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Jacob Lupfer Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Writing on religion & culture. Political analyst & sometime strategist. Interested in baseball, books, plants & psychology. Southern efficiency. Northern charm.

18 books
Book Cover for: Terrapin: Poems, Wendell Berry

Terrapin: Poems

Wendell Berry
Jacob LupferJacob Lupfer

“When despair for the world grows in me and I wake in the night at the least sound in fear of what my life and my children’s lives may be…” One of my favorite Wendell Berry poems. This link has an audio of him reading it. https://t.co/UCbQ1f0Iu3

Paperback, 2015

$19.95$9.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The World Cannot Give, Tara Isabella Burton

The World Cannot Give

Tara Isabella Burton
Jacob LupferJacob Lupfer

New from me: A little essay about Tara Isabella Burton’s 2022 novel THE WORLD CANNOT GIVE. https://t.co/NHtC090Jp9

Paperback, 2023

$17.99$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Catholicism and American Freedom: A History, John T. McGreevy

Catholicism and American Freedom: A History

John T. McGreevy
Jacob LupferJacob Lupfer

@kkdumez @john_t_mcgreevy Yeah that ain’t no joke! Catholicism and American Freedom is one of the most insightful history books I have ever read.

Paperback, 2004

$30.00$15.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Thank You for Your Servitude: Donald Trump's Washington and the Price of Submission, Mark Leibovich

Thank You for Your Servitude: Donald Trump's Washington and the Price of Submission

Mark Leibovich
Jacob LupferJacob Lupfer

Enjoyed reading this concise ⁦@RuleandRuin⁩ review of “Thank You for Your Servitude,” by Mark Leibovich. Important book from a thoughtful author exploring the reasons why so many people chose to do nothing. https://t.co/Dny3rCeVbu

Hardcover, 2022

$29.00$14.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Crossroads, Jonathan Franzen

Crossroads

Jonathan Franzen
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I am so grateful that @RNS invited me to write about CROSSROADS, Jonathan Franzen’s new(-ish) novel. https://religionnews.com/2022/02/08/jonathan-franzens-literary-liberal-protestantism-pushes-limits-on-where-god-is-found/

Paperback, 2022

$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The End of the Affair, Graham Greene

The End of the Affair

Graham Greene
Jacob LupferJacob Lupfer

Someone on here mentioned the audiobook of Colin Firth narrating Graham Greene’s The End of the Affair. I’ve been listening to it having read it a couple times. Just reminds me that every sentence in that book is perfect.

Paperback, 2004

$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Passenger, Lisa Lutz

The Passenger

Lisa Lutz
Jacob LupferJacob Lupfer

Just now seeing ⁦@AbeGreenwald⁩’s review essay on Cormac McCarthy’s two new books, THE PASSENGER and STELLA MARIS. https://t.co/7epCZgdcaO

Paperback, 2016

$17.99$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Freud: The Mind of the Moralist, Philip Rieff

Freud: The Mind of the Moralist

Philip Rieff
Jacob LupferJacob Lupfer

My column on psychoanalysis was inspired by @bernstein’s NYT piece some weeks ago, and also by recent @KnowYrEnemyPod episodes about Freud and one of his most astute interpreters, sociologist Philip Rieff, who influenced Carl Trueman and @roddreher. https://t.co/x8VNa9VADD

Paperback, 1979

$29.00$14.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Blue Labour: The Politics of the Common Good, Maurice Glasman

Blue Labour: The Politics of the Common Good

Maurice Glasman
Jacob LupferJacob Lupfer

Insightful ⁦@Nina_Compact⁩ review of Maurice Glasman’s book Blue Labour: The Politics of the Common Good https://t.co/uOhs40bN0L

Paperback, 2024

$16.95$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Job, James a. Wharton

Job

James a. Wharton
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Library in Asheville’s Biltmore House, where George Washington Vanderbilt and family entertained Edith Wharton, Henry James, and many other guests. I had not been there in many years. The @BiltmoreEstate folks do such a nice job with everything. https://t.co/yI836CP5oC

Paperback, 1999

$36.00$18.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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