Books like Eat & Run: My Unlikely Journey to Ultramarathon Greatness
12 books with a reading profile close to Eat & Run: My Unlikely Journey to Ultramarathon Greatness by Scott Jurek. Growth-minded and clear-cut; an easy read.
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1
An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth
Also clear-cut · practical, memoir
Chris Hadfield details his path from a corn farm in Ontario to commanding the International Space Station.
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2
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
by Stephen King
Also clear-cut · practical, memoir
Stephen King divides this volume into a personal history and a technical manual for prose.
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3
Vagabonding: An Uncommon Guide to the Art of Long-Term World Travel
by Rolf Potts
Also clear-cut · practical, inspirational
Rolf Potts presents a practical framework for overseas travel lasting months or years rather than weeks.
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4
Ignore Everybody: and 39 Other Keys to Creativity
by Hugh MacLeod
Also growth-minded and clear-cut · practical, inspirational
Hugh MacLeod presents forty concise manifestos derived from his experience drawing cartoons on the backs of business cards while holding a corporate job.
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5
More Than a Carpenter
Also clear-cut · practical, inspirational
Josh McDowell presents an intellectual defense of the divinity of Jesus Christ, centering his argument on the trilemma that Jesus was either a liar, a lunatic, or the Lord.
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No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference
Also growth-minded and clear-cut · practical, inspirational
This collection gathers the public speeches delivered by Greta Thunberg between 2018 and 2019, documenting her transition from a lone protester to an international figure.
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90 Minutes in Heaven: A True Story of Death and Life
by Don Piper
Also clear-cut · memoir, inspirational
In 1989, a semi-truck crushed Don Piper’s car, leading medical professionals to pronounce him dead at the scene.
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Whiskey in a Teacup: What Growing Up in the South Taught Me About Life, Love, and Baking Biscuits
Also growth-minded and clear-cut · practical, memoir
Reese Witherspoon documents her upbringing in Nashville, Tennessee, organized around the central metaphor of a Southern woman being strong and fiery on the inside despite a delicate exterior.
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The Magnolia Story
by Chip Gaines
Also clear-cut · memoir, inspirational
Chip and Joanna Gaines, the couple behind the home-renovation show Fixer Upper, tell their own story in this memoir, which Chip narrates with Joanna's contributions.
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10
Be Ready When the Luck Happens
by Ina Garten
Also clear-cut · memoir, inspirational
In this memoir, Ina Garten traces her path from a restrictive childhood to her role as a nuclear budget analyst in the Ford and Carter administrations before pivoting to culinary entrepreneurship.
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Losing My Virginity: How I've Survived, Had Fun, and Made a Fortune Doing Business My Way
Also clear-cut · memoir, inspirational
Richard Branson chronicles the rise of the Virgin brand from his early days managing a student magazine to the expansion of a global aviation and music empire.
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The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope
Also clear-cut · memoir, inspirational
In 2002, a severe drought in Malawi forced fourteen-year-old William Kamkwamba to drop out of school because his family could no longer afford the fees.
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