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Jeff (Gutenberg Parenthesis) Jarvis Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Jeff Jarvis is an author and journalism professor. @BuzzMachine; prof @CUNY's @NewmarkJSchool; book: THE GUTENBERG PARENTHESIS from Bloomsbury. Preorder: https://t.co/GJXpfuvxUg @jeffjarvis@mastodon.social

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Book Cover for: A Modern Instance, William Dean Howells

A Modern Instance

William Dean Howells
Jeff (Gutenberg Parenthesis) JarvisJeff (Gutenberg Parenthesis) Jarvis

William Dean Howells in A Modern Instance, 1881: "I am sick of spice." Logan Roy 2021: "I'm a great revolutionary. A big of fucking spice, a bit of fun, a bit of truth. I fucking know things about the world or I wouldn't turn a buck. Not necessarily nice things."

Paperback, 1984

$23.00$11.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Section 230: An Overview, Eric N. Holmes

Section 230: An Overview

Eric N. Holmes
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.@jjn1 please read @jkosseff's book on Section 230. You are wrong on the law. https://twitter.com/jkosseff/status/1491036050609029120

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Book Cover for: The Escape Artist: The Man Who Broke Out of Auschwitz to Warn the World, Jonathan Freedland

The Escape Artist: The Man Who Broke Out of Auschwitz to Warn the World

Jonathan Freedland
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Started watching @Freedland's @edbookfest conversation and I'm captivated by the story of The Escape Artist: The Man Who Broke Out of Auschwitz to Warn the World. Can't wait for the book--so I'll order the UK edition from Blackwells now. https://t.co/zwUnsQ639B

Paperback, 2023

$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Trust (Pulitzer Prize Winner), Hernan Diaz

Trust (Pulitzer Prize Winner)

Hernan Diaz
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@hankgreen I read it thanks to @johngreen's insistent rave and I'm glad I did. I've enjoyed The Candy House by Jennifer Egan, Trust by Hernan Diaz, Allow Me to Retort by @ElieNYC, The Man from the Future by Ananyo Bhattacharya, Small World by Jonathan Evison, The Pages by Hugo Hamilton.

Paperback, 2023

$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: What Tech Calls Thinking: An Inquiry Into the Intellectual Bedrock of Silicon Valley, Adrian Daub

What Tech Calls Thinking: An Inquiry Into the Intellectual Bedrock of Silicon Valley

Adrian Daub
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@benedictevans Was just reading Adrian Daub's "What Tech Calls Thinking." He complains that creators ( in e.g., Tumblr) "didn't make nearly as much money on their creations as the people who created the site that hosted them did." Well, same is true of all media... 1/

Paperback, 2020

$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: How to Be Perfect: The Correct Answer to Every Moral Question, Michael Schur

How to Be Perfect: The Correct Answer to Every Moral Question

Michael Schur
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@hankgreen Candy House by @Egangoonsquad Trust by Hernan Diaz City in Fire @donwinslow How to be Perfect by Michael Schur Allow Me to Retort @ElieNYC

Paperback, 2023

$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Small World, Jonathan Evison

Small World

Jonathan Evison
Jeff (Gutenberg Parenthesis) JarvisJeff (Gutenberg Parenthesis) Jarvis

@hankgreen I read it thanks to @johngreen's insistent rave and I'm glad I did. I've enjoyed The Candy House by Jennifer Egan, Trust by Hernan Diaz, Allow Me to Retort by @ElieNYC, The Man from the Future by Ananyo Bhattacharya, Small World by Jonathan Evison, The Pages by Hugo Hamilton.

Paperback, 2023

$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: How History Gets Things Wrong: The Neuroscience of Our Addiction to Stories, Alex Rosenberg

How History Gets Things Wrong: The Neuroscience of Our Addiction to Stories

Alex Rosenberg
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@Lollardfish See Alex Rosenberg: How History Gets Things Wrong. https://t.co/8BLPRp1EJy

Paperback, 2019

$25.00$12.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Pages, Hugo Hamilton

The Pages

Hugo Hamilton
Jeff (Gutenberg Parenthesis) JarvisJeff (Gutenberg Parenthesis) Jarvis

@hankgreen I read it thanks to @johngreen's insistent rave and I'm glad I did. I've enjoyed The Candy House by Jennifer Egan, Trust by Hernan Diaz, Allow Me to Retort by @ElieNYC, The Man from the Future by Ananyo Bhattacharya, Small World by Jonathan Evison, The Pages by Hugo Hamilton.

Hardcover, 2022

$28.00$14.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Great Stewardess Rebellion: How Women Launched a Workplace Revolution at 30,000 Feet, Nell McShane Wulfhart

The Great Stewardess Rebellion: How Women Launched a Workplace Revolution at 30,000 Feet

Nell McShane Wulfhart
Jeff (Gutenberg Parenthesis) JarvisJeff (Gutenberg Parenthesis) Jarvis

The Great Stewardess Rebellion review: stirring study of what Roe v Wade helped vanquish https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/may/07/the-great-stewardess-rebellion-review-nell-mcshane-wulfhart-clara-bingham?CMP=share_btn_tw

Paperback, 2023

$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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