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Brandeis University Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Book Cover for: Iliad: Books 13-24, Homer

Iliad: Books 13-24

Homer
Brandeis UniversityBrandeis University

#Brandeis Professor Joel Christensen (@sentantiq) looks at the fraught notion of glory & fame & draws comparisons between Homer’s Iliad & the war in Ukraine – & reveals that there’s no glory or fame in bloodletting. https://t.co/upDBqedXuh

Hardcover, 1925

$30.00$15.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Brandeis: Beyond Progressivism, Philippa Strum

Brandeis: Beyond Progressivism

Philippa Strum
Brandeis UniversityBrandeis University

A new book by #Brandeis anthropologist Anita Hannig reveals how medical aid-in-dying can restore dignity & a sense of control to those facing terminal illness. https://t.co/Kudwqqiz39

Paperback, 1993

$29.99$14.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Homer: A Beginner's Guide, Elton T. E. Barker

Homer: A Beginner's Guide

Elton T. E. Barker
Brandeis UniversityBrandeis University

#Brandeis Professor Joel Christensen (@sentantiq) looks at the fraught notion of glory & fame & draws comparisons between Homer’s Iliad & the war in Ukraine – & reveals that there’s no glory or fame in bloodletting. https://t.co/upDBqedXuh

Paperback, 2013

$14.95$7.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Ripple Effect: Because Of The War, Jenny Ferns

Ripple Effect: Because Of The War

Jenny Ferns
Brandeis UniversityBrandeis University

In professor Toni Shapiro-Phim's filmmaking debut, “Because of the War,” four Liberian women tell stories of the centrality of their traditional artistic practices to their survival & community-building in the aftermath of war, loss, & exile. https://t.co/KwJ9LuzCTk

Paperback, 2019

$14.99$7.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Believing: Our Thirty-Year Journey to End Gender Violence, Anita Hill

Believing: Our Thirty-Year Journey to End Gender Violence

Anita Hill
Brandeis UniversityBrandeis University

"In her new book, "Believing: Our Thirty-Year Journey to End Gender Violence," out from Penguin Random House, the professor takes a look at the bigger picture of gender-based violence & how to move forward as a nation." https://t.co/0lyw5yjGZ8

Paperback, 2022

$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Unique, Andrew L. Miller

Unique

Andrew L. Miller
Brandeis UniversityBrandeis University

Michelle Miller ’11 recounts a unique experience with fellow @BrandeisUAlumni: an enthralling performance of "A Strange Loop" followed by an exclusive talk-back with select cast members, including John-Andrew Morrison ’95. https://t.co/Y6HP3su4mR

Paperback, 2021

$12.99$6.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Underwater Eye: How the Movie Camera Opened the Depths and Unleashed New Realms of Fantasy, Margaret Cohen

The Underwater Eye: How the Movie Camera Opened the Depths and Unleashed New Realms of Fantasy

Margaret Cohen
Brandeis UniversityBrandeis University

In this conversation, professor Margaret Cohen & professor John Plotz discuss The Underwater Eye: How the Movie Camera Opened the Depths & Unleashed New Realms of Fantasy. https://t.co/Fmev7K6w1O

Hardcover, 2022

$39.00$19.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Wounded World: W. E. B. Du Bois and the First World War, Chad L. Williams

The Wounded World: W. E. B. Du Bois and the First World War

Chad L. Williams
Brandeis UniversityBrandeis University

Chad Williams, the Augusta Spector Chair of History at Brandeis & a preeminent scholar of World War I, released his new book in April titled "The Wounded World: W. E. B. Du Bois and the First World War." https://t.co/Z6u82JE5Lf

Hardcover, 2023

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Book Cover for: Western Jihadism: A Thirty Year History, Jytte Klausen

Western Jihadism: A Thirty Year History

Jytte Klausen
Brandeis UniversityBrandeis University

For the past 3 years, Joseph Coles '22 developed profiles & maintained databases on individuals connected to terrorist activity in professor Jytte Klausen's Western Jihadism Project Lab. https://t.co/lw6o2qQl4m

Hardcover, 2021

$43.99$22.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Antisemitism: Here and Now, Deborah E. Lipstadt

Antisemitism: Here and Now

Deborah E. Lipstadt
Brandeis UniversityBrandeis University

U.S. Special Envoy to Monitor & Combat Antisemitism Deborah Lipstadt, GSAS MA’72, PhD’76, H’19, discusses the rise in anti-Semitism in America & around the world. https://t.co/Vym4Bl5Odw

Hardcover, 2019

$28.00$14.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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