Aaron Ghitelman Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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The Passage of Power: The Years of Lyndon Johnson
Robert A. CaroAaron Ghitelman@GrayAthene @NickTagliaferro In The Passage of Power, Robert Caro talks about how once politicians got a taste of a chance at the presidency they lose capacity for rational thought
Paperback, 2013
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Master of the Senate: The Years of Lyndon Johnson III
Robert A. CaroAaron Ghitelman@janosmarton Robert Caro (28 years between power broker & master of the senate), Jerry Garcia (30 years of touring, 20+ years between Grateful Dead’s first album & their best charting album), Dick Cheney (30 years between being WH CoS & VP), Meryl Streep (actors feel like cheating here)
Paperback, 2003
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Face It: A Memoir
Debbie HarryAaron Ghitelman@danielabramson Currently reading Debbie Harry’s memoir Face It on my commutes and Joe Klein’s biography of Woody Guthrie at home and they are awesome, also was listening to Steve Earle today and he namechecked Joe Mitchell, whom I’d never heard of but desperately want to read now
Hardcover, 2019
$37.50$18.75 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Balkans: Nationalism, War, and the Great Powers, 1804-2011
Misha GlennyAaron GhitelmanAaron Ghitelman's Favorite Book of 2021: Misha Glenny's 'The Balkans: Nationalism, War & the Great Powers, 1804-1999' https://twitter.com/BarackObama/status/1471168495312420877
Paperback, 2012
$28.00$14.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York
Robert A. CaroAaron Ghitelman@imjasondiamond The biggest problem with The Power Broker is that Robert Caro has never even built a single road, not to mention miles and miles of parkways Men like Caro never can grasp the depth of true master builders like Moses
Paperback, 1975
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Woody Guthrie: A Life
Joe KleinAaron Ghitelman@danielabramson Currently reading Debbie Harry’s memoir Face It on my commutes and Joe Klein’s biography of Woody Guthrie at home and they are awesome, also was listening to Steve Earle today and he namechecked Joe Mitchell, whom I’d never heard of but desperately want to read now
Paperback, 1999
$23.00$11.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
In Cold Blood: A True Account of a Multiple Murder and Its Consequences
Truman CapoteAaron GhitelmanIn cold blood — great read this Truman capote guy really has a way with words, and what brilliant narrative tools he used to weave this book together
Out of stock
Tough Jews: Fathers, Sons, and Gangster Dreams
Rich CohenAaron Ghitelman@mobydickenergy Bugsy and Casino both are kind of this, but someone needs to option a show based on Rich Cohen’s book Tough Jews about Murder Inc./Abe “Kid Twist” Reles in Brownsville
Paperback, 1999
$19.00$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Early Poems of Alfred Lord Tennyson - Volume III: "Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all."
Alfred Lord TennysonAaron GhitelmanTis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all [thinking about that blimpies on 13th and 4th that shut down in ~2013 and became a liquiteria]
Paperback, 2017
$10.24$5.12 + Free shipping50% off your first book