Lynn Johnston Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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Nickel and Dimed
Barbara Ehrenreich
Nickel and Dimed is one of those books every nonfiction agent and editor wishes they had worked on. RIP Barbara Ehrenreich https://t.co/aUEBg7ml8c
Hardcover, 2021
$38.80$19.40 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Ransomware Hunting Team: A Band of Misfits' Improbable Crusade to Save the World from Cybercrime
Renee Dudley
The Ransomware Hunting Team narrated by @wongbd is an Audie Award finalist for best audiobook. Congrats @DanLGolden @Renee_Dudley @alexbstar @fsgbooks @MacmillanAudio 🙌🙌 https://t.co/QNPC3p3jJn
Hardcover, 2022
$30.00$15.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Super Mario: How Nintendo Conquered America
Jeff Ryan
Check out @ericsmithrocks’s breakdown of a winning book proposal and master class for aspiring NF authors. (Also tickled to see Jeff Ryan’s Super Mario listed as a comp book in the proposal.) #amquerying #amwriting #pubtip https://t.co/LnjgotE81B
Paperback, 2012
$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
You're Leaving When?: Adventures in Downward Mobility
Annabelle Gurwitch
Writing that makes ppl cry is hard. Getting them to laugh harder. A book that makes them laugh & cry is rare & what @LAGurwitch does in YOU’RE LEAVING WHEN. Thrilled it’s a @ThurberHouse finalist. Congrats Annabelle, editor @DanSmetanka & @CounterpointLLC 🙌 https://t.co/sSavaj94kl
Paperback, 2022
$16.95$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Ransomware Hunting Team: A Band of Misfits' Improbable Crusade to Save the World from Cybercrime
Renee Dudley
Omg we won! 🙌 Deserved recognition of the incredible reporting & writing by @Renee_Dudley & @DanLGolden made more riveting by the narration of @wongbd. TY @MacmillanAudio for the wonderful production of The Ransomware Hunting Team audiobook. https://t.co/2FeSfzIpkL
Paperback, 2023
$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Crying in H Mart: A Memoir
Michelle Zauner
After Michelle Zauner’s editor told her to aim for a 80K word book, she wrote 1000 words every day until she hit the target. Then she went back and worked on what became Crying in H Mart. #writingtips
Paperback, 2023
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
CEO Excellence: The Six Mindsets That Distinguish the Best Leaders from the Rest
Carolyn Dewar
Here is @NextBigIdeaClub’s best leadership book of 2022: CEO Excellence by Carolyn Dewar, Scott Keller & Vikram Malhotra published by @ScribnerBooks. https://t.co/4MQ1EHZth4
Hardcover, 2022
$32.00$16.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
What's the Matter with Kansas?: How Conservatives Won the Heart of America
Thomas Frank
One of my favorite nonfiction books is What’s the Matter with Kansas by Thomas Frank published in 2004 by Metropolitan Books about how the GOP stoke social issues like abortion to keep power. NO MORE🔥
Paperback, 2005
$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
A River Runs Through It
Norman MacLean
My favorite: Norman MacLean only started writing a novella based on his life after retiring. A River Runs Through It published when he was 74. Two years after his death at 87 years old, the movie directed by Robert Redford came out. https://t.co/UwiAoYGOAe
Hardcover, 1989
$35.00$17.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book