Columbia Journalism Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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Lush Life: A Biography of Billy Strayhorn
David HajduColumbia JournalismColumbia Journalism Professor David Hajdu (@davidhajdu_) — author of the acclaimed book "Lush Life: A Biography of Billy Strayhorn" — will deliver the Keynote Lecture for @librarycongress's Strayhorn Symposium this Saturday! Learn more and register here: https://t.co/b2oHpyp8tx
Paperback, 1997
$23.99Member price:$11.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Unscripted: The Epic Battle for a Media Empire and the Redstone Family Legacy
James B. StewartColumbia Journalism@JamesStewartNYT's latest book, "Unscripted: The Epic Battle for a Media Empire and the Redstone Family Legacy," on the Redstone family saga and Paramount, will be published on Feb. 14: https://t.co/l1YrCq72v8
Paperback, 2024
$20.00Member price:$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Lips Touch: Three Times
Laini TaylorColumbia Journalism#OnAssignmentPodcast is back! Season 15 launches today, featuring @NPR investigative correspondent and THREE TIME duPont winner @LauraSullivaNPR. Listen to her trashtalking - her #duPont2022 award-winning @planetmoney @frontlinepbs story, Waste Land. https://bit.ly/OnAssignWasteLand https://t.co/oqIw1e8Pyj
Paperback, 2011
$14.99Member price:$7.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Surviving Katyn: Stalin's Polish Massacre and the Search for Truth
Jane RogoyskaColumbia JournalismCongrats to Jane Rogoyska, whose book Surviving Katyn is on the shortlist for the Mark Lynton History Prize! @OneworldNews
Paperback, 2022
$17.95Member price:$8.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Tulsa Burning: Friends Show Their True Colors in Times of Trouble
Anna MyersColumbia JournalismKick off your weekend with the latest #OnAssignmentPodcast episode featuring @WNYC host/reporter @kala_curious discussing her 2022 duPont-Columbia award-winning podcast “Blindspot: Tulsa Burning.”http://onassignmentpodcast.com/on-assignment-episodes/blindspot
Paperback, 2018
$10.95Member price:$5.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book
American Caliph: The True Story of a Muslim Mystic, a Hollywood Epic, and the 1977 Siege of Washington, DC
Shahan MuftiColumbia JournalismCongrats @shahanmufti on the release of your book: AMERICAN CALIPH: The True Story of a Muslim Mystic, a Hollywood Epic, and the 1977 Siege of Washington, DC - 2020 #LukasPrize Work in Progress winner. Deadline for 2023 #LukasPrize: December 8 https://t.co/ZqNOmOSDEm https://t.co/j4zcwmY06u
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The Family Roe: An American Story
Joshua PragerColumbia JournalismCongrats to Joshua Prager, whose book The Family Roe is on the shortlist for the Lukas Book Prize! @wwnorton
Paperback, 2023
$20.00Member price:$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Invisible Child: Poverty, Survival & Hope in an American City (Pulitzer Prize Winner)
Andrea ElliottColumbia JournalismCJS Alum Andrea Elliott won the 2022 Lukas Prize for Invisible Child: Poverty, Survival & Hope in an American City. https://t.co/HeCEcZpSIM
Paperback, 2022
$20.00Member price:$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The End of Bias: A Beginning: How We Eliminate Unconscious Bias and Create a More Just World
Jessica NordellColumbia JournalismCongrats to Jessica Nordell, whose book The End of Bias is on the shortlist for the Lukas Book Prize! @jessnordell @MetropolitanBks
Paperback, 2022
$19.99Member price:$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Invention of Miracles: Language, Power, and Alexander Graham Bell's Quest to End Deafness
Katie BoothColumbia JournalismCongrats to Katie Booth, whose book The Invention of Miracles is on the shortlist for the Mark Lynton History Prize! @_katiebooth_ @simonschuster
Paperback, 2022
$19.99Member price:$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book