Jim Bourg 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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Gabby: A Story of Courage, Love, and Resilience
Gabrielle Giffords
U.S. Senator from Arizona Mark Kelly celebrates with his wife, former U.S. Rep Gabby Giffords, as he declares victory in his re-election campaign against Republican challenger Blake Masters in the U.S. midterm elections. Reuters Photo by Jim Urquhart @jimurquhartpixs https://t.co/CCzkhM6L1v
Paperback, 2012
$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Federal Bureau of Investigation
United States House of Representatives
FBI Director Christopher Wray is sworn in to testify before a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing entitled "Oversight of the Federal Bureau of Investigation," on Capitol Hill in Washington. Reuters Photo by Jim Bourg https://t.co/VZMzSvVSi2
Paperback, 2017
$22.99$11.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Raven Rock: The Story of the U.S. Government's Secret Plan to Save Itself-While the Rest of Us Die
Garrett M. Graff
@tomsherwood @politicshour @wcp Without a doubt pilots of those “1st Helicopter Squadron” choppers that fly constant sorties around DC prepping for evacuations have one of the coolest jobs in the city. An amazing behind the scenes book on what they are part of is Garrett Graff’s @vermontgmg book “Raven Rock.” https://t.co/uZ2opyOeo6
Paperback, 2018
$21.99$10.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Hold the Line: The Insurrection and One Cop's Battle for America's Soul
Michael Fanone
Former MPD police Officer Michael Fanone talks with Rep Eric Swalwell about his trying to have an impact for the future at event for his new book “Hold the Line” about the January 6 attack on the Capitol written with Reuters Journo @johnshiffman - @PoliticsProse bookstore in DC https://t.co/pE1GLJId64
Paperback, 2023
$19.00$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Bitter End: The 2020 Presidential Campaign and the Challenge to American Democracy
John Sides
Fascinating transcript from Ezra Klein podcast on political polarization in the USA with political scientists John Sides and Lynn Vavreck, authors of new book: “The Bitter End: The 2020 Presidential Campaign and the Challenge to American Democracy.” https://t.co/pV1HAf2tlw
Paperback, 2023
$19.95$9.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Everywhere Babies
Susan Meyers
‘Everywhere Babies,’ a picture book celebrating infants, just got banned Author Susan Meyers and illustrator Marla Frazee respond to their book being banned from school libraries in Walton County, Fla. - The Washington Post https://t.co/2U4voBvr9L
Board Book, 2004
$9.99$4.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Critical Race Theory: An Introduction
Richard Delgado
Richard Delgado, an 82-year-old University of Alabama law professor who is one of the founders of the critical race theory (CRT) movement, says he and his wife are being inundated with hate mail & threats https://t.co/plNMFk7qiH
Paperback, 2017
$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Foreign Fighters: Transnational Identity in Civil Conflicts
David Malet
2nd story I have read this week about U.S. men going off to fight in Ukraine with the expectation that they might or probably will die - interesting to see Boogaloo boys heading over & quite a read: "Among Ukraine’s Foreign Fighters" | Pulitzer Center https://pulitzercenter.org/stories/among-ukraines-foreign-fighters
Paperback, 2017
$45.99$23.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book