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Joe Bernstein Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Joe Bernstein is a journalist. Reporter @nytstyles. joseph.bernstein@nytimes.com

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Book Cover for: The Border Trilogy: All the Pretty Horses, the Crossing, Cities of the Plain, Cormac McCarthy

The Border Trilogy: All the Pretty Horses, the Crossing, Cities of the Plain

Cormac McCarthy
Joe BernsteinJoe Bernstein

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
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Book Cover for: The Irony of Free Speech, Owen Fiss

The Irony of Free Speech

Owen Fiss
Joe BernsteinJoe Bernstein

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
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Book Cover for: Fleishman Is in Trouble, Taffy Brodesser-Akner

Fleishman Is in Trouble

Taffy Brodesser-Akner
Joe BernsteinJoe Bernstein

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
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Book Cover for: The Hot Seat: A Year of Outrage, Pride, and Occasional Games of College Football, Ben Mathis-Lilley

The Hot Seat: A Year of Outrage, Pride, and Occasional Games of College Football

Ben Mathis-Lilley
Joe BernsteinJoe Bernstein

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
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Book Cover for: Alinea, Grant Achatz

Alinea

Grant Achatz
Joe BernsteinJoe Bernstein

@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)
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Book Cover for: Elect Mr. Robinson for a Better World, Donald Antrim

Elect Mr. Robinson for a Better World

Donald Antrim
Joe BernsteinJoe Bernstein

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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