Joe Bernstein 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 Border Trilogy: All the Pretty Horses, the Crossing, Cities of the Plain
Cormac McCarthy
I think this is fine and fairly common? e.g. Cormac McCarthy had pages of untranslated Spanish in the Border trilogy and no one cared https://t.co/z9SkRPNTjo
Hardcover, 1999
$50.00$25.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Irony of Free Speech
Owen Fiss
For anyone who is genuinely interested in the tradeoffs involved in the free speech debate and not just caricaturing the other side, this book is a great place to start:
Paperback, 1998
$32.00$16.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Fleishman Is in Trouble
Taffy Brodesser-Akner
My main takeaway from "Fleishman Is in Trouble" (didn't read the book) is that the most important American Jewish icon of the 21st century, Adam Brody, is aging like a Château Margaux
Paperback, 2020
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Hot Seat: A Year of Outrage, Pride, and Occasional Games of College Football
Ben Mathis-Lilley
Take it from me—Temporary Ann Arbor resident, huge Michigan football fan, professional journalist Joe Bernstein—@BenMathisLilley’s book, The Hot Seat, on sale in one week, is the greatest book I’ve ever read. I recommend it.
Hardcover, 2022
$29.00$14.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Alinea
Grant Achatz
@ByYourLogic Evanston dining out situation in 2003: noodles and co, Mongolian barbeque, Taco Bell, trio (grant achatz’ restaurant before Alinea?????)
Hardcover, 2008
$85.00$60.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book(max discount $25)
Elect Mr. Robinson for a Better World
Donald Antrim
Evidence keeps accumulating that Donald Antrim's Elect Mr. Robinson for a Better World is the greatest satire of the past fifty years https://t.co/APYeTPa8tv
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