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Tim Ferriss is an entrepreneur, author and podcaster. Author of 5 #1 NYT/WSJ bestsellers, early-stage investor (https://t.co/cpVCd1qHwS), Tim Ferriss Show podcast (900M+ downloads), founder of https://t.co/9bQjti1v6c

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Book Cover for: Bittersweet (Oprah's Book Club): How Sorrow and Longing Make Us Whole, Susan Cain

Bittersweet (Oprah's Book Club): How Sorrow and Longing Make Us Whole

Susan Cain
Tim FerrissTim Ferriss

NEW podcast episode is up! "Susan Cain (@susancain) on Transforming Pain, Building Your Emotional Resilience, Exploring Sufi Wisdom, Tapping into Bittersweet Songs, and Seeking the Shards of Light" Please enjoy! 🙌 https://t.co/W6cUcdvft6

Paperback, 2023

$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World, Cal Newport

Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World

Cal Newport
Tim FerrissTim Ferriss

The book Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals by Oliver Burkeman (@oliverburkeman) was recently recommended to me by Cal Newport, bestselling author of Deep Work. The first few pages hooked me, and I devoured.. 1/4 https://tim.blog/2021/12/15/the-liberation-of-cosmic-insignificance-therapy/

Hardcover, 2016

$29.00$14.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Name of the Wind, Patrick Rothfuss

The Name of the Wind

Patrick Rothfuss
Tim FerrissTim Ferriss

.@tithenai and @maxgladstone - Might you recommend my next fiction read? I have loved Time War; Little, Big by John Crowley; anything by Ted Chiang; The Name of the Wind by @PatrickRothfuss; and The Gentleman Bastard series by Scott Lynch, to name a few.

Paperback, Mass Market, 2008

$10.99$5.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: How to Be Perfect: The Correct Answer to Every Moral Question, Michael Schur

How to Be Perfect: The Correct Answer to Every Moral Question

Michael Schur
Tim FerrissTim Ferriss

NEW podcast episode is up! Michael Schur (@KenTremendous), Creator of “The Good Place” — How SNL Trains Writers, His TV University at “The Office,” Wisdom from David Foster Wallace, and Exploring Moral Philosophy with “How to Be Perfect” Please enjoy! https://t.co/l6Sn0pFhKA

Paperback, 2023

$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Overstory, Richard Powers

The Overstory

Richard Powers
Tim FerrissTim Ferriss

NEW blog post is up! Richard Powers’ The Overstory, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, is an incredible book. It’s beautiful and brutal, poetic and therapeutic. (1/4) 👇 https://t.co/DwuT5BZmus

Paperback, 2019

$18.95$9.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Genesis Machine: Our Quest to Rewrite Life in the Age of Synthetic Biology, Amy Webb

The Genesis Machine: Our Quest to Rewrite Life in the Age of Synthetic Biology

Amy Webb
Tim FerrissTim Ferriss

This thought experiment and possible path is found in futurist Amy Webb's (@amywebb) new book The Genesis Machine: Our Quest to Rewrite Life in the Age of Synthetic Biology, coauthored with microbiologist and geneticist Andrew Hessel (@andrewhessel).

Paperback, 2023

$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture, Gabor Maté

The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture

Gabor Maté
Tim FerrissTim Ferriss

NEW podcast episode is up! "Dr. Gabor Maté (@drgabormate) — The Myth of Normal, Metabolizing Anger, Processing Trauma, and Finding the Still Voice Within" Please enjoy! https://t.co/X8ZzB1byCh

Hardcover, 2022

$30.00$15.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

Lewis Carroll
Tim FerrissTim Ferriss

Dream-time doge and dream-time stories... Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll, illustrated by Gwynedd M. Hudson. First Hodder and Stoughton limited edition 1982 r...: https://t.co/F8z4hLhip2 https://t.co/KH7kexnY6S

Paperback, 2008

$7.99$3.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: On Grief & Grieving: Finding the Meaning of Grief Through the Five Stages of Loss, Elisabeth Kübler-Ross

On Grief & Grieving: Finding the Meaning of Grief Through the Five Stages of Loss

Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
Tim FerrissTim Ferriss

All of the people who have recommended this book to me have said they wished they had read it prior to anyone passing away, that in fact, it also acts as fantastic preparation and consolation if you may be on the verge of losing someone.

Paperback, 2014

$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Tribe of Mentors: Short Life Advice from the Best in the World, Timothy Ferriss

Tribe of Mentors: Short Life Advice from the Best in the World

Timothy Ferriss
Tim FerrissTim Ferriss

I am donating 100% of my past book royalties from Russia and Ukraine to Ukrainian causes. This includes everything from The 4-Hour Workweek (2007) to Tribe of Mentors (2017)—five books in total. Thank you to @RyanHoliday for the inspiration and genius idea. 1/4 👇 https://t.co/H4xSu92VBY

Hardcover, 2017

$30.00$15.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book