NIGHTLY READING THREAD: Welcome to Edition #14 of #GMGreads. Every night through this weird time, I'm tweeting out a list of my five favorite books around a general theme—and a link to an indie bookstore where you can order them online....
In recognition of DC finally agreeing on its $2T initial rescue legislation, tonight's theme is my favorite books on how Washington really works....
And tonight we're back to supporting @Powells, which just announced it's able to hire back 100 (!) of its staff due to a surge in online orders. So keep the orders coming! Save a job! Expand your mind! Buy a book! ... koin.com/news/portland/…
Evan Thomas and @WalterIsaacson's classic THE WISE MEN is the definitive portrait of the tiny, elite, Ivy-educated circle who shaped the post-World War II world: powells.com/book/-97814767…
My friend (and editor!) Nick Thompson (@nxthompson) wrote a great book, THE HAWK AND THE DOVE, about two of the legends of the Cold War, George Kennan and Paul Nitze (a legend who also just so happened to be Nick's grandfather): powells.com/book/-97803126…
John Bloom (@johnibloom) wrote what might seem like an esoteric tech history, about the rise and fall of the Iridium satellite network, ECCENTRIC ORBITS, which surprised me to be a detailed portrait of how lobbying shapes Washington behind-the-scenes: powells.com/book/-97808021…
And then two memoirs by two of the DC's most critical eyes, Katharine Graham's LIVING HISTORY powells.com/book/-97803945… and Meg Greenfield's WASHINGTON: powells.com/book/-97815864…
One of the most classic inside-the-sausage-making tales of Washington is SHOWDOWN AT GUCCI GULCH, about how the Reagan era tax bill came to be, by @alansmurray and Jeffrey Birnbaum : powells.com/book/-97803947…
Plus one bonus, fun read, that's all-too-true—the book that spawned a saying and a thousand knowing-glances, Mark Leibovich's (@MarkLeibovich) THIS TOWN: powells.com/book/-97803991…
Those are tonight's #GMGreads. What are favorite books about Washington and government? What are your favorite indie bookstores? Share! #avidreadersunite
