Lionel Barber 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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Editor of the Financial Times 2005-20. Writer, broadcaster, cyclist. Recovering Tottenham Hotspur supporter
The Prime Minister: The Office and Its Holders Since 1945
Peter HennessyLionel BarberBrief but devastating: Peter Hennessy, constitutional historian, on Boris Johnson and the debasement of the prime minister’s role and office https://t.co/XLeqbwnQx9
Hardcover, 2001
$59.99$34.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book(max discount $25)
Capital: A Critique of Political Economy
Edward Bibbins AvelingLionel BarberMy review of @scmallaby fascinating book on venture capital (which would have confounded Karl Marx) https://t.co/30GaOvNAUp
Hardcover, 2022
$46.95$23.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Wilderness: Vol. 1: Journalism 1886 - 1901
Theodore RooseveltLionel Barber@SebastianEPayne The rise of Theodore Roosevelt vol 1 by Edmund Morris. It’s brilliant. Vol two less good
Paperback, 2015
$24.95$12.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Powerful and the Damned: Private Diaries in Turbulent Times
Lionel BarberLionel BarberDelighted that my editor’s diary - The Powerful and the Damned - has made The Atlantic’s recommended summer reading list. Sarah Gilbert writes that the “insight into how power operates and sustains itself is truly intriguing” https://www.theatlantic.com/books/archive/2022/05/summer-reading-2022/608494/
Hardcover, 2021
$45.00$22.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Reign
Elizabeth KellyLionel Barber👀This is the one piece to read today, with balance, elegant prose and historical perspective: How the UK Has Changed During Queen Elizabeth II's Reign @adwooldridge https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2022-06-02/platinum-jubilee-how-the-uk-has-changed-during-queen-elizabeth-ii-s-reign
Paperback, 2018
$16.99$8.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Madam: You Can Run, but You Can't Hide.
Amari C. JohnsonLionel BarberYou can run but you can’t hide - that sums up the current state of #Partygate, the dodge government amendment and Johnson trade trip to India 🇮🇳
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The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt
Edmund MorrisLionel Barber@SebastianEPayne The rise of Theodore Roosevelt vol 1 by Edmund Morris. It’s brilliant. Vol two less good
Paperback, 2001
$26.00$13.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Leadership: Six Studies in World Strategy
Henry KissingerLionel BarberRichard Nixon on “ears full and stomachs empty” could easily have been talking about the Tory leadership race! Plus some invaluable lessons for Truss/Sunak as per Henry Kissinger’s riveting chapter on Lee Kuan Yew, Leadership and the strategy of excellence https://t.co/GEZ56UrapA
Paperback, 2024
$22.00$11.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book