Ted Gioia 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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Ted Gioia is author of 12 books, including The History of Jazz and Music: A Subversive History. His newsletter is The Honest Broker.
A Dictionary Of The English Language
Samuel JohnsonTed GioiaSamuel Johnson announces the completion of work on his dictionary of the English language (from Blackadder the Third, featuring Rowan Atkinson, Hugh Laurie, and Robbie Coltrane). https://t.co/smjkFXFQIz
Paperback, 2022
$33.95$16.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Boom Times for the End of the World
Scott TimbergTed GioiaI'm very happy to see my dear departed friend Scott Timberg (1969-2019) get a glowing review from Publishers Weekly for his posthumous book, Boom Times for the End of the World. I wish Scott were here to enjoy it. The book is coming in March (with intro by me). https://t.co/mv1qrLtbvF
Paperback, 2023
$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Ulysses: Second Edition
James JoyceTed GioiaHere's your chance to buy a first edition of James Joyce's Ulysses. https://t.co/Rv6CXRSZmL https://t.co/bGLvygUazn
Paperback, 2022
$12.95$6.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Trial
Franz KafkaTed GioiaRT @JuanFerrerVila: The Trial (1962) Orson Welles, based on the novel by Franz Kafka. https://t.co/sbB0ttN2lD
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The Great Gatsby
F. Scott FitzgeraldTed Gioia“They were careless people, Tom and Daisy—they smashed up things and creatures & then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, & let other people clean up the mess they had made.” F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
Paperback, 2004
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Short Stories for Kids: Four
John WilliamsTed GioiaHow one man—whose name you've never heard—single-handedly saved Hollywood's film score heritage from destruction. This is from Jeff Sultanof's smart article on John Williams, well worth reading in full: https://t.co/lYKNsGggAI. https://t.co/Ddkj5TvLzl
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Your Face Tomorrow: Poison, Shadow, and Farewell
Javier MaríasTed GioiaThe best place to start with Javier Marías is Your Face Tomorrow—but only if you have the stamina for a 1,300-page novel. Yet this is the most profound spy novel ever written. It's like a cross between John le Carré & Marcel Proust, with a dose of Sartre. https://t.co/qWXUdWjeoD https://t.co/dJixvICrNY
Hardcover, 2009
$24.95$12.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Lester Young
Lewis PorterTed GioiaDr. Lewis Porter shares a fantastic unreleased sax solo by Lester Young from 1938. https://t.co/j2GX0MKnN1 At several junctures, Prez plays phrases that shouldn't show up in a 1930s jazz solo.
Paperback, 2005
$21.95$10.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Ulysses
James JoyceTed GioiaHere's your chance to buy a first edition of James Joyce's Ulysses. https://t.co/Rv6CXRSZmL https://t.co/bGLvygUazn
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The Crowd: A Study of the Popular Mind
Gustave Le BonTed Gioia@anecdotal Before Girard was hot, I studied The Laws of Imitation by Gabriel Tarde and The Crowd by Gustave Le Bon—who had similar views as Girard 80 years earlier. But both those predecessors were mocked by sociologists during my grad studies at Oxford. Girard praised & legitimized them.
Paperback, 2014
$5.99$2.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book