Long Island Press Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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The Attention Merchants: The Epic Scramble to Get Inside Our Heads
Tim WuLong Island PressTim Wu's The Attention Merchants describes how virtually every new communications platform (from 18th-century ad-funded newspapers to this week's Elon Musk's Twitter 2.0) has been designed to feed on human attention. @RepSteveIsrael https://t.co/zWGk2rbZQc
Paperback, 2017
$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
New York City Police
Joshua RuffLong Island PressFormer New York City police officer Michael Valva was sentenced Thursday to 25 years to life in prison for forcing his 8-year-old son to sleep in a freezing garage, causing the boy to die of hypothermia in January 2020. https://t.co/afQCNvp6x9
Hardcover, 2012
$31.99$15.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Great Gatsby
F. Scott FitzgeraldLong Island PressOn the Gold Coast of Long Island, there have certainly been many homes inspired by The Great Gatsby, but a newly listed waterfront estate could have been the inspiration for F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel. https://t.co/Dx7jg8f2ti
Paperback, 2004
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Maze
Nelson DeMilleLong Island PressLong Island best-selling author Nelson DeMille released his latest novel, The Maze, on Oct. 11. https://t.co/0kilpq5CTd
Paperback, Mass Market, 2024
$10.99$5.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Frats
Dee SniderLong Island PressThe former singer for the ’80s glam rock band Twisted Sister just released his first novel, “Frats,” about the madness, cruelty, alcohol and testosterone-fueled bravado of the 1970s high school fraternity scene on Long Island, New York, where he grew up. https://t.co/6Mq2LGfajr
Hardcover, 2023
$24.99$12.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Waxing on: The Karate Kid and Me
Ralph MacchioLong Island PressLong Island actor Ralph Macchio's debut memoir Waxing On: The Karate Kid and Me hits bookstands on Oct. 18. https://t.co/wkGF1mTmRM
Hardcover, 2022
$28.00$14.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Great Gatsby
F. Scott FitzgeraldLong Island PressOn the Gold Coast of Long Island, there have certainly been many homes inspired by The Great Gatsby, but a newly listed waterfront estate could have been the inspiration for F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel. https://t.co/Dx7jg8f2ti
Paperback, 2022
$21.35$10.68 + Free shipping50% off your first book
V.
Thomas PynchonLong Island PressThe archives of Thomas Pynchon, including correspondence, handwritten notes and the typescripts for such classic novels as "Gravity's Rainbow" and "V.", have been acquired by the Huntington Library in San Marino, California. https://t.co/NF71FWOCGn
Paperback, 2005
$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Marvel: June 1962 Omnibus
Stan LeeLong Island PressA Los Angeles judge declared a mistrial and dismissed grand theft charges Tuesday against a former business manager of Marvel Comics mastermind Stan Lee, who was a Long Islander. https://t.co/jAUJp1DGRY
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