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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. Sarah’s route into fiction
    07:16
    Sarah’s route into fiction
  7. Cookie’s Brain Busting Quiz
    06:44
    Cookie’s Brain Busting Quiz
  8. Boogie Woogie Buggy
    01:41
    Boogie Woogie Buggy
  9. Writing historical fiction
    03:58
    Writing historical fiction
  10. Ideas and inspirational teachers
    05:32
    Ideas and inspirational teachers
  11. The hero birds
    03:03
    The hero birds
  12. Why comics matter
    06:03
    Why comics matter
  13. Favourite characters and Matthew Henson
    04:28
    Favourite characters and Matthew Henson
  14. The Black Flamingo
    05:09
    The Black Flamingo
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