Australian Book Review 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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The Overstory
Richard PowersAustralian Book Review'As with The Overstory, a novel to which Bewilderment is very much a companion, humankind is on trial. Even by the gruelling standards of Anthropocene literature, it makes for unsettling reading.' @JBurgmannMilner on Richard Powers | @HutchHeinemann https://www.australianbookreview.com.au/abr-online/current-issue/968-october-2021-no-436/8380-j-r-burgmann-reviews-bewilderment-by-richard-powers
Paperback, 2019
$18.95$9.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Return to Valetto
Dominic SmithAustralian Book Review'At this point I remembered what sort of writer Dominic Smith is: his style is an irresistible combination of sophisticated and engaging.' @AdelaideBook on 'Return to Valetto' by Dominic Smith | @AllenAndUnwin https://t.co/TFOjn15IYF
Hardcover, 2023
$28.00$14.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Silk Road: Connecting Histories and Futures
Tim WinterAustralian Book Review"The Silk Road is not one place, nor is it a particular route for travel, trade, and cross-cultural exchange. It is an idea, and a powerful one at that …" Robert Wellington reviews ‘The Silk Road’ by Tim Winter | @OUPAcademic "https://t.co/munv8eVlFF
Paperback, 2022
$34.99$17.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Elizabeth and John: The Macarthurs of Elizabeth Farm
Alan AtkinsonAustralian Book Review'Atkinson builds a kind of doubled historical awareness: sympathy and scepticism held in imperfect balance.' @pennyrussell126 reviews 'Elizabeth and John' by Alan Atkinson | @newsouthpub https://t.co/vvJwPauibP
Paperback, 2022
$44.99$22.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Saving Time: Discovering a Life Beyond Productivity Culture
Jenny OdellAustralian Book Review'"Saving Time" is inspired by the burnout many of us feel after years of lockdowns and working from home.' Tim McMinn on 'Saving Time' by Jenny Odell | Bodley Head https://t.co/qDPgv47Jkx
Paperback, 2024
$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Zelensky: A Biography
Serhii RudenkoAustralian Book Review'Zelensky’s core message is that Russian aggression is everyone’s problem, not just Ukraine’s' Nick Hordern reviews 'Zelensky' by Serhii Rudenko & 'A Message from Ukraine' by Volodymyr Zelensky | @politybooks @HutchHeinemann @PenguinBooksAus https://t.co/gFI68rA1d4
Paperback, 2023
$16.95$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Harlem Shuffle
Colson WhiteheadAustralian Book Review'The subtext of the novel is revealed: the greatest crime in America is theft of land, and Harlem’s disproportionate crime rate is a result of the systemic inequality that keeps the powerful in power.' @mindykaurgill on @colsonwhitehead | @FleetReads https://www.australianbookreview.com.au/abr-online/current-issue/968-october-2021-no-436/8378-mindy-gill-reviews-harlem-shuffle-by-colson-whitehead
Paperback, 2022
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Philosophy of Modern Song
Bob DylanAustralian Book Review'Songs may be about things, but, like all music, they also are things. They are mechanisms with working parts, and Dylan is good at revealing these. ' @Fordwritesmusic on 'The Philosophy of Modern Song' by @bobdylan | @simonschuster https://t.co/pp5wlIedjm
Hardcover, 2022
$45.00$22.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Demon Copperhead
Barbara KingsolverAustralian Book Review'This rejection of "Mom-assigned names" and an eagerness to reinvent personal identity might seem culturally alien.' Paul Giles reviews "Demon Copperhead' by Barbara Kingsolver | @AllenAndUnwin https://t.co/hGfySxwkV6
Paperback, 2024
$21.99$10.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Middlebrow Modernism: Eleanor Dark's Interwar Fiction
Melinda J. CooperAustralian Book Review'...there has been a resurgence of interest in Eleanor Dark, which singles her out from the group of women who dominated the Australian literary scene in the 1930s and 1940s' Susan Sheridan on 'Middlebrow Modernism' by Melinda J. Cooper | @SydneyUniPress https://t.co/vPbEtMmbzE
Paperback, 2022
$36.99$18.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book