David Cay Johnston 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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David Cay Johnston is a journalist and author. Syracuse Law Lecturer; '01 Pulitzer; 4 bestsellers; 56 yrs investigative reporting; https://t.co/1SFbAsrLUV co-founder; Dad of 8; aka Mr. Jennifer Leonard 41 yrs.
Jane Eyre
Charlotte BrontëDavid Cay JohnstonWe saw the most ingenious reimagining of an old story last night at @gevatheatre. Brand new artistic director Elizabeth Williamson’s faithful adaption upends the relentless misery forced upon Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre, played by @helensadler (Star Wars, many other roles).
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The Octopus
Frank NorrisDavid Cay JohnstonUpdating the turn-of-the-previous Century writer Frank Norris, whose book The Octopus exposed how railroads manipulated Californians: https://t.co/UoJ2eHvenu
Paperback, 2021
$16.99$8.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Big Cheat: How Donald Trump Fleeced America and Enriched Himself and His Family
David Cay JohnstonDavid Cay JohnstonA blood-boiling excerpt from The Big Cheat ran today in Britain in The I Newspaper. I encourage you to read it and then the whole book, which others have found to be easy to understand and fascinating: https://twitter.com/theipaper/status/1484184449180831750
Paperback, 2022
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Planned Giving
Robert F. SharpeDavid Cay JohnstonSmart philanthropic adviser Robert Sharpe, who promoted replacing “planned giving” with “gift planning," died at 68. 🙁 Good source of mine when I covered nonprofits & later was a @Philanthropy columnist: https://t.co/AI3xXd8qq9
Hardcover, 1998
$65.00$40.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book(max discount $25)
The Destructionists: The Twenty-Five Year Crack-Up of the Republican Party
Dana MilbankDavid Cay JohnstonTrumper Kellyanne Conway‘s “alternative facts,” is the mendacious child of Newt Gingrich’s “the truth as I understand it” justification of his 1990s calculated lies and hypocrisy. — @Milbank (Dana) in his fascinating new book The Destructionists https://t.co/ytOlr3PZbe
Paperback, 2023
$19.00$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Our Own Worst Enemy: The Assault from Within on Modern Democracy
Tom NicholsDavid Cay JohnstonDonald Trump drew on “the sullen resentfulness of the masses who now see voting primarily as an act of hostility against their neighbors, a way to vent social grievances that are beyond the reach of governments…” — Tom Nichols, @RadioFreeTom, author of Our Own Worst Enemy
Paperback, 2023
$17.98$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Take Back Our Party: Restoring the Democratic Legacy
James KwakDavid Cay Johnston…full of old-fashioned reporting based on original sources and primary documents, colorfully written and convincingly argued.” - Washington Post review by James Kwak, author of “Take Back Our Party: Restoring the Democratic Legacy.”
Paperback, 2020
$14.99$7.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Jane Eyre: Illustrations by Marjolein Bastin
Charlotte BrontëDavid Cay JohnstonWe saw the most ingenious reimagining of an old story last night at @gevatheatre. Brand new artistic director Elizabeth Williamson’s faithful adaption upends the relentless misery forced upon Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre, played by @helensadler (Star Wars, many other roles).
Hardcover, 2021
$45.00$22.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Servants of the Damned: The Dark Side of American Law
David EnrichDavid Cay JohnstonMy @washingtonpost review of Servants of the Damned, an important new book by @davidenrich on how pursuing profits corrupted Big Law in America and why it matters to you. (If behind a paywall, an ANNUAL digital subscription is only $40.) https://t.co/Qt8HJFPtH1
Paperback, 2023
$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA
Tim WeinerDavid Cay Johnston@rebirth_of_slic @TheStudyofWar Ike's original speech used all three words. The general was persuaded to remove Congressional, per superb journalist Tim Weiner in his CIA history Legacy of Ashes. https://t.co/JKkURSJgrH
Paperback, 2008
$22.00$11.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book