Christie Smythe 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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Writer/editor biz, law, tech. Reporting for @ipvideo. Also posts on prisons. @Bagehots, @mujschool alum. “Media figure of mild infamy." Author of SMIRK.
The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism
Max WeberChristie Smythe@of_hurts Interesting! I'll take a look. (I think this is a play on the title of Max Weber's famous "The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism," published in 1905. I did read that one in college.)
Paperback, 2014
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American Kingpin: The Epic Hunt for the Criminal Mastermind Behind the Silk Road
Nick BiltonChristie SmytheI have wanted to read American Kingpin…but I read a review once that said Nick Bilton ultimately embraced the government’s “rhetorically superior narrative” and that stopped me. An affirmative narrative is always superior in human minds to “no, it didn’t happen like that.”
Paperback, 2018
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The Journalist and the Murderer
Janet MalcolmChristie SmythePart of him always seemed to be waiting for me to turn on him and abuse his intimacy, much like the now-late New Yorker writer Janet Malcolm all but instructed reporters to do in The Journalist and the Murderer. https://t.co/nJhUtHHBGP
Paperback, 1990
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Smirk
John JiambalvoChristie SmytheA little refresher on SMIRK: SMIRK is not an “authorized biography” of Martin Shkreli. I do not seek his permission or approval for anything in this book. SMIRK is a memoir of my personal experiences and observations, included at my sole discretion. https://t.co/YEgNB9VGkZ https://t.co/69KdO7uxRI
Paperback, 2011
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Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs: A Low Culture Manifesto
Chuck KlostermanChristie Smythe@R3alFOrLife To sort of quote Chuck Klosterman, writer of the great work “Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs”: Journalists are not like you. They have higher ethics and less common sense. Relevant because I think journalists don’t always realize people bullshit that much.
Paperback, 2004
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Den of Thieves
James B. StewartChristie SmytheThe extent to which I dorked out on first meeting James B. Stewart probably embarassed both of us. Hilariously, Martin Shkreli is a huge fan, too. We both loved Den of Thieves. (Martin wanted to be Ivan Boesky.) https://t.co/qP9AS7Uq9j
Paperback, 1992
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The Big Con: The Story of the Confidence Man
David MaurerChristie Smythe"Scam," "grift," "con" are hard-boiled terms for financial crime that harken back to the 1940s, and David Maurer's "The Big Con." We like to use these words for every kind of fraud (they're great for headline writers). But does the shoe always fit? https://t.co/8H8gZrliz4
Paperback, 1999
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Atlas Shrugged
Ayn RandChristie SmytheLol, I should have amended that to say “a whole Ayn Rand book before coming to a conclusion about her.” There are a surprising number of masochists who claim to have hate-read all of Atlas Shrugged just to have Twitter arguments. https://t.co/dxpOYJNBcH
Hardcover, 2005
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Fables
AesopChristie Smythe“Please all, and you will please none.” Aesop's fables contain a lot of wisdom that's still relevant today. As a writer (especially dealing with a subject where EVERYONE has a strong opinion, like Martin Shkreli), it feels especially relevant. https://t.co/3LeclJ4QfI
Paperback, 2022
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How the Other Half Lives: Studies Among the Tenements of New York: Large Print
Jacob a. RiisChristie SmytheI really love this Jacob Riis photo in How the Other Half Lives. An Iroquois family in a tenement. It just seems so stunningly alive and contemporary…like these are people from today dressing in old clothes and posting a photo with an old-timey Instagram filter. https://t.co/99Gzn1za3F
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