House of Suns

House of Suns

My favorite category of fiction books is “Hard Science” where the story is obviously fake but the physics are real....

Oct 23, 2024
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Prohibition Thirteen Years That Changed America

Prohibition: Thirteen Years That Changed America

Currently reading this great book about Prohibition, the banning of all alcohol from 1920 to 1933. Originally it was "The...

Oct 23, 2024
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Read Write Own

I like how it breaks down complex topics into simple elements, like this chart of different networks: Protocol is like...

Oct 23, 2024
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The Order of Time

Some fun Saturday reading: The Order of Time by Carlo Rovelli

Oct 23, 2024
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The Wright Brothers

Reading history makes you realize huge technological shifts followed by fear is totally normal. I'm reading this Wright Brothers book....

Oct 23, 2024
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The Fish That Ate the Whale

The Fish That Ate the Whale: The Life and Times of America's Banana King

A Russian immigrant comes to America, finds out you can eat a banana even when it has some spots, and...

Oct 23, 2024
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The Dark Forest

Working my way through the Three Body Problem trilogy, currently on book #2, and just saw there’s a NetFlix series...

Oct 23, 2024
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Pushing Ice

This has been a thrilling read! A good science fiction book before bed helps me sleep, but I’ve been jumping...

Oct 23, 2024
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Stories Of Your Life And Others

Stories Of Your Life And Others

It’s a collection of short fiction stories compiled together. Super fun read!

Oct 23, 2024
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Book Split Testing: Noah Kagan’s Million Dollar Weekend

Look at this “Split Testing” Noah Kagan did to find the right book cover: He took a picture from a...

Feb 16, 2024
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The top book I’ve ever recommended

The book I’ve recommended to people that’s had a 100% hit rate with everyone I’ve recommended it to is Project...

Oct 27, 2023
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I love how simple-yet-eye-catching this image is promoting the Wait But Why book! Chat GPT: I really appreciate the minimalistic...

Sep 1, 2023
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Project Hail Mary

My "Splurge" recommendation today costs a grand total of $13. It's an AMAZING book called Project Hail Mary, and it's...

Mar 10, 2023
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This book is now worth $1,000+ each 🤯

I own 4 original copies of this book...so you're looking at a man holding $4k worth of books 😉 The...

Mar 1, 2023
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This Is Earl Nightingale

Here's a funny story how over the years I've swung the price of this book (This Is Earl Nightingale) from...

Jan 10, 2023
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Psychological Triggers from Joe Sugarman

A list of psychological triggers from Joe Sugarman's book "The AdWeek Copywriting Handbook". You can use combinations of these to...

Jun 16, 2020
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Free Copywriting Guides

Price: Free What I love about it: There’s just a wide breadth of topics about copywriting here. If someone is...

Apr 15, 2020
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How To Make Maximum Money In Minimum Time – by Gary Halbert:

Price: $20 on Amazon What I love about it: It’s just kind of a random pamphlet Gary Halbert put together...

Apr 15, 2020
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Breakthrough Advertising – by Eugene Schwartz:

Price: $249 on Amazon What I love about it: Goes through different stages of large-scale advertising and the thought processes...

Apr 15, 2020
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