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New York Times Opinion Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Book Cover for: Going There, Katie Couric

Going There

Katie Couric
New York Times OpinionNew York Times Opinion

“What’s the point of writing a book that’s just, like, your greatest hits or a victory lap or a sanitized version of your life?” On today’s episode of Sway, @katiecouric tells @karaswisher about her new and brutally honest memoir, “Going There.” https://nyti.ms/3GwSsOE

Paperback, 2022

$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, Frederick Douglass

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

Frederick Douglass
New York Times OpinionNew York Times Opinion

“Black thinkers have been part of my intellectual life since I first picked up ‘Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave’ in high school,” writes @jbouie in his latest newsletter. https://t.co/TkUKcZpB9F

Paperback, 1995

$4.50$2.25 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History, John M. Barry

The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History

John M. Barry
New York Times OpinionNew York Times Opinion

America “is ceding control to the virus,” writes @johnmbarry, the author of “The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History.” https://t.co/EBf7TmeUNW

Paperback, 2005

$19.00$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Strangers to Ourselves: Unsettled Minds and the Stories That Make Us, Rachel Aviv

Strangers to Ourselves: Unsettled Minds and the Stories That Make Us

Rachel Aviv
New York Times OpinionNew York Times Opinion

Our stories about ourselves can save us or trap us, @RachelAviv tells @EzraKlein on today’s episode of The Ezra Klein Show. Her new book, “Strangers to Ourselves,” tells stories about people at odds with their psychiatric diagnoses. https://t.co/uvVJRYV61F

Paperback, 2023

$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Forgetting: The Benefits of Not Remembering, Scott A. Small

Forgetting: The Benefits of Not Remembering

Scott A. Small
New York Times OpinionNew York Times Opinion

Forgetting some of our pandemic fear "will allow us to more clearly recall the details we want to remember.” Read more from neuroscientist Scott A. Small. https://t.co/A8DeqyMn14

Hardcover, 2021

$27.00$13.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Reparations: A Christian Call for Repentance and Repair, Duke L. Kwon

Reparations: A Christian Call for Repentance and Repair

Duke L. Kwon
New York Times OpinionNew York Times Opinion

This week @Tish_H_Warren speaks to the artist Gregory Thompson “to learn more about his advocacy of reparations and the story of transformation that led him to it.” https://t.co/zCK0dGSsMh

Paperback, 2022

$21.99$10.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Thinking Like an Economist: How Efficiency Replaced Equality in U.S. Public Policy, Elizabeth Popp Berman

Thinking Like an Economist: How Efficiency Replaced Equality in U.S. Public Policy

Elizabeth Popp Berman
New York Times OpinionNew York Times Opinion

In his latest newsletter, @petercoy speaks with the sociologist Elizabeth Popp Berman (@epopppp) about her book, "Thinking Like an Economist," and the reaction it’s received. https://t.co/s3Rb3hatYK

Paperback, 2023

$24.95$12.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Racecraft: The Soul of Inequality in American Life, Barbara J. Fields

Racecraft: The Soul of Inequality in American Life

Barbara J. Fields
New York Times OpinionNew York Times Opinion

“I want to highlight Chief Justice Roberts’s avoidance of racism as a prime example of ‘racecraft,’ the term coined by the historians Karen and Barbara Fields,” writes @jbouie in his latest newsletter. https://t.co/ImKch5tgKF

Paperback, 2022

$19.95$9.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Overstory, Richard Powers

The Overstory

Richard Powers
New York Times OpinionNew York Times Opinion

“It is going to be other kinds of minds that give us that clarity and strength," Richard Powers, the author of "The Overstory," tells @EzraKlein. https://nyti.ms/3EWgq57

Paperback, 2019

$18.95$9.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Last White Man, Mohsin Hamid

The Last White Man

Mohsin Hamid
New York Times OpinionNew York Times Opinion

The novelist Mohsin Hamid has tackled the human questions surrounding social issues, from migration to race. On today’s episode of The @ezraklein Show, Ezra talks to Hamid about his latest novel, “The Last White Man.” https://t.co/Yydvl16g3w

Paperback, 2023

$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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