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Tessa Shanks 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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Book, Brooklyn, and bourbon lover. @public_affairs enthusiast.

11 books
Book Cover for: Savages, Don Winslow

Savages

Don Winslow
Tessa ShanksTessa Shanks

#fridayreads I hope to finally get to Don Winslow's Savages. Unless I'm reading FP genius Joe Nye's The Future of Power for work...

Paperback, 2011

$18.00Member price:$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Paper Promises: Debt, Money, and the New World Order, Philip Coggan

Paper Promises: Debt, Money, and the New World Order

Philip Coggan
Tessa ShanksTessa Shanks

.@tylercowen has excellent taste, suggesting @theeconomist writer Philip Coggan's new book PAPER PROMISES: http://t.co/pdLXbnGF out Feb 7.

Paperback, 2013

$21.99Member price:$10.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Doors: A Lifetime of Listening to Five Mean Years, Greil Marcus

The Doors: A Lifetime of Listening to Five Mean Years

Greil Marcus
Tessa ShanksTessa Shanks

Rock genius Greil Marcus on the Doors tonight at the Union Square B&N at 7pm. See you there.

Paperback, 2013

$13.99Member price:$6.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Bob Dylan: Writings 1968-2010, Greil Marcus

Bob Dylan: Writings 1968-2010

Greil Marcus
Tessa ShanksTessa Shanks

Books Greil Marcus has discovered when he's not thinking about Bob Dylan http://bit.ly/cFHxBa

Paperback, 2013

$25.99Member price:$12.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: House of Mirth, Edith Wharton

House of Mirth

Edith Wharton
Tessa ShanksTessa Shanks

Turns out Edith Wharton's HOUSE OF MIRTH is as good as everyone says it is. Better to come to the party late rather than never, I suppose.

Hardcover, 2010

$46.95Member price:$42.26 + Free shipping10% off
Book Cover for: Unnatural Selection: Choosing Boys Over Girls, and the Consequences of a World Full of Men, Mara Hvistendahl

Unnatural Selection: Choosing Boys Over Girls, and the Consequences of a World Full of Men

Mara Hvistendahl
Tessa ShanksTessa Shanks

Freakonomics psyched abt upcoming book by @MaraHvistendahl on global gender imbalance, UNNATURAL SELECTION: http://bit.ly/kuOE0U. So am I.

Paperback, 2012

$15.99Member price:$7.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Buddha in the Attic, Julie Otsuka

The Buddha in the Attic

Julie Otsuka
Tessa ShanksTessa Shanks

@aaknopf does the MOST beautiful books. Julie Otsuka's THE BUDDHA IN THE ATTIC is gorgeous. Oh, and I've heard it's all right too.

Paperback, 2012

$16.00Member price:$8.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The MoveOn Effect: The Unexpected Transformation of American Political Advocacy, David Karpf

The MoveOn Effect: The Unexpected Transformation of American Political Advocacy

David Karpf
Tessa ShanksTessa Shanks

Congrats @davekarpf on publication day for his new book The Move-on Effect! Can't wait to celebrate!

Paperback, 2012

$51.00Member price:$51.00 + Free shipping0% off(Limited Discount Book)
Book Cover for: Little Richard, David Kirby

Little Richard

David Kirby
Tessa ShanksTessa Shanks

David Kirby on traveling: Always leave out the book about Little Richard. http://tinyurl.com/5vcn6xd

Hardcover, 2009

$55.00Member price:$55.00 + Free shipping0% off(Limited Discount Book)
Book Cover for: Getting Schooled, Garret Keizer

Getting Schooled

Garret Keizer
Tessa ShanksTessa Shanks

Garret Keizer's Getting Schooled in Sept's Harper's is brilliant and Damn well written.

Paperback, 2015

$24.00Member price:$12.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book