Episode · How I Write · 2023-08-23
Books mentioned on How to Write Like An Athlete | with Jimmy Soni | How I Write Podcast
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Zero to One
Zero to One by Peter A.
Discussed“And I just kept like I went on Amazon, I bought every I bought Zero to One, I bought the PayPal Wars, I bought other books about these people, I bought Ashley Vance's book about Elon Musk.”
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The PayPal wars
Discussed“I bought Zero to One, I bought the PayPal Wars, I bought other books about these people, I bought Ashley Vance's book about Elon Musk.”
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Unbroken
Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand is a biographical non-fiction book that chronicles the extraordinary life of Louis Zamperini, an Olympic athlete and World War II survivor.
Discussed“Laura Hillenbrand, the author of Seabiscuit and Unbroken. I I just I marvel at her. I marvel at her actually as a person. She has chronic fatigue syndrome and she still manages to write these incredibly insanely detailed books.”
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The Everything Store
The Everything Store by Brad Stone is a comprehensive biographical work that chronicles the meteoric rise of Jeff Bezos and the creation of Amazon.
Discussed“The book that I read, I mean I must have been 16 or 17 times all the way through, was The Everything Store by Brad Stone. And as a little actually as it's like a little scary. My friends told me never to admit this, but whatever.”
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On Writing Well
Discussed“So, writes about something like how how the word soft has a feel to it. Like soft, right? Is is different than smooth, right? Like like Yeah. Yeah, a lot of reading happens in the ear, right? And so, we I I I'm often thinking about warmth as like the quality of Like what does it mean when somebody sees”
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A night to remember
A Night to Remember by Walter Lord is a classic historical account that meticulously reconstructs the final hours and sinking of the RMS Titanic through survivor interviews.
Recommended“I recently read this wonderful book called A Night to Remember, which is about the sinking of the Titanic. It's like one of the better books I've I've read in the last little while. And I know how that story is going to end. We all do. But I was riveted from page one to the end.”
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Seabiscuit
Seabiscuit by Laura Hillenbrand is an acclaimed work of narrative nonfiction that chronicles the thrilling underdog career of a small, knobby-kneed racehorse and the broken men who brought him to national prominence during the Great Depression.
Discussed“People 100 years from now will still be reading The Power Broker by Robert Moses. They will still be reading Seabiscuit by Laura Hillenbrand.”
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The Power Broker
The Power Broker by Robert A.
Discussed“People 100 years from now will still be reading The Power Broker by Robert Moses. They will still be reading Seabiscuit by Laura Hillenbrand.”
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