@alon@mastodon.social (they/them) 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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Transit researcher. Lived in Tel Aviv, SG, the Riviera, NY, Providence, Vancouver, Stockholm, Paris. https://t.co/A5disGAUjg alon@pedestrianobservations.com
Why Johnny Can't Read?: And What You Can Do about It
Rudolf Flesch@alon@mastodon.social (they/them)7. Rudolf Flesch himself was a psychology of education writer and had written style guides for plain English before Why Johnny Can't Read.
Paperback, 1986
$17.99Member price:$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Why Growth Matters: How Economic Growth in India Reduced Poverty and the Lessons for Other Developing Countries
Jagdish Bhagwati@alon@mastodon.social (they/them)@ElvisElven @mattyglesias Why Growth Matters by Arvind Panagariya and Jagdish Bhagwati (and Bhagwati is really good talking about US issues!).
Paperback, 2014
$21.99Member price:$10.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Industrial Revolution: A Very Short Introduction
Robert C. Allen@alon@mastodon.social (they/them)@cmkourtu @mtsw @transraven332 Robert Allen, probably the most important economic historian today of the origins of the Industrial Revolution. https://t.co/hzSfVQqbIV
Paperback, 2017
$12.99Member price:$6.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book