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John Dickerson Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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John Dickerson is a journalist and a reporter for CBS News. Anchor, CBS News Prime Time. Contributor, @CBSSunday. Co-Host, @SlateGabfest Contributor @TheAtlantic. Author, The Hardest Job in the World.

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Book Cover for: Gratitude, Oliver Sacks

Gratitude

Oliver Sacks
John DickersonJohn Dickerson

Just sat down and read Oliver Sacks’ Gratitude. I wasn’t intending to have that kind of a Saturday, but now everything feels enormous and tiny in rapid succession.

Hardcover, 2015

$25.00$12.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Liberation Day: Stories, George Saunders

Liberation Day: Stories

George Saunders
John DickersonJohn Dickerson

@MalloryMcMorrow A swim in the pond in the Rain by George Saunders. It encourages engagement of the brain with Russian short stories that offers insight in lots of other aspects of life as well.

Paperback, 2023

$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen

David Brooks
John DickersonJohn Dickerson

The book's thesis is that while human relations are hard, the skills can be taught, and if people can improve their one-on-one interactions – in listening, in conversation, and in what Brooks calls the "close at hand" – it might have a compounding effect on society.

Hardcover, 2023

$30.00$15.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Philosophy of Modern Song, Bob Dylan

The Philosophy of Modern Song

Bob Dylan
John DickersonJohn Dickerson

The new @bobdylan book The Philosophy of Modern Song makes you want to take notes. I’m only on the third entry. https://t.co/hm3aArRAAM

Hardcover, 2022

$45.00$22.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Winesburg, Ohio: Intimate Histories of Everyday People (1922), Sherwood Anderson

Winesburg, Ohio: Intimate Histories of Everyday People (1922)

Sherwood Anderson
John DickersonJohn Dickerson

Starting a Sunday with Sherwood Anderson’s Winesburg, Ohio and I feel like I’ve been spun around a few times.

Hardcover, 2010

$46.95$23.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Madam: The Biography of Polly Adler, Icon of the Jazz Age, Debby Applegate

Madam: The Biography of Polly Adler, Icon of the Jazz Age

Debby Applegate
John DickersonJohn Dickerson

Tomorrow on @CBSSunday, the story of The Empress of Crime, Polly Adler, icon of the jazz age and madam to gangsters, politicians, and celebrities from Debby Applegate's new book https://t.co/vn7M8Hg2Le https://t.co/3DsPlcN7Cv

Paperback, 2022

$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Papers of Woodrow Wilson, Volume 69: 1918-1924: Contents and Index, Volumes 53-68, Woodrow Wilson

The Papers of Woodrow Wilson, Volume 69: 1918-1924: Contents and Index, Volumes 53-68

Woodrow Wilson
John DickersonJohn Dickerson

"A growing cordiality and sense of community of interest among the nations, foreshadowing an age of settled peace and good will." -- Woodrow Wilson 1913 SOTU, which started the modern tradition of in-person speeches. 7 months later: World War I broke out. https://t.co/eXvxM8m4SQ

Hardcover, 1994

$170.00$145.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book(max discount $25)
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Book Cover for: Roman Lives: A Selection of Eight Lives, Plutarch

Roman Lives: A Selection of Eight Lives

Plutarch
John DickersonJohn Dickerson

From the introduction to Roman Lives by Plutarch

Paperback, 2009

$14.95$7.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Winesburg, Ohio

Sherwood Anderson
John DickersonJohn Dickerson

Starting a Sunday with Sherwood Anderson’s Winesburg, Ohio and I feel like I’ve been spun around a few times.

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Book Cover for: Phone, Will Self

Phone

Will Self
John DickersonJohn Dickerson

Obviously, the self guided and propelled rolling bag that stays close to its owner through an app on the smart phone will be available shortly, right? Is Elon working on this?

Paperback, 2019

$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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