Alex Heard 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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Editor in chief, Outside magazine; author of The Eyes of Willie McGee & Apocalypse Pretty Soon. Past editing gigs include Wired and The New York Times Magazine.
Answered Prayers
Truman CapoteAlex HeardWho was the Worse Art Friend: Hemingway in "The Sun Also Rises" or Truman Capote in "Answered Prayers"?
Paperback, 1994
$15.00$7.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Dessert Person: Recipes and Guidance for Baking with Confidence: A Baking Book
Claire SaffitzAlex HeardSomebody just gifted me a cookbook called "Dessert Person," by Claire Saffitz. It looks great. Anybody familiar with this?
Hardcover, 2020
$35.00$17.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Wanderer
Sterling HaydenAlex Heard@lunaticcarl @chrisasolomon Actor Sterling Hayden's book about his life as a sailor: "Wanderer." https://t.co/DXKb7noz1l
Paperback, 2008
$28.95$14.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Hatchet
Gary PaulsenAlex Heard"Grumpy Old Man and the Sea." Elizabeth Royte's great 2013 @outsidemagazine profile of "Hatchet" author Gary Paulsen. https://t.co/G4dq36aQMw
Paperback, 2007
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American Ghost: A Family's Extraordinary History on the Desert Frontier
Hannah NordhausAlex Heard@ACShilton I would ask the Ghostwalkers who work for Santa Fe Ghost Tours. They are docents—they take you to haunted places—but maybe they'll know somebody who fits the bill. Also maybe check with Hannah Nordhaus, author of "American Ghost." (Which is about Santa Fe ghost all-star, "Julia."
Paperback, 2023
$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The City Under the Back Steps
Evelyn Sibley LampmanAlex HeardI programmed A.I. to replicate the end of a book report I delivered in 3rd grade. "This book is all about ants who live behind the back steps of, like, a house. If you want to know what happens next, I recommend you read 'The City Under the Back Steps.'" https://t.co/XH2XQtj6CP
Paperback, 2022
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Phone
Will SelfAlex Heard@stephenrodrick Once you start using ComplicateThis™, you'll enjoy its ease of use. Has your phone not rung in the last 15 seconds? ComplicateThis™ will call soon, reminding you that you have not awarded yourself between 1 and 5 ⭐️'s for self-evaluating the quality of your own FC annotation.
Paperback, 2019
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Jazzy Vegetarian: Lively Vegan Cuisine That's Easy and Delicious
Laura TheodoreAlex HeardI can't find any YouTubes of the Jazzy Vegetarian (Laura Theodore) actually singing jazz. So I can't confirm at this time that she is indeed jazzy.
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Project Fire: Cutting-Edge Techniques and Sizzling Recipes from the Caveman Porterhouse to Salt Slab Brownie s'Mores
Steven RaichlenAlex Heard@MarenKLarsen @outsidemagazine I'd try to make contact with Steven Raichlen, Mr. "Project Fire." (If anybody on here has contact info for him or a press handler, I'd appreciate a share.) https://t.co/kYzF7skXlt
Paperback, 2018
$24.95$12.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Breathless: The Scientific Race to Defeat a Deadly Virus
David QuammenAlex HeardPsyched to see that @outsidemagazine legend @DavidQuammen is a National Book Award finalist for "Breathless: The Scientific Race to Defeat a Deadly Virus." Info here about a Q and A we're doing with the man himself on October 13. https://t.co/vkiKJC7DIU
Paperback, 2023
$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book