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Persuasion
Jane Austen
3 #backdropbooks from @berthacoombs' profile: -@HenryLouisGates' AMERICA BEHIND THE COLOR LINE (https://t.co/jIPRobVe48) -@cjfarley's KINGSTON BY STARLIGHT (https://t.co/Tu39y1Fgmx) -#JaneAusten's PERSUASION (https://t.co/QinLlN565z) See all her #books at https://t.co/X93zhtf1zS!
Hardcover, 2012
$26.00$13.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Grid: The Fraying Wires Between Americans and Our Energy Future
Gretchen Bakke
#Backdropbooks quick look @HenriettaVeda: Gretchen Bakke's THE GRID: The Fraying Wires Between Americans and Our Energy Future (https://t.co/qthfkvZ2kE), also owned by @StephenAtHome/@colbertlateshow. Check out more #books owned by people you know at https://t.co/TIpe2xYrU1! https://t.co/jFbZV5jCNc
Paperback, 2017
$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Prey
Michael Crichton
UNDER REVIEW: anonymous #blurrybook submission for #TinaFey's #backdropbooks. #MichaelCrichton's PREY (https://t.co/8lqDaCx4LK) We're unable to verify. Can anyone else confirm/deny? #books https://t.co/sBsBJJHfIM
Paperback, 2023
$16.99$8.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Devil Finds Work: An Essay
James Baldwin
3 #backdropbooks from @michelebgoodwin's profile: -@RobertDPutnam's THE UPSWING (https://t.co/11V1cff8VV) -#JamesBaldwin's THE DEVIL FINDS WORK (https://t.co/PdKgjSKbWi) -@DorothyERoberts' FATAL INVENTION (https://t.co/m7L4E1Nvkv) See all her #books at https://t.co/lWNqCGgnv3!
Paperback, 2011
$15.00$7.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History
John M. Barry
#Backdropbooks quick look, @CBSNews' @DavidAgus: @johnmbarry's THE GREAT INFLUENZA: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History (https://t.co/lkHtcYeOVW), also owned by #AnthonyFauci. Check out #AnthonyFauci's other #books at https://t.co/r7fBXyktTC! https://t.co/7or9GF2fI4
Paperback, 2005
$19.00$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Infinite Jest
David Foster Wallace
#Backdropbooks quick look @HenriettaVeda: #DavidFostWallace's INFINITE JEST (https://t.co/5LzuVJcWXO) also owned by @Alanis, @KELLYWEILL, @abbeystone, @MonicaGandhi9, & @stengel. Check out more #books owned by people you know at https://t.co/TIpe2xYrU1! https://t.co/bIjWfPNaaC
Hardcover, 1996
$40.00$20.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Tender is the Night
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Our 100th #backdropbooks profile on @DorisKGoodwin has 100+ #books! Here are 3 highlights: - Forrest McDonald's THE AMERICAN PRESIDENCY - F. Scott Fitzgerald 's TENDER IS THE NIGHT - Will/Ariel Durant's THE LESSONS OF HISTORY Check out the profile at https://t.co/CIC5RKLFds!
Paperback, 1995
$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Churchill: Walking with Destiny
Andrew Roberts
#Backdropbooks quick look @RepZoeLofgren/@ZoeLofgren: @aroberts_andrew's CHURCHILL: Walking with Destiny (https://t.co/a5ozlgDIGx), also owned by @DorisKGoodwin. Check out more #books owned by people you know at https://t.co/TIpe2xYrU1! https://t.co/TGrwbQmUlN
Paperback, 2019
$25.00$12.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Strategy: A History
Lawrence Freedman
#Backdropbooks quick look @cbsufrin: @LawDavF's STRATEGY: A HISTORY (https://t.co/mvGc2PW66G), also owned by @JohnBrennan, @markondefense, @RepGallagher, @heidibeirich, & @jdickerson. Check out more #books owned by people you know at https://t.co/TIpe2xYrU1! https://t.co/eCEkQM2t5Q
Paperback, 2015
$27.99$13.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Obama: An Intimate Portrait
Pete Souza
#Backdropbooks quick look @mmcassella: @PeteSouza's OBAMA: An Intimate Portrait (https://t.co/iHVkC6IChz…), also owned by @AmbassadorRice, @ronitA380, @rianaelyse, @SaraMorrison, & @DonnaFEdwards. Check out more #books owned by people you know at https://t.co/TIpe2xXU4t! https://t.co/9DvBcrlJO0
Hardcover, 2017
$60.00$35.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book(max discount $25)