Stiff L Man 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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The Cruelty Is the Point: Why Trump's America Endures
Adam SerwerStiff L Man@KBAndersen @RepGaetz The cruelty is the point, as Adam Serwer noted.
Paperback, 2022
$22.00$11.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes: The Intimate Diary of a Professional Lady
Anita LoosStiff L Man@KBAndersen @joehagansays @nytimes Excellent, although Anita Loos was FAR more than just a “silent-film era pioneer”. My word, she wrote Gentlemen Prefer Blondes and the even-finer But Gentlemen Marry Brunettes. Aside from that, this is one of those pieces that keeps NYT in the conversation as a great news rag.
Paperback, 2021
$6.99$3.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Psychopath Test: A Journey Through the Madness Industry
Jon RonsonStiff L Man@MonikaESchulze @HC_Richardson Jon Ronson established this with the statistical breakdown in The Psychopath Test years ago. Holds up.
Paperback, 2012
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Nashville: An American Self Portrait
John EgertonStiff L Man@KBAndersen Nashville viewers love their local media stars. Back in the ‘70s, guitar-playing TV weatherman Brian “Blue” Christie recorded this when Governor Ray Blanton was revealed to have sold pardons on serious crimes: https://t.co/TirSxBoDVu and Lamar Alexander won the race.
Hardcover, 2005
$40.00$20.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Them: Adventures with Extremists
Jon RonsonStiff L Man@KBAndersen The oblique reference to Descartes' acknowledgement of the uncertainty of lived experience lent a surprisingly nuanced flavor to the general examination of the descent into madness that forms the core of the story. Reminds me of Jon Ronson's "Them". And it truly is madness.
Paperback, 2003
$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community
Robert D. PutnamStiff L Man@KBAndersen @espiers @page88 What of the non-traumatic? Don’t everyday annoyances provide an opportunity for the bonding salve of friendship? Remember Robert Putnam’s, “Bowling Alone”? I mean, I didn’t actually read it, but I grokked the title. Love that term. Grok.
Paperback, 2020
$21.99$10.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes: The Illuminating Diary of a Professional Lady
Anita LoosStiff L Man@jondmaas I love Anita Loos’ books; “But Gentlemen Marry Brunettes” is even better than “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes”.
Paperback, 2014
$13.95$6.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Under the Net
Iris MurdochStiff L Man@ahistoryinart Looks like it ought to be the cover for Iris Murdoch’s “Under the Net”. What an image.
Paperback, 1977
$16.00$8.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Cruelty Is the Point: The Past, Present, and Future of Trump's America
Adam SerwerStiff L Man@espiers As Adam Serwer noted, the cruelty is the point.
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I Sing the Body Electric: And Other Stories
Ray BradburyStiff L Man@KBAndersen This was a great Twilight Zone: "I Sing the Body Electric", by Ray Bradbury!!!!!
Paperback, 1998
$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book