(Part 2) Best rich & famous biographies according to redditors
We found 260 Reddit comments discussing the best rich & famous biographies. We ranked the 89 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the products ranked 21-40. You can also go back to the previous section.
29. Hell's Angel: The Life and Times of Sonny Barger and the Hell's Angels Motorcycle Club
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I have Stan Lee's memoir (It's a comic, of course. See here.)
I wanted to share a few bits of it about Joan.
Stan: To appreciate my reaction to seeing Joan^^for ^^the ^^first ^^time, you have to understand that I'd been drawing her for years! She was my dream girl, you see. I did countless drawings of her over the years -- and I'm not even an artist!
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There I was in 1947 and I was a few days shy of my 25^th birthday. And what a birthday present I got. A friend set me up for a blind date with a model! I had no idea what to expect. That's kind of the point of blind dates, I guess. After three years at army camps, I couldn't wait to see her. She wasn't just a her, she was a vision!
She wasn't even the model I was suppose to meet!
Stan: Her name is Joan Bocock. British. From a place called Newcastle Upon Tyne.
I... fell in love with her the moment I saw her.
(flashback to the past)
Stan: I think I'm in love with you!
Joan: Well, isn't that sweet.
Stan: You want to go out? Right now?
Joan: Wait.... are you the fellow who's supposed to be dating Betty?
Stan: Who?
I never actually met Betty. In a short time, Joanie and I were going steady. One of our favourite places to go was the beach. We loved the beach. Finally after a couple of dates, we just knew we were going to get married.
Here is the problem: Technically, Joanie was still married to someone else.
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Later
Stan: Mum, Dad. This is Joanie.... My Wife.
Mum: Welcome to the family ! I always wanted a daughter!
Dad (to Stan): Good job son, she's gorgeous.
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Stan met Joanie in 1947 and he fell in love with her instantly. They had been married for 70 years, before Joanie died. I cannot fathom the hurt Stan may be feeling right now, but the fact he had 70 years with his dream girl has got to be amazing.
Ooooh, a question near and dear to my heart. I don't think you'll find many chess books without annotated games, but you can certainly find chess books where biography and context are at least just as important. In my opinion, the best books in this category are almost all published by McFarland and Co. If you browse Amazon, look for books by Andy Soltis or Edward Winter. If you're looking for a specific player or era, let me know. I've bought and read lots of chess biographies.
Here's my top 5 so far:
Soviet Chess 1917-1991 (Andy Soltis)
Life and Games of Mikhail Tal (Mikhail Tal)
Endgame (Frank Brady)
Mikhail Botvinnik: The Life and Games of a World Chess Champion (Andy Soltis)
William Steinitz, Chess Champion: A Biography of the Bohemian Caesar (Kurt Landsberger)
I read a book about Disney called "Mouse Tales" which talked about how Disney refuses to allow outside EMS into the park because they are afraid it would upset the other guests and ruin the "Disney experience." I get that they have an image to uphold, but injuries and accidents are a part of life. People have died and like your gf's little brother, are dealing with long term injuries which probably wouldn't be as serious if they were attended to in time. Such bullshit.
*Edited since I'm getting the rabid Disney downvote brigade and corrected that they do have their own EMS.
As I said, haven't been there in 17 years and was going from a book. I get that they have their own EMS and like I originally was getting at, outside EMS isn't allowed in. Again, going from a book which posed there has been a problem with this system of handling emergencies. I apologize for any miscommunication and potential defamation of Mickey Mouse.
I'm traveling so don't have access to my office books, but interested readers will want to consult two widely available books:
-David Halberstam's The Fifties (1994) includes a chapter on Hugh Heffner and Marilyn Monroe that provides a fair amount of background on Heff and the rise of Playboy, including its reception. The book has been criticized for its interpretations in some quarters but the Playboy chapter is solid in my opinion.
-Steven Watts Mr Playboy: Hugh Hefner and the American Dream (2009) is a more complete and well-researched biography of Heffner. It covers the story of the magazine's creation and reception well.
Unfortunately I am not aware of an article-length treatment of the topic, though there are many newspaper and magazine stories on the magazine from the 1950s/1960s. Watts cites many of them for those interested in tracking them down.
You really have to feel for Jon Jones. I mean he has no idea how that got into his body. [NO IDEA.] (https://www.amazon.com/If-I-Did-Confessions-Killer-ebook/dp/B004FEF65Q/ref=mt_kindle?_encoding=UTF8&me=)
There is a book about the family and Big Kathy. It's called House of Hilton. I've been wanting to read it for a while now.
I always stick to 3 books at a time.
Main:
Jurassic Park by Michael Critchon. I love this book. I have about 9% left and will finish it during bedtime tonight. Crazy thing is everyone tells me The Lost World is the superior novel. Will start on it after I'm done with this.
Secondary:
The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemmingway. Gustavo is just getting his fish to bite. It's okay. I don't have a ton of time to read it, but once it's my main book, I'm sure I'll put a lot more time into it.
Just Starting:
Slobberknocker: My Life in Wrestling by Jim Ross**.** I'm a huge wrestling fan, and this is the autobiography of Jim Ross, a man that has been in the business for many decades. I am only a few pages in, but I know I will kill this book in a few days once this is my main book.
Next Books to Start:
The Lost World by Michael Crichton
Without Remorse by Tom Clancy
Dreams from My Father by Barack Obama (Suggested by a Reddit User's post)
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You should be more specific about what you're hoping to learn. There are thousands of resources out there in regards to entrepreneurship, marketing, website development & eCommerce. You could find pretty much anything you want if you phrase it correctly.
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You can just keep going from there.
The basics of what you'll need, assuming you know nothing (which I doubt) would be this.
Everything else you just figure out along the way based on how you want to monetize your audience and quite honestly, no book is going to help you figure that out.
You'll learn a lot more just hanging out on Reddit and watching YouTube videos on the subject matter that's next on your checklist. Books are almost purely inspirational at this point and I think we can agree there are plenty of Podcasts that will help you find inspiration (and skill), such as The Top (Nathan Latka) or Mixergy
If you study hustlers you'll get all the information and inspiration you could ever hope for. Read or watch anything from Noah Kagan (AppSumo). No one does it better than him. Ryan Holiday (not an affiliate link) is another favorite of mine. There are also some older Tim Ferriss articles that really talk about how you approach certain businesses.
Like I said, man. It's all out there. You don't need to pay $1 for information, you just have to know what to look for and if you listen to a few podcasts or read a few beginner articles you'll figure out pretty quickly the steps you need to take next.
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Some Books I Like (no affiliate links)
Here are some of my favorites. Paper Tiger (The writer tries to get down to scratch and complete Q-School), The Big Miss (Hank Haney's take on being Tiger's coach), John Daly - My life in and out of the rough cause well, John Daly. And I'm currently reading Slaying the Tiger which is really good so far.
You can't go wrong with a couple of classic chess books such as:
Also, he is at a level in which he could find Garry Kasparov (former world champion and arguably the best chess player of all time)'s masterclass useful: https://www.masterclass.com/classes/garry-kasparov-teaches-chess
Some lesser known titles:
https://www.amazon.com/My-Memorable-Games-Bobby-Fischer/dp/190638830X
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https://www.amazon.com/Garry-Kasparov-Great-Predecessors-Part/dp/1857443306/
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https://www.amazon.com/Pump-Your-Rating-Axel-Smith/dp/1907982736
Sounds like you'd enjoy reading Walden.
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https://www.amazon.co.uk/Walden-Henry-David-Thoreau/dp/1505297729
My Life During the OJ Simpson Trial:
https://www.amazon.com/Life-During-J-Simpson-Trial-ebook/dp/B01CNM4ISC
Desert Solitaire
Leaves of Grass
One Man's Wilderness
Into the Wild
Wilderness Essays
Call of the Wild
Walden Shocking huh?
I can offer this book I found, although I haven't read it though, so I can't offer an opinion. It's titled: All the Money in the World: How the Forbes 400 Make--and Spend--Their Fortunes
Read Endgame by Frank Brady. He's a genuine biographer and actually knew Fischer when he was a kid. Even as a non-chess player, once can appreciate the life story of Bobby Fischer.
For chess players/fans, read Svetozar Gligoric's book on the 1972 match. It's arguably once of the best books I've ever read. Gligoric annotates the games and gives a blow-by-blow account of the action behind the scenes, as well as at the board.
Long Way Round is a great read.
If you liked the Hunter S Thompson book then Sonny Bargers book is worth a read as well.
Sonny Biographer has a few interesting stories about him
i took a 4-month trip from SF to Osaka...only flew once from NY to London...it was a great trip...plus moths here and there in about 45 countries...highly recommended...
some other good books
Check out Sonny Barger's book. He tells the story from the HA side and answers your question.
This episode didn't recommend any additional information to read about Stan Lee.
Over in /r/books, I saw them recommend Amazing Fantastic Incredible: A Marvelous Memoir
A few months ago I read this book on Buffett, so I certainly admire his philanthropy and hold him up as a great example of being "good without god."
That said, differentiating between a $30m philanthropic gift - which university and other charitable endowments receive with at least some regularity - and the largest single philanthropic donation in history is not pedantic if you're going to write about philanthropy.
Though I'll add, my comment does read like a direct note to the author it rather than an emphasis for the readers. I didn't realize you were also the author, so you may just be responding to my tone thinking I was trying to bust you because I get such a thrill from it. I don't.
To show no hard feelings, I'll point out that I think you missed another gem: Chuck Feeney, who has given more than $3.5b away (most of it anonymously). I don't have a direct source on his not having religion, but seem to recall it from The Billionaire Who Wasn't.
As someone who as also worked at Disneyland may I suggest the [Mouse Tails] (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/096406054X/ref=pd_lpo_k2_dp_sr_2?pf_rd_p=486539851&pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe-1&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=0517555921&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=0W1XT94X0VXTVFDBCVSG) books if you are looking for some crazy Disney stories. Has some great anecdotes of cast member pranks, Disney deaths, Disney baby conceptions, guest stupidity, and a lot more. I feel like the books capture the overall surreal experience of working at a Disney park.
EDIT: Link for the lazy.
https://www.amazon.com/House-Hilton-Conrad-Wealth-Privilege/dp/0307337227
the first part, i believe, covers the Richards. ducking sad story.
I recommend the biography Mr. Playboy - a fascinating account of Hefner's life and his impact on social issues such as women's rights, civil rights and gay rights.
Kindle version is only $9.99:
http://www.amazon.com/Hells-Angel-Autobiography-Sonny-Barger-ebook/dp/B0012OYBOO/
Lookup the book, he didn't write it. The Goldman family did