Darius Tahir Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt (Pulitzer Prize Winner)
T. J. Stiles
@ModeledBehavior Chernow’s Titan, on John D Rockefeller, is pretty good. Stiles’s “The First Tycoon” on Cornelius Vanderbilt, was informative tho less good than Chernow.
Paperback, 2010
$25.00$12.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Europeans: Three Lives and the Making of a Cosmopolitan Culture
Orlando Figes
some historical resonances: I was reading Orlando Figes's "The Europeans" recently. One of the points that stuck with me was over the course of the 19th century, despite music being ever easier to access, opera repertories went from 70% living composers to 80% dead ones.
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How to Blow Up a Pipeline
Andreas Malm
when the book "How To Blow Up A Pipeline" shows up in the movie "How to Blow Up A Pipeline" https://t.co/o57xL6POp1
Paperback, 2021
$19.95$9.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Dirt: Adventures in Lyon as a Chef in Training, Father, and Sleuth Looking for the Secret of French Cooking
Bill Buford
@tracyalloway enjoyed Bill Buford's Dirt as a vacation-type read -- lot of stuff about French food, quirks, etc.
Paperback, 2021
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Matrix
Lauren Groff
@LeahLitman Maybe Matrix by Lauren Groff
Paperback, 2022
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book