Greg Giroux Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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Arc of Power: Inside Nancy Pelosi's Speakership, 2005-2010
John A. Lawrence
From ex-Pelosi chief of staff John Lawrence, whose new book “Arc of Power” focuses on her first speakership, on @cspanwj this week: https://t.co/jUsP4ltOSy https://t.co/B4VJcSfSpe
Paperback, 2024
$29.99$14.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Sunset Boulevard
Billy Wilder
Caught Sunset Boulevard at @kencen last night and Stephanie J. Block was mesmerizing as Norma Desmond. Great cast. @EStreetCinema is showing the movie Tuesday, a great kickoff to its Billy Wilder movie month. https://t.co/9KGZzWyY6n
Paperback, 1999
$26.95$13.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Ted Kennedy: A Life
John A. Farrell
"It was then a sump of aged men with liver spots, claws, and bourbon breath, who strode the chamber with reptilian gait and hailed one another with mellifluent courtesies." - John A. Farrell, in new Ted Kennedy biography, on the US Senate Kennedy entered in late 1962 https://t.co/fSrcZByZ9x
Hardcover, 2022
$40.00$20.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Fighting for the Speakership: The House and the Rise of Party Government
Jeffery A. Jenkins
There was "no indication that [Republican] progressives ever entertained joining with the Democrats" to elect Finis Garrett, the Democratic nominee for Speaker, according to "Fighting for the Speakership" by Jeffery Jenkins and Charles Stewart: https://t.co/eTMhIpz28R
Paperback, 2012
$33.00$16.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Any Given Tuesday: A Political Love Story
Lis Smith
"Election Day is its own special type of hell. If you've never worked on a campaign, you might think it would be the most hectic day of the campaign. In reality, it's the opposite." -- @Lis_Smith in "Any Given Tuesday" https://t.co/RPAuGy23Gz
Hardcover, 2022
$27.99$13.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Leadership: The Successful Leader - Maximize Your Potential And Lead Like You Were Born To!
Steve Williams
Williams won the Republican primary in August, overcoming opposition from the McCarthy-aligned Congressional Leadership Fund super PAC that supported his challenger Steve Wells: https://t.co/tQIPL6feNF #ny22 https://t.co/CDFDRVBYjh
Paperback, 2016
$6.97$3.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Inside Montana Politics: A Reporter's View from the Trenches
Mike Dennison
"Master of the Close Shave" is the title of a chapter on Tester in Mike Dennison's book "Inside Montana Politics" 2006: Tester 49.2%, Sen. Conrad Burns 48.3% 2012: Tester 48.6%, Denny Rehberg 44.9% 2018: Tester 50.3%, Matt Rosendale 46.8% 2024: ? #mtsen #mtpol https://t.co/U244texwJg https://t.co/JLs0lBp7pw
Paperback, 2019
$24.99$12.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book