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Associate Editor, The Wall Street Journal.

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Book Cover for: The Penal Code of the State of New York in Force December 1, 1882: As Amended by Laws of 1882 ... [To] 1906, With Notes of Decisions to Date: A Table, New York

The Penal Code of the State of New York in Force December 1, 1882: As Amended by Laws of 1882 ... [To] 1906, With Notes of Decisions to Date: A Table

New York
John BusseyJohn Bussey

A table for two this year? Ha! "One New York restaurant says it has waiting lists of more than 1,500 people on weekend nights. Here’s what food lovers suggest to land a table" https://t.co/C2eETW04da @WSJ

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Book Cover for: Indelible City: Dispossession and Defiance in Hong Kong, Louisa Lim

Indelible City: Dispossession and Defiance in Hong Kong

Louisa Lim
John BusseyJohn Bussey

Delighted to help judge the OPC's best book on foreign affairs. Highly recommend the winner, @willieneuman 's "Things Are Never So Bad That They Can't Get Worse," on the collapse of Venezuela. Also a stellar read: @LouisaLim 's "Indelible City," on my favorite city, #HongKong.

Paperback, 2023

$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Bring Back Our Girls: The Untold Story of the Global Search for Nigeria's Missing Schoolgirls, Joe Parkinson

Bring Back Our Girls: The Untold Story of the Global Search for Nigeria's Missing Schoolgirls

Joe Parkinson
John BusseyJohn Bussey

For their stellar book: "Bring Back Our Girls: The Untold Story of the Global Search for Nigeria's Missing Schoolgirls" https://t.co/oK2luuQY1c

Paperback, 2022

$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Things Are Never So Bad That They Can't Get Worse: Inside the Collapse of Venezuela, William Neuman

Things Are Never So Bad That They Can't Get Worse: Inside the Collapse of Venezuela

William Neuman
John BusseyJohn Bussey

Delighted to help judge the OPC's best book on foreign affairs. Highly recommend the winner, @willieneuman 's "Things Are Never So Bad That They Can't Get Worse," on the collapse of Venezuela. Also a stellar read: @LouisaLim 's "Indelible City," on my favorite city, #HongKong.

Hardcover, 2022

$29.99$14.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Tunnel 29: The True Story of an Extraordinary Escape Beneath the Berlin Wall, Helena Merriman

Tunnel 29: The True Story of an Extraordinary Escape Beneath the Berlin Wall

Helena Merriman
John BusseyJohn Bussey

Excerpt from a remarkable story about Tunnel 29 dug between West and East Berlin, and memorialized in this documentary televised by NBC in 1962. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7E3T7eiSBsY https://twitter.com/garyrosenWSJ/status/1425857249625481216

Paperback, 2023

$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: American Ramble: A Walk of Memory and Renewal, Neil King

American Ramble: A Walk of Memory and Renewal

Neil King
John BusseyJohn Bussey

"He chronicles those 330 miles with a veteran reporter’s sharp curiosity and a historian’s discernment in his remarkable new book, 'American Ramble: A Walk of Memory and Renewal.'" https://t.co/ewJv6gQpWX @NKingofDC

Paperback, 2024

$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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