John Carl Baker Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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Final Cut: Art, Money, and Ego in the Making of Heaven's Gate, the Film That Sank United Artists
Steven BachJohn Carl BakerMan, I am reading Final Cut: Art, Money, and Ego in the Making of Heaven’s Gate, the Film that Sank United Artists by Steven Bach - and it is seriously so engrossing. Can’t put it down
Paperback, 1999
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Decline and Fall
Edward GibbonJohn Carl Bakerbecoming an Edward Gibbon guy (reading the abridged version of Decline and Fall that is still like 800 pages)
Hardcover, 2022
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Money and the Early Greek Mind: Homer, Philosophy, Tragedy
Richard SeafordJohn Carl BakerHere's a fun fact for you: "the [ancient Greek] word for law or convention, nomos, derives from nemein (to distribute) and so presumably at first meant distribution, then the principle of distribution." (Richard Seaford, Money and the Early Greek Mind)
Paperback, 2004
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A Great Place to Have a War: America in Laos and the Birth of a Military CIA
Joshua KurlantzickJohn Carl BakerReally interesting 2017 interview with Joshua Kurlantzick, author of A Great Place To Have A War: America In Laos And The Birth Of A Military CIA - he got this right about Trump https://t.co/MV420rQxFF https://t.co/C44DAh7P1e
Paperback, 2018
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Fiasco: A History of Hollywood's Iconic Flops
James Robert ParishJohn Carl Baker@EezyPalmTreezy Fiasco: A History of Hollywood's Iconic Flops by James Robert Parish
Paperback, 2007
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Citizens to Lords: A Social History of Western Political Thought from Antiquity to the Middle Ages
Ellen Meiksins WoodJohn Carl BakerAs is probably evident from past tweets, I am not an Ellen Meiksins Wood fan. But I have to say - I’ve started reading Citizens to Lords and so far it’s really good.
Paperback, 2011
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Beloved: Pulitzer Prize Winner
Toni MorrisonJohn Carl BakerOne hell of a paragraph https://t.co/EZuniqnhtR https://t.co/5EoANWCMWL
Paperback, 2004
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