Boris Kachka 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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All about Love: New Visions
Bell HooksBoris KachkaMy favorite thing about editing our bestseller list is watching two titles fight it out every week: "All About Love," by bell hooks "All About Me!," by Mel Brooks
Paperback, 2018
$16.99$8.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Kindness of Strangers
Salka ViertelBoris KachkaSalka Viertel's "The Kindness of Strangers," about an extraordinary life and also a historical moment when a Hollywood memoir could also be a story of exile and artistic resilience.
Paperback, 2019
$19.95$9.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
King: A Life
Jonathan EigBoris KachkaJonathan Eig uses fresh first-hand documents to paint the picture of a more radical and complicated man — and an essential book for any history buff who takes their history seriously.
Hardcover, 2023
$35.00$17.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
These Women
Ivy PochodaBoris KachkaLoosely based on the case of the Grim Sleeper, the serial killer so named for taking a 14-year “nap” between killing sprees, Pochoda turns the focus entirely on the women — survivors, witnesses and, in her most compelling character, a petite, street-savvy detective, Essie.
Paperback, 2021
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Letter to an Imaginary Friend: Parts I-IV
Thomas McGrathBoris KachkaThomas McGrath's epic poem "Letter to an Imaginary Friend," 1962, which Philip Levin called “a book every American should be required to read before receiving a high school diploma.”
Paperback, 1997
$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Properties of Thirst
Marianne WigginsBoris KachkaThis is a great story, by @BerryFLW, about tenacity, love and beautiful writing. https://t.co/yLPtVXine7
Paperback, 2023
$21.99$10.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Summer of the Big Bachi
Naomi HiraharaBoris KachkaHirahara’s cozy-ish mysteries are a Trojan horse from which hidden histories come pouring out — in particular the long story of Japanese assimilation and alienation in the U.S.
Paperback, 2004
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Every Man for Himself and God Against All: A Memoir
Werner HerzogBoris KachkaHerzog’s first full-on memoir is a must-have for cineastes or anyone who appreciates well-told, highly digressive tales with perhaps a grain or two of untruth. Flitting from odd jobs to famously disastrous productions to notes on aesthetics, the only thing it’s short on are dull moments.
Hardcover, 2023
$30.00$15.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
James Patterson by James Patterson: The Stories of My Life
James PattersonBoris Kachka@DPD_ I prefer “James Patterson by James Patterson: The Stories of My Life,” by James Patterson
Paperback, 2023
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L.A. Confidential
James EllroyBoris KachkaEllroy isn’t for everyone — but who is? ... “L.A. Confidential,” hits hardest among the novels in his L.A. Quartet, entwining three cops in a case that blows the lid open on the whole dirty town.
Paperback, 1997
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