Jash Dholani Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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3/ From 1793 to 1805 in France, 1 week had 10 days The 7th day, traditionally a holiday - “holy day” - became a typical week day Every 10th day was the rest day John Quincy Adams called this change not just "irreligious" but also "superficially frivolous" and "coarsely vulgar" https://t.co/wkOHmKcckE

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You're preparing. You're in "writing school." You're not "ready yet." Edgar Rice Burroughs thumbed through a pulp magazine, said "I can create stories just as bad," and made Tarzan. The most adapted character of all time. Meanwhile you're reading a theory book about structure

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Oswald Spengler ends Man and Technics (1931) with the greatest last paragraph I've possibly ever read https://t.co/nS2Y0yYICL

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Francis Bacon said you can best know a man under three conditions: 1. In private, when he's away from peer pressure 2. In a passionate moment when he throws away his masks 3. In an experimental setting when "custom leaveth him"

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2/ Lawrence Of Arabia Cycled 3,500 km+ and walked 1,600+ km *solo* to study castles at the age of 19 Became one of the Allied leaders of the Arab Revolt during WWI Became a seaplane expert Wrote the best-selling Seven Pillars Of Wisdom Died in a mysterious bike crash at 46 https://t.co/0bzmgvSjbN

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Given that we need great men - what should they be like? Thomas Carlyle gives fascinating answers in his book: On Heroes, Hero-Worship, & the Heroic in History (1841) Above all, heroes are sincere generalists More details in Caesar's CV👇🏻 https://t.co/YtNlYwW5jH

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19/ Deep: Freediving, Renegade Science, and What the Ocean Tells Us About Ourselves Free divers dive hundreds of feet underwater water without oxygen assistance It’s the second most dangerous sport in the world And J. Nestor shows the fanatical obsession of those who play it

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First Patrick O'Brian couldn't crack the Royal Naval College entrance Then he was permanently rejected from the Navy due to bad health Using his obsession with the sea He wrote Master and Commander: a naval thriller that broke records, spawned 20+ sequels, and became a movie👇🏻 https://t.co/OEZlzWIYzw

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3/ Jules Verne's literary inspirations: • Victor Hugo: "I was greatly under his influence...very excited by reading and re-reading his works" • De Maupassant: "A man of genius" • Dickens: "My favorite author...I have read the whole of Dickens at least ten times over" https://t.co/jAFD6KLpAH

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3/ Samuel Johnson Kirk writes: “Rasselas by Johnson has taught me far more about human beings and humankind’s vanities than has Candide” Johnson was a “generous champion of order” who was wise enough to know “just authority” from “checked power" https://t.co/nJbdd4lFPb