
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David CancelSuperbook reading lists
Investing Between the Lines: How to Make Sma
T4 Investing Between the Lines: How to Make Smarter Decisions By Decoding CEO Communications
L.J.Rittenhouse · 2012
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Mohnish Pabrai
Tiny Beautiful Things
T4 Tiny Beautiful Things
Cheryl Strayed · 2012
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Ryan HolidayShane ParrishZoë Foster Blake
We Learn Nothing
T4 We Learn Nothing
Tim Kreider · 2012
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Abi Tyas TunggalTim Ferriss
Letters of Note
T4 Letters of Note
Shaun Usher · 2013
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Zoë Foster BlakeCaterina FakePatrick O'Shaughnessy
Talk Lean
T4 Talk Lean
Alan Palmer · 2013 · Short method for direct conversations and difficult requests
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Shane Parrish
The Boron Letters
T4 The Boron Letters
Gary Halbert · 2013
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Nat EliasonDavid Perell
Essays After Eighty
T4 Essays After Eighty
Donald Hall · 2014
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Safi Bahcall
Great Speeches of the 20th Century (Dover Th
T4 Great Speeches of the 20th Century (Dover Thrift Editions) edited
Bob Blaisdell · 2014
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Mohnish Pabrai
Hello, My Name Is Awesome
T4 Hello, My Name Is Awesome
Alexandra Watkins · 2014
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Nat EliasonRan Segall
How to Write Funny
T4 How to Write Funny
Scott Dikkers · 2014
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Andrew Wilkinson
Nicely Said
T4 Nicely Said
Nicole Fenton, Kate Kiefer Lee · 2014
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Jan Losert
Pitch Perfect
T4 Pitch Perfect
Bill McGowan · 2014
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Sheryl Sandberg
Brave Enough
T4 Brave Enough
Cheryl Strayed · 2015
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Shane Parrish
More Letters of Note
T4 More Letters of Note
Shaun Usher · 2015
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Zoë Foster Blake
The Art of Memoir
T4 The Art of Memoir
Mary Karr · 2015
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Andrew WilkinsonTim Ferriss
The Folded Clock
T4 The Folded Clock
Heidi Julavits · 2015
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Diana Kimball
String Theory
T4 String Theory
David Foster Wallace · 2016
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Bill Gates
300 Arguments
T4 300 Arguments
Sarah Manguso · 2017
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Frank Blake
An Autobiography of Anthony Trollope
T4 An Autobiography of Anthony Trollope
Anthony Trollope · 2017
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Paul Graham
Draft No. 4
T4 Draft No. 4
John McPhee · 2017
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Tim Ferriss
How to Take Smart Notes
T4 How to Take Smart Notes
Sönke Ahrens · 2017
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Ali AbdaalNat Eliason
Theft by Finding
T4 Theft by Finding
David Sedaris · 2017
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David Cancel
Gmorning, Gnight!
T4 Gmorning, Gnight!
Lin-Manuel Miranda · 2018
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Arianna Huffington
Sharp
T4 Sharp
Michelle Dean · 2018
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Sheryl Sandberg
Storyworthy
T4 Storyworthy
Matthew Dicks · 2018
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Ali AbdaalAndrew Wilkinson
Why They Can't Write
T4 Why They Can't Write
John Warner · 2018
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Ana Fabrega
Think on Your Feet
T4 Think on Your Feet
Jen Oleniczak Brown · 2019
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Chelsea Krost
Trick Mirror
T4 Trick Mirror
Jia Tolentino · 2019
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Sophie Bakalar
White
T4 White
Bret Easton Ellis · 2019
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Keith Rabois
Ghosting the News
T4 Ghosting the News
Margaret Sullivan · 2020
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Andrew Wilkinson
The NEW Comedy Bible
T4 The NEW Comedy Bible
Judy Carter · 2020
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Andrew Wilkinson
How to Know a Person
T4 How to Know a Person
David Brooks · 2023
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Andrew WilkinsonBill Gates
Stories Sell
T4 Stories Sell
Matthew Dicks · 2024
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Andrew Wilkinson
Supercommunicators
T4 Supercommunicators
Charles Duhigg · 2024
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Andrew Wilkinson
A Moveable Feast
T4 A Moveable Feast
Ernest Hemingway
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Superbook reading lists
Accidence Will Happen: The Non-Pedantic Guid
T4 Accidence Will Happen: The Non-Pedantic Guide to English Usage
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Patrick Collison
All Art Is Propaganda: Critical Essays
T4 All Art Is Propaganda: Critical Essays
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Patrick Collison
Arguably: Essays by Christopher Hitchens
T4 Arguably: Essays by Christopher Hitchens
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Patrick Collison
Arguably: Writings on Love, War, God and Mam
T4 Arguably: Writings on Love, War, God and Mammon
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Patrick Collison
Artful Sentences: Syntax as Style
T4 Artful Sentences: Syntax as Style
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Patrick Collison
Big Magic
T4 Big Magic
Elizabeth Gilbert
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Brené BrownMel RobbinsSuperbook reading lists
Bird
T4 Bird
Bird by Anne Lamott
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Nat Eliason
Bird By Bird: Some Instructions on Writing a
T4 Bird By Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life
Anne Lamott
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Ryan Holiday
Chasing Hope
T4 Chasing Hope
Nick Kristof
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Bill Gates
Communicating Design: Developing Web Site Do
T4 Communicating Design: Developing Web Site Documentation for Design and Planning
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Patrick Collison
Dreaming in Chinese: Mandarin Lessons In Lif
T4 Dreaming in Chinese: Mandarin Lessons In Life, Love, And Language
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Patrick Collison
Elements of Fiction Writing: Scene and Struc
T4 Elements of Fiction Writing: Scene and Structure
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Nat Eliason
Essays of E. B. White
T4 Essays of E. B. White
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Patrick Collison
How to Be Alone: Essays
T4 How to Be Alone: Essays
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Patrick Collison
How to Win Friends & Influence People
T4 How to Win Friends & Influence People
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Patrick Collison
I Wrote This Book Because I Love You: Essays
T4 I Wrote This Book Because I Love You: Essays
Tim Kreider
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Tim Ferriss
Impro: Improvisation and the Theatre
T4 Impro: Improvisation and the Theatre
Keith Johnstone
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Patrick CollisonPatrick O'Shaughnessy
In Our Time: Speeches That Shaped the Modern
T4 In Our Time: Speeches That Shaped the Modern World
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Patrick Collison
Investing Between the Lines
T4 Investing Between the Lines
L.J. Rittenhouse
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Warren Buffett
Le Ton Beau De Marot: In Praise Of The Music
T4 Le Ton Beau De Marot: In Praise Of The Music Of Language
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Patrick Collison
Letters to a Young Contrarian (Art of Mentor
T4 Letters to a Young Contrarian (Art of Mentoring)
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Patrick Collison
Life Stories: Profiles from The New Yorker (
T4 Life Stories: Profiles from The New Yorker (Modern Library Paperbacks)
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Patrick Collison
Lincoln: Speeches and Writings 1859-1865
T4 Lincoln: Speeches and Writings 1859-1865
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Patrick Collison
Lincoln: The Biography of a Writer
T4 Lincoln: The Biography of a Writer
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Patrick Collison
Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Ot
T4 Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die
Chip Heath, Dan Heath
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Superbook reading lists
Nobody Wants to Read Your Shit
T4 Nobody Wants to Read Your Shit
Steven Pressfield · Open Library returns no work record for this title and author.
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Morgan HouselNat Eliason
Nobody Wants to Read Your Sht: Why That Is A
T4 Nobody Wants to Read Your Sht: Why That Is And What You Can Do About It
Steven Pressfield
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Patrick O'Shaughnessy
Orality and Literacy: 30th Anniversary Editi
T4 Orality and Literacy: 30th Anniversary Edition (New Accents)
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Patrick Collison
Presence
T4 Presence
Amy Cuddy
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Superbook reading lists
Radical Chic and Mau-Mauing the Flak Catcher
T4 Radical Chic and Mau-Mauing the Flak Catchers by Tom Wolfe
Tom Wolfe
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Marc Andreessen
Selections from Science and Sanity, Second E
T4 Selections from Science and Sanity, Second Edition
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Patrick Collison
Simple & Direct
T4 Simple & Direct
Jacques Barzun
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Tim Ferriss
Talk Like TED: The 9 Public-Speaking Secrets
T4 Talk Like TED: The 9 Public-Speaking Secrets of the World's Top Minds
Carmine Gallo
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Superbook reading lists
The 40s: The Story of a Decade
T4 The 40s: The Story of a Decade
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Patrick Collison
The 60s: The Story of a Decade
T4 The 60s: The Story of a Decade
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Patrick Collison
The Art and Business of Online Writing
T4 The Art and Business of Online Writing
Nicolas Cole
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Ali Abdaal
The Best American Science & Nature Writing 2
T4 The Best American Science & Nature Writing 2001
Edward O. Wilson
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Mohnish Pabrai
The Best Software Writing I: Selected and In
T4 The Best Software Writing I: Selected and Introduced by Joel Spolsky 1st ed.
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Patrick Collison
The Creative Habit
T4 The Creative Habit
Twyla Tharp
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Superbook reading lists
The Elements of Style, Fourth Edition
T4 The Elements of Style, Fourth Edition
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Patrick Collison
The Kraus Project: Essays by Karl Kraus
T4 The Kraus Project: Essays by Karl Kraus
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Patrick Collison
The Letters of Anton Chekhov
T4 The Letters of Anton Chekhov
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Patrick Collison
The Lives of the Poets: A Selection
T4 The Lives of the Poets: A Selection
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Patrick Collison
The Moth Presents All These Wonders: True St
T4 The Moth Presents All These Wonders: True Stories About Facing the Unknown
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Tim Ferriss
The Paris Review Interviews
T4 The Paris Review Interviews
The Paris Review
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Patrick Collison
The Paris Review Interviews, I
T4 The Paris Review Interviews, I
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Patrick Collison
The Paris Review Interviews, II
T4 The Paris Review Interviews, II
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Patrick Collison
The Paris Review Interviews, III
T4 The Paris Review Interviews, III
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Patrick Collison
The Paris Review Interviews, IV
T4 The Paris Review Interviews, IV
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Patrick Collison
The Spectator
T4 The Spectator
Joseph Addison
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Paul Graham
The Spectator: Volume 1
T4 The Spectator: Volume 1
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Patrick Collison
The Story of Writing: Alphabets, Hieroglyphs
T4 The Story of Writing: Alphabets, Hieroglyphs & Pictograms
Andrew Robinson
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Stewart Brand
The Western Canon: The Books and School of t
T4 The Western Canon: The Books and School of the Ages
Harold Bloom
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Stewart Brand
The Writing Life
T4 The Writing Life
Annie Dillard
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Patrick O'Shaughnessy
This Book Will Teach You How to Write Better
T4 This Book Will Teach You How to Write Better
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Nat Eliason
Too Much & Not In The Mood
T4 Too Much & Not In The Mood
Durga Chew-Bose
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Audrey Gelman
Toward a radical middle: Fourteen pieces of
T4 Toward a radical middle: Fourteen pieces of reporting and criticism
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Patrick Collison
Truth & Beauty
T4 Truth & Beauty
Ann Patchett
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Diana Kimball
Turning Pro
T4 Turning Pro
Stephen Pressfield
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Nat Eliason
Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art
T4 Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art
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Patrick Collison
What if I Say the Wrong Thing? 25 Habits for
T4 What if I Say the Wrong Thing? 25 Habits for Culturally Effective People
Verna Myers
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Matt Mullenweg
William Blake and the Age of Revolution
T4 William Blake and the Age of Revolution
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Patrick Collison
Winning the Story Wars: Why Those Who Tell (
T4 Winning the Story Wars: Why Those Who Tell (and Live) the Best Stories Will Rule the Future
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Patrick Collison
Writing to the Moment: Selected Critical Ess
T4 Writing to the Moment: Selected Critical Essays, 1980-95
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Patrick Collison