Nina Burleigh 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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Glass House: The 1% Economy and the Shattering of the All-American Town
Brian AlexanderNina Burleigh@AdamKinzinger Many blue collar kids do try to go to college, since there are no unions to protect the old good jobs and vulture caps have extracted value from the factories and left them in ghost towns. Read Brian Alexander's Glass House.
Paperback, 2018
$19.00$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Velvet Hammer: Book Two Of The Joey Roxy Chronicles
Soroya Suzanne BielaNina BurleighNice @monthly review of my friend and colleague @RayLong book on Illinois' "Velvet Hammer" -- He held power for decades in a notoriously corrupt state capitol, feds finally caught up. https://washingtonmonthly.com/2022/03/28/michael-madigan-the-man-who-ran-illinois/
Paperback, 2016
$16.00$8.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Meniscus: Rosetta Stone
Alexandra TimsNina BurleighIf you geek out on decipherers of ancient languages like I do, this looks like a terrific book. Before Champollion decoded the Rosetta Stone, even 18th C rationalists believed the hieroglyphic script was a secret code for lost magic. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/11/29/how-the-rosetta-stone-yielded-up-its-secrets-edward-dolnick-the-writing-of-the-gods
Paperback, 2021
$11.99$5.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Happening
Annie ErnauxNina Burleigh@MalloryMcMorrow The Happening by Annie Ernaux. Unforgettable memoir of how a woman's body becomes a war zone in back alley abortion when the procedure is illegal.
Paperback, 2019
$14.95$7.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise BrownNina BurleighMargaret Wise Brown profile. As a kid she liked to hitch up all the neighborhood dogs to her sled. She died kicking a can-can in the South of France. And she wrote my all-time fave children's book. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/02/07/the-radical-woman-behind-goodnight-moon
Board Book, 1991
$10.99$5.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Champollion: Sein Leben Und Sein Werk (1906)
Hermine HartlebenNina BurleighIf you geek out on decipherers of ancient languages like I do, this looks like a terrific book. Before Champollion decoded the Rosetta Stone, even 18th C rationalists believed the hieroglyphic script was a secret code for lost magic. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/11/29/how-the-rosetta-stone-yielded-up-its-secrets-edward-dolnick-the-writing-of-the-gods
Hardcover, 2008
$62.95$37.95 + Free shipping50% off your first book(max discount $25)
The God Delusion
Richard DawkinsNina Burleighpestilential, megalomaniacal, sadomasochistic, capriciously malevolent bully.” ― Richard Dawkins, The God Delusion Happy New Year!
Paperback, 2008
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Vaccine: The Controversial Story of Medicine's Greatest Lifesaver
Arthur AllenNina Burleigh@battyroy1900 No, I assume you are using whatever it as some anti-vaxx ammo. None of the lifesaving vaccine programs have ever been without risks. Read Arthur Allen's history. Inform yourself. The benefits far outweigh the risks.
Paperback, 2008
$32.50$16.25 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Illinois
Frank Woolson 1872- DarlingNina BurleighMy friend and former colleague @raylong in the trenches of #illinois and #chicago politics has a new book out, I highly recommend it to anyone interested in a master of the game. https://www.amazon.com/House-That-Madigan-Built-Illinois/dp/0252044479
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Light Years
James SalterNina Burleigh@AdrienneLaF Light Years by James Salter. To students, Didion, Slouching Towards Bethlehem.
Paperback, 1995
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book