Roll Call 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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Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance ACT
Committee on the Judiciary House of Repr
Garland and Haines sent a letter to congressional leaders on Tuesday to emphasize that there is no way to replicate Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act for its insights. https://t.co/G9mVO97k4a
Paperback, 2017
$17.95$8.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Smahtguy: The Life and Times of Barney Frank
Eric Orner
Eric Orner made his graphic novel debut this month with “Smahtguy: The Life and Times of Barney Frank,” a sometimes irreverent portrait of the lightning rod former congressman from Massachusetts with an acerbic wit. https://t.co/OISytWvCXX
Paperback, 2022
$25.99$12.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Report
Its
A recent report by its internal watchdog raised questions about Amtrak’s ability to manage its new influx of money and keep its partners — freight railroads and regional commuter rail systems — in the loop and happy. https://t.co/HXo4H9d1z9
Hardcover, 2016
$36.95$18.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Construction: Worker Safety Series
Occupational Safety and Administration
Walsh, a union construction worker who rose to be mayor of Boston and then Labor secretary, will leave the department after almost two years to take over as executive director of the NHL Players’ Association, according to media reports Tuesday. https://t.co/UTpzScDf9J
Paperback, 2014
$12.39$6.20 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The End of Theory: Financial Crises, the Failure of Economics, and the Sweep of Human Interaction
Richard Bookstaber
🎙️🎧 New #FintechBeat ep out now— https://t.co/xz0LRU2dat Richard Bookstaber, author of the End of Theory and Demons of Our Own Design, Demystifies Fintech Market Volatility https://t.co/oKnRlrFq2Y
Paperback, 2019
$20.95$10.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
PTA: Parent Teacher Affairs 2: Daddy's Home
Seth Moses Caine
Looking back on her career, retiring Rep. Brenda Lawrence describes how a “PTA mom” who “didn’t know anything about politics” worked her way up to having the “audacity to run for Congress.” http://ow.ly/3K6V50J9O0J
Paperback, 2020
$16.99$8.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Ulysses
J. Joyce
This week’s Hits and Misses sees a fracas in the House Natural Resources Committee, some “confusing and complex” amendments in a Senate hearing and Rep. Neal acknowledging the 100th anniversary of James Joyce’s “Ulysses” on the House floor. https://t.co/ism0iaJbTU
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Piety Promoted, In A Collection Of Dying Sayings Of Many Of The People Called Quakers (Volume Iv)
William Evans
The casket of U.S. Capitol Police Officer William "Billy" Evans arrives in the Capitol on April 13. Evans was killed April 2 at a security checkpoint. Check out the rest of the photos that defined 2021 on Capitol Hill: https://t.co/XsQAujI6zn 📸 @carolinebrehman / CQ Roll Call https://t.co/Pf2O7LUioZ
Paperback, 2021
$33.32$16.66 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony: A Friendship That Changed the World
Penny Colman
Tourists walk past the Portrait Monument to Lucretia Mott, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony in the Capitol Rotunda on Monday. 📸 @billclarkphotos https://t.co/zlpm00qmlY
Paperback, 2016
$22.99$11.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Ulysses: Second Edition
James Joyce
This week’s Hits and Misses sees a fracas in the House Natural Resources Committee, some “confusing and complex” amendments in a Senate hearing and Rep. Neal acknowledging the 100th anniversary of James Joyce’s “Ulysses” on the House floor. https://t.co/ism0iaJbTU
Paperback, 2022
$12.95$6.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book