Gus Andrews at ioc dot exchange Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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Tropical Truth: A Story of Music and Revolution in Brazil
Caetano Veloso
@rasmus_kleis Gods of the Upper Air and The Invention of Science if you can stomach doing work-proximate stuff on the histories of academic disciplines in your off time Caetano Veloso's Tropical Truth is also on my nightstand & I'm not reading it enough
Paperback, 2003
$24.99Member price:$12.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Bullshit Jobs: A Theory
David Graeber
I've only dipped into it, but David Graeber's Bullshit Jobs is probably worth a read right now. https://t.co/IBiUqQNRPU
Paperback, 2019
$19.99Member price:$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting by in America (20th Anniversary Edition)
Barbara Ehrenreich
In Nickel and Dimed, Barbara Ehrenreich went to work in hotels and other minimum-wage jobs to make real for the reader how impossible it is to live on minimum wage. https://t.co/vlOQfeMz5a
Paperback, 2021
$18.99Member price:$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Working: People Talk about What They Do All Day and How They Feel about What They Do
Studs Terkel
Studs Terkel's Working has also been recommended by a friend, and ooh look Harvey Pekar did a comic of it! https://t.co/5Vnf4Sn8jZ
Paperback, 1997
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Science in Action: How to Follow Scientists and Engineers Through Society
Bruno LaTour
I continue to stan Bruno Latour despite even his own arguments to the contrary Science In Action is the perfect book fight me
Paperback, 1988
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Nickel and Dimed
Barbara Ehrenreich
Heartbroken that we've lost Barbara Ehrenreich, though she said she was ready to go. She always did the kind of journalism I wanted to. If you don't understand how angry working-class Americans are, it's time to read Nickel and Dimed.
Hardcover, 2021
$38.80Member price:$19.40 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Studs Terkel's Working: A Graphic Adaptation
Harvey Pekar
Studs Terkel's Working has also been recommended by a friend, and ooh look Harvey Pekar did a comic of it! https://t.co/5Vnf4Sn8jZ
Paperback, 2009
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