Miriam Posner 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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Oil Beach: How Toxic Infrastructure Threatens Life in the Ports of Los Angeles and Beyond
Christina Dunbar-HesterMiriam PosnerYay, Christina Dunbar-Hester's OIL BEACH is officially out today! It's about the LA port complex, ecology, logistics, and much more. I loved it and you will, too! https://t.co/n0F5JbcSt4 https://t.co/59OoXxym7v
Hardcover, 2023
$99.00Member price:$99.00 + Free shipping0% off(Limited Discount Book)
Capitalism and the Sea: The Maritime Factor in the Making of the Modern World
Liam CamplingMiriam PosnerThe book Capitalism and the Sea, by Alejandro Campas and Liam Campling, was very helpful. Jonathan Levy's Freaks of Fortune is great and helped me understand the early maritime insurance market. Dionne Brand's work helped me understand the stakes of transatlantic voyages.
Hardcover, 2021
$29.95Member price:$14.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Freaks of Fortune: The Emerging World of Capitalism and Risk in America
Jonathan LevyMiriam PosnerThe book Capitalism and the Sea, by Alejandro Campas and Liam Campling, was very helpful. Jonathan Levy's Freaks of Fortune is great and helped me understand the early maritime insurance market. Dionne Brand's work helped me understand the stakes of transatlantic voyages.
Paperback, 2014
$28.50Member price:$28.50 + Free shipping0% off(Limited Discount Book)
In the Wake: On Blackness and Being
Christina SharpeMiriam PosnerCannot overstate the influence of Christina Sharpe's _In the Wake: On Blackness and Being_. I think about it every time I sit down to write. @jpeg_bolton has a terrific MA thesis on seafarer abandonment, which he was kind enough to share with me; publish it, Jacob!
Paperback, 2016
$25.95Member price:$12.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Data Driven: Truckers, Technology, and the New Workplace Surveillance
Karen LevyMiriam PosnerOoh, speaking of can’t-miss logistics news, I see that @karen_ec_levy was on Bloomberg’s Odd Lots podcast to talk about trucking data and her new book, Data Driven! https://t.co/Z4pSciQ78e
Paperback, 2024
$21.95Member price:$19.76 + Free shipping10% off
Out of Stock: The Warehouse in the History of Capitalism
Dara OrensteinMiriam PosnerFinally getting a chance to properly read Dara Orenstein's Out of Stock: The Warehouse in the History of Capitalism. "History of storage" might be a tough sell (to normal people), but it's so exuberant: infectiously enthusiastic about the absurdity & strangeness of it all.
Paperback, 2019
$38.00Member price:$36.10 + Free shipping5% off
We Are Data: Algorithms and the Making of Our Digital Selves
John Cheney-LippoldMiriam PosnerI think maybe John Cheney Lippold’s We Are Data.
Paperback, 2018
$33.00Member price:$33.00 + Free shipping0% off(Limited Discount Book)