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Aikido in the Dynamic Sphere
A. Westbrook and O. Ratti
“One of the greatest books I've ever read”
“One of the greatest books I've ever read All right, it's called Aikido in the Dynamic Sphere. It's by O Ratti”— Maurice Ashley
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chess.com
Chess.com
“has resources up the wazoo. Very inexpensive to get”
“You have chess.com which has resources up the wazoo. Very inexpensive to get whether it's puzzles, whether it's videos, instructional videos”— Maurice Ashley
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Winning Chess series (Winning Chess Strategies, Winning Chess Tactics)
Yasser Seirawan
“did a great series ... Really lucidly explained, simple language. Great little situations for you to learn a lot from”
“my friend Grandmaster Yasser Seirawan did a great series called the winning chess series. Winning chess strategies, winning chess tactics. Really lucidly explained, simple language.”— Maurice Ashley
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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass (autobiographies of Frederick Douglass)
Frederick Douglass
“He's one of my favorite people in history. And his biography is really what makes me want to do that”
“he had three autobiographies, right? Those that he wrote... the second one was enough of his life out of freedom that he was able to really describe it in a fresh way”— Maurice Ashley
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Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom
David Blight
“There's a great biography on him also by David Blight. That's like the definitive one”
“There's a great biography on him also by David Blight. That's like the definitive one”— Maurice Ashley
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Passages
Gail Sheehy
“I'd love for you to speak to as having an impact on you ... I was fascinated by this”
“they're two books I'd love for you to speak to as having an impact on you, Passages and I think it's Gail Sheehy”— Tim Ferriss
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Mastery
George Leonard
“those two books really had impact”
“And Mastery by George Leonard... two books I'd love for you to speak to as having an impact on you”— Tim Ferriss
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The Half-Life of Facts: Why Everything We Know Has an Expiration Date
Samuel Arbesman
“It's such a great book for what you just talked about”
“there is a book called The Half-Life of Facts... by Samuel Arbesman... It's such a great book for what you just talked about.”— Maurice Ashley
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Duolingo Spanish Podcast
Duolingo
“you might want to check out. It's also really, really helpful”
“there's a Spanish podcast made by Duolingo that you might want to check out. It's also really, really helpful.”— Tim Ferriss
The guest's own work
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The 4-Hour Body
Tim Ferriss
“I recommended it way back in 2010 in The 4-Hour Body, and I did not get paid to do so.”— Tim Ferriss
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Chess for Success: Using an Old Game to Build New Strengths in Children and Teens
Maurice Ashley
“His book, Chess for Success, subtitled Using an Old Game to Build New Strengths in Children and Teens, shows the many benefits of chess”— Tim Ferriss
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Tribe of Mentors
Tim Ferriss
“I have two books here that you've mentioned and mentioned in Tribe of Mentors where where you appeared as a profile”— Tim Ferriss
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The 4-Hour Workweek
Tim Ferriss
“your book, Four-Hour Workweek, I mean that was a riot. I mean you wrecked my life for a while, frankly.”— Maurice Ashley
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The Tim Ferriss Experiment
Tim Ferriss (inferred)
“He's also appeared with me in the Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu episode, which has some chess of the Tim Ferriss Experiment TV series way back in the day”— Tim Ferriss
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Searching for Bobby Fischer
“Vinnie Livermore who was played by Laurence Fishburne in Josh Waitzkin's the movie about Josh Waitzkin searching for Bobby Fischer”— Maurice Ashley
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Jackie Robinson autobiography (I Never Had It Made)
Jackie Robinson
“I remember when I read Jackie Robinson's autobiography and I was reading it actually on a plane to Germany where I would play in a big tournament”— Maurice Ashley
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The Matrix
“I feel a lot in my life like I'm like Keanu Reeves in the Matrix. When you get the program that because so many people describe you as Morpheus.”— Maurice Ashley
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