PBS NewsHour Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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Truman
David McCullough
David McCullough, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author whose narratives on Presidents John Adams and Harry Truman made him among the most popular and influential historians of his time, has died. He was 89. https://t.co/EpWZe59SnQ
Paperback, 1993
$26.00$13.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
U.S. Climate Finance: Tunisia
U. S. Department of State
State Department spokesperson Ned Price held a briefing on Monday as Tunisia’s government seeks to allay growing international concerns about a surge of discrimination against sub-Saharan Africans. https://t.co/chNka6Zubr
Paperback, 2014
$9.95$4.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Dune
Frank Herbert
Legendary Entertainment announces Denis Villeneuve’s “Dune,” which adapts the first half of Frank Herbert’s 1965 science-fiction epic, will get a sequel. https://bit.ly/3pH1D9u (via @NewsHourArts)
Paperback, 2005
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Leadership: Six Studies in World Strategy
Henry Kissinger
In former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger's new book, "Leadership: Six Studies in World Strategy," he examines how past leaders in the era after the World Wars faced the challenges of their times. https://t.co/VWWGvIvuVC
Paperback, 2024
$22.00$11.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Handmaid's Tale
Margaret Atwood
Margaret Atwood and Penguin Random House announced that a one-off, unburnable edition of “The Handmaid’s Tale” would be auctioned through Sotheby’s New York. https://bit.ly/3wGTc0G
Paperback, 1998
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Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Jeff Kinney
This month marks 15 years since the first "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" book was published. Jeff Kinney, the author of the bestselling children's book series, told @GeoffRBennett he's "trying to teach kids to laugh at their own circumstances." #PBSNewsWeekend https://t.co/W2PMOdOBJf
Hardcover, Large Print, 2017
$24.99$12.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Freezing Order: A True Story of Money Laundering, Murder, and Surviving Vladimir Putin's Wrath
Bill Browder
Our @JudyWoodruff talks with author @BillBrowder about his new book “Freezing Order” that looks at surviving the wrath of President Vladimir Putin. https://to.pbs.org/3MzB3rB https://t.co/AH73q8aHG9
Paperback, 2023
$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Road: Pulitzer Prize Winner
Cormac McCarthy
Cormac McCarthy is publishing two novels this fall, his first fiction releases since his Pulitzer Prize-winning book, “The Road,” in 2006. https://t.co/U0r9wYXHuW
Paperback, 2007
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Coal Miner's Daughter
Loretta Lynn
Loretta Lynn, the Kentucky coal miner’s daughter whose frank songs about life and love as a woman in Appalachia pulled her out of poverty and made her a pillar of country music, has died. She was 90. https://t.co/3z0rh71KyC
Paperback, 2021
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The Storm Is Upon Us: How Qanon Became a Movement, Cult, and Conspiracy Theory of Everything
Mike Rothschild
To discuss the former president and what appears to be his more overt embrace of QAnon, @IAmAmnaNawaz spoke with @rothschildmd who wrote “The Storm Is Upon Us – How QAnon Became a Movement, Cult, and Conspiracy Theory of Everything.” https://t.co/x2wbLMyl6O https://t.co/b34cwS3DXg
Paperback, 2022
$17.99$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book