Bill Marx 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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Editor of the web zine The Arts Fuse, which is dedicated to criticism, commentary, and conversation about the arts and culture in New England.
The Color of Time: Women in History: 1850-1960
Dan JonesBill Marx@KathleenCStone finds "The Color of Time: Women in History, 1850 – 1960" (@PegasusBooksUSA) to be a coffee table book scan of women’s history that reads well and is visually striking. https://t.co/WTfUCio3f6
Hardcover, 2022
$39.95$19.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Lucky Breaks
Yevgenia BelorusetsBill MarxPreston Gralla reviews Andrey Kurkov's "Grey Bees" (@DeepVellum) and Yevgenia Belorusets' "Lucky Breaks" (@NewDirections ). Neither book is directly about the war itself. Rather, in sometimes oblique ways, they show the price paid by #ukraine’s civilians. https://t.co/uikcyME4jf https://t.co/dMZOHSHCle
Paperback, 2022
$14.95$7.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Isabella Stewart Gardner: A Life
Nathaniel SilverBill MarxPeter Walsh on "Isabella Stewart Gardner: A Life" (@PrincetonUPress) by @gardnermuseum curators Nathaniel Silver + Diana Seave Greenwald. As befits an official biography, the authors approach their potentially controversial subject with decorum + respect. https://t.co/iNgaAEjQVf
Hardcover, 2022
$24.95$12.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Red Arrow
William BrewerBill MarxDrew Hart highly recommends a holiday weekend ride with William Brewer's novel "The Red Arrow"! Published by @AAKnopf https://t.co/rWBcVcJh01 https://t.co/Kaha7xvOYa
Paperback, 2023
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Tree Stand
Jay AtkinsonBill Marx@emeek on @Atkinson_Jay's story collection "The Tree Stand" (@LivingstonPress) These are compelling stories about the trials and tribulations of dynamic, working-class characters. https://t.co/bHB2NjLNRL https://t.co/vxZQIGgYzO
Paperback, 2022
$21.95$10.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Barred: Why the Innocent Can't Get Out of Prison
Daniel S. MedwedBill Marx@blittlegame finds "Barred"(@BasicBooks) to be illuminating but discouraging: Daniel S. Medwed demonstrates just how astronomical the odds are against anyone in prison who tries to question a guilty verdict, no matter how suspect the conviction. https://t.co/lvspFJF2ou
Hardcover, 2022
$30.00$15.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Conversations
Steve ReichBill MarxAt its best, writes @jonblumhofer, @SteveReich's "Conversations" (@Hanover_Square) is illuminating and engaging assemblage of chats, an honest discussion of the creative process by one of the major composers of our times. https://t.co/rYm4SogUtT https://t.co/98ZWC3SSAG
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Manifesting Justice: Wrongly Convicted Women Reclaim Their Rights
Valena BeetyBill MarxHost Elizabeth Howard's latest The Short Fuse features a conversation with Valena Beety, author of "Manifesting Justice," and Tasha Mercedes Shelby, calling in on a telephone from the Central Mississippi Correctional Facility. https://t.co/Xe0cK3Yc4Y
Hardcover, 2022
$28.00$14.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Christianity's American Fate: How Religion Became More Conservative and Society More Secular
David A. HollingerBill MarxDaniel Lazare finds the argument of "#Christianity's American Fate: How Religion Became More Conservative and Society More Secular" (@PrincetonUPress) too fainthearted. https://t.co/yoUDElgYVL https://t.co/1OkLvR13kS
Paperback, 2024
$18.95$9.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Telluria
Vladimir SorokinBill Marx@pkeough1 reviews two books - both from New York Review Books-- by #Russian authors who left their homeland after the #Ukraine invasion: Maxim Osipov's conventionally Chekhovian "Kilometer 101" and Vladimir Sorokin's ferocious dystopia, "Telluria. https://t.co/85dtBNETqy https://t.co/1GUSw13abZ
Paperback, 2022
$18.95$9.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book