Books first mentioned on podcasts in week 2023-W23

“I knew you were going to either invoke Bob Putnam or Ray Oldenburg, who wrote *The Great Good Place* and talked about the loss of third places, so home being the first place, work being the second place, and we used to have all of these third places to which we would go like bowling leagues or churches, or pubs,”

“If you want to be depressed about our ability to succumb to that, I think of a book from maybe thirty years ago by Neil Postman called Amusing Ourselves to Death, which wasn't about binge-watching because it didn't exist, but it was about an engagement with media or entertainment.”

“Finally, Angela describes the 'philosophical problem' of being plugged into a pleasure machine; there are several canonical references that fit this description, but Angela was likely thinking of the thought experiment described by American philosopher Robert Nozick in his 1974 book Anarchy, State, and Utopia.”

“You need to know the history of math; you need to understand that, you know, part of my book, 'Power in Numbers: The Rebel Women of Mathematics,' was really to highlight that women have also contributed.”

“The dude wrote a book, Between a Rock and a Hard Place, where he had to cut off his arm. Yes! So is that possible?”

“Our buddy Brian, the author of the bestselling book 'The Elegant Universe,' and he followed it up with 'The Fabric of the Cosmos'... Anyhow, here's what he told me...”

“Our buddy Brian, the author of the bestselling book 'The Elegant Universe,' and he followed it up with 'The Fabric of the Cosmos'... Anyhow, here's what he told me...”

“You've read Zen and the Art of Archery, I'm sure, right? I don't know if I've ever read that; I know I've had the book, but I don't know if I've ever read it.”

“Shakespeare is stealing from the writings of Plutarch, who existed roughly around the time of Marcus Aurelius. He quotes other fables and stuff, but you can tell that Shakespeare is stealing from ancient stories—just as like the Renaissance was powered by them falling back in love with the Greeks and the Romans.”

“In the Odyssey, he talks about the 'wine-dark sea.' Who thinks the ocean looks like wine?”

“but we begin with Alan dershowitz professor emeritus at Harvard Law School and author of the new book get Trump the threat to civil liberties due process and our constitutional rule of law”

“but we begin with Alan dershowitz professor emeritus at Harvard Law School and author of the new book get Trump the threat to civil liberties due process and our constitutional rule of law”

“even in the aep's red book it still says the routine you know on label two or three Doses”

“and then I also remembered that [ __ ] hilarious chapter in John Mcenroe's book where he'd won Wimbledon he won the U.S open he won the Australian Open and he needed the career Grand Slam to win the French Open in one year he actually had it won and he ended up [ __ ] up and he blew”

“and what the hell do you Americans mean when you say well catch 22. catch 22 means damned if you do damned if you don't there's no right choice um you're obviously not married if you don't know what that means an explanation from the mind of Burke could definitely make my day okay so I explained the first one”

“so this is really the subtitle of my book wisdom I wish I'd known earlier it just took me way way too long to kind of get there”

“I have a friend who well his name is Hugh Howie he's now uh this week last week his new story was put on to Amazon Prime The Silo stories”

“interestingly one of you know one of the things that really tuned me into the evolutionary research is a book by Jean Briggs never in anger and it's a book about her life with the labrador Inuit the Eskimo was”

“yeah it's a I had gene twangy on the show recently lady that wrote igen and new book Generations”

“yeah it's a I had gene twangy on the show recently lady that wrote igen and new book Generations”

“but if you really want to get into their psyche there's a great book It was written probably in the early to mid 90s by an FBI agent the guy's name this one the bureau actually did some good work and wasn't a political persecution Squad I believe the guy's name was Bob gamer and it's called the last undercover”

“June 6 is the release date for page boy the new book”

“her name's Rachel Wilson she wrote the book of cult feminism”

“I’m reading this book; it’s called 'Killers of the Flower Moon.' It's basically about the 1920s Osage Indians; there are Native Americans.”

“he is a brilliant series called the stock series I think I'm not sure at last counties probably up to about 30 different blog posts in that particular series and he's actually turned it into a published book called The Simple path to wealth”

“and so then I moved on to a book called the little book of Common Sense investing by John Bogle the founder of Vanguard”

“also wanted to let you know that in October of 2019 we released our book choosify your blueprint to financial Independence”

“Dan Miller uh has has a book in in a popular podcast series and it's you know it's 48 days to the to the work you love and and I just think Financial Independence is finding the work you love and just and doing that”

“and Jim gets a couple hundred extra copies of his book sold And this guy reached out to me because he knew I had some Authority and influence in this area and understanding”

“It's incredibly powerful It's one of the first books I recommend as does Brad obviously”

“and Don said if you haven't I suggest reading the five love languages”

“I think where this really hit home for me was there's a book called get free stuff every day by a guy called Mike Essex in England and it's a fascinating little book”

“it's by a guy called Kevin Kelly and it's called 1 000 true fans”

“He also had a chapter on the Bogle heads guide to retirement planning and Bogle heads is a phenomenal website for everything Vanguard It's basically it's a fan club for Jack Bogle who was the creator of Vanguard and in this particular section white coat investor wrote a short summary on how you can crush this game”

“so there are a whole lot of I'll call these soft skills that you need to have in order to move your career forward so you're probably you're probably familiar with the book and mo emotional intelligence or you've heard that phrase that these skills would fall under you know that heading”

“I noticed under the cooking you mentioned a specific book and I have that book and we got it last year as a gift and it's fantastic and it was the one on artisan bread”

“learning to invest is probably the most valuable skill one could ever learn and Jim Collins has laid it out in an easy to use stock Series This two-hour reading Adventure explains not only how to invest but the psychology behind it”

“so I think I purchased the book um Thinking Fast and Slow by he's a psychologist named Daniel Condon I think or can that I can't pronounce it it was really I brought that book with me I had to like that was one of the toughest decisions I had coming to Ecuador”

“and what we did is with the first two years of content we actually took all that information and we put it together as a book and that book is now available that anywhere books are found I think that it is a phenomenal addition to your library It would make a fantastic gift for someone that you want to”

“And then I also came across a book Paul tear horse cashing in on the American dream how to retire at 35 and the guy's a an accountant the CPA and he retired at 35 and explained how he did it”

“Being an avid reader and planner I headed to my favorite place the library and checked out some books on retirement how to retire happy Wild and Free By Ernie zielinski and what color is your parachute for retirement by John Nelson and Richard Bowles”

“Jeff that's interesting because I'm currently reading a book called 13 things mentally strong people don't do and it's by an author named Amy Morin and I heard her on a podcast recently and and she is echoing a lot a lot of what you're saying which is it's not always about what you do in your life to make”

“Now in about somewhere around 2000 I stumbled across in a Bookshop across an obscure book called invest in yourself and I just picked it up in the Bookshop and I started reading it and it was talking about you know how much is enough and can you cut your expenses and the wonders of compound interest”

“and for this week and next week we're doing the four hour work week by Tim Ferris”

“I read a bunch of books I read uh Giraffes Can't Dance which is a neat one”

“and a bunch of people mentioned this fantasy novel called The Lies of Lock lamora and I actually picked it up and I'm just flying through this thing I've read I'm up to page like 5 25 right now at a 700 and change and already grabbed the books two and three in the series out”

“My husband and I got started on the path to financial Independence about six months ago when I randomly picked up Dave Ramsey's book um our experience with Dave Ramsey is similar to what you guys had talked about on the podcast meaning that I really loved his book and I read it in like a day actually I read”

“we're excited that you're joining us today as we continue to Go Down The Road Less Traveled”

“There's this brilliant um Joan Didion quote She Wrote This Book Miami about the basically the the cia's attempts to successful attempts to you know ferment the anti-castro invasionary forces in Miami and uh she has this line decisions taken in Washington from time to time leave a certain residue on the board and that phrase a certain residue on”

“That same year 1734 Franklin also published the first Masonic book printed in America that was called the Constitutions of the Freemasons”

“...and there's a book um called the history of manners written in 1939 by Norbert Elias uh that said that you know Medieval Era uh through the 19th century there was a big change in that”

“...Emily post was raised in that world and she as I think a 40-something divorcee I sat down and and put pen to paper and wrote what became the most successful etiquette book of all time yeah uh 1922 etiquette in society not a colon everybody a comma yeah etiquette in society and business and politics and at home”

“And so he wrote very simply, and it wasn't until after I read a bunch of Ernest Hemingway, I was working at Barnes and Noble, and this person said, 'Don't you love his titles?' And I was like, 'Yeah, 'Sun Also Rises'.”

“When I describe the book 'Where the Red Fern Grows,' I can almost feel that sensation reemerging.”

“Additionally, Dr. Immordino-Yang authored an excellent book titled 'Emotions, Learning, and the Brain,' which is designed for the general public. It’s highly informative and filled with practical tools; we've provided a link to that book in the show notes too.”