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China's World View
David Daokui Li
“it's a beautiful book I highly recommend if somebody wants to understand China better”
“I read a book called China's World View by David Daokui Lee that changed my perception of the China's government too it's really impressive”— Derek Sivers
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City of Gold
“it is such a great book anybody listening to this if you want a great read read the book City of Gold about the history of Dubai it is inspiring”
“I read a book called City of Gold which was about the founding of Dubai and the creation of Dubai and dude it was so good”— Derek Sivers
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Arabian Sands
Wilfred Thesiger
“you need to read Arabian Sands... so that was really inspiring”
“somebody said oh you need to read Arabian Sands by this man named Thesiger and that gets into like the Arab bedu culture written in the 1940s or 50s”— Derek Sivers
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How Buildings Learn
Stewart Brand
“a brilliant book that everyone should read anyone who's smart... I highly recommend the how buildings learn”
“I got this tip from Stewart Brand wrote a brilliant book that everyone should read anyone who's smart that is called how buildings learn”— Derek Sivers
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Useful Not True
Derek Sivers (inferred)
“this is actually in my useful not true book that came out this idea that was actually a little bit sparked by you”— Derek Sivers
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The 4-Hour Workweek
Tim Ferriss (inferred)
“the first time I encountered that was years ago when I saw somebody holding the 4 Hour Work week and I said oh wow great book”— Derek Sivers
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The 4-Hour Body
Tim Ferriss (inferred)
“then I ended up putting that as an appendix in the 4 Hour Body fair play on his part”— Tim Ferriss
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How to Live
Derek Sivers (inferred)
“writing wise my last two books how to live and useful not true I'm spending most of my time reducing”— Tim Ferriss
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How To Live: 27 conflicting answers and one weird conclusion
Derek Sivers (inferred)
“my previous book called How To Live was 27 conflicting philosophies and one weird answer and the whole idea was that it's 27 chapters”— Derek Sivers
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Batil emirati coffee
Batil
“he sold me one batch... if you're in Dubai and you want to try real Emirati coffee apparently according to this emirati try batil in Dubai”— Derek Sivers
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Oblique Strategies cards
Brian Eno (inferred)
“I have not met Brian Eno but I have his oblique strategy yes wow card set”— Derek Sivers
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The Work
Byron Katie (inferred)
“I think your new book pairs well with Byron Katie's the work very much which focuses on a lot of what we're discussing”— Tim Ferriss
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Emergency
Neil Strauss
“another example is in Neil Strauss's book called emergency I'll never forget this point he said that he's off at one of these Nomad sovereign individual events”— Derek Sivers
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Pimsleur Spanish
Pimsleur (inferred)
“I spent like a month learning pimsleur basic Spanish and I was like oh my God this is a great language this is amazing”— Derek Sivers
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