Air Mail Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Freezing Order: A True Story of Money Laundering, Murder, and Surviving Vladimir Putin's Wrath

Bill Browder

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In an interview, "Red Notice" author @Billbrowder discusses Putin, Russia, and his new book "Freezing Order," out now from @simonschuster. https://trib.al/RVojLyl

Paperback, 2023

$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book

Face the Music: A Memoir

Peter Duchin

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Peter Duchin’s “Face the Music” might just as well be called “Face My Mortality,” writes @JoanneKaufmanny. https://t.co/ZuVt14x5VJ

Hardcover, Large Print, 2022

$38.95$19.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book

The Case of the Vanishing Blonde: And Other True Crime Stories

Mark Bowden

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This Friday at 4PM EST, join us for our Instagram Live book club as AIR MAIL Deputy Editor @MichaelHainey interviews @MarkBowdenwrite about his new book, “The Case of the Vanishing Blonde.” https://www.instagram.com/airmailweekly/ https://t.co/2ez7kKiCL1

Paperback, 2021

$16.00$8.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book

Crossroads

Jonathan Franzen

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.@walterkirn reviews "Crossroads," the latest novel from Jonathan Franzen: "Franzen, quite wonderfully, I think, has decided that American life, so deeply silly and trivial at times, deserves to be weighed and measured by cosmic instruments." https://trib.al/E8jz8Bc

Paperback, 2022

$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book

Holding the Note: Profiles in Popular Music

David Remnick

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In this collection of 11 profiles, Remnick explores the lives and talents of popular musicians… and in each case delivers… an empathetic understanding of what it means to create and survive in an often unwelcoming world. From first page to last, Remnick holds the note.

Hardcover, 2023

$30.00$15.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book

Where the Wild Things Are: A Caldecott Award Winner

Maurice Sendak

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A charming new coffee-table book and upcoming exhibition celebrate the stories and illustrations of Maurice Sendak, the author behind “Where the Wild Things Are.” @henryfingjames https://t.co/VlepjgZWtB

Paperback, 2012

$11.99$5.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book

Rahel Varnhagen: The Life of a Jewish Woman

Hannah Arendt

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Almost half a century after her death, in 1975, interest in Hannah Arendt continues to grow. Adam Kirsch reviews the new edition of “Rahel Varnhagen: The Life of a Jewish Woman.” @nyrbclassics https://t.co/U838ID4yUW

Paperback, 2022

$18.95$9.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book

Cloud Cuckoo Land

Anthony Doerr

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"Cloud Cuckoo Land," Anthony Doerr's 600-plus-page time- and space-traveling novel, is "a literary salon to which all manner of storytellers and readers are invited," writes @Jennymcphee in her review. https://trib.al/T74FqBc

Paperback, 2022

$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book

Morning Meeting

Agnieszka Ciarkowska

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On the latest episode of “Morning Meeting,” Anna Scott Carter shares a story about the first time she met the Queen—and why the monarch had such a love for Balmoral. @MichaelHainey https://t.co/JxPUujdZiv

Paperback, 2020

$12.99$6.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book

Rogues: True Stories of Grifters, Killers, Rebels and Crooks

Patrick Radden Keefe

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Ahead of the release of his new book, “Rogues,” Patrick Radden Keefe answers eight questions about grifters, killers, rebels, and crooks. @praddenkeefe https://t.co/iJ8zOaB0xn

Paperback, 2023

$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book