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New Book Alert: September 30-October 4, 2019

Posted on October 5, 2019March 30, 2023 By Sammy Younan

My weekly collection of new and notable books for your pop culture pleasure and edification: #ReadMoreTweetLess.

September 30

So cool to get talented writer Bari Weiss in book form. Grateful to be away from the painfully predicable and boring white noise of the internet.

Her book is How to Fight Anti-Semitism and it’s from Crown Publishing and it’s out now!

I’m really excited for this to be out in the world. Out September 10 from @CrownPublishing. pic.twitter.com/7o3Eq2WUSk

— Bari Weiss (@bariweiss) August 1, 2019

October 1

Stoicism is one of the distinct hallmarks of the 50th anniversary of the moon landing and the entire Apollo mission. They got it won and done.

Along with effective stoicism is Stillness Is the Key out today by Ryan Holiday and published by Portfolio Books!

“@RyanHoliday seems more clear and convicted in his views than ever” with his new book, STILLNESS IS THE KEY, out October 1. https://t.co/XDABDQYgFW

— Portfolio Books (@portfoliobooks) September 9, 2019

October 2

The Many Lives of Michael Bloomberg more like The Many Opinions of Michael Bloomberg!

Eleanor Randolph’s Michael Bloomberg biography is out now from Simon & Schuster.

“Just before you die, remember you got three extra years.”-Bloomberg in Eleanor Randolph’s excellent, funny biography, “The Many Lives of Michael Bloomberg,” coming Sept. 10. @EleanorRandolph pic.twitter.com/alKVvYQCNN

— Mara Gay (@MaraGay) August 29, 2019

October 3

“I’m a Christian, a conservative, and a Republican. . .in that order.” ~Mike Pence

Ok.

A break from the predictable glut of President Trump books; for a change one on Vice President Mike Pence. Piety and Power by Tom LoBianco and published by Dey Street Books. Out now!

#BREAKING! @tomlobianco‘s revealing & expansive biography of Mike Pence, PIETY & POWER, is on-sale today! Read LoBianco’s book to learn more about the most secretive vice president in recent history.#pence #biography #onsale #bookstagram #politics #Trump #vicepresident @VP pic.twitter.com/IovnCWHHgn

— Dey Street Books (@deystreet) September 24, 2019

October 4

Rachel Maddow’s book Blowout: Corrupted Democracy, Rogue State Russia, and the Richest, Most Destructive Industry on Earth is out now from Crown Publishing!

President Donald J. Trump continues to be profitable and comfortable.

My new book Blowout comes out tomorrow (Tuesday 10/1).

This guy is the star of chapters 8 and 9…https://t.co/Psmx26ncCR

— Rachel Maddow MSNBC (@maddow) September 30, 2019

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