Hugh Sansom 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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Independent producer in radio, television, and film. Observer, photographer, writer, would-be thorn in side of Received Wisdom. Would-be Thomas Paine.
Gaia: A New Look at Life on Earth
James LovelockHugh SansomJames Lovelock, Whose Gaia Theory Saw the Earth as Alive, Dies at 103 https://t.co/mdHTsfZPSa
Paperback, 2016
$21.99$10.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Undoing the Demos: Neoliberalism's Stealth Revolution
Wendy BrownHugh Sansom@samhaselby What do you think of Wendy Brown's "Undoing the Demos"?
Paperback, 2017
$21.95$10.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Private Equity at Work: When Wall Street Manages Main Street
Eileen AppelbaumHugh Sansom@rch371 By coincidence earlier today, reading Applebaum/Batt "Private Equity at Work: When Wall Street Manages Main Street" and Lazonick "Predatory Value Extraction: How the Looting of the Business Corporation Became the US Norm and How Sustainable Prosperity Can Be Restored"
Paperback, 2014
$45.00$22.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Pandemic, Inc.: Chasing the Capitalists and Thieves Who Got Rich While We Got Sick
J. David McSwaneHugh SansomOn @democracynow, @davidmcswane talks abt "Pandemic, Inc. — Chasing the Capitalists and Thieves Who Got Rich While We Got Sick" https://t.co/SwN8QgD3ix Trumpian murderers for profit, enabled by GOP (of course) & Dems like @JoeBiden who refuse to hold biz accountable
Paperback, 2023
$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Meniscus: Rosetta Stone
Alexandra TimsHugh SansomWill authors who imagine their works having extraordinary, lasting value begin to include "Rosetta Stones" in their books in the hope that future, more intelligent species may be able to decipher the creations of long-extinct Homo sapiens?
Paperback, 2021
$11.99$5.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
A Collective Bargain
Jane McAleveyHugh SansomOn @BrianLehrer @WNYC, Chris Smalls @Shut_downAmazon & Jane McAlevey @rsgexp on Amazon's union-crushing & organizing that works. McAlevey's books "No Shortcuts" & "A Collective Bargain" are great. (Haven't read "Raising Expectations." Yet.) https://t.co/mUuO53iYlu
Paperback, 2021
$22.00$11.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
When Affirmative Action Was White: An Untold History of Racial Inequality in Twentieth-Century America
Ira KatznelsonHugh Sansom@nhannahjones @jasonintrator .@nhannahjones's point reminds me of Ira Katznelson's book "When Affirmative Action Was White: An Untold History of Racial Inequality in Twentieth-Century America".
Paperback, 2023
$18.95$9.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Queer Ducks (and Other Animals): The Natural World of Animal Sexuality
Eliot SchreferHugh SansomOn @npratc, @SachaPfeiffer talks w/ @EliotSchrefer about his new book, "Queer Ducks (And Other Animals): The Natural World of Animal Sexuality" Animal sexuality may not be as binary as we're led to believe https://www.npr.org/2022/05/24/1101040207/animal-sexuality-may-not-be-as-binary-as-were-led-to-believe-according-to-new-bo
Paperback, 2023
$15.99$7.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The City & the City
China MiévilleHugh Sansom@JoWolffBSG On a lighter note, to all who like "alternative fiction" (science-ish fiction), China Miéville's "The City & the City" is fantastic. (Watch out for spoilers online.)
Paperback, 2010
$19.00$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Pelosi
Molly BallHugh SansomAs @BrianLehrer @WNYC, Molly Ball @mollyesque, & @RepSteveIsrael discuss @SpeakerPelosi, lots of talk of "social justice." Not one word on economic justice. Pelosi is one of the 10 wealthiest members of Congress Pelosi opposed legislation to bar insider trading by members
Paperback, 2021
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book