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Zaid Jilani Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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23 books
Book Cover for: The Boondocks, Aaron McGruder

The Boondocks

Aaron McGruder
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I wrote about all this four years ago. I should add I left out one of the best American satirists left standing, Aaron McGruder. The Boondocks was great at mocking all sides' pathologies. https://t.co/FYn6B6rITD

Paperback, 2000

$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: A Mighty Heart: The Inside Story of the Al Qaeda Kidnapping of Danny Pearl, Mariane Pearl

A Mighty Heart: The Inside Story of the Al Qaeda Kidnapping of Danny Pearl

Mariane Pearl
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Angelina Jolie has been connected to Pakistan for a while, she started in A Mighty Heart in 2007 where she played Mariane Pearl, wife of murdered Daniel Pearl https://t.co/q6bkQt9qsz

Paperback, 2011

$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Move: How To Inspire Behavior Change In Your Audience, John F. Edwards

Move: How To Inspire Behavior Change In Your Audience

John F. Edwards
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Other than Georgia's Ossoff/Warnock who flipped the Senate, John Bel Edwards is arguably the most impactful Dem official in the South because of the policy he was able to move through Louisiana, a conservative state. It is actually noteworthy how little he's noted. https://t.co/HtoQ42DJCS

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Book Cover for: Antisemitism: Here and Now, Deborah E. Lipstadt

Antisemitism: Here and Now

Deborah E. Lipstadt
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White House antisemitism envoy Deborah Lipstadt tells NewsNation that "I would have felt as a Jew, potentially unsafe" by CUNY commencement speaker's remarks: https://t.co/YQqwuCT8qK

Hardcover, 2019

$28.00$14.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Reading- The Grand Illusion: How and Why People Make Sense of Print, Kenneth Goodman

Reading- The Grand Illusion: How and Why People Make Sense of Print

Kenneth Goodman
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@Steven_Strauss @nrarmour The court decision explicitly cites Muslims, you guys should try reading it

Paperback, 2016

$48.95$24.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Every Man a King: The Autobiography of Huey P. Long, Huey P. Long

Every Man a King: The Autobiography of Huey P. Long

Huey P. Long
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@Mal_McKie Every man a king, especially huey long

Paperback, 1996

$24.99$12.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Banned: Baseball's Blacklist of All-Stars and Also-Rans, Hal Bock

Banned: Baseball's Blacklist of All-Stars and Also-Rans

Hal Bock
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The Associated Press could've informed the 16 year old that Tennessee actually teaches all of this, instead they let her fear that this is being banned. https://t.co/9Qw6tbjGzH

Paperback, 2017

$12.99$6.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: 1948: A History of the First Arab-Israeli War, Benny Morris

1948: A History of the First Arab-Israeli War

Benny Morris
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The famed Israeli historian Benny Morris appears to have uncovered an attempt at mass poisoning during the 1948 war https://t.co/qMgZyWd6rQ

Paperback, 2009

$25.95$12.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Philosophy: Philosophy: Who Needs It, Ayn Rand

Philosophy: Philosophy: Who Needs It

Ayn Rand
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In high school a group of friends got really into Ayn Rand. I read only one of her books, Anthem. I thought her philosophy is a bit one-dimensional.

Paperback, Mass Market, 1984

$9.99$4.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Banshees of Inisherin, Martin McDonagh

The Banshees of Inisherin

Martin McDonagh
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Martin McDonagh, the writer-director behind the Banshees of Inisherin and In Bruges, says theaters are rejecting his plays because he won't sanitize his language https://t.co/tt3aniQMcc

Paperback, 2023

$15.95$7.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book