Edward Norton
5 Books recommended by Edward Norton
Edward Harrison Norton is an American actor and filmmaker. He has received numerous awards and nominations, including a Golden Globe Award and three Academy Award nominations. Born in Massachusetts and raised in Maryland, Norton was drawn to theatrical productions at local venues as a child.
Recommendations
Buddhism without Beliefs
Buddhism without Beliefs
Stephen Batchelor
BuddhismBuddhism Without Beliefs presents a new interpretation of Buddhism and proposes realistic, non-religious, Buddhist solutions to the existential anguish that most of us live in.
“One of my favorites”
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The Search for Modern China
The Search for Modern China
Jonathan D. Spence
HistoryCovering more than four centuries of Chinese history, this work chronicles the various dynasties, the ideas of reformist Confucian scholars, and China's poets, novelists, artists, students, and leaders
“It a great book”
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The Death of Woman Wang
The Death of Woman Wang
Jonathan D. Spence
HistoryLife in early modern China is depicted in intimate detail in an account, based on county histories, memoirs, and contemporary stories, of events in T'an-ch'eng county during the late years of the seventeenth century
“It a great book”
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Wind, Sand and Stars
Wind, Sand and Stars
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry,Lewis Galantière
Biography & Autobiography“... I really like Antoine de Saint-Exuprys book. It's called Wind, Sand, and Stars.”
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Shōgun
Shōgun
James Clavell
Fiction"Here is the world-famous novel of Japan that is the earliest book in James Clavell’s masterly Asian saga. Set in the year 1600, it tells the story of a bold English pilot whose ship was blown ashore in Japan, where he encountered two people who were to change his life: a warlord with his own quest for power, and a beautiful interpreter torn between two ways of life and two ways of love"--Amazon.com.
“Recommended on Tim Ferriss' podcast”
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