According to an article by the Observer written by Sage Lazzaro, the following is a list of 10 books Bill Gates says will make you smarter.
1. What if? Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
2. Moonwalking With Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything
5. Where Good Ideas Come From: The Natural History of Innovation
6. Thing Explainer: Complicated Stuff in Simple Words
7. Mindset: The New Psychology of Success
9. Business Adventures: Twelve Classic Tales From the World of Wall Street
If you live in New York City, there may be a good chance you may run into Randy Kearse selling his books in the subway station.
Purchase: Changin' Your Game Plan: How to use incarceration as a stepping stone for SUCCESS
Once deemed a menace to society by a judge who sentenced him to 15 years, Randy Kearse (author, motivational speaker, and entrepreneur) served 13 years, 6 months, and 2 days in federal prison. He returned home a new man with a new perspective, a fresh focus, and a strong determination to succeed. In a first book of its kinda, CHANGIN' YOUR GAMEPLAN is about the journey of change one MUST embark on in order to live a positive, productive, and successful life after prison. A no-holds-barred blueprint of how to succeed after one's street game plan fails and leads to incarceration. (Source: Goodreads)
Brad Bathgate - Poet from Harlem speaks reality through wit and observation. Definitely entertaining the way he forces you to see his stories through his eyes.
Aka 'Blue', Brad Bathgate is the author of "Corner Stores in the Middle of the Block," a collection of original poetry and short stories. In the spring of 2002, he was published in "Signifying Harlem," an anthology of poetry. He has performed at the Nuyorican Poet's Café, The Bowery Poetry Club, The Poets House and The Poetry Project at St. Mark's Church in association with Cave Canem Poets. Blue performs at art galleries, museums, lounges, comedy clubs, colleges, universities and poetry venues in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Philadelphia and Baltimore, at times, walking away as open mic winner from the Nuyorican Poetry Café and Jimmy's Uptown Hottest Poets to name a few. (Source: Amazon)
In December 2005, he was featured in "The New York Daily News Paper" and they were quoted saying "His career is on the write track."
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