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A Sense of Where You Are
John McPhee
“great book”
“that book he did on Brad Bill Bradley was an incredible piece of work yeah a sense of where you are great book”— Michael Lewis
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The Long Ships
Frans G. Bengtsson
“it's just a miracle of a book”
“it's like one of these books that it's just a miracle of a book it's called the longships and it's by a Scandinavian historian”— Michael Lewis
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A Gentleman in Moscow
Amor Towles (inferred)
“it's a perfect pandemic novel”
“my pandemic reading gift I've been given to people because it's a perfect pandemic novel is a mortal's is a gentleman in Moscow”— Michael Lewis
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Unreliable Memoirs
Clive James
“memoirs that I've given more than once”
“they're memoirs that I've given more than once the people Clive James is unreliable memoirs Gerald Darrell's my family and other animals”— Michael Lewis
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My Family and Other Animals
Gerald Durrell
“memoirs that I've given more than once”
“memoirs that I've given more than once the people Clive James is unreliable memoirs Gerald Darrell's my family and other animals essentially comic memoirs”— Michael Lewis
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The Innocent Anthropologist
Nigel Barley
“one of the funniest books I've ever read”
“that was one of the funniest books I've ever read nice every now and then and when I can find it I give that away”— Michael Lewis
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Liar's Poker
Michael Lewis
“Michael Lewis is the best-selling author of many books and several of my favorite books including liars poker Moneyball The Blind Side”— Tim Ferriss
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Moneyball
Michael Lewis
“several of my favorite books including liars poker Moneyball The Blind Side the big short the undoing project and the fifth risk”— Tim Ferriss
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The Blind Side
Michael Lewis
“including liars poker Moneyball The Blind Side the big short the undoing project and the fifth risk both of his books about sports became movies”— Tim Ferriss
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The Big Short
Michael Lewis
“the big short the undoing project and the fifth risk both of his books about sports became movies excellent movies”— Tim Ferriss
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The Undoing Project
Michael Lewis
“the big short the undoing project and the fifth risk both of his books about sports became movies”— Tim Ferriss
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The Fifth Risk
Michael Lewis
“the big short the undoing project and the fifth risk both of his books about sports became movies excellent movies”— Tim Ferriss
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Against the Rules
Michael Lewis
“his critically acclaimed podcast against the rules returns with season two on Tuesday May 5th 2020”— Tim Ferriss
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Fooled by Randomness
Nassim Nicholas Taleb (inferred)
“I've got in front of me one example with highlights from fooled by randomness sapiens priceless and a bunch of other books”— Tim Ferriss
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Sapiens
Yuval Noah Harari (inferred)
“highlights from fooled by randomness sapiens priceless and a bunch of other books”— Tim Ferriss
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Priceless
William Poundstone (inferred)
“highlights from fooled by randomness sapiens priceless and a bunch of other books”— Tim Ferriss
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Johnny Tremain
Esther Forbes (inferred)
“we were given the assignment of writing a book review of Johnny Tremain and I remember taking it home and looking at the back of the book”— Michael Lewis
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The Education of Henry Adams
Henry Adams (inferred)
“my models that I had in my head when I wrote it were hit education of Henry Adams and Rousseau's confessions”— Michael Lewis
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Confessions
Jean-Jacques Rousseau (inferred)
“my models that I had in my head when I wrote it were hit education of Henry Adams and Rousseau's confessions”— Michael Lewis
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The Inner Game of Tennis
W. Timothy Gallwey
“he has of writing a book called the inner game of tennis which is a very famous book now it's sold millions of copies”— Michael Lewis
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Peloton
Peloton
“long bike rides like really long bike rides and or peloton rides I have a peloton in my house”— Michael Lewis
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