Brooke Preston 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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Comedy writer. Author. Little Miss Belpre Ohio 1984.
Introduction to Communication Studies
John FiskeBrooke Preston@elonmusk John Fiske explains why in his book Introduction to Communication Studies 3rd ed. The answer is a combination of: redundant acts and language are necessary to root our shared communication as a baseline for more entropic/low redundancy messages; and, ritual has value.
Hardcover, 2010
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In Your House 13: Final Four
Jesse RussellBrooke PrestonJust watching the #FinalFour, hilariously entranced by the absolute magic of the seamlessly embedded digital shot clock on the hardwood court as if I’m Laura Ingalls, stepping fresh from the prairie into an unfathomable robot future.
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Build Your Own Christmas Movie Romance: Pick Your Plot, Meet Your Man, and Create the Holiday Love Story of a Lifetime
Riane KoncBrooke PrestonCINCY AREA FRIENDS: This Sunday from 1-3pm, I’ll be in lively conversation with my hilarious pal @theillustrious about her new humor gift book “Build Your Own Christmas Movie Romance” at the Kenwood Half Price Books on Montgomery. Giveaways, treats and lots of laughs—be there! 💛
Hardcover, 2019
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It Came from Ohio!: My Life as a Writer
R. L. StineBrooke Preston@RL_Stine My 9 year-old daughter (and budding scary stories writer) Arden and I are reading your “It Came From Ohio! My Life as a Writer” book we found at the Ohio History Museum. She noticed in it that today is your birthday—happiest birthday to one who gives Goosebumps and joy!
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Great Gatsby *
F. Scott FitzgeraldBrooke PrestonSome of the “scandalous” books on the list: Cider House Rules Middlesex, a pulitzer prize winning novel @SaraJBenincasa’s Great Gatsby update Great A book literally called “The Year They Burned the Books”. Didn’t make the cut as something that might make kids uncomfy: Mein Kampf https://twitter.com/NPR/status/1453828693348990979
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Knowledge Of The Holy: Drawing Close To God By Knowing His Attributes
A. W. TozerBrooke Preston@davepettengill I don’t know if it’s specific to a denom but I got a lot out of AW Tozer’s Knowledge of the Holy.
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