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Paperback Pirates is a biweekly philosophy newsletter. Readers should expect engaging and thoughtful essays about life and what it means to live well. Book reviews, occasional musings, and storytelling are also par for the course here.
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Lessons From Leaders #2: The Jay Wright Story (opens the original)
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Jay Wright is a Philly guy. No matter how much he won or how famous he became, this axiom remained the core of his identity. He grew up near Philadelphia, eventually took the head men’s basketball coach job at Villanova (a Philadelphia school), and tried to recruit the best local talent to field his team. When offers came from bigger schools and the NBA for more money and recognition, he chose to stay. Paradoxically, by limiting himself to his local area he was able to build one of the top progr
Living A Story As Antidote To Drifting (opens the original)
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After the breakout success of his memoir Blue Like Jazz, Donald Miller found himself in the same position most single guys in their 30s experience. A mostly stable career, semi-cyclical dating life, and no obvious destination on the horizon, he was waiting on some kind of breeze to move him along. <div class="i
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