christopher joyce 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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Retired NPR Science correspondent. Audio storytelling in the service of nature. Two books, two kids. Former New Scientist mag. Scicomm trainer with COMPASS.
Everything That Rises Must Converge: Stories
Flannery O'Connorchristopher joyce“Everything That Rises Must Converge.” Flannery O’Connor’s brilliant short story. https://t.co/z4KH6c94iV
Paperback, 1965
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The Voyage of the Beagle
Charles Darwinchristopher joyce‘The Voyage of the Beagle,’ Charles Darwin. ‘Notes of a Botanist on the Amazon and Andes,’ Richard Spruce. https://t.co/NT7EtdGDet
Paperback, 2012
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All the Light We Cannot See
Anthony Doerrchristopher joyceAll the Light We Cannot See, Anthony Doerr. Or The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje. https://t.co/PlBTVbA2od
Paperback, 2017
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A River Runs Through It
Norman MacLeanchristopher joyceBetter. ‘A Sense of Where You Are’ (basketball) and ‘Levels of the Game’ (tennis) by the incomparable master, John McPhee. And if fly fishing is sport, of course, ‘A River Runs Through It.’ Norman Maclean. https://t.co/sh1RSQsRUb
Hardcover, 1989
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Our Man in Havana
Graham Greenechristopher joycePutin? Graham Greene wrote that same idea in 1958 in ‘Our Man in Havana.’ Just torture the few; it’s not for information, but to intimidate the public. Dictators know this. Idi Amin, Milosovic, the Argentine junta, Papa Doc...ad infinitum. https://t.co/ruxjuGkep6
Paperback, 2007
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Winning Through Intimidation: How to Be the Victor, Not the Victim, in Business and in Life
Robert Ringerchristopher joyceJeffrey Clark worked for the law firm Kirkland & Ellis in DC. So did I, in 1973, as a paralegal. For orientation, the firm gave everyone a book to read: ‘Winning Through Intimidation.’ https://twitter.com/daviddoniger/status/1540134187855912960
Paperback, 2013
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One River
Wade Davischristopher joyceAlso, ‘One River,’ Wade Davis. https://t.co/vgjhvpgywc
Paperback, 1997
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The Medical Detectives: The Classic Collection of Award-Winning Medical Investigative Reporting
Berton Rouechechristopher joyceAlso ‘The Medical Detectives,’ by Berton Roueche. Tales well told, based in part (I think) by cases in MMWR—the coolest journal around. Also chemo ecologist Tom Eisner hilarious paper on cantharadin beetles poisoning French legionnaires who ate frogs that ate the beetles. https://t.co/WzbXN5lw37
Paperback, 1991
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The Air-Conditioned Nightmare
Henry Millerchristopher joyceHenry Miller is under-appreciated in American literature. A brilliant social critic who decried American prudery. He wrote honestly about sex before we were ready and he got marginalized. Skip the sex. Read ‘The Air Conditioned Nightmare.’ https://t.co/wHUSufOJeW
Paperback, 1970
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Night Comes to the Cumberlands: A Biography of a Depressed Area
Harry M. Caudillchristopher joyce“Night Comes to the Cumberlands,” Harry Caudill, 1963. My beat at age 27 was the mining industry. My editor handed me this book, first day on the job. Little has changed. When the comfortable dismiss those who dug coal for them, and died doing it, they are the selfish. https://t.co/r9wCdIPywO
Paperback, 2019
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