Nick Baumann Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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We Don't Know Ourselves: A Personal History of Modern Ireland
Fintan O'Toole
“I came away from ‘We Don’t Know Ourselves’ seeing modern Ireland more convincingly portrayed and explained than ever before,” Cullen Murphy writes of Fintan O’Toole’s new book. “I wish I understood modern America half as well.” https://t.co/Z2i35uNVre
Paperback, 2023
$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Fledgling
Octavia E. Butler
Read @simplylovia on Octavia Butler's "Fledgling": https://t.co/KynImqrND5
Paperback, 2022
$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Veldt
Ray D. Bradbury
Season 2 of the delightful but unwatched "Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency" owed a lot to Ray Bradbury's "The Veldt," huh?
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Christian Michael
"Today, Michael Flynn is building a nationwide, grassroots movement that is fusing deranged political ideas with a mangled version of the Christian faith," writes @Peter_Wehner: https://t.co/NE3ums0qdk
Hardcover, 2021
$33.00$16.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11
Lawrence Wright
Really curious how many aides have bought 'The Looming Tower' to prep their bosses for Hewitt. Lawrence Wright probably owes Hugh a cut of the royalities. https://t.co/FLHmrxIfzT
Paperback, 2007
$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Jackpot: How the Super-Rich Really Live--And How Their Wealth Harms Us All
Michael Mechanic
The brilliant @MichaelMechanic's book on How the Other 1 Percent Live, "Jackpot," is out tomorrow. Read an essay adapted from the book here: https://t.co/ZkAiQuzsO6 and buy it the book here!: https://t.co/32tQrWuuwc
Paperback, 2022
$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book