Kim Ghattas 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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@TheAtlantic contributing writer. Podcast: @peoplelikeuspod Author: BLACK WAVE on Saudi-Iran rivalry. Top 100 NYT books for 2020. Ex BBC and FT.
The Destructionists: The Twenty-Five Year Crack-Up of the Republican Party
Dana MilbankKim GhattasMissed this when @Milbank tweeted it but I have it from the horse’s mouth this is really happening and I’m excited to read it—we have to wait a hear though… if you haven’t read Dana’s last book, The Destructionists, go get a copy now. Illuminating if a bit distressing. https://t.co/47PMCwPvT3
Paperback, 2023
$19.00$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
When America Stopped Being Great: A History of the Present
Nick BryantKim Ghattas@NickBryantNY is the best of the best, lucky to have had him as a wonderful colleague at BBC for many years. Always read his excellent pithy analysis on America, and get his new book, which is getting rave reviews- When America Stopped Being Great. https://t.co/KQfxLYOoj0
Paperback, 2022
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Power of Crisis: How Three Threats - And Our Response - Will Change the World
Ian BremmerKim GhattasExcited to get my hands on @ianbremmer latest book The #PowerofCrisis Ian doesn't just diagnose the 3 major crises our world faces today, but provides solid, workable ideas for solutions. Hot off the press, get your copies! https://www.amazon.com/Power-Crisis-Threats-Response-Change/dp/1982167505/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3VGPLSTCSO4PS&keywords=ian+bremmer+the+power+of+crisis&qid=1652898617&sprefix=ian+bremmer%2Caps%2C306&sr=8-1
Paperback, 2023
$17.99$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Lives Between the Lines: A Journey in Search of the Lost Levant
Michael VatikiotisKim GhattasAbout to dive into Michael's book Lives Between the Lines, about the Levant, and looking forward to hearing him speak about it on 19th Aug https://t.co/wOMWFSxchQ
Paperback, 2022
$17.99$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Big Con: How the Consulting Industry Weakens Our Businesses, Infantilizes Our Governments, and Warps Our Economies
Mariana MazzucatoKim GhattasThought provoking as always, @MazzucatoM on her new book The Big Con with co-author Rosie Collington: ‘The McKinseys and the Deloittes have no expertise in the areas that they’re advising in’ in @FT https://t.co/cljaLtOPOz
Hardcover, 2023
$30.00$15.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
You Have Not Yet Been Defeated: Selected Writings 2011-2021
Alaa Abd El-FattahKim GhattasAhmed was thrown in jail for writing fiction. Alaa published a book while in prison, You Have Not Yet Been Defeated. They are the generation that should have helped to build Egypt post 2011. Instead one is in exile, one is prison....like 1000's of others. https://t.co/YyCQAC1isW
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The Fall of Heaven: The Pahlavis and the Final Days of Imperial Iran
Andrew Scott CooperKim Ghattas@Rulaelhalabi @LebUpdate I write about it in my book Black Wave, based on info from Kai Bird's The Good Spy and from Andrew Scott Cooper, The Fall of Heaven
Paperback, 2018
$26.99$13.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Last Shah: America, Iran, and the Fall of the Pahlavi Dynasty
Ray TakeyhKim GhattasThrilled by this review of Black Wave by Ray Takeyh who calls it "impressive and thoughtful". Now must pick up his latest, The Last Shah https://t.co/cJbScaBvH4
Paperback, 2022
$24.00$12.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
You Have Not Yet Been Defeated: Selected Works 2011-2021
Alaa Abd El-FattahKim GhattasAhmed was thrown in jail for writing fiction. Alaa published a book while in prison, You Have Not Yet Been Defeated. They are the generation that should have helped to build Egypt post 2011. Instead one is in exile, one is prison....like 1000's of others. https://t.co/YyCQAC1isW
Paperback, 2022
$18.95$9.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Good Spy: The Life and Death of Robert Ames
Kai BirdKim Ghattas@Rulaelhalabi @LebUpdate I write about it in my book Black Wave, based on info from Kai Bird's The Good Spy and from Andrew Scott Cooper, The Fall of Heaven
Paperback, 2015
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book