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Matt Franck 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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Retired Politics Lecturer @Princeton. Senior Fellow @WitherspoonInst. Contributing editor @PublicDiscourse. Professor Emeritus of Political Science @RadfordU.

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Book Cover for: Treasure Island, R. L. Stevenson

Treasure Island

R. L. Stevenson
Matt FranckMatt Franck

From Wyeth’s illustrations for Stevenson’s Treasure Island— https://t.co/NTtysZp2CR

Paperback, 2014

$16.99$8.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Casino Royale: A James Bond Novel, Ian Fleming

Casino Royale: A James Bond Novel

Ian Fleming
Matt FranckMatt Franck

This movie has the same relationship to Agatha Christie that the David Niven–Peter Sellers “Casino Royale” had to Ian Fleming, except that CR had the advantage of being clever. Too bad, because Tony Randall could have played Poirot straight. #TCMParty

Paperback, 2023

$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes, Edith Hamilton

Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes

Edith Hamilton
Matt FranckMatt Franck

I was probably 8 or 9 when I read Edith Hamilton's little paperback Mythology. https://t.co/fCkYxQw6QQ

Paperback, Mass Market, 2011

$10.99$5.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: A Distant Trumpet, Hugh Eichelberger

A Distant Trumpet

Hugh Eichelberger
Matt FranckMatt Franck

Since a friend recommended the novel, I thought “A Distant Trumpet” might be worth watching. But the frame-shuddering lousy copy @tcm is showing is unwatchable. It’s giving me a headache. #TCMParty

Paperback, 2006

$15.99$7.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Right Ho, Jeeves, P. G. Wodehouse

Right Ho, Jeeves

P. G. Wodehouse
Matt FranckMatt Franck

PG Wodehouse's Bertie Wooster describes the effect on him of Jeeves's hangover cure. From Right Ho, Jeeves, 1934. https://t.co/wgqqdIwlzH

Paperback, 2011

$13.95$6.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Lost Horizon, James Hilton

Lost Horizon

James Hilton
Matt FranckMatt Franck

@JohnQBarrett He gave us in Lost Horizon a name for an imaginary paradise that entered the language to stay: Shangri-La. More people have used that expression than have ever heard of James Hilton.

Paperback, 2012

$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Closing of the American Mind: How Higher Education Has Failed Democracy and Impoverished the Souls of Today's Students, Allan Bloom

The Closing of the American Mind: How Higher Education Has Failed Democracy and Impoverished the Souls of Today's Students

Allan Bloom
Matt FranckMatt Franck

.⁦@micahmattix⁩, in this review ⁦@NRO⁩, you say Allan Bloom’s Closing of the American Mind argued “the liberal arts teach us primarily how to reason well and so to smash the shackles of ignorance fastened on us by our parents or upbringing.” https://t.co/FxoBuCnYCU

Paperback, 2012

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Book Cover for: Black Narcissus, Rumer Godden

Black Narcissus

Rumer Godden
Matt FranckMatt Franck

If you enjoy Powell and Pressburger’s Black Narcissus (and who does not?), I strongly recommend Rumer Godden’s novel on which it’s based. The film is very faithful to it. #TCMParty

Paperback, 2020

$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Sunset Boulevard, Billy Wilder

Sunset Boulevard

Billy Wilder
Matt FranckMatt Franck

I did not think it possible that anything about Donald Trump could surprise me, but I’m amazed he’s even heard of Sunset Boulevard. (Mind you, I would not put it in my top five Billy Wilder films.) https://t.co/BqA7n1c1ln

Paperback, 1999

$26.95$13.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Republic, Plato

Republic

Plato
Matt FranckMatt Franck

Tell me you’ve never read Plato’s Republic without. . . yeah, you know the rest. https://t.co/ugBaMsDGDR

Paperback, 2012

$13.00$6.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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