dan barker Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game
Michael Lewisdan barker2022 was a lucky year for Michael Lewis, author of Moneyball, The Big Short, etc. He followed Sam Bankman-Fried around for six months, thinking of him as the 'Luke Skywalker' of Crypto. Luckily FTX fell apart before he could get a book out that may have painted Sam as a hero. https://t.co/K2hrDG17MC
Paperback, 2004
$17.95Member price:$8.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike
Phil Knightdan barkerHarry's book is written by one of the most interesting ghost writers around: @JRMoehringer His absent father was a radio DJ, so he knew his voice but not what he looked like He wrote Phil Knight's 'Shoe Dog', & Agassi's 'Open', & won a Pulitzer for this: https://t.co/i5DtxEN2hG https://t.co/SdCeffnDvT
Paperback, 2018
$20.00Member price:$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Idoru
William Gibsondan barkerThe news story of a man falling in love with an AI avatar and (tragically) committing suicide reminded me how far ahead of their time some of William Gibson's stories were. Here is the plot of Idoru, from 1996. https://t.co/sHOnGksqzm
Paperback, Mass Market, 1997
$8.99Member price:$4.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Princess Bride: S. Morgenstern's Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure
William Goldmandan barker"We’ll never survive!" "Nonsense. You’re only saying that because no one ever has." - William Goldman, The Princess Bride
Paperback, 2007
$18.99Member price:$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Pan's Labyrinth: The Labyrinth of the Faun
Guillermo del Torodan barker"The longest Cannes ovation on record belongs to Guillermo del Toro's “Pan's Labyrinth,” which scored a 22-minute feting, enough time to watch an episode of “Seinfeld” without the ads." https://t.co/jRAJGy1wnh
Hardcover, 2019
$19.99Member price:$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Satanic Verses
Salman Rushdiedan barkerSalman Rushdie's "The Satanic Verses" has jumped from nowhere into the top 10 on Amazon across all books. He now has positions 1, 2, 3, 4 in their 'movers and shakers' book chart. https://t.co/5G3qoDo5SJ
Paperback, 2008
$19.00Member price:$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book