david maraniss Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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Journalist/grandfather/author - Clinton, Obama, Lombardi, Clemente, the Red Scare & 60s trilogy: Rome 1960, Detroit 1963, Vietnam & Madison 67. Next: Jim Thorpe
Murder at the Mission: A Frontier Killing, Its Legacy of Lies, and the Taking of the American West
Blaine Hardendavid maranissAmerican history as racist myth. I can think of no more powerful response to this dismal man than @blaineharden 's brilliant new book, Murder at the Mission. The blather of Christian patriotic piety exposed as a big lie to cover up the desecration of Native land and culture. https://t.co/hP8df91GL5
Paperback, 2022
$19.00$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Full Dissidence: Notes from an Uneven Playing Field
Howard Bryantdavid maranissTwo of my faves among the few Americans picked by Financial Times for summer books to read: @hbryant42 for Full Dissidence & @RowanRicardo for Living Weapon. Fiery and lyrical essays & poems that speak to our condition far beyond the superficial blathering.
Paperback, 2021
$14.95$7.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Mercury Rising: John Glenn, John Kennedy, and the New Battleground of the Cold War
Jeff Shesoldavid maranissJust finished reading Mercury Rising by @JeffShesol - wonderfully detailed, fresh and absorbing account of John Glenn's perilous and historic mission and its meaning in the Cold War space race. Good to the last page. Pub date June 1.
Paperback, 2022
$18.95$9.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Three Sisters
Anton Chekhovdavid maranissAnton Chekhov in Three Sisters anticipated all the anxieties of our present existence:"The principle thing in life is its form. That which loses its form, ends itself, and it's the same with our everyday existence." May the form return. And peace, too. And democracy.
Paperback, 2017
$14.95$7.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Path Lit by Lightning: The Life of Jim Thorpe
David Maranissdavid maranissI love all Indie bookstores & can't wait to visit many during tour for Path Lit by Lightning: The Life of Jim Thorpe - including @PoliticsProse in DC @ParnassusBooks1 in Nashville @boswellbooks in Milwaukee & @MysterytomeT in Madison. https://t.co/K3L9k7m6Bk
Paperback, 2023
$21.99$10.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Kaepernick Effect: Taking a Knee, Changing the World
Dave Zirindavid maranissThanks for reading Dave - and for writing the essential The Kaepernick Effect... https://t.co/qmXVfQhZaV
Hardcover, 2021
$25.99$12.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Big Fella: Babe Ruth and the World He Created
Jane Leavydavid maraniss@janeleavy1 Jane Leavy is a journalist and bestselling author of books such as The Big Fella and Koufax. Learn more here 👉 https://t.co/3t1hEQVpbi
Paperback, Large Print, 2018
$32.50$16.25 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Sympathizer: A Novel (Pulitzer Prize for Fiction)
Viet Thanh Nguyendavid maranissThere's a line in Viet Thanh Nguyen's stunning novel The Sympathizer that haunts me these days... ... "swimmers doing the backstroke toward a waterfall"...
Paperback, 2016
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Singled Out: The True Story of Glenn Burke
Andrew Maranissdavid maranissRT @SportsAsAWeapon: 11| Singled Out: The True Story of Glenn Burke. Interview w/ NY Times best-selling author Andrew Maraniss – Sports As…
Hardcover, 2021
$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
All Star
Jesse Lonergandavid maranissTonight get to talk baseball with son @trublu24 at virtual event open to all. 7 eastern 6 central sponsored by the great @TatteredCover bookstore in Denver, host of this year's All Star game. Roberto Clemente, Glenn Burke and the social meaning of baseball. https://t.co/pZrL3gGw8M
Paperback, 2014
$13.99$6.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book