John W. Miller Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
John W. Miller on X
Writer/filmmaker. Orioles baseball, creator/director https://t.co/WCXZtU4INg, writing @Americamag, trade @tradedatanews, writing a book abt Earl Weaver, ex-@wsj

Intangibles: Unlocking the Science and Soul of Team Chemistry
Joan Ryan
'Intangibles' by @joanryan is a wonderful sports book about teams and team chemistry. Mostly focused on baseball and the Giants, esp. their magical 1989 run, but rich lessons for families, teams, businesses, etc. https://t.co/aYhu67MiOd
Hardcover, 2020
$28.00$14.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Cathonomics: How Catholic Tradition Can Create a More Just Economy
Anthony M. Annett
On this podcast, I again recommend @tonyannett's excellent new book 'Cathonomics', about the history of Catholic Social Teaching as a reasonable middle ground "between the twin shipwrecks of libertarianism and communism." https://soundcloud.com/jesuitconference/why-journalist-john-w-miller-quit-the-wall-street-journal-and-made-a-documentary
Hardcover, 2022
$29.95$14.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
City of a Million Dreams: A History of New Orleans at Year 300
Jason Berry
A review of Jason Berry's beautiful film about New Orleans jazz funerals 'City of a Million Dreams': https://moundsville.org/2022/03/07/fight-back-with-music-how-new-orleans-dances-with-sorrow/
Paperback, 2021
$25.00$12.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Return to Paradise: Stories
James A. Michener
Say what you want about his place in literature but James Michener (1907-1997) wrote 11 books and published seven BETWEEN AGE 79 AND 84. Writing in the morning; research in the afternoon. āThe job of a storyteller is to tell stories.ā https://t.co/YSipcRC9pf
Paperback, 2015
$19.00$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Cost of Living: Essays
Emily Maloney
Congratulations to @emilyfmaloney on her important new book āCost of Livingā about our awful health care mess, which she presented tonight @cityofasylum @CityofAsylumBks in Pittsburgh. https://t.co/qPFC9E18zv
Paperback, 2023
$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Storm Lake: Change, Resilience, and Hope in America's Heartland
Art Cullen
If you liked the @60Minutes piece on local news, make sure to watch the brilliant @StormLakeMovie on PBS&Amazon. Itās the story of the @SLTimes and editor @cullen_art, who cover Storm Lake, IA, pop. 11,000. https://moundsville.org/2022/02/23/storm-lake-shows-how-to-save-local-journalism-do-the-work/
Paperback, 2020
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
A Place So Deep Inside America It Can't Be Seen: Poems
Kari Gunter-Seymour
A profile of Ohio Poet Laureate @KGunterSeymour, from "a place so deep inside America it canāt be seen." https://t.co/nhiNTbSFfp
Paperback, 2020
$16.00$8.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Farm
Wendell Berry
"Miller and Bernabo also keep their cameras trained...on hope. We meet a couple who are using Wendell Berry-style sustainable farming. We meet entrepreneurs at a local kitchen cabinet maker. We hear some ideas, from legalizing weed to expanding tourism." https://t.co/1cBZsfciub
Hardcover, 2018
$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Spirit of St. Louis
Charles A. Lindbergh
The Moundsville, WV, Walmart was built on an old coal ash dump site near an airfield where Charles Lindbergh landed the Spirit of St. Louis on tour in 1927. More on the history of aviation in WV: https://t.co/sFLZV46i6z #Moundsville https://t.co/uQI4cezyqi
Paperback, 2003
$24.00$12.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Fratelli Tutti: On Fraternity and Social Friendship
Pope Francis
I'm a reporter, not an activist or theologian, and in telling the stories of people whose lives touch on these essential topics, I wanted to offer some elements others can build on to enable the fraternity Pope Francis talks about in 'Fratelli Tutti'. https://t.co/1RNEUsv87J
Paperback, 2020
$9.95$4.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book