howardfineman 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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My Old Kentucky Home: The Astonishing Life and Reckoning of an Iconic American Song
Emily Binghamhowardfinemanvia @NYTimes — Nice review of a great new book by a longtime #Louisville friend, @emilybingham. It’s about the racist history of the 1850s song that makes Derby fans weep, “My Old Kentucky Home.” She calmly strips away the sugar coating. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/03/books/review/my-old-kentucky-home-emily-bingham.html?referringSource=articleShare
Paperback, 2024
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Assignment: Pentagon: How to Excel in a Bureaucracy
Maj Gen Perry M. SmithhowardfinemanThis is brilliant, heartbreaking, inspiring. We’re proud that this moving essay on @thenewsoncnbc tonight was co-produced by our son, @The_FineMan of @NBCNews, who was a nine-year-old being rushed from a school playground in #DC on the morning of 9/11 after the #Pentagon was hit. https://t.co/EneUoNT8hs
Paperback, 2020
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Electable: Why America Hasn't Put a Woman in the White House ... Yet
Ali VitalihowardfinemanCongrats to the savvy @alivitali on her new book Electable. One of the best young reporters, @NBCNews or anywhere.
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Squirrel Hill: The Tree of Life Synagogue Shooting and the Soul of a Neighborhood
Mark OppenheimerhowardfinemanAs the 3rd anniversary of the #TreeofLife massacre approaches, I read the new book by Mark Oppenheimer about #SquirrelHill and the attack. He did a solid job of depicting my unique (and uniquely American) hometown neighborhood, and the lives of those affected by the horror there. https://t.co/UTa5gV8fvP
Hardcover, 2021
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Nicomachean Ethics
AristotlehowardfinemanJust read an essay on Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics. It’s about how to live a virtuous, fulfilling life. As a #Pittsburgh native, I realize that his philosophy boils down to one idea, expressed as a negative: don’t be a jagoff!
Paperback, 1998
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Brag Better: Master the Art of Fearless Self-Promotion
Meredith Finemanhowardfineman@MeredithFineman’s best-seller #BragBetter has been published by #RandomHouse in yet another language — #Thai, to go along with complex and simplified #Chinese, #Korean, #Hungarian. Proud of her.
Hardcover, 2020
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Road to Surrender: Three Men and the Countdown to the End of World War II
Evan ThomashowardfinemanMy friend #EvanThomas’s superb new book, Road to Surrender, is a compelling, deeply researched account of the thoughts and actions of American and Japanese leaders who drew us to the most destructive moments in human history: the atomic bombing of Japan. https://t.co/4loaW7rUB2
Paperback, Large Print, 2023
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The Thirteen American Arguments: Enduring Debates That Define and Inspire Our Country
Howard Finemanhowardfineman@JonahDispatch is right: warring "narratives" cripple us. America is sustained by a set of never-ending "arguments." That was/still is the point of my best-selling book, The Thirteen American Arguments: Enduring Debates That Define and Inspire Our Country https://t.co/7NfJMicdnd https://t.co/5tuTN2ETZW
Paperback, 2009
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