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Ben Jacobs Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Book Cover for: This Will Not Pass: Trump, Biden, and the Battle for America's Future, Jonathan Martin

This Will Not Pass: Trump, Biden, and the Battle for America's Future

Jonathan Martin
Ben JacobsBen Jacobs

I reviewed @jmartNYT and @alexburnsNYT's new book This Will Not Pass for @NYMag. https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2022/05/this-will-not-pass-shows-how-trump-was-resurrected.html

Paperback, 2023

$19.99Member price:$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Invisible Storm: A Soldier's Memoir of Politics and Ptsd, Jason Kander

Invisible Storm: A Soldier's Memoir of Politics and Ptsd

Jason Kander
Ben JacobsBen Jacobs

Finished ⁦@JasonKander⁩’s new book Invisible Storm and it was a really interesting and compelling memoir https://t.co/Sa0CeIW3kz

Paperback, 2023

$19.99Member price:$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Secret City: The Hidden History of Gay Washington, James Kirchick

Secret City: The Hidden History of Gay Washington

James Kirchick
Ben JacobsBen Jacobs

Just got my copy of Secret City by @jkirchick and super excited to read. https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781627792325/secretcity https://t.co/tJnBEzNRie

Paperback, 2023

$25.99Member price:$12.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Cooperstown Casebook: Who's in the Baseball Hall of Fame, Who Should Be In, and Who Should Pack Their Plaques, Jay Jaffe

The Cooperstown Casebook: Who's in the Baseball Hall of Fame, Who Should Be In, and Who Should Pack Their Plaques

Jay Jaffe
Ben JacobsBen Jacobs

Think @jay_jaffe needs to get started on a new chapter in the Cooperstown Casebook https://t.co/RbETXckgL9

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Book Cover for: Renegades: Born in the USA, Barack Obama

Renegades: Born in the USA

Barack Obama
Ben JacobsBen Jacobs

"Cox’s entrance music as he climbed on the stage was Bruce Springsteen’s “Born in the USA,” which has a triumphant-sounding chorus but verses with lyrics about the tribulations of a Vietnam War veteran." https://t.co/7w9BBToQTa

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Book Cover for: Flipped: How Georgia Turned Purple and Broke the Monopoly on Republican Power, Greg Bluestein

Flipped: How Georgia Turned Purple and Broke the Monopoly on Republican Power

Greg Bluestein
Ben JacobsBen Jacobs

.@bluestein's book Flipped is coming out this week and it's fantastic. There's no better way to celebrate the start of spring than by buying a copy and reading about the political transformation of Georgia https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/691042/flipped-by-greg-bluestein/

Hardcover, 2022

$29.00Member price:$14.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Lady in the Lake, Laura Lippman

Lady in the Lake

Laura Lippman
Ben JacobsBen Jacobs

Hollywood comes to Pikesville: Laura Lippman‘s ‘Lady in the Lake’ films in quiet, leafy Baltimore suburb https://t.co/9DDuNmCFeL

Paperback, 2020

$18.99Member price:$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: It Ain't Over Until the Fat Lady Sings, Hugo Kijne

It Ain't Over Until the Fat Lady Sings

Hugo Kijne
Ben JacobsBen Jacobs

@daveweigel It ain't over until the fat lady sings at the Rules and Bylaws Committee

Paperback, 2016

$17.95Member price:$8.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Closing of the American Mind: How Higher Education Has Failed Democracy and Impoverished the Souls of Today's Students, Allan Bloom

The Closing of the American Mind: How Higher Education Has Failed Democracy and Impoverished the Souls of Today's Students

Allan Bloom
Ben JacobsBen Jacobs

Dave Brat urges CPAC attendees to read the Closing of the American Mind by Allan Bloom while caveating that “he’s not in our camp”

Paperback, 2012

$18.99Member price:$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book