Front Porch Republic 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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Two Cheers for Politics: Why Democracy Is Flawed, Frightening--And Our Best Hope
Jedediah PurdyFront Porch RepublicGeoffrey Kurtz reviews Two Cheers for Politics by Jedidiah Purdy and maintains that "reading Two Cheers, I kept feeling that something was missing, as if the title of the book reflected its own qualities as much as the qualities of democracy itself." https://t.co/B5okJNOR0r
Hardcover, 2022
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The Ink Black Heart: A Cormoran Strike Novel
Robert GalbraithFront Porch RepublicVictoria Farmer reviews Robert Galbraith's The Ink Black Heart, which encourages us to "stumble toward" interdependence and to "look at the world with a more nuanced eye" through its depictions of internet culture and disability. https://t.co/5U5Kka80lM https://t.co/L7jbeZhcr5
Paperback, 2023
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The Man in the High Castle
Philip K. DickFront Porch RepublicTurmoil, history, and the human condition interweave in Philip K. Dick's The Man in the High Castle. Jason Russell notes how "our future is informed by our past, but both are only understood as they are experienced in the here and now." https://t.co/XwpGng2iHa https://t.co/KpAJkn1V3B
Paperback, 2012
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The Passenger
Cormac McCarthyFront Porch RepublicCasey Spinks reviews Cormac McCarthy's pair of latest books, the Passenger and Stella Maris: Are dreams only dreams? Or are they God’s gifts? McCarthy lets these questions remain, and no argument or worldview can answer them. https://t.co/FcIed0wz0k
Paperback, 2023
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The Nation That Never Was: Reconstructing America's Story
Kermit Roosevelt IIIFront Porch RepublicHow should we conceive of the Founding and the principles connected to it? Max Longley reviews Kermit Roosevelt III's book The Nation that Never Was and considers Roosevelt's attempt to re-tell America's story. https://t.co/zC9TaSrTwm
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Piranesi
Susanna ClarkeFront Porch RepublicJeffrey Whittaker reads Susanna Clarke's Piranesi and Owen Barfield side-by-side: "We taste myth when we read Piranesi... we are taken out of our modern sensibilities (if only for a moment) and thrust into an ancient mode of thinking." https://t.co/eAp4xSDD8R
Paperback, 2021
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Pappyland: A Story of Family, Fine Bourbon, and the Things That Last
Wright ThompsonFront Porch RepublicMatthew Chominski on bourbon, memory, and Wright Thompson's Pappyland: "while we can’t forever capture in amber all that passes through time, what we can do is hope for the Resurrection and leave mementos of ourselves for those that follow." https://t.co/vM2mrPs96g
Paperback, 2023
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Down to Earth: Politics in the New Climatic Regime
Bruno LaTourFront Porch RepublicR.I.P. Bruno Latour, a provocative and necessary thinker. If you're looking for a place to begin engaging his thought, you might start with this review of *Down to Earth*: https://t.co/BYQQnpbhAL
Paperback, 2018
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Winters in the World: A Journey Through the Anglo-Saxon Year
Eleanor ParkerFront Porch RepublicEleanor Parker’s book Winters in the World "is an education fit for the Humanities and lay person who wishes to expand upon what it means to exist as humans in a world full of wyrd winters," according to Barbara Castle. https://t.co/yrAENEYNp1
Hardcover, 2022
$27.50$13.75 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Need to Be Whole: Patriotism and the History of Prejudice
Wendell BerryFront Porch RepublicAllan Carlson deems that Wendell Berry's The Need to be Whole "offers a seemingly modest guideline that actually captures the essence of agrarianism and is applicable to all Americans, urban or rural, black, white, or other, and in any time." https://t.co/x4i7nLq5Ru https://t.co/TfYiISv0eQ
Paperback, 2022
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