The Brian Lehrer Show and A Daily Politics Podcast Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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Untouchable: How Powerful People Get Away with It
Elie HonigThe Brian Lehrer Show and A Daily Politics PodcastNOW: @eliehonig discusses his new book about the legal system called "Untouchable: How Powerful People Get Away with It," including how Trump has managed to avoid accountability. That and more criminal justice analysis LISTEN LIVE on @WNYC
Hardcover, 2023
$32.00$16.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Our Laundry, Our Town: My Chinese American Life from Flushing to the Downtown Stage and Beyond
Alvin EngThe Brian Lehrer Show and A Daily Politics PodcastNEXT: Playwright @AlvinEng8 shares his journey from growing up in Queens as a first-generation Chinese American to a career in theater from his new memoir "Our Laundry, Our Town." First-generation American listeners, call us at 212-433-9692! LISTEN on https://t.co/20NQjvN7re
Paperback, 2023
$18.95$9.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Run to Win: Lessons in Leadership for Women Changing the World
Stephanie SchriockThe Brian Lehrer Show and A Daily Politics PodcastNOW: The outgoing head of EMILY's List @Schriock1 talks about the importance of getting women elected to public office, her work over her 10-year tenure and her new book, "Run to Win: Lessons in Leadership for Women Changing the World". Listen LIVE: https://t.co/C4lHuxvvI8
Hardcover, 2021
$27.00$13.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Third ACT: Reinventing Your Next Chapter
Josh SapanThe Brian Lehrer Show and A Daily Politics PodcastVeteran media exec. Josh Sapan discussed his book "The Third Act: Reinventing Your Next Chapter" as listeners shared the types of new experiences they've sought out upon reaching "retirement age." https://t.co/MRbRgHi0Mu
Hardcover, 2022
$35.00$17.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Profiles in Ignorance: How America's Politicians Got Dumb and Dumber
Andy BorowitzThe Brian Lehrer Show and A Daily Politics PodcastICYMI: @BorowitzReport on his new book, "Profiles In Ignorance," which aims its humor at the past 50 years of American political life. https://t.co/WJ33kxLGUk
Paperback, 2023
$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Real Work: On the Mystery of Mastery
Adam GopnikThe Brian Lehrer Show and A Daily Politics PodcastComing up after the news: @adamgopnik discusses his new book, 'The Real Work: On the Mystery of Mastery,' which details what he's learned about learning new skills as a middle-aged adult. Listen LIVE on @WNYC
Paperback, 2024
$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Things Are Never So Bad That They Can't Get Worse: Inside the Collapse of Venezuela
William NeumanThe Brian Lehrer Show and A Daily Politics PodcastListen to @willieneuman discuss his new book on Venezuela, "Things Are Never So Bad That They Can't Get Worse." He talks about Venezuela's vast oil reserves, how its economy collapsed and draws connections to current US policies toward...Russia. More here: https://www.wnyc.org/story/venezuela-context
Hardcover, 2022
$29.99$14.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Our Unfinished March: The Violent Past and Imperiled Future of the Vote-A History, a Crisis, a Plan
Eric HolderThe Brian Lehrer Show and A Daily Politics PodcastICYMI: Former US Attorney General @EricHolder & @SammyKoppelman joined to talk about voting rights, redistricting, and their new book, "Our Unfinished March: The Violent Past and Imperiled Future of the Vote-A History, a Crisis, a Plan" LISTEN on @WNYC https://www.wnyc.org/story/voting-rights-crisis-what-do-about-it/
Paperback, 2023
$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
And There Was Light: Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle
Jon MeachamThe Brian Lehrer Show and A Daily Politics PodcastNow: a portrait of Abraham Lincoln for our politically divided times. We're joined by Pulitzer Prize-winning author @jmeacham, out with a new biography of the 16th president: 'And There Was Light: Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle.' Tune in. https://t.co/JE6GnUYSGP
Paperback, 2023
$25.00$12.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave
William Lloyd GarrisonThe Brian Lehrer Show and A Daily Politics PodcastWe talked to @SchomburgCenter's Joy Bivins about new exhbitions, like their annual Black comic book festival, and "Subversion & The Art of Slavery Abolition," which includes a rare first edition of Frederick Douglass' autobiography. https://t.co/78C6R42Uwn
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