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Allison in Brexitland Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Writer of Train, forthcoming from @bloomsbury. Proprietor of @secondshelfbks, a feminist rare book biz. Protect trans kids. She/her. Tired.

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Book Cover for: As You Like It, William Shakespeare

As You Like It

William Shakespeare
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William Shakespeare's As You Like It, written in 1599, is now illegal to perform in Tennessee, is that right!?

Paperback, 2019

$9.99$4.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Vogue: The Editor's Eye: A History of Fashion Photography, Conde Nast

Vogue: The Editor's Eye: A History of Fashion Photography

Conde Nast
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So hahah funny that after throwing that party Vogue's underpaid Conde Nast team who haven't rested must make it look like Vogue cares very quickly about women's bodies and it's just too funny.

Hardcover, 2012

$85.00$60.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book(max discount $25)
Book Cover for: True Spirit: The True Story of a 16-Year-Old Australian Who Sailed Solo, Nonstop, and Unassisted Around the World, Jessica Watson

True Spirit: The True Story of a 16-Year-Old Australian Who Sailed Solo, Nonstop, and Unassisted Around the World

Jessica Watson
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My kiddo and I watched the movie True Spirit about Jessica Watson and her solo circumnavigation of the world and the movie is perfect for kids (otherwise a bit cheesy) but now I'm angry because I forgot that they didn't award her the record.

Paperback, 2010

$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Good Sleeper: The Essential Guide to Sleep for Your Baby--And You, Janet Krone Kennedy

The Good Sleeper: The Essential Guide to Sleep for Your Baby--And You

Janet Krone Kennedy
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@JenaFriedman I read all the sleep training books and the only one I really felt great about was The Good Sleeper by Janet Krone Kennedy. I had a baby who ended up having breathing issues later diagnosed, so nothing would have totally solved the sleep issue, but this book was aces for helping.

Paperback, 2015

$22.99$11.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: A New Hope: Star Wars: Episode IV, George Lucas

A New Hope: Star Wars: Episode IV

George Lucas
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I'm completely convinced that George Lucas was pretty directly inspired by Over Sea, Under Stone for Star Wars. Yes, we're reading it out loud over here.

Paperback, Mass Market, 1986

$8.99$4.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The English Understand Wool, Helen DeWitt

The English Understand Wool

Helen DeWitt
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So I haven't finished it yet, but @helendewitt's The English Understand Wool was my plane read home before I was responsible and went to sleep and it's fantastic storytelling. https://t.co/i4S2olVn9x

Hardcover, 2022

$18.95$9.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: As You Like It, William Shakespeare

As You Like It

William Shakespeare
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William Shakespeare's As You Like It, written in 1599, is now illegal to perform in Tennessee, is that right!?

Paperback, 2015

$5.87$2.93 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Shakespere for Schools, with Notes for School Use. 6 PT.: As You Like: Julius Caesar..., William Shakespeare

Shakespere for Schools, with Notes for School Use. 6 PT.: As You Like: Julius Caesar...

William Shakespeare
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William Shakespeare's As You Like It, written in 1599, is now illegal to perform in Tennessee, is that right!?

Paperback, 2012

$17.75$8.88 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Ethics of the Dust: Ten Lectures to Little Housewives on the Elements of Crystallisation, John Ruskin

The Ethics of the Dust: Ten Lectures to Little Housewives on the Elements of Crystallisation

John Ruskin
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@MinxMarple @jeremy_millar_1 @rachael_moravia Coincidentally I was just staring at this Ruskin title sideways: The Ethics of the Dust; Ten Lectures to Little Housewives on the Elements of Crystallization

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Book Cover for: Summary and Analysis of: American Dirt, Book Tigers

Summary and Analysis of: American Dirt

Book Tigers
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One thing that the author of American Dirt can do is write another book. No one is stopping her.

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