Bess Kalb Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Writer and producer of TV and movie and books and children.

6 books

The Routledge Atlas of Jewish History

Martin Gilbert

Bess 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

$42.99Member price:$21.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book

Becoming Soviet Jews: The Bolshevik Experiment in Minsk

Elissa Bemporad

Bess 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

$28.00Member price:$28.00 + Free shipping0% off(Limited Discount Book)

The Chiffon Trenches: A Memoir

Andre Leon Talley

Bess Kalb

It’s a great day to put on a caftan and listen to André Leon Talley narrate “The Chiffon Trenches” on audiobook.

Paperback, 2021

$18.00Member price:$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book

The Secret to Superhuman Strength

Alison Bechdel

Bess Kalb

In 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

$24.00Member price:$12.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book

I Must Say: My Life as a Humble Comedy Legend

Martin Short

Bess Kalb

@Rovzar Martin Short’s autobiography “I Must Say.”

Paperback, 2023

$17.99Member price:$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book

Pogrom: Kishinev and the Tilt of History

Steven J. Zipperstein

Bess 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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