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How Books Start
Nikesh tells us how he gets ideas for books.
  1. How Books Start
    06:40
    How Books Start
  2. The Egyptian Empire
    16:39
    The Egyptian Empire
  3. The British Empire
    04:33
    The British Empire
  4. The World Wars
    07:23
    The World Wars
  5. Weird and Wonderful Inventors
    02:32
    Weird and Wonderful Inventors
  6. 100 Words on Friendship
    01:14
    100 Words on Friendship
  7. The real world and the fictional world
    11:22
    The real world and the fictional world
  8. Reading of The River
    04:08
    Reading of The River
  9. How did you plan the structure of the novel?
    02:38
    How did you plan the structure of the novel?
  10. What are you favourite things about books?
    01:20
    What are you favourite things about books?
  11. Book Introduction
    01:20
    Book Introduction
  12. There’s Nothing Faster Than a Cheetah
    03:53
    There’s Nothing Faster Than a Cheetah
  13. One frame
    01:29
    One frame
  14. Where monsters come from
    03:38
    Where monsters come from
  15. This is a democracy
    00:39
    This is a democracy
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