John Bussey 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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Associate Editor, The Wall Street Journal.
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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
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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Indelible City: Dispossession and Defiance in Hong Kong
Louisa Lim
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
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Bring Back Our Girls: The Untold Story of the Global Search for Nigeria's Missing Schoolgirls
Joe Parkinson
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
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Things Are Never So Bad That They Can't Get Worse: Inside the Collapse of Venezuela
William Neuman
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
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Tunnel 29: The True Story of an Extraordinary Escape Beneath the Berlin Wall
Helena Merriman
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
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American Ramble: A Walk of Memory and Renewal
Neil King
"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