Francine McKenna 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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Billion Dollar Whale: The Man Who Fooled Wall Street, Hollywood, and the World
Bradley Hope
A Dark Moment for Goldman Sachs Goes to Trial https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/14/business/dealbook/1mdb-goldman-ng.html?smid=tw-share #1MDB Strongly recommend the book "Billion Dollar Whale" to read about how all four Big 4 audit firms are involved.
Paperback, 2019
$21.99$10.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Yellow Earth
John Sayles
Listening to @john_sayles read from his new novel Yellow Earth at @PoliticsProse . It has a character named Francine! Been a big fan of his work since Brother from Another Planet film. Now lead @JOEtheMORTON doing fab character on @GodFriendedMe !
Paperback, 2022
$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Origins of Totalitarianism
Hannah Arendt
"Only the mob and the elite can be attracted by the momentum of totalitarianism itself. The masses have to be won by propaganda." Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism
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Buffett: The Making of an American Capitalist
Roger Lowenstein
@mdesjardins Warren Buffett is a pleaser, too. See this piece that describes how Roger Lowenstein described why in his biography of Buffett. https://t.co/lfEJBaguVt
Paperback, 2008
$22.00$11.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Swann's Way: Remembrance of Things Past
Marcel Proust
@JohnPGavin @QTRResearch @Wawa Remembrance of things past is not necessarily the remembrance of things as they were. Marcel Proust
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The Phoenix Economy: Work, Life, and Money in the New Not Normal
Felix Salmon
June 6, today, to hear Felix Salmon speak with me about The Phoenix Economy. It's an historic journo haunt with full bar! Books for signing will be available from @HeadHouseBooks Details here! https://t.co/SXQhgSGJJv
Hardcover, 2023
$32.50$16.25 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Shattered Assumptions
Ronnie Janoff-Bulman
@MikeIsaac "Ronnie Janoff-Bulman described the theory of shattered assumptions in her book, Shattered Assumptions: Towards a New Psychology of Trauma...to explain adjustment after any type of experience that challenges a person’s belief system or worldview." https://t.co/0bHCHnAGnV
Paperback, 1992
$18.95$9.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Oaxaca Journal
Oliver Sacks
@_WordGirl @EmanuelDerman Another one like that is Oliver Sacks Oaxaca Journal. Also available in audio book. Extra special pleasure for me because of my love for Mexico and study of indigenous culture. https://t.co/DZPoZTxpye
Paperback, 2012
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Goldfinger
Ian Fleming
“Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. Three times is enemy action.” Ian Fleming, Goldfinger https://t.co/PwXyoFequS
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Totalitarianism: Part Three of the Origins of Totalitarianism
Hannah Arendt
"Only the mob and the elite can be attracted by the momentum of totalitarianism itself. The masses have to be won by propaganda." Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism
Paperback, 2011
$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book