Tim Wu 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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Professor at Columbia University (former official in Biden White House).
The Middleman Economy: How Brokers, Agents, Dealers, and Everyday Matchmakers Create Value and Profit
Marina KrakovskyTim WuI'm proud to say that today is the publication date for my wife Kate's new book "Direct: The Rise of the Middleman Economy and the Power of Going to the Source" https://harperbusiness.com/book/9780063041981/Direct-Kathryn-Judge/
Hardcover, 2015
$69.99$44.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book(max discount $25)
Direct: The Rise of the Middleman Economy and the Power of Going to the Source
Kathryn JudgeTim WuI'm proud to say that today is the publication date for my wife Kate's new book "Direct: The Rise of the Middleman Economy and the Power of Going to the Source" https://t.co/42iHggqqXT
Hardcover, 2022
$29.99$14.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Front Desk (Front Desk #1) (Scholastic Gold)
Kelly YangTim WuI'm reading a book belonging to my daughter: "Front Desk" by Kelly Yang, and wow it is brilliant and heartbreaking, an Oliver Twist for our times: https://t.co/DGYVZQAtMc
Paperback, 2019
$8.99$4.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Subway: The Curiosities, Secrets, and Unofficial History of the New York City Transit System
John E. MorrisTim Wu@pursuethefacts The context was that I was coming home from a party in Harlem on the subway, reading the Morris introduction to John Ruskin's book on the Nature Gothic felt he was 1000% right
Hardcover, 2020
$30.00$15.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Bing
Ted CrosbyTim WuTed Lasso fans might like 1944 best picture "Going my way" (1944) as it is essentially Lasso with Bing Crosby as a singing priest https://t.co/NhR0VYVUXM
Paperback, 2010
$27.95$13.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
A People's History of the United States
Howard ZinnTim WuAm rereading Howard Zinn's "A People's History of the United States." What's interesting is what has become mainstream (like his points about race) and what remains more radical (eg class-driven interpretation of the revolution)
Paperback, 2015
$22.99$11.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Attention Merchants: The Epic Scramble to Get Inside Our Heads
Tim WuTim WuMy second book ("The Attention Merchants") was also, in my mind, a history of "the screen's" slow move closer and closer to the body (church, theatre, television, computer, smartphone); Apple is smart to conceptualize its goggles as a new screen https://t.co/xhV6RXIxTu…
Paperback, 2017
$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Things a Little Bird Told Me: Creative Secrets from the Co-Founder of Twitter
Biz StoneTim Wu@HelloTwittyNYC @WIRED @Twitter @nickbilton I also reviewed Biz Stone's book "Things a Little Bird Told Me" https://t.co/2HDCy2ytrw
Paperback, 2015
$16.00$8.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Red Team Blues: A Martin Hench Novel
Cory DoctorowTim WuCory @doctorow's new book Red Teaam Blues is great and as grabby as it gets. Mixing a hardboiled dextextive with cypto and cybersecurity is a match made in geek heaven. (Here's a little ditty on why Amazon won't carry the audiobook) https://t.co/L1OXahTaRH
Hardcover, 2023
$27.99$13.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Twentieth Century: A People's History
Howard ZinnTim WuAm rereading Howard Zinn's "A People's History of the United States." What's interesting is what has become mainstream (like his points about race) and what remains more radical (eg class-driven interpretation of the revolution)
Paperback, 2003
$16.99$8.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book