@AdamSmithWorks 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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Statesman
Plato@AdamSmithWorksSummer seminars on "Politics and Society" @stjohnscollege might be of interest to our followers: Burke and Paine on the Revolution in France; Livy’s The Early History of Rome; Plato’s Statesman and more. https://t.co/6Gn05x97a2
Paperback, 2024
$18.34$9.17 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Betrothed
Alessandro Manzoni@AdamSmithWorksAlberto Mingardi @amingardi writes to his classical liberal friends, please read Alessandro Manzoni's I Promessi sposi (The Betrothed). It's a novel about common people dragged around by history but who are just as interesting as kings & queens. https://t.co/NAVFyv1C7p
Paperback, 2024
$19.00$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Adam: The First Perfect Master and Poet
Paul Smith@AdamSmithWorksThroughout the mid and late 1700s, figures such as Adam Smith, David Hume, Paul Revere, & Robert Burns interacted in a variety of informal clubs, associations, membership libraries, & fraternal organizations. Read more from @carloberg for #AdamSmithWorks. https://t.co/EZDLix7NRT
Paperback, 2012
$22.00$11.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Gulliver's Travels
Jonathan Swift@AdamSmithWorksJonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels was a favorite of #AdamSmith's. Richard Gunderman shows us how it still has much to teach us today. https://t.co/04015ahska
Paperback, 2003
$9.00$4.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Enlightenment: The Pursuit of Happiness, 1680-1790
Ritchie Robertson@AdamSmithWorksDaylight savings hitting hard? We've got your Enlightenment right here. Amy Willis's #ReadWithMe on Ritchie Robertson’s The Enlightenment is complete. Reread past posts and find the light at the end. https://t.co/0QcRyNxewz https://t.co/NNGn1YLECP
Paperback, 2023
$25.00$12.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Gulliver's Travels: (Dr. Jonathan Swift Classics Collection)
Jonathan Swift@AdamSmithWorksJonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels was a favorite of #AdamSmith's. Richard Gunderman shows us how it still has much to teach us today. https://t.co/04015ahska
Paperback, 2015
$9.99$4.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Scotland
Just Pictures@AdamSmithWorksAdam Smith’s Tercentenary is a great reason to go to Scotland in 2023. Whether you're going or just wish you were going, be sure to check out @sabinechidiac's trip tips for the traveling #AdamSmith fan. Yes, there are pictures. https://t.co/dOYCllfyVf https://t.co/WCngCJcaHQ
Paperback, 2017
$25.30$12.65 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The House of Mirth
Edith Wharton@AdamSmithWorksHow is a social exchange like a business exchange? When are they more alike, and when are they VERY different? We'll ask & try to answer these in a virtual reading group on Edith Wharton's Gilded Age classic House of Mirth & #AdamSmith's works. Join us! https://t.co/5yAWsYWXXC
Paperback, 1993
$12.00$6.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Works
John Locke@AdamSmithWorksAnthony Ashley Cooper, the Third Earl of Shaftesbury (1671-1713) was the grandson of a founder and leader of the English Whigs, and was tutored by John Locke. Shaftesbury rote one of the most intellectually influential works in English of the 18th century, the Characteristicks. https://t.co/KgLP59ICGF
Paperback, 2023
$30.95$15.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Adam Smith's America: How a Scottish Philosopher Became an Icon of American Capitalism
Glory M. Liu@AdamSmithWorksGlory Liu (@miss_glory) talks about her new book, "Adam Smith's America," and how more & more scholars are learning that Smith is even more than an economist. The interview is with Robin Mills for the Institute of Intellectual History. https://t.co/YoMirjGJxp What do you think?
Paperback, 2024
$24.95$12.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book