Diana B. Henriques Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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Author of 'Taming the Street: The Old Guard, the New Deal, and FDR's Fight to Regulate American Capitalism' and the NYT bestseller 'The Wizard of Lies.'
Maine
John HamiltonDiana B. Henriques@DailyTrix @joshtpm Only if you omit #RNC chairman John D.M. Hamilton, who led the Alf Landon's 1936 campaign vs #FDR. Landon lost every state except Maine and Vermont; even Hoover fared better, carrying 8 states in 1932. Hamilton kept his job until 1940. Different times...
Hardcover, 2016
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World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War
Max BrooksDiana B. Henriques@daveweigel World War Z. Max Brooks, the novel's author, no doubt agrees. He allegedly refused to let the movie tie-in book cover feature the film's star, Brad Pitt, because his character wasn't even IN the novel.
Paperback, 2007
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Crossing to Safety
Wallace StegnerDiana B. Henriques@theillustrious Anything by Peter Heller but especially "The Dog Star." Sarah Winman's "Still Life." Wallace Stegner's "Crossing to Safety." Elizabeth von Arnom's "The Enchanted April." Recalling them, I think it's time for some re-reading!
Paperback, 2002
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The Teapot Dome Scandal: How Big Oil Bought the Harding White House and Tried to Steal the Country
Laton McCartneyDiana B. Henriques@rauchway @PaulMSparrow1 Missing from these citations? Piketty, documenting the growth in income inequality during the 1920s. Laton McCartney or any other historian of the Teapot Dome scandal. An agricultural historian on the uncured farm slump in 1920s....
Paperback, 2009
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Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting by in America
Barbara EhrenreichDiana B. HenriquesHeartbreaking to lose Barbara Ehrenreich. In 2001, I reviewed her "Nickel and Dimed" for the NYT business section. I link to it here to offer you a sense of what a remarkable woman and journalist she was: https://t.co/9msTy2ehsw https://t.co/2dCYCvG0t3
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Man He Became: How FDR Defied Polio to Win the Presidency
James TobinDiana B. HenriquesShow me you have never heard of #FDR, Eleanor Roosevelt, and his successful 1928 run for NY governor while fighting back from polio... without, you know. @beyondreasdoubt needs to read James Tobin's "The Man He Became." We all do! https://t.co/oIL2QITs2p
Paperback, 2014
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The River
Peter HellerDiana B. Henriques@jmflam @theillustrious Just finished Peter Heller's "The River," which I consumed in one breathless gulp that ended at 1:30 a.m. The characters still haunt me. Don't miss it!
Paperback, 2020
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Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke the World (Pulitzer Prize Winner)
Liaquat AhamedDiana B. Henriques@sdonnan I loved "The Myth of a Rational Market" by Justin Fox and "Lords of Finance" by Liaquat Ahamed. Both apply economics to the real world and show how disastrous it can when economists get it wrong...
Paperback, 2009
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Max Brooks' the Extinction Parade Volume 2: War
Max BrooksDiana B. Henriques@daveweigel World War Z. Max Brooks, the novel's author, no doubt agrees. He allegedly refused to let the movie tie-in book cover feature the film's star, Brad Pitt, because his character wasn't even IN the novel.
Paperback, 2015
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Reading- The Grand Illusion: How and Why People Make Sense of Print
Kenneth GoodmanDiana B. Henriques@KeithNHumphreys @Steven_Strauss Yes, an alternate reading of Genesis 2:31, I believe...
Paperback, 2016
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