The Second Tree from the Corner
E. B. White · 1954
"It distills how ephemeral and fleeting moments of happiness can be, yet that's what life's mystery is all about."
Spotted in Tribe of Mentors by Timothy Ferriss · 2017-11-21
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Reading list
Ben Stiller
Actor, director and producer
Ben Stiller is an actor, director and producer whose films have grossed over $2.6 billion; he has named formative books in Tim Ferriss's Tribe of Mentors and publicly praised Sidney Lumet's Making Movies and Rachel Maddow's Bag Man.
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The list
Book
Nine Stories
J. D. Salinger · 1948
"The gut punch of the ending, which is little more action than reading a letter, made me realize the power of storytelling."
Spotted in Tribe of Mentors by Timothy Ferriss · 2017-11-21
The Jaws Log
Carl Gottlieb · 1975
"it sort of became my bible for filmmaking as I set out to make my Super 8 movies with my friends."
Spotted in Tribe of Mentors by Timothy Ferriss · 2017-11-21
Making Movies
Sidney Lumet · 1995
"A classic - so inspiring. I love that book."
Bag Man
Rachel Maddow and Michael Yarvitz · 2020
"Bag Man is a super-entertaining page-turner about a mostly forgotten chapter of American history."
Spotted in Bag Man by Rachel Maddow - Book and Podcast
Sources
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