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Scott Waalkes Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Book Cover for: Normal People, Sally Rooney

Normal People

Sally Rooney
Scott WaalkesScott Waalkes

Deep thoughts of the day: "Time is more real. Time consists of physics, money is just a social construct." --Sally Rooney, "Normal People," page 112. "Time is the heart of existence." --Abraham Heschel, "The Sabbath" (1951), p. 3 https://t.co/wl2lynd00d

Paperback, 2020

$17.00Member price:$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Bureaucracy: What Government Agencies Do and Why They Do It, James Q. Wilson

Bureaucracy: What Government Agencies Do and Why They Do It

James Q. Wilson
Scott WaalkesScott Waalkes

@seesachs Read James Q Wilson’s book “Bureaucracy” and you’ll see why the underlying issue is incentives. The intro starts out with why DMV offices are so slow.

Paperback, 1991

$25.99Member price:$25.99 + Free shipping0% off(Limited Discount Book)
Book Cover for: The Elementary Forms of Religious Life, Émile Durkheim

The Elementary Forms of Religious Life

Émile Durkheim
Scott WaalkesScott Waalkes

Why culture matters: "There can be no society that does not experience the need at regular intervals to maintain and strengthen the collective feelings and ideas that provide its coherence and its distinct individuality." -Durkheim, The Elementary Forms of Religious Life

Paperback, 2008

$14.95Member price:$7.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life, a Study in Religious Sociology, Emile Durkheim

The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life, a Study in Religious Sociology

Emile Durkheim
Scott WaalkesScott Waalkes

Why culture matters: "There can be no society that does not experience the need at regular intervals to maintain and strengthen the collective feelings and ideas that provide its coherence and its distinct individuality." -Durkheim, The Elementary Forms of Religious Life

Paperback, 2022

$26.95Member price:$24.25 + Free shipping10% off
Book Cover for: Kicking Center: Gender and the Selling of Women's Professional Soccer, Rachel Allison

Kicking Center: Gender and the Selling of Women's Professional Soccer

Rachel Allison
Scott WaalkesScott Waalkes

I recommend reading this helpful piece on women's professional soccer along with the book "Kicking Center" by @rallis2, which captures the struggles to market an earlier WPS franchise. These issues haven't gone away. https://nyti.ms/2YgGqqh

Paperback, 2018

$35.95Member price:$17.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book