Alfred A. Knopf
The Movie Musical! Jeanine Basinger Alfred A. Knopf (November 2019) The single best source for information and insights, “from then until now” As Jeanine Basinger explains, she wrote this book in order to tell the story of a uniquely entertaining…
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In The Attention Merchants, Tim Wu examines merchants who have been involved in an “epic scramble to get inside our heads” for more than a century. He observes: “As an industry, attention merchants are relatively new. Their lineage can be…
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The Attention Merchants: The Epic Scramble to Get Inside Our Heads Tim Wu Alfred A. Knopf /Penguin Random House (2016) How and why “attention makers” have converted our attention into revenue “and radically shape how our lives are lived” As…
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Avid Reader: A Life Robert Gottlieb Farrah, Straus and Giroux (2016) Self-portrait of a remarkable life that continues to be driven and nourished by reading Since childhood, Robert Gottlieb has been an avid reader of books and those who write…
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The Georgetown Set: Friends and Rivals in Cold War Washington Gregg Herken Alfred A. Knopf (2014) “The hand that mixes the Georgetown martini is time and again the hand that guides the destiny of the Western world.” Henry Kissinger. As…
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Revolutionary Summer: The Birth of American Independence Joseph J. Ellis Alfred A. Knopf (2013) How and why “the political and military experiences” from May to October in 1776 “were two sides of the same story” True to form, in the…
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Leading at the Edge: Leadership Lessons from the Extraordinary Saga of Shackleton’s Antarctic Expedition (Second Edition) Dennis N. T. Perkins with Margaret P. Holtman and Jillian Murphy AMACOM (2000) Great Leadersip Under Duress I read this book and then published a review…
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The Endurance: Shackleton’s Legendary Antarctic Expedition Caroline Alexander Alfred A. Knopf (1999) Not Only to Endure But to Prevail I read this book when it was first published and then published a review about it in 2000 after I had…
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See What Can Be Done: A book review by Bob Morris
See What Can Be Done: Essays, Criticism, and Commentary Lorrie Smith Alfred A. Knopf (2018) Brilliant essays from someone who saw what could be done with “cultural responses to cultural responses” The title refers to a request by Robert Silvers,…
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