Commentary Magazine Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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Phineas Finn: (English Edition)
Anthony TrollopeCommentary MagazineToday’s @Commentary podcast takes up a Pew Research poll showing a majority of Americans believe things were better 50 years ago than they are now. Why would people say this? Also, John makes the case you should read Anthony Trollope’s Phineas Finn. ▸ https://t.co/0lp9KoHxxd https://t.co/lQNowWq026
Paperback, 2017
$13.80$6.90 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Retail Gangster: The Insane, Real-Life Story of Crazy Eddie
Gary WeissCommentary Magazine@Edsquire reviews Retail Gangster, by @gary_weiss. Read more ▸ https://t.co/5uaadZG6YD #CrazyEddie #History
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The Greatest Evil Is War
Chris HedgesCommentary Magazine@bstewart1776 reviews The Greatest Evil Is War, by @ChrisLynnHedges: https://t.co/2cJHi95KeX #War #Russia #Putin #Ukraine
Hardcover, 2022
$21.95$10.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The State Must Provide: Why America's Colleges Have Always Been Unequal--And How to Set Them Right
Adam HarrisCommentary Magazine@NaomiSRiley reviews The State Must Provide by @AdamHSays. Read more 👉 https://lttr.ai/zmsP #HBCU #HigherEducation
Hardcover, 2021
$27.99$13.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Only the Strong: Reversing the Left's Plot to Sabotage American Power
Tom CottonCommentary Magazine@TomCottonAR has been a prescient voice warning against the dangers of American weakness. He wrote his new book, Only the Strong, to answer the questions “How did we get to this point?” and “Why doesn’t America win anymore?” Read @AbeGreenwald's review: https://t.co/6CoMdL5b7M
Hardcover, 2022
$36.00$18.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Massacre That Never Was
Eliezer TauberCommentary MagazineThe Massacre That Never Was came out in Israel in 2018. It is indisputably the authoritative account of the battle that began the morning of April 9, 1948. Read @SethAMandel's full review ▸ https://t.co/gWksjX0tX2 #History #MiddleEast #DeirYassin
Hardcover, 2021
$39.95$19.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Passenger
Cormac McCarthyCommentary MagazineMcCarthy's perspective on the faith-vs.-science debate is this: Science and math are vital in telling us how little we can understand, and a world so inscrutable makes faith and mysticism a viable avenue of contemplation. Read @AbeGreenwald's review 👉 https://t.co/qLyetMsqFs
Paperback, 2023
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Professor of Apocalypse: The Many Lives of Jacob Taubes
Jerry Z. MullerCommentary MagazineAs in politics so too in scholarshipand even if the topic is apocalypselittle of lasting value is likely to result without balance, measure, and proportion. Read @BerkowitzPeter's full review of Professor of Apocalypse, by @jerryzmuller: https://t.co/XR9Qnjm7rp #Philosophy
Paperback, 2024
$27.95$13.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Beautiful World, Where Are You
Sally RooneyCommentary MagazineIn Beautiful World Where Are You, Rooney appears to be resisting becoming a publishing commodity, a commercially minded, reliably reader-pleasing writer of popular fiction. Read @Claremch's full review 👉 https://lttr.ai/yikf #Literature #SallyRooney #Women
Paperback, 2022
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Spy Who Knew Too Much: An Ex-CIA Officer's Quest Through a Legacy of Betrayal
Howard BlumCommentary MagazineHarvey Klehr reviews The Spy Who Knew Too Much, by @HowardBlum. Read more: https://t.co/LVfIafEq3e #CIA #Spies
Paperback, 2023
$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book