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RossRey 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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Ross Reynolds - convener, moderator, interviewer, ex-KUOW host, program director, news director, KBOO, WCUW

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Book Cover for: Not A Genuine Black Man, Brian Copeland

Not A Genuine Black Man

Brian Copeland
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Comedian Brian Copeland on on his one-man play (he performs 30 parts) 'Not A Genuine Black Man'. To hear the full interview, go to https://t.co/75mHLV477w. @BrianCopie https://t.co/1awcqXVAj7

Paperback, 2015

$19.99Member price:$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Whitey: The Life of America's Most Notorious Mob Boss, Dick Lehr

Whitey: The Life of America's Most Notorious Mob Boss

Dick Lehr
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How did Whitey Bulger rob, murder and terrorize South Boston? The FBI helped. Hear the incredible story from Boston Globe reporter Dick Lehr. https://t.co/Qt2ulnTi3G https://t.co/HvjjIF7HnZ

Paperback, 2013

$22.00Member price:$11.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Natural Causes: An Epidemic of Wellness, the Certainty of Dying, and Killing Ourselves to Live Longer, Barbara Ehrenreich

Natural Causes: An Epidemic of Wellness, the Certainty of Dying, and Killing Ourselves to Live Longer

Barbara Ehrenreich
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Barbara Ehrenreich on the title of her book 'Natural Causes'. For the entire interview on life, death and wellness go to https://t.co/75mHLVlHZ4 https://t.co/eUURH6QpS6

Paperback, 2019

$18.99Member price:$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Mating: A Novel (National Book Award Winner), Norman Rush

Mating: A Novel (National Book Award Winner)

Norman Rush
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‘...the closest you can come in life to experiencing free will is when you do things at random. There is no free will. Everything is still determined when you make random choices, but you stop noticing.’ Norman Rush ‘Mating’

Paperback, 1992

$18.00Member price:$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: An Entirely Synthetic Fish: How Rainbow Trout Beguiled America and Overran the World, Anders Halverson

An Entirely Synthetic Fish: How Rainbow Trout Beguiled America and Overran the World

Anders Halverson
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Anders Halverson says most people who fish are deluded. For the full interview with the author of 'An Entirely Synthetic Fish: How Rainbow Trout Beguiled America and Overran the World' go to https://t.co/75mHLVlHZ4 https://t.co/yE6HEifeQd

Paperback, 2011

$22.00Member price:$11.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Lenin's Tomb: The Last Days of the Soviet Empire (Pulitzer Prize Winner), David Remnick

Lenin's Tomb: The Last Days of the Soviet Empire (Pulitzer Prize Winner)

David Remnick
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Journalist David Remnick on former Russian Leader Mikhail Gorbachev. For the full interview with Remnick on his Pulitzer Prize winning book 'Lenin's Tomb' about the fall of the Soviet Empire go to https://t.co/TeWvgqTNIM https://t.co/z5KAe7BqOa

Paperback, 1994

$22.00Member price:$11.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Truman, David McCullough

Truman

David McCullough
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Master historian David McCullough has died. In this interview, he recounts the story of Harry Truman's triumph from his Pulitzer prize winning book 'Truman'. https://t.co/ZLj4uFgEu8

Paperback, 1993

$26.00Member price:$13.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Backlash: The Undeclared War Against American Women, Susan Faludi

Backlash: The Undeclared War Against American Women

Susan Faludi
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Susan Faludi's 1991 feminist classic 'Backlash' sounds eerily contemporary. Hear my entire interview at https://t.co/75mHLV477w. https://t.co/qHC05jHk2M

Paperback, 2006

$21.00Member price:$10.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Least of Us: True Tales of America and Hope in the Time of Fentanyl and Meth, Sam Quinones

The Least of Us: True Tales of America and Hope in the Time of Fentanyl and Meth

Sam Quinones
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Must read: 'The Least of Us' @samquinones7 masterful update of Dreamland documenting the latest turns in the opioid, fentanyl, meth crises including the key role of Magic Mixer blenders.

Paperback, 2022

$19.99Member price:$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President, Candice Millard

Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President

Candice Millard
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Journalist writer Candace Millard describes Charles Guiteau the assassin of James Garfield at the mirror opposite of the President. For the full interview on ‘Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President’ go to https://t.co/75mHLV477w https://t.co/a5FcTjgtiX

Paperback, 2012

$19.00Member price:$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book