Once @senyorreporter, but always Tim Steller 🦉 Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
Once @senyorreporter, but always Tim Steller 🦉 on XMetro columnist, Arizona Daily Star, Tucson. On Spoutible and Post as @timsteller . On Mastodon as @timsteller@journa.host . Email: tsteller@tucson.com

Arizona: A History, Revised Edition
Thomas E. SheridanFWIW, @GabriellaCKelly, as a point of discussion, this is from Thomas Sheridan's "Arizona: A History," p. 56. https://t.co/WAH9C3dYnH
Paperback, 2012
$32.00Member price:$16.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Humanist Geography: An Individual's Search for Meaning
Yi-Fu TuanYi-Fu Tuan was best known for pioneering "humanist geography," but he started his research career on the hard rock of the San Pedro Valley, writing a volume called "Pediments in Southeastern Arizona" in 1959. Here's a description of that time: https://t.co/byfe01yh6U https://t.co/dQQkl1WWmM
Paperback, 2012
$26.50Member price:$13.25 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future
Peter ThielWhen watching the @bgmasters campaign ad by his wife Catherine, I think of what he and Peter Thiel wrote in their 2014 book, Zero to One: "Every culture has a myth of decline from some golden age." https://t.co/tCJiFIilWl
Hardcover, 2014
$31.00Member price:$15.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Feels Like Home: A Song for the Sonoran Borderlands
Linda RonstadtTucson native Linda Ronstadt will appear at this year's Tucson Festival of Books, @TFOB, discussing her new memoir with her co-author. The book is called “Feels Like Home: A Song for the Sonoran Borderlands.” https://t.co/2zB75NlPIP
Hardcover, 2022
$35.00Member price:$17.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Box Canyon for the Navajo: The Arizona Republic
Bob PiserColumn: A new investigation by The Arizona Republic and a new report analyzing the Maricopa County election "audit" reveal the harsh truth: It had ill intent, was ill-conceived and was carried out badly, too. https://tucson.com/news/local/tim-stellers-opinion-new-reports-show-az-audit-fatally-flawed-from-start-to-finish/article_47a014d8-4bbf-11ec-b7e5-8341d5b00339.html?utm_campaign=snd-autopilot&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter_TucsonStar
Paperback, 2013
$20.95Member price:$18.86 + Free shipping10% off
Shadows at Dawn: An Apache Massacre and the Violence of History
Karl JacobySince reading Shadows at Dawn by Karl Jacoby, I can only think of Aravaipa Canyon as an Apache home, not as wilderness. https://t.co/Q4E8O1I5DX
Paperback, 2009
$18.00Member price:$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Life Of Roger Brooke Taney: Chief Justice Of The United States Supreme Court
Bernard Christian SteinerThis story should always be remembered. Years before he became Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court, William Rehnquist harassed and tried to disenfranchise black voters in Phoenix. Again, people in power in AZ are trying to pick the voters. https://t.co/uXo5mpPxAS
Hardcover, 2015
$40.95Member price:$36.85 + Free shipping10% off
The Contrarian: Peter Thiel and the Rise of the Silicon Valley Oligarchs
Max ChafkinOn Saturday, I moderated a @tfob session on Max @chafkin’s book about Peter Thiel, The Contrarian. The weird detail that stuck with me is that Thiel put $10 million into a NASCAR magazine. It became a vehicle for writers to rail against political correctness. It flopped. https://t.co/CuuVSB8xo8
Paperback, 2025
$19.00Member price:$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book