Simon Kuper 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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Simon Kuper is an author. @FT writer. Author of Chums (get it at https://t.co/1unf2y65jP), Barça (UK Football Book of the Year, The Happy Traitor etc. Demotivational speaker

In an Ideal Business: How the Ideas of 10 Female Philosophers Bring Value Into the Workplace
Santiago Iñiguez
Newish Book Alert: In an Ideal Business: How the Ideals of 10 Female Philosophers Bring Value Into the Workplace, by Santiago Iñiguez. From Iris Murdoch to Hannah Arendt https://t.co/IXPbziQJgk
Paperback, 2021
$44.99$22.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
A Fish Called Wanda: The Screenplay
John Cleese
New Book Alert: Charles Crichton, by Quentin Falk. https://www.waterstones.com/book/charles-crichton/quentin-falk/9781526149954 About the great but forgotten British director - from some of the best Ealing comedies to his swansong, A Fish Called Wanda, which he made aged 77
Paperback, 2000
$14.99$7.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
I Am Zlatan: My Story on and Off the Field
Zlatan Ibrahimovic
New Book Alert: Adrenaline, My Untold Stories by @Ibra_official. Challenge will to be half as good as his amazing autobiography of a decade ago, albeit that much of that was dreamed up by his more-than-ghostwriter David Lagercrantz
Paperback, 2014
$19.00$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Change Mindset: The Psychology of Leading and Thriving in an Uncertain World
Andy Craggs
New Book Alert II: The Change Mindset: The Psychology of Leading and Thriving in an Uncertain World, by Andy Craggs https://t.co/qpMAQ2MYJO
Paperback, 2022
$34.99$17.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Chums: How a Tiny Caste of Oxford Tories Took Over the UK
Simon Kuper
I talk to Open Magazine in India about Chums, my book describing how the UK elite is made in Oxford, and why that matters. https://openthemagazine.com/lounge/books/the-coven-of-chums/… Thanks @Ullekh
Out of stock

The Sun King at Sea: Maritime Art and Galley Slavery in Louis XIV's France
Meredith Martin
New Book Alert: The Sun King at Sea - Maritime Art and Galley Slavery in Louis XIV's France, by Meredith Martin and Gillian Weiss https://t.co/lINeSCKdJe
Hardcover, 2022
$60.00$35.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book(max discount $25)
A Waiter in Paris: Adventures in the Dark Heart of the City
Edward Chisholm
Finally holding the proofs in my hand! So proud of you, @ChisholmEdward! Everyone, please preorder A Waiter in Paris: Adventures in the Dark Heart of the City, because the boy can write https://t.co/GEmyBogzvu
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The Barcelona Complex: Lionel Messi and the Making--And Unmaking--Of the World's Greatest Soccer Club
Simon Kuper
Always wanted to buy my book Barça, but you were too mean to fork out for the hardback? Not to worry: it's now out in ultra-cheapo paperback in the UK.
Paperback, 2022
$19.00$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
My Fourth Time, We Drowned: Seeking Refuge on the World's Deadliest Migration Route
Sally Hayden
Some New Book Alerts for your summer. First: My Fourth Time, We Drowned: Seeking Refuge on the World's Deadliest Migration Route, by former @FT factchecker-turned-celebrated journalist and author Sally Hayden https://t.co/HkAhgyqP4b
Hardcover, 2022
$29.99$14.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Huxleys: An Intimate History of Evolution
Alison Bashford
In one of those beautiful moments in lit history, Alison Bashford's forthcoming book An Intimate History of Evolution: The Huxleys in Nature and Culture, gives the following media contact at Penguin Press: @annabelhuxley, a descendant of
Paperback, 2024
$24.00$12.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book