Jim O'Shaughnessy Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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Dreamstate: A Conspiracy Theory
Jed McKennaJim O'Shaughnessy@StewartalsopIII I agree with Jed McKenna that Human Adulthood (being awake in the dreamstate, not from it) is the real prize. But, like you, not that I would know: "What we consider bright and beautiful in children is the inherent nature of the fully developed human, of Human Adulthood. Our… https://t.co/qdjBPwVhPP
Paperback, 2016
$19.95$9.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Now More Than Ever: Australia's ABC
David AndersonJim O'Shaughnessy@FiSurgi Thanks David! Teaser: "Now, more than ever, we have the power not just to dream — but to do. Taking our doodles and scribbles and random thoughts and creating stories that can change minds. Applications that can change lives. Innovations that can change history" 🔜)01/01/2023
Paperback, 2022
$19.95$9.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Swann's Way: Remembrance of Things Past
Marcel ProustJim O'Shaughnessy@Chad73846501 @bfcarlson “Remembrance of things past is not necessarily the remembrance of things as they were.” ~Marcel Proust
Paperback, 2018
$10.95$5.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Friends of Voltaire;
Evelyn Beatrice HallJim O'Shaughnessy@LynAldenContact "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it" ~Evelyn Beatrice Hall attributed this to Voltaire in "The Friends of Voltaire" but the quote police have been disputing it endlessly, still agree with the sentiment
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Adventures of a Bystander
Peter DruckerJim O'Shaughnessy@rorysutherland @ContrarianJolly @michaeldsimmons I think one of Peter Drucker's best books is his "Adventures of a Bystander"
Hardcover, 2017
$190.00$165.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book(max discount $25)
Fyodor Dostoyevsky - Uncle's Dream: "If you want to overcome the whole world, overcome yourself"
Fyodor DostoyevskyJim O'ShaughnessyTwo thoughts from Fyodor Dostoyevsky “If you want to overcome the whole world, overcome yourself.” “Much unhappiness has come into the world because of bewilderment and things left unsaid.”
Paperback, 2019
$10.24$5.12 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Nature
Ralph Waldo EmersonJim O'Shaughnessy"There is no choice to genius." ~Ralph Waldo Emerson Against the Cult of Originality: Emerson on the True Nature of Genius https://t.co/LTFKIRJV9w via @brainpicker
Paperback, 2009
$13.00$6.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Tao Te Ching: Gilded Pocket Edition
Lao TzuJim O'Shaughnessy"Nothing in the world is as soft and yielding as water. Yet for dissolving the hard and inflexible, nothing can surpass it. The soft overcomes the hard; the gentle overcomes the rigid. Everyone knows that is true, but few can put it into practice." ~Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching… https://t.co/B4dVf4BOiU
Hardcover, 2020
$12.99$6.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Blame
Paul ReadJim O'ShaughnessyI especially enjoyed Paul's comments on the making it essay by @kadavy, the whole piece is worth a read. "Making It" as a Solo Creator, Student Loans, Blame Capitalism! | #194, by @p_millerd https://t.co/BRucfMS40K
Paperback, 2017
$16.99$8.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Practical Mysticism
Evelyn UnderhillJim O'ShaughnessyPractical Mysticism: Evelyn Underhill's Stunning Century-Old Manifesto for Secular Transcendence and Seeing the Heart of Reality https://t.co/2JiBDfZgAU via @brainpicker
Paperback, 2014
$6.99$3.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book