Alan Johnson (@acjay@qoto.org) Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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In the Shadow of the Sword: The Birth of Islam and the Rise of the Global Arab Empire
Tom HollandAlan Johnson (@acjay@qoto.org)@RDU_66 @Patrick_Wyman Check out In The Shadow of the Sword by Tom Holland. I thought it was fantastic.
Paperback, 2013
$21.00$10.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Twilight of the Elites: America After Meritocracy
Chris HayesAlan Johnson (@acjay@qoto.org)@chrislhayes sounded the alarm in Twilight of the Elites, and every since reading that book almost 10 years ago, I've felt like Cassandra of Troy, unsurprised as things have steadily become more dire. https://twitter.com/ezraklein/status/1490741759839653889
Paperback, 2013
$24.00$12.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Silo Series Boxed Set: Wool, Shift, Dust, and Silo Stories
Hugh HoweyAlan Johnson (@acjay@qoto.org)@seldo I recommend the Silo saga by Hugh Howey. The first book, Wool, got a ton of acclaim, but I think the subsequent books are even better.
Paperback, 2020
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Wool: The Graphic Novel
Hugh HoweyAlan Johnson (@acjay@qoto.org)@dan_abramov Wool by Hugh Howey is fantastic. It's a near future book where the mystery of how the characters came to be in the world they inhabit gradually gets revealed.
Paperback, 2014
$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk
Peter L. BernsteinAlan Johnson (@acjay@qoto.org)@Patrick_Wyman What are your thoughts on the book Against The Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk? I'd be shocked if you hadn't read it 😁
Paperback, 1998
$22.99$11.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Thinking in Bets: Making Smarter Decisions When You Don't Have All the Facts
Annie DukeAlan Johnson (@acjay@qoto.org)@AgnesCallard But in the Annie Duke "Thinking in Bets" philosophy, we can reflect on when our decisionmaking framework was unnecessarily faulty, decoupled from the outcomes. Maybe that's one way to think of regret.
Paperback, 2019
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