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of outlandish facts and quotes—he is a tenacious reporter—and a style that barely suppresses his own amusement. It works particularly well on the buccaneers who continue to try the patience of the citizenry, as proved by his profile in The New Yorker of the developer Donald Trump. Noting that Trump “had aspired to and achieved the ultimate luxury,
... See moreWilliam Zinsser • On Writing Well, 30th Anniversary Edition: An Informal Guide to Writing Nonfiction
his feisty
Walter Isaacson • Steve Jobs
The $100,000 Salt and Pepper Shaker
Jeffrey Zaslow • The Last Lecture
We sat and talked about books and authors, and I gave my best impersonation of a model tenant, a man whose checks wouldn’t bounce and who wouldn’t cause any fuss.
William Zinsser • Writing Places: The Life Journey of a Writer and Teacher
The store was established in 1977 by two men from Bombay, and I once asked one of them, Mohan, how many customers it gets every day; it’s open from 6:00 A.M. to 8:00 P.M. He thought a moment and estimated the number at 4,000. By my own calculations that seemed about right: figure 14 hours times 60 minutes times 4 or 5 customers in any one minute. N
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