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Alice Rothchild, MD Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Physician, author, & filmmaker on Israel/Palestine. Steering committee: Jewish Voice for Peace Health Advisory Council. @Mondoweiss Contributing Writer.

33 books
Book Cover for: Sea People: The Puzzle of Polynesia, Christina Thompson

Sea People: The Puzzle of Polynesia

Christina Thompson
Alice Rothchild, MDAlice Rothchild, MD

Thompson, Christina, Sea People, 2019, Harper Compelling, dazzling, well-researched account of Polynesian navigation, exploration, and settlement of the widely dispersed islands of the Pacific Ocean https://t.co/e1YdVt3yWu

Paperback, 2022

$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Grimkes: The Legacy of Slavery in an American Family, Kerri K. Greenidge

The Grimkes: The Legacy of Slavery in an American Family

Kerri K. Greenidge
Alice Rothchild, MDAlice Rothchild, MD

Greenidge, Kerri K., 'The Grimkes: The Legacy of Slavery in an American Family,' 2023, @LiverightPub Extraordinarily well-researched family history of the legendary white Grimke sisters and the Black members of their slave-holding family https://t.co/pyClvZZzFE

Hardcover, 2022

$32.50$16.25 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Enter Ghost, Isabella Hammad

Enter Ghost

Isabella Hammad
Alice Rothchild, MDAlice Rothchild, MD

When literature becomes resistance and resilience in all of its tragedy and complexity. "Enter Ghost thus becomes a novel of return, reconciliation, and desire for events and people lost or webbed in Palestinian history; in short, a book of ghosts. " https://t.co/tfOUQTluky

Hardcover, 2023

$28.00$14.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Night Diary, Veera Hiranandani

The Night Diary

Veera Hiranandani
Alice Rothchild, MDAlice Rothchild, MD

'The Night Diary' by @VeeraHira (2018), @PuffinBooks A compelling and intimate story of Nisha, whose father is Hindu and mother Muslim, as her family flees Pakistan when her country splits in two in 1947. https://t.co/KZVbnqEs4k

Paperback, 2019

$8.99$4.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Feminisms and Internationalism, Mrinalini Sinha

Feminisms and Internationalism

Mrinalini Sinha
Alice Rothchild, MDAlice Rothchild, MD

Looking forward to reading @nadaelia48's new book, Greater Than the Sum of Our Parts: Feminism, Inter/Nationalism, & Palestine https://t.co/BDZH2ORL4w

Paperback, 1999

$42.95$21.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: United States Penal Code Annotated: 2021, House Of Representatives

United States Penal Code Annotated: 2021

House Of Representatives
Alice Rothchild, MDAlice Rothchild, MD

H.R. 2748 is the Israel Relations Normalization Act of 2021—or as the US Campaign for Palestinian Rights names it, the Normalizing Israeli Ethnic Cleansing Act—and just passed the House of Representatives and the Senate. https://t.co/XIGwoSjkZE

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Book Cover for: Agent Sonya: Moscow's Most Daring Wartime Spy, Ben Macintyre

Agent Sonya: Moscow's Most Daring Wartime Spy

Ben Macintyre
Alice Rothchild, MDAlice Rothchild, MD

I am mostly reading kid lit, but occasionally I indulge in a grownup book. @BenMacintyre1's 'Agent Sonya' (2020) is a compelling, well researched page-turner, spy-thriller about an English woman who becomes a Cold War high ranking Soviet Spy dedicated to the Communist Party. https://t.co/O2At3jrz1C

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Book Cover for: The Glass Castle: A Memoir, Jeannette Walls

The Glass Castle: A Memoir

Jeannette Walls
Alice Rothchild, MDAlice Rothchild, MD

'The Glass Castle' by #JeannetteWalls (2005), @ScribnerBooks A memoir about growing up with brilliant, stubborn parents who suffered from a mix of mental illness, alcoholism, intense love and neglect towards their children... https://t.co/BGJPHf168O

Paperback, 2006

$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Antisemitism: Here and Now, Deborah E. Lipstadt

Antisemitism: Here and Now

Deborah E. Lipstadt
Alice Rothchild, MDAlice Rothchild, MD

Biden’s antisemitism envoy nominee, Deborah Lipstadt, is dangerous and a gift to Israel and the Zionist lobby. https://t.co/1HGOI7ekP6

Hardcover, 2019

$28.00$14.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Cheeky: A Head-To-Toe Memoir, Ariella Elovic

Cheeky: A Head-To-Toe Memoir

Ariella Elovic
Alice Rothchild, MDAlice Rothchild, MD

'Cheeky, A Head to Toe Memoir' by @ariellaelovic (2020), @BloomsburyPub Although I am old enough to be Ariella’s grandmother, this irreverent, spunky, painfully funny explore and celebration of the author’s very female, very human body touched me. https://t.co/6yMLDCENGy

Hardcover, 2020

$26.00$13.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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