Fred Kaplan 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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Slate's War Stories columnist, sometimes jazz critic; author of The Bomb, Dark Territory, The Insurgents, 1959, Daydream Believers, The Wizards of Armageddon.
The Bomb: Presidents, Generals, and the Secret History of Nuclear War
Fred KaplanFred Kaplan@gtotango And don’t miss my 2020 sequel of sorts, “The Bomb: Presidents, Generals, and the Secret History of Nuclear War.”
Paperback, 2021
$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
New York: An Illustrated History (Revised and Expanded)
Ric BurnsFred Kaplan@KimZetter Ric Burns' New York, Sorrow & the Pity, Jazz Loft Accdg to W Eugene Smith, Jiro Dreams of Sushi, Waltz w/ Bashir, 56 Up, No Direction Home, When We Were Kings, Summer of Soul, The Price of Everything, My Architect, Stop Making Sense, Don't Look Back..
Hardcover, 2021
$75.00$50.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book(max discount $25)
Dr. No
Percival EverettFred Kaplan@magiciansbook Anything by Charles Portis or Percival Everett (esp his latest, “Dr No”).
Paperback, 2022
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
John Quincy Adams: American Visionary
Fred KaplanFred Kaplan@policourage The John Quincy Adams bio was written by ANOTHER Fred Kaplan, not @fmkaplan.
Paperback, 2015
$22.99$11.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Heart of Darkness
J. ConradFred Kaplan@LynnSharig8 Bulgakov’s Master & Margarita (Ginsberg or Burgin/Tiernan translation), Conrad’s Heart of Darkness, Portis’ Masters of Atlantis…
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Lincoln: The Biography of a Writer
Fred KaplanFred Kaplan@colleenawilson @fan_cornell Oops. The Fred Kaplan who wrote the Lincoln book (and other literary biographies) is not me. A different guy with the same name.
Paperback, 2010
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Mingus/Mingus: Two Memoirs
Janet ColemanFred KaplanMy review of excellent new vinyl reissues of two Mingus classics, "Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus" and "Black Saint and the Sinner Lady." http://bit.ly/3B0aYgf
Paperback, 2004
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Dark Territory: The Secret History of Cyber War
Fred KaplanFred Kaplan@CONELRAD6401240 Thanks. Just so you know, I excerpted this from Ch 1 of my book (which had just been published and is still in print), "Dark Territory: the Secret History of Cyber War."
Paperback, 2017
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