Carl Quintanilla 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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23 years @CNBC & @NBCNews / Peabody Award, Emmy, Murrow, duPont recipient / @WSJ alum / Board member, @NYCityCenter

Tinderbox: Hbo's Ruthless Pursuit of New Frontiers
James Andrew Miller
"Both of those stories about HBO’s non-decisions, which I’ve never seen reported before, appear in Tinderbox: HBO’s Ruthless Pursuit of New Frontiers, a new oral history book by journalist @JimMiller .." $NFLX https://t.co/rivvCWUqfL
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When Women Lead: What They Achieve, Why They Succeed, How We Can Learn from Them
Julia Boorstin
Excited to help @JBoorstin celebrate the launch of her new book, “When Women Lead.” You gotta check it out. 💯 @CNBC @CNBCTechCheck https://t.co/MjTuMOuf7w https://t.co/gWHEmP2jo8
Paperback, 2024
$20.99$10.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Into the Woods: Vocal Selections from the Disney Movie
Stephen Sondheim
"Into the Woods" makes the list! ".. Director Lear deBessonet and her starry cast .. strike an expert balance between charming and sincere in Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s dazzlingly fractured fairy-tale musical." @NYCityCenter @ITWBroadway https://t.co/aum1ifVR7q
Paperback, 2014
$26.99$13.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Lean on Me: A Children's Picture Book
Bill Withers
Today in 2015, Bill Withers inducted into the @rockhall of fame “Lean on Me”, he once said, was about selfless love. “Who could argue.. that it would be nice to have somebody who really was that way? My experience was there were people who WERE that way.” https://t.co/RBiCIdINGS
Hardcover, 2023
$16.95$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Assassins
Stephen Sondheim
“There is no moment more invigorating than reading the initial pages of your collaborator’s work. .. The most exhilarating of those highs was the evening I read the first pages” of “Assassins.” - Sondheim 💯 (cc: @SondheimSociety @StevePasquale @mikejgr) via @followtheh #NYC https://t.co/1xVg0CgkJD
Paperback, 1993
$16.95$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Truman Show: The Shooting Script
Andrew Niccol
“The Truman Show” turns 25 today. As screenwriter Andrew Niccol said: “When you know there is a camera, there IS no ‘reality.’” In that respect, Truman Burbank “is the only genuine reality star.” @sjmay92 https://t.co/UlxC2BbDo1
Paperback, 1998
$22.99$11.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
American Utopia
David Byrne
RT @consequence: David Byrne's American Utopia was award with a Tony Award this evening. Byrne is now just an Emmy away from obtaining EGOT…
Hardcover, 2020
$24.00$12.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Sondheim: Lyrics: Edited by Peter Gethers with Russell Perreault
Stephen Sondheim
Instead of a podcast this weekend, how about TWO HOURS of #Sondheim at the @92Y in 1971 — talking about lyrics, his writing technique and why “Krupke brought down the house every night.” (around the 1:38:00 mark) 🙏🏼 (h/t @Peter_Atwater) @SondheimSociety @mikejgr https://twitter.com/lizgoeson/status/1469374409995534339
Hardcover, 2020
$14.95$7.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Two Hours: The Quest to Run the Impossible Marathon
Ed Caesar
Instead of a podcast this weekend, how about TWO HOURS of #Sondheim at the @92Y in 1971 — talking about lyrics, his writing technique and why “Krupke brought down the house every night.” (around the 1:38:00 mark) 🙏🏼 (h/t @Peter_Atwater) @SondheimSociety @mikejgr https://twitter.com/lizgoeson/status/1469374409995534339
Paperback, 2016
$17.99$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Coretta: The Story of Coretta Scott King: Commemorative Edition
Martin Luther King
Here’s how iconic Nichelle Nichols was in TV history — as one of the 1st Black women to be featured on a major series: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. told her #StarTrek was the only show he & Coretta would let their kids stay up to watch. #RIP @BerniceKing https://t.co/RAf3wDrGUG
Paperback, 2006
$14.00$7.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book