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Sam Kass Recommended Books
Sam Kass has recommended 7 books. Browse the complete reading list with quotes and sources below.
Sam Kass served as President Barack Obama's Senior Policy Advisor for Nutrition Policy.
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Vibrant Vegetable Recipes from London's Ottolenghi
by Yotam Ottolenghi
"Probably [the author's] most-famous book." - Sam Kass (Source)
A History of World Agriculture
From the Neolithic Age to the Current Crisis
by Marcel Mazoyer
Sam Kass mentioned this book on "The Tim Ferriss Show" podcast. (Source)
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by Yotam Ottolenghi
"Just spectacular, and the recipes are simple but so delicious." - Sam Kass (Source)
Sapiens
A Brief History, Book 1
by Yuval Noah Harari
Sam Kass recommended this book in the "Tools of Titans" book. (Source)
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"It really puts in perspective how bizarre human beings are. It’s an awesome overview of our species." - Joe Rogan
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Bill Gates recommended this bookBill Gates
"I would recommend this book to anyone interested in a fun, engaging look at early human history." - Bill Gates
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Naval Ravikant recommended this bookNaval Ravikant
"Best book I've read in [2015]." - Naval Ravikant
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Lex Fridman recommended this bookLex Fridman
"Basically one of the things we've created here is we've imagined ideas that we all share." - Lex Fridman
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Mark Zuckerberg recommended this bookMark Zuckerberg
"A big history narrative of human civilization." - Mark Zuckerberg
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Peter Attia recommended this bookPeter Attia
One of Peter Attia's answers to "any books you feel would make your reading list?"
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- Ashton Kutcher
"The brainy book I seem to be sharing or talking about the most lately." - Ashton Kutcher
- Whitney Cummings
"A great book about [how] we’ve evolved and why we have anxiety." - Whitney Cummings
- Richard Branson
"I just love the style of his writing." - Richard Branson
- Ray Dalio
Ray Dalio mentioned this book on "The Tim Ferriss Show" podcast.
- Vinod Khosla
"A previous favorite." - Vinod Khosla
- James Cameron
"It explains human behavior and why we are the way we are in human civilization from soup to nuts. And I’ve read it now a couple of times. It’s a pretty astonishing book." - James Cameron
- Demis Hassabis
"There's not many times where I read a book and come out with 20 new ideas I hadn't thought about before, and [this book] made me think like that." - Demis Hassabis
- Keith Rabois
Keith Rabois recommended this book on a Medium blog post.
- Daniel Ek
"Both sobering and conservatively optimistic in equal measure." - Daniel Ek
- Reid Hoffman
"A grand theory of humanity." - Reid Hoffman
- Sebastian Junger
"I’m going to give [this book] over and over again to everyone I know." - Sebastian Junger
- Kishore Biyani
"Fascinating because of its multi-disciplinary approach towards understanding human society, our behaviour and our future." - Kishore Biyani
- Ryan Shea
One of Ryan Shea's 4 answers to "what is the book (or books) you’ve given most as a gift?"
- Melinda Gates
Melinda Gates recommended this book on Likewise.com.
- Bill Gurley
"I really enjoyed [this book]." - Bill Gurley
- Karlie Kloss
"An amazing book on the beginning of humanity." - Karlie Kloss
- Anthony Pompliano
"[One of the] best books I read in 2017." - Anthony Pompliano
- Changpeng Zhao
"Gives me a greater perspective about how humans emerged and why we behave the way we do." - Changpeng Zhao
- PewDiePie
"Tells the major revolutions of human history." - PewDiePie
- Patrick O'Shaughnessy
"Provides a concise history of humankind and outlines why we have the psychology we do today." - Patrick O'Shaughnessy
- Chris Evans
"Truly mind-blowing. It’s changed the way I look at almost everything. I can’t endorse it enough." - Chris Evans
- Simon Mayo
"Love this book still." - Simon Mayo
- Penn Jillette
Penn Jillette mentioned this book in a New York Times interview.
- Mark Manson
Mark Manson recommended this book on his website.
- James Clear
"[One of] the 10 best nonfiction books of all-time." - James Clear
- Ashton Kutcher
The Art of Fielding
A Novel
by Chad Harbach
"[This book] just sucked me in, and I love the feeling of being sucked in, which doesn’t happen with that intensity too often." - Sam Kass (Source)
The Flavor Bible
The Essential Guide to Culinary Creativity, Based on the Wisdom of America's Most Imaginative Chefs
by Page and Dornenburg
Sam Kass recommended this book in the "Tools of Titans" book. (Source)
Jerusalem
A Cookbook
by Yotam Ottolenghi
"Just spectacular, and the recipes are simple but so delicious." - Sam Kass (Source)
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