Avy Faingezicht 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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Once, I told a librarian that she'd be out of a job because all books would soon be on the internet. I was 8. San Francisco via Chicago via Costa Rica.

The Lottery
Shirley Jackson
Trying to pick up the habit again... links! This time featuring Shirley Jackson's lottery, @CJFDillow on truth and utility, @benedictevans on regulation, @paulg on conformism, @andersen on Chinese surveilance, @nedbat on coverage, @questingvole on Civ... https://t.co/v8qOWAAe26
Hardcover, 2008
$34.25$17.13 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Master and Man: A Story
Leo Tolstoy
9) Leo Tolstoy’s Master and Man https://t.co/FL9olrj9sE
Out of stock

One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
14) Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich https://t.co/lZ4tkXRqOm
Paperback, 2014
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Solzhenitsyn's One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
Robert Porter
14) Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich https://t.co/lZ4tkXRqOm
Paperback, 1998
$29.95$14.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich: (50th Anniversary Edition)
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
14) Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich https://t.co/lZ4tkXRqOm
Paperback, Mass Market, 2008
$6.95$3.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Works and Days: A Translation and Commentary for the Social Sciences
Hesiod
@StephenPiment Seems like the site is down. I just wrapped up the Iliad, am working through the Odyssey and looking to keep the classics wave going. Any recs on what to follow them with? Sounds like The Works and Days, by Hesiod?
Paperback, 1997
$20.95$10.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Life: A User's Manual
Georges Perec
18) Georges Perec’s “Life A User’s Manual” https://t.co/00d9surXAd
Out of stock

A Primate's Memoir: A Neuroscientist's Unconventional Life Among the Baboons
Robert M. Sapolsky
@LeslieFeinzaig If you’re looking for light, fun, but still enlightening I’d recommend A Primate's Memoir, by Robert Sapolsky. Many other recs here: https://t.co/sue3ce105q
Paperback, 2002
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Republic
Plato
Trying to pick a @CatherineProj class for next year. Which of these classics should I prioritize studying next? ◦ Aristophanes and Shakespeare’s selected comedies ◦ Augustine’s Confessions ◦ Dante’s Divine Comedy ◦ Plato’s Republic Why?
Hardcover, 2023
$14.99$7.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
My Brilliant Friend
Elena Ferrante
2023 Thread 1) My Brilliant Friend, by Elena Ferrante https://t.co/OvgvqtWpPS
Paperback, 2012
$19.00$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book