Books Recommended by Rolf Potts
Leaves of Grass
The Original 1855 Edition
Walt Whitman
Source: "This great reminder that joy and openness to experience and inclusivity is something that is going to be that catalyst that makes every experience more exciting." - Rolf Potts
The 4-Hour Workweek
Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich
Tim Ferriss
Source: "Challenges the reader to seriously consider an essential–yet rarely asked–question: What do you really want from life?" - Rolf Potts
A.J. JacobsBlake MycoskieCaterina FakeCharles PoliquinDaniel PinkDavid Heinemeier HanssonDerek SiversEric WeinsteinEv WilliamsGary KellerJason SilvaLaura R WalkerMarc AndreessenMarc GoodmanMark BellMaurice AshleyMike Maples, Jr.Mike ShinodaRolf PottsTim DraperTristan HarrisWalter IsaacsonLewis HowesJodie CookBrian DeanTo Show and to Tell
The Craft of Literary Nonfiction
Phillip Lopate
Source: "A collection of essays about the writer’s craft." - Rolf Potts
Trespass
Ecotone Essayists Beyond the Boundaries ofPlace, Identity, and Feminism
Aimee Nezhukumatathil
Source: Rolf Potts recommended this book in the "Tools of Titans" book.
At the Drive-In Volcano
Aimee Nezhukumatathil
Source: Rolf Potts recommended this book in the "Tools of Titans" book.
Standing on Z
Stuart Dischell
Source: Rolf Potts recommended this book in the "Tools of Titans" book.
Good Hope Road
Stuart Dischell
Source: Rolf Potts recommended this book in the "Tools of Titans" book.
Evenings and Avenues
Stuart Dischell
Source: Rolf Potts recommended this book in the "Tools of Titans" book.
Children with Enemies
Stuart Dischell
Source: Rolf Potts recommended this book in the "Tools of Titans" book.
Backwards Days
Stuart Dischell
Source: Rolf Potts recommended this book in the "Tools of Titans" book.
Oceanic
Aimee Nezhukumatathil
Source: Rolf Potts recommended this book in the "Tools of Titans" book.
Miracle Fruit
Aimee Nezhukumatathil
Source: Rolf Potts recommended this book in the "Tools of Titans" book.
Lucky Fish
Poems
Aimee Nezhukumatathil
Source: Rolf Potts recommended this book in the "Tools of Titans" book.
Fishbone
Aimee Nezhukumatathil
Source: Rolf Potts recommended this book in the "Tools of Titans" book.
Writing Tools
55 Essential Strategies for Every Writer
Roy Peter Clark
Source: Rolf Potts recommended this book in the "Tools of Titans" book.
Story
Style, Structure, Substance, and the Principles of Screenwriting
Robert McKee
Source: Rolf Potts recommended this book in the "Tools of Titans" book.
Screenplay
The Foundations of Screenwriting
Syd Field
Source: Rolf Potts recommended this book in the "Tools of Titans" book.
Best American Poetry
David Lehman
Source: Rolf Potts recommended this book in the "Tools of Titans" book.
Alien vs. Predator
Michael Robbins
Source: Rolf Potts recommended this book in the "Tools of Titans" book.
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