James McQuivey 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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Consumer behaviorist, employee psychology analyst. And I literally wrote the book on Digital Disruption. Tweets are mine, not employer's.
The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz
Erik LarsonJames McQuivey@BradWilcoxIFS @DecideOrSlide A comparison comes to mind. I recall from Erik Larson's The Splendid and the Vile, that as World War II set in on London, young people began to engage in previously unapproved sexual behaviors with abandon. Whether they thought it was due to their impending doom or if it was /
Paperback, 2022
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The Future and Its Enemies: The Growing Conflict Over Creativity, Enterprise, and Progress
Virginia PostrelJames McQuivey@malaphorician @MaxsBigMove A great book by Virginia Postrel 25 years ago called The Future and Its Enemies. Documents and theorizes why this is a default stance for many. It manifests differently across subgroups. Twentysomethings convinced the end is near due to climate is their own future resistance
Paperback, 2010
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Ilium
Dan SimmonsJames McQuivey@tszzl Ignore every other rec (kidding!): Go straight to Ilium (by Dan Simmons of Hyperion fame). It's more in the "fun" category than Hyperion, but just as smart. And it will make you love robots, which is important right now, ngl.
Paperback, Mass Market, 2005
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Dominion: How the Christian Revolution Remade the World
Tom HollandJames McQuivey@bfcarlson Dominion, by @holland_tom Then The WEIRDest People In The World by Joseph Henrich. I know you asked for 1. But, could not resist.
Paperback, 2021
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Hyperion
Dan SimmonsJames McQuivey@tszzl Ignore every other rec (kidding!): Go straight to Ilium (by Dan Simmons of Hyperion fame). It's more in the "fun" category than Hyperion, but just as smart. And it will make you love robots, which is important right now, ngl.
Paperback, Mass Market, 1990
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The Road: Pulitzer Prize Winner
Cormac McCarthyJames McQuivey@NLRG_it You mean besides Cormac McCarthy's The Road?
Paperback, 2007
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Crazy Horse and Custer: The Parallel Lives of Two American Warriors
Stephen E. AmbroseJames McQuivey@marliroo @wil_da_beast630 Please read this amazing book. The parallel lives lived by Crazy Horse and Custer are uncannily aligned. Ambrose captures it perfectly Crazy Horse and Custer: The Parallel Lives of Two American Warriors https://t.co/hMxlIdsMob
Paperback, 1996
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The Forge of Christendom: The End of Days and the Epic Rise of the West
Tom HollandJames McQuivey@Blake_Allen13 Can I recommend @holland_tom 's prescient 2008 book The Forge of Christendom in this context? It's full of relevant insight about how European culture shifted throughout the 11th century once people realized that the end of the world hadn't happened. Feels like our oppty too
Paperback, 2010
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The Weirdest People in the World: How the West Became Psychologically Peculiar and Particularly Prosperous
Joseph HenrichJames McQuivey@bfcarlson Dominion, by @holland_tom Then The WEIRDest People In The World by Joseph Henrich. I know you asked for 1. But, could not resist.
Paperback, 2021
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The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo (Pulitzer Prize for Biography)
Tom ReissJames McQuivey@coldxman Would love to hear a discussion between you and Tom Reiss given his amazing 2012 book The Black Count. It was prescient in its discussion on race and colonialism before those dialogues became so hopelessly political
Paperback, 2013
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