Jeffrey Vagle @jvagle.bsky.social 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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The Death of Stalin (Graphic Novel)
Fabien NuryJeffrey Vagle @jvagle.bsky.socialI recommend watching The Death of Stalin for help in understanding this thread. https://twitter.com/thetimes/status/1502562921959903233
Hardcover, 2017
$24.99$12.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Burglary: The Discovery of J. Edgar Hoover's Secret FBI
Betty MedsgerJeffrey Vagle @jvagle.bsky.socialAnd also Betty Medsger, author of The Burglary, an excellent book on the Media FBI office break-in: https://t.co/jl16FNysAK
Paperback, 2014
$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Manifold: Time
Stephen BaxterJeffrey Vagle @jvagle.bsky.social@SteveBellovin @__apf__ I like Stephen Baxter's Manifold (Time, Space, Origin) series. And Delaney's Dhalgren is mind-bendingly good.
Paperback, Mass Market, 2000
$9.99$4.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas AdamsJeffrey Vagle @jvagle.bsky.social"Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe vastly hugely mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the chemist, but that's just peanuts to space." -- Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy https://t.co/74Sb64dSlY
Paperback, Mass Market, 1995
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The End of Ownership: Personal Property in the Digital Economy
Aaron PerzanowskiJeffrey Vagle @jvagle.bsky.socialGreat thread on the future of ownership. I also recommend "The End of Ownership," by @APerzanowski and @Lawgeek https://www.amazon.com/End-Ownership-Personal-Property-Information/dp/0262035014 https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1539304447607812098
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Babbitt: (Annotated Edition)
Sinclair LewisJeffrey Vagle @jvagle.bsky.socialThere’s been an understandable amount of discussion about the contemporary relevance of Sinclair Lewis’s It Can’t Happen Here, but I’d add that Babbitt offers a significant amount of insight, as well. https://t.co/x98C6Lag4N
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Black Hearts: One Platoon's Descent Into Madness in Iraq's Triangle of Death
Jim FrederickJeffrey Vagle @jvagle.bsky.socialA great read on a disastrous instance of toxic leadership at the Army battalion level is Jim Frederick’s “Black Hearts.” https://t.co/DSTLoT3WnS
Paperback, 2011
$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Coming of the Third Reich
Richard J. EvansJeffrey Vagle @jvagle.bsky.socialSee, e.g., Richard Evans, "The Coming of the Third Reich" (2005) https://t.co/zszAKzY9dm https://t.co/knYHk1qwYl
Paperback, 2005
$23.00$11.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Red Storm Rising
Tom ClancyJeffrey Vagle @jvagle.bsky.social@thegrugq Cf. the initiating plot point of Tom Clancy's Red Storm Rising (1986).
Paperback, Mass Market, 1987
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Faith in the Fog of War: Let us Die to Make Men Free
Chris PlekenpolJeffrey Vagle @jvagle.bsky.social@BretDevereaux @waitmanb The penultimate line "let us die to make men free" was loudly shouted rather than sung.
Paperback, 2008
$14.99$7.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book