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Brian McNett Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Disabled / living with an invisible illness. Radical Mycologist & autodidact. Writer. He/His. Ace. Gnome appreciator. Tumblr: https://t.co/jDWLbe1RvT

15 books
Book Cover for: The Rainbow Beneath My Feet: A Mushroom Dyer's Field Guide, Arleen Bessette

The Rainbow Beneath My Feet: A Mushroom Dyer's Field Guide

Arleen Bessette
Brian McNettBrian McNett

@sqiouyilu I can recommend a few books: The Rainbow Beneath My Feet: A Mushroom Dyer's Field Guide Arleen R. Bessette, Alan E. Bessette https://t.co/qiByIeBtKf

Paperback, 2001

$24.95$12.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest, Revised Edition, Steve Trudell

Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest, Revised Edition

Steve Trudell
Brian McNettBrian McNett

I've known Steve Trudell for many years, and this revised edition of his field guide is soon to find a place on my bookshelf. Workman: Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest, Revised Edition https://t.co/IQSnLl8NSO via @workmanpub

Paperback, 2022

$29.99$14.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Feathered Dinosaurs: The Origin of Birds, John Long

Feathered Dinosaurs: The Origin of Birds

John Long
Brian McNettBrian McNett

@crippledscholar There's a 2008 book "Feathered Dinosaurs: The Origin of Birds" by paleontologist John Long and illustrator Peter Schouten, which you might find used. Amazon points one at third-party sellers even with new copies. Likely set you back about $30US.

Hardcover, 2008

$69.00$44.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book(max discount $25)
Book Cover for: Magic Powder: A Christmas Story, Susie Bee

Magic Powder: A Christmas Story

Susie Bee
Brian McNettBrian McNett

FUNDED! HOORAY! Check out MAGIC POWDER #1-3, newest issue of the fantasy crime series by Jeff Schiller on @Kickstarter https://t.co/7N7A6tiNS3

Hardcover, 2016

$29.99$14.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Elements of Style, William Strunk

Elements of Style

William Strunk
Brian McNettBrian McNett

@TadeThompson I recall this cogent passage from Strunk & White: "But since writing is communication, clarity can only be a virtue. And although there is no substitute for merit in writing, clarity comes closest to being one." —William Strunk Jr. & E. B. White, The Elements of Style, 1959

Out of stock

Book Cover for: Life, the Universe and Everything, Douglas Adams

Life, the Universe and Everything

Douglas Adams
Brian McNettBrian McNett

@straczynski "Now the world has gone to bed, Darkness won't engulf my head, I can see by infrared, How I hate the night." —Marvin, the Paranoid Android (Life, the Universe, and Everything, Douglas Adams)

Paperback, Mass Market, 1995

$9.99$4.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: May-Day: And Other Pieces, Ralph Waldo Emerson

May-Day: And Other Pieces

Ralph Waldo Emerson
Brian McNettBrian McNett

"I care not if the pomps you show Be what they soothfast appear, Or if yon realms in sunset glow Be bubbles of the atmosphere." —Ralph Waldo Emerson "May-Day"

Paperback, 2022

$17.95$8.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Atrocities, Jeremy C. Shipp

The Atrocities

Jeremy C. Shipp
Brian McNettBrian McNett

Help Wanted: Looking for an eager minotaur who is a fan of "The Atrocities" by @JeremyCShipp to inhabit my elaborate underground labyrinth composed entirely of copies of said book. Pay commensurate with experience. https://t.co/FULpnM3pty

Paperback, 2018

$12.99$6.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Dinosaurs, John Long

Dinosaurs

John Long
Brian McNettBrian McNett

@crippledscholar There's a 2008 book "Feathered Dinosaurs: The Origin of Birds" by paleontologist John Long and illustrator Peter Schouten, which you might find used. Amazon points one at third-party sellers even with new copies. Likely set you back about $30US.

Hardcover, 2007

$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Profiles in Ignorance: How America's Politicians Got Dumb and Dumber, Andy Borowitz

Profiles in Ignorance: How America's Politicians Got Dumb and Dumber

Andy Borowitz
Brian McNettBrian McNett

Folks, do me a favor. If you haven't already, please follow @BorowitzReport. And pick up his new book "Profiles in Ignorance." https://t.co/1gANCbdz53

Paperback, 2023

$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book