Brian Koppelman
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Brian William Koppelman is an American show-runner. Koppelman is the co-writer of Ocean's Thirteen and Rounders, the producer for films including The Illusionist and The Lucky Ones, the director for films including Solitary Man and the documentary This Is What They Want for ESPN as part of their 30 for 30 series, and the co-creator, showrunner, and executive producer of Showtime's Billions.
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Let's Talk About Hard Things
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From the host of the popular WNYC podcast Death, Sex, & Money, Let’s Talk About Hard Things is an invitation to discuss the tough topics that all of us encounter. “You will laugh, cry, nod in recognition, and by the end, feel like no topic is off-limits when it comes to creating meaningful connection” (Lori Gottlieb, New York Times bestselling auth...
King of a Small World
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King of the poker players from his suburban enclave in Maryland to Washington, D.C., Joey Moore faces a crisis in his life when an gambling opponent commits suicide and an unwanted baby is forced on him....
Brian Koppelman
Mar 21, 2021
Tales Out of Tulsa
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Book by Baldwin, Bobby...
Brian Koppelman
Mar 21, 2021
Pride and Prejudice
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Pride and Prejudice is an 1813 romantic novel of manners written by Jane Austen. The novel follows the character development of Elizabeth Bennet, the dynamic protagonist of the book, who learns about the repercussions of hasty judgments and eventually comes to appreciate the difference between superficial goodness and actual goodness. A classic pie...
Where do ideas come from?In Catching the Big Fish, internationally acclaimed filmmaker David Lynch provides a rare window into his methods as an artist, his personal working style, and the immense creative benefits he has experienced from the practice of meditation.Lynch describes the experience of "diving within" and "catching" ideas like fish - a...
Brian Koppelman
Jan 24, 2021
Eight Million Ways to Die
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Nobody knows better than Matthew Scudder how far down a person can sink in the city of New York. Except a young prostitute named Kim—and she wanted out. Maybe Kim didn't deserve the life fate had dealt her. She surely didn't deserve her death.The alcoholic ex-cop turned P.I. was supposed to protect her, but someone slashed her to ribbons in a seedy...
Pay brand-new employees $2,000 to quit Make customer service the responsibility of the entire company-not just a department Focus on company culture as the #1 priority Apply research from the science of happiness to running a business Help employees grow-both personally and professionally Seek to change the world Oh, and make money too . . . ...
Brian Koppelman
Nov 28, 2020
First Blood
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The award-winning novel that inspired the legendary Rambo film series starring Sylvester Stallone.First came the man: a young wanderer in a fatigue coat and long hair. Then came the legend, as John Rambo sprang from the pages of First Blood to take his place in the American cultural landscape. This remarkable novel pits a young Vietnam veteran agai...
Brian Koppelman
Oct 28, 2020
Dead Girl Blues
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You might as well know this going in: Lawrence Block's new novel is not for everyone. It's recounted in journal form by its protagonist, and begins when he walks into a roadhouse outside of Bakersfield, California, and walks out with a woman.And rapes and murders her.But, um, not in that order.Right. But it's what he does with the rest of his life ...
Brian Koppelman
Oct 18, 2020
A love story, an adventure, and an epic of the frontier, Larry McMurtry's Pulitzer Prize winning classic, Lonesome Dove, the third book in the Lonesome Dove tetralogy, is the grandest novel ever written about the last defiant wilderness of America. Journey to the dusty little Texas town of Lonesome Dove and meet an unforgettable assortment of heroe...
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Sep 20, 2020Also recommended by
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The Financier
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A master of literary naturalism, Dreiser is known for his great intensity and keen journalistic eye as he examines real-life subjects. This powerful novel explores the dynamics of the financial world during the Civil War and after the stock-market panic caused by the Great Chicago Fire.The first in a ''trilogy of desire,'' The Financier tells the s...
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Aug 07, 2020Petty by Warren Zanes
The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron
Ghost Rider by Neil Peart
Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage by Haruki Murakami
Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami
A Wild Sheep Chase by Haruki Murakami
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami
Broken by Don Winslow
Fatherland by Robert Harris
American Tabloid by James Ellroy
The War of Art by Steven Pressfield
Body & Soul by Frank Conroy
Lying by Sam Harris
Conspiracy by Ryan Holiday
The Artist's Way Morning Pages Journal by Julia Cameron
City of Thieves by David Benioff
What I Talk about When I Talk about Running by Haruki Murakami
Sizzling Chops and Devilish Spins by Jerome Charyn
What Makes Sammy Run? by Budd Schulberg
Awaken the Giant Within by Tony Robbins