dylan matthews Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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Hulk: The End
Peter Daviddylan matthewsPeter Baker just published an 1800-word piece, based primarily on quotes from Bush officials like Meghan O'Sullivan and David Petraeus, arguing that the war was winnable if Biden kept thousands of troops there until the end of human civilization https://t.co/DRouyqpobU https://t.co/0NRLBjyzvC
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Hellfire: The Jerry Lee Lewis Story
Nick Toschesdylan matthewsIf you're at all interested in Jerry Lee Lewis, you need to read Nick Tosches' Hellfire. Here, for instance, is how Jerry Lee dealt with having to open for Chuck Berry. https://t.co/WLW6riQLih
Paperback, 1998
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Top Incomes in France in the Twentieth Century: Inequality and Redistribution, 1901-1998
Thomas Pikettydylan matthewsAs Piketty wrote in Top Incomes in France in the Twentieth Century (as translated by Ackerman), this has some big advantages in terms of public communication Normal ppl often confuse marginal and average rates, which leads them to overestimate how high taxes really are. https://t.co/DTtXkgSC9w
Hardcover, 2018
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Just One More Thing: A Paco O'Reilly Novel
Peter Dunevdylan matthewsMe: so you know how your dad loves Columbo? What if we get a Cameo of Peter Falk saying “Just one more thing … Merry Christmas, John” Hannah: ok, couple things, thing one Peter Falk has been dead for ten years
Paperback, 2020
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Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar: Screenplay
Geoffrey Boyerdylan matthewsThe only two truly great movies from 2021 I've seen are (a) Dune and (b) Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar
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The Weeds
Katy Simpson Smithdylan matthewsLoved @cblatts’s book and loved chatting about it for The Weeds Apparently Canadians have a whole folk mythology about how the Mounties prevented them from developing a “Wild West” like the US? Who knew! https://open.spotify.com/episode/6tC2NJ1WaMO4MlYi3zdEuX?si=Sf-F5jjdQ6qqT9hpyMFOvA
Hardcover, 2023
$27.00$13.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Epistemic Injustice
Miranda Frickerdylan matthewsIs it doing an epistemic injustice to oppose World War III? Get me Miranda Fricker we need to get to the bottom of this https://t.co/5VZfGOCLxt
Paperback, 2009
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The Precipice: Existential Risk and the Future of Humanity
Toby Orddylan matthewsBut MacAskill's book is not The Precipice, the 2020 book by his friend Toby Ord, which was all about existential risks. Nor is it End Times, my editor @bryanrwalsh's excellent book on the same topic.
Paperback, 2021
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Fallen Founder: The Life of Aaron Burr
Nancy Isenbergdylan matthewsReally enjoying Fallen Founder, Nancy Isenberg’s (@andyandnancy) biography of Aaron Burr. Very refreshing to hear a more nuanced description of his character than “ambitious jerk who shot a dude”
Paperback, 2008
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The Autobiography of Malcolm X
Malcolm Xdylan matthewsReading the Autobiography of Malcolm X and this is a fascinating prediction, not least because it was insufficiently pessimistic — when the black vote coalesced behind one party, the white vote went from evenly split to decisively favoring the party without black support https://t.co/8pAa627gug
Paperback, Mass Market, 1987
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