Bess Kalb Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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Writer and producer of TV and movie and books and children.
The Routledge Atlas of Jewish History
Martin GilbertBess Kalb@chrislhayes The Routledge Atlas of Jewish History - Martin Gilbert (this one is mostly maps but charts global diaspora in a way that feels like the opening credits of Game of Thrones) The Golden Age of Shtetl - Yohanan Petrovsky-Shtern (a fun one!)
Paperback, 2010
$41.99$21.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Becoming Soviet Jews: The Bolshevik Experiment in Minsk
Elissa BemporadBess Kalb@chrislhayes For my book I read a ton on this. The Jews of Eastern Europe 1772-1881 by Israel Bartal (this is a somewhat academic history text but it's wildly illuminating) Pogrom - Steven Zipperstein Becoming Soviet Jews: The Bolshevik Experiment in Minsk - by Elissa Bemporad
Paperback, 2013
$28.00$14.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Chiffon Trenches: A Memoir
Andre Leon TalleyBess KalbIt’s a great day to put on a caftan and listen to André Leon Talley narrate “The Chiffon Trenches” on audiobook.
Paperback, 2021
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Secret to Superhuman Strength
Alison BechdelBess KalbIn case anybody is remotely interested, my favorite books this year were: No One is Talking About This by @TriciaLockwood Something New Under the Sun by @AlexKleeman The Secret to Superhuman Strength by @AlisonBechdel and The Land of Big Numbers by @tepingchen
Hardcover, 2021
$24.00$12.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
I Must Say: My Life as a Humble Comedy Legend
Martin ShortBess Kalb@Rovzar Martin Short’s autobiography “I Must Say.”
Paperback, 2023
$17.99$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Pogrom: Kishinev and the Tilt of History
Steven J. ZippersteinBess Kalb@chrislhayes For my book I read a ton on this. The Jews of Eastern Europe 1772-1881 by Israel Bartal (this is a somewhat academic history text but it's wildly illuminating) Pogrom - Steven Zipperstein Becoming Soviet Jews: The Bolshevik Experiment in Minsk - by Elissa Bemporad
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