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Hoover Institution Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Book Cover for: Bread + Medicine: American Famine Relief in Soviet Russia, 1921-1923, Bertrand M. Patenaude

Bread + Medicine: American Famine Relief in Soviet Russia, 1921-1923

Bertrand M. Patenaude
Hoover InstitutionHoover Institution

The @HooverInst has published Bread + Medicine: American Famine Relief in Soviet Russia, 1921–1923, by Bertrand M. Patenaude, featuring richly illustrated photographs, posters, and documents from the @HooverArchives. Learn more: https://t.co/FR207GWBoI

Paperback, 2023

$39.95Member price:$19.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Hostages No More: The Fight for Education Freedom and the Future of the American Child, Betsy Devos

Hostages No More: The Fight for Education Freedom and the Future of the American Child

Betsy Devos
Hoover InstitutionHoover Institution

On June 28th, @BetsyDeVos joined Hoover Director @CondoleezzaRice in an interview about her newly released book, "Prisoners No More: The Fight for Education Freedom and the Future of the American Child." Learn about her career as a school choice advocate: https://t.co/nrb9KLH6ks

Hardcover, 2022

$29.00Member price:$14.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Seward: Lincoln's Indispensable Man, Walter Stahr

Seward: Lincoln's Indispensable Man

Walter Stahr
Hoover InstitutionHoover Institution

In a new episode of @uncknowledge, historical biographer Walter Stahr joins @p_m_robinson. Earlier this year, Stahr followed his biographies of William H. Seward and Edwin Stanton with the biography of Salmon P. Chase, Treasury secretary under Lincoln: https://t.co/05IUKjwJzR https://t.co/s6fhXZ5BPY

Paperback, 2013

$21.00Member price:$10.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Renewing Indigenous Economies, Kathy Ratté

Renewing Indigenous Economies

Kathy Ratté
Hoover InstitutionHoover Institution

Join the @HooverInst tomorrow, January 11, at 5:30 PM PT for an in-person panel discussion on Renewing Indigenous Economies, featuring Terry Anderson, Terry Brockie, Richard Monette, and Dominic Parker. Learn more: https://t.co/dbrKmH2fCy

Paperback, 2022

$25.95Member price:$12.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Assessing the Nation's Report Card: Challenges and Choices for Naep, Chester E. Finn

Assessing the Nation's Report Card: Challenges and Choices for Naep

Chester E. Finn
Hoover InstitutionHoover Institution

"NAEP’s value to the country hinges on the assessment’s capacity to rise above—or bridge—the divisions that beset us," says Hoover fellow Chester E. Finn, Jr. in a new interview with @Forbes' Jonathan Wai on his book, Assessing The Nation’s Report Card: https://t.co/0fz99KrRax

Paperback, 2022

$35.00Member price:$33.25 + Free shipping5% off
Book Cover for: The Siberia Job, Josh Haven

The Siberia Job

Josh Haven
Hoover InstitutionHoover Institution

On Wednesday, Hoover Board of Overseers chair John Kleinheinz discussed, The Siberia Job, a fictional work by Josh Haven that mirrors Kleinheinz’s experiences as an investor in Russia following the collapse of the Soviet Union. Learn more: https://t.co/DR3hTZjE56

Hardcover, 2023

$26.95Member price:$13.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Life, Benjamin Franklin

Life

Benjamin Franklin
Hoover InstitutionHoover Institution

"Benjamin Franklin famously observed that nothing is certain in life except death and taxes. If he were around today he’d be tempted to add one more to the list: bailouts," argues @nfergus and @MSchularick in their latest piece on Silicon Valley Bank: https://t.co/Nz0YLUAlHw

Paperback, 2022

$17.95Member price:$16.16 + Free shipping10% off
Book Cover for: The Great Communicator: Selected Speeches of President Ronald Reagan, Ronald Reagan

The Great Communicator: Selected Speeches of President Ronald Reagan

Ronald Reagan
Hoover InstitutionHoover Institution

Ronald Reagan was famously known as The Great Communicator. But who helped the Great Communicator communicate? Listen to Hoover fellow @p_m_robinson speak of the humor, honesty, and honing involved in writing over 150 speeches for a U.S. President: https://t.co/h1xzKEBtyU

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Book Cover for: Stanton: Lincoln's War Secretary, Walter Stahr

Stanton: Lincoln's War Secretary

Walter Stahr
Hoover InstitutionHoover Institution

In a new episode of @uncknowledge, historical biographer Walter Stahr joins @p_m_robinson. Earlier this year, Stahr followed his biographies of William H. Seward and Edwin Stanton with the biography of Salmon P. Chase, Treasury secretary under Lincoln: https://t.co/05IUKjwJzR https://t.co/s6fhXZ5BPY

Paperback, 2018

$23.99Member price:$11.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Personality and Power: Builders and Destroyers of Modern Europe, Ian Kershaw

Personality and Power: Builders and Destroyers of Modern Europe

Ian Kershaw
Hoover InstitutionHoover Institution

To what extent do great individuals change the course of ­history? Hoover fellow @aroberts_andrew examines Sir Ian Kershaw's Personality and Power profiles of 12 people who shaped the world for good and ill. Learn more: https://t.co/pElDT7gVCu

Hardcover, 2022

$30.00Member price:$15.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book