Stripe Press 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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Underground
David Macaulay
Writer @nayafia recommends David Macaulay’s Underground: “It looks like a promising exploration into the hidden infrastructure that lies beneath our cities.” https://t.co/147qJXHBEp https://t.co/Z370RFOfNF
Paperback, 1983
$12.99$6.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
How to Avoid a Climate Disaster: The Solutions We Have and the Breakthroughs We Need
Bill Gates
Game designer @jmechner recommends @BillGates’s How to Avoid a Climate Disaster: “We don't give climate change its full due because it's too big, scary, and far away to reckon with. I'm curious to read Bill Gates’s take on it.” https://t.co/Pp3HM2WfMi https://t.co/KF7LmTUajZ
Paperback, Large Print, 2021
$36.00$18.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Mysterious Correspondent: New Stories
Marcel Proust
Economist @tylercowen recommends Marcel Proust’s The Mysterious Correspondent: “New Proust out in English, hitherto untranslated. What other recommendation does one need?” https://t.co/CGFUlxnUiM
Paperback, 2021
$24.99$12.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Scaling People: Tactics for Management and Company Building
Claire Hughes Johnson
Plotting the task along these two axes can help you determine whether to delegate or do it yourself. You can read more about delegation in Scaling People: Tactics for Management and Company Building by @chughesjohnson, out now: https://t.co/8dsexrOjEB
Hardcover, 2023
$35.00$17.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Gene Machine: The Race to Decipher the Secrets of the Ribosome
Venki Ramakrishnan
Scientist Donald Braben recommends Venki Ramakrishnan’s Gene Machine: “I’ve not before read such an honest, open, and uninhibited account of a scientist’s life from one who has won the highest prizes.” https://t.co/SxWL2Wz6Yd https://t.co/hcAU5fn2Ka
Paperback, 2023
$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Head, Hand, Heart: Why Intelligence Is Over-Rewarded, Manual Workers Matter, and Caregivers Deserve More Respect
David Goodhart
Geopolitical analyst @mgurri recommends @David_Goodhart’s Head, Hand, Heart: “This book extends his thesis about the overvaluing of credentialed office workers as opposed to manual workers. The subtitle says it all.” https://t.co/7UzM3s2CSk https://t.co/9pGrgVWXJl
Hardcover, 2020
$27.00$13.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
24 Hours in Ancient Rome: A Day in the Life of the People Who Lived There
Philip Matyszak
Entrepreneur @eladgil recommends Philip Matyszak’s 24 Hours in Ancient Rome: “It covers everything from how clocks and breads were made to firefighting units. Apparently it’s written for 8th graders, which may be why I enjoyed it.” https://t.co/AsvJuJq8aI https://t.co/nB44BK8CQp
Paperback, 2020
$13.99$6.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Where Is My Flying Car?
J. Storrs Hall
Works in Progress 🤝 Stripe Press. If you read one thing today, make it Lost In Stagnation, a special edition of @WorksInProgMag, based on Where Is My Flying Car? by J. Storrs Hall: https://t.co/q4FoQ9MI8n https://t.co/454Ka7daAz https://t.co/QF9lZUr0qV
Hardcover, 2021
$24.00$12.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Science: The Endless Frontier
Vannevar Bush
Vannevar Bush’s reflections on his work as the U.S.’s first science advisor and as an inventor, engineer, and educator, Pieces of the Action—updated with a new foreword from @Ben_Reinhardt.
Paperback, 2008
$28.99$14.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book