Micah Alpern Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
Micah Alpern on XDesign & Product. Sr Director @Instacart, Prior: Head of Design @Venmo, @Facebook, @Medallia, @LinkedIn, @Yahoo, @eBay, @Ixda founding board, CMU

Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order: Why Nations Succeed and Fail
Ray Dalio@nakul___gupta Have you read Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order: Why Nations Succeed and Fail https://t.co/io1BbN6B4o? I’m listening to it now and enjoying it.
Hardcover, 2021
$35.00Member price:$17.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Denial of Death
Ernest Becker@joulee "The denial of death" and "The birth and death of meaning" by Ernest Becker are both good reads. more directly, "Gone from my sight: The dying experience"
Paperback, 1997
$20.99Member price:$10.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Milan Kundera@iamharaldur Milan Kundera talks about this as “the dictionary of misunderstood words” and plays out the internal understanding & monologue of both sides in his novel “The Unbearable Lightness of Being” https://t.co/ncJMPL2SdI
Paperback, 1999
$18.99Member price:$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Stephen King's the Dark Tower: Beginnings Omnibus
Stephen KingI wanted to relisten to one of my favorite audiobooks as a young adult, “The Drawing of the Three” by @StephenKing. The audible edition is read by a voice actor and I wanted to hear the earlier edition read by the author, so w eBays help I recreated the late 80’s. https://t.co/5muDnyb1Nn
Hardcover, 2023
$99.99Member price:$74.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book(max discount $25)
Birth and Death of Meaning
Ernest Becker@joulee "The denial of death" and "The birth and death of meaning" by Ernest Becker are both good reads. more directly, "Gone from my sight: The dying experience"
Paperback, 2004
$17.95Member price:$16.16 + Free shipping10% off