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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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I work so my dog doesn’t have to. Writer, speaker, CPA. Using tools instead of tools using me. @wharton @marketwatch @WSJ @FT @forbes . she/her

11 books
Book Cover for: Billion Dollar Whale: The Man Who Fooled Wall Street, Hollywood, and the World, Bradley Hope

Billion Dollar Whale: The Man Who Fooled Wall Street, Hollywood, and the World

Bradley Hope
Francine McKennaFrancine McKenna

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
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Book Cover for: Yellow Earth, John Sayles

Yellow Earth

John Sayles
Francine McKennaFrancine McKenna

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
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Book Cover for: Origins of Totalitarianism, Hannah Arendt

Origins of Totalitarianism

Hannah Arendt
Francine McKennaFrancine McKenna

"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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Book Cover for: Buffett: The Making of an American Capitalist, Roger Lowenstein

Buffett: The Making of an American Capitalist

Roger Lowenstein
Francine McKennaFrancine McKenna

@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
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Book Cover for: Swann's Way: Remembrance of Things Past, Marcel Proust

Swann's Way: Remembrance of Things Past

Marcel Proust
Francine McKennaFrancine McKenna

@JohnPGavin @QTRResearch @Wawa Remembrance of things past is not necessarily the remembrance of things as they were. Marcel Proust

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Book Cover for: The Phoenix Economy: Work, Life, and Money in the New Not Normal, Felix Salmon

The Phoenix Economy: Work, Life, and Money in the New Not Normal

Felix Salmon
Francine McKennaFrancine McKenna

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
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Book Cover for: Shattered Assumptions, Ronnie Janoff-Bulman

Shattered Assumptions

Ronnie Janoff-Bulman
Francine McKennaFrancine McKenna

@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
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Book Cover for: Oaxaca Journal, Oliver Sacks

Oaxaca Journal

Oliver Sacks
Francine McKennaFrancine McKenna

@_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

$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Goldfinger, Ian Fleming

Goldfinger

Ian Fleming
Francine McKennaFrancine McKenna

“Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. Three times is enemy action.” Ian Fleming, Goldfinger https://t.co/PwXyoFequS

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Book Cover for: Totalitarianism: Part Three of the Origins of Totalitarianism, Hannah Arendt

Totalitarianism: Part Three of the Origins of Totalitarianism

Hannah Arendt
Francine McKennaFrancine McKenna

"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
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