Bristol Ideas 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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Constellation of Genius
Kevin JacksonBristol IdeasOur #Modernism1922 film screenings are run as tribute to Kevin Jackson and with @SWSilents. His book Constellation of Genius covers briliantly that remarkable year. Here’s a piece on Humphrey Jennings - his biography of Jennings is also recommended highly. https://t.co/LUZfqm24Y0 https://t.co/EOpm5RquLY
Paperback, 2017
$22.00$11.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Harlem Shuffle
Colson WhiteheadBristol Ideas@MichaelDTubbs Will do. Just finishing Colson Whitehead’s Harlem Shuffle. Your book is next.
Paperback, 2022
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Passenger
Cormac McCarthyBristol IdeasCormac McCarthy doesn’t give interviews now but here’s some early ones. His next two books - The Passenger and Stella Maris - will be out soon: https://t.co/tTiEjggvWA
Paperback, 2023
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Constructing a Nervous System: A Memoir
Margo JeffersonBristol IdeasThe magnificent Margo Jefferson in Bristol tonight talking about her new book Constructing a Nervous System: A Memoir which is out now from @GrantaBooks. https://t.co/LXb716QHY4
Paperback, 2023
$16.00$8.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Inspired: An Activity Book for Writers
M. M. JohnBristol IdeasThis is out in June, from @picadorbooks. Inspired by John Berger’s and John Mohr’s A Fortunate Man (which is a classic and one of the most moving books I have read - and I’ve read it many times). Looking forward to reading this. https://t.co/iArabVgyhB
Paperback, 2020
$15.00$7.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Lay Down Your Arms: The Autobiography of Martha von Tilling - Anti-war Activist and Crusader for Peace
Bertha Von SuttnerBristol IdeasThe first anti-war film in WW1 – though it was not about the war - was the Danish Die Waffen neider/ Lay Down Your Arms based on the book by Nobel Peace Prize Winner Bertha Von Suttner. Released in 1914, in the US it was used to support isolationism. https://t.co/bd8iqHHqmK 4/ https://t.co/vbsQLH786n
Paperback, 2019
$13.98$6.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Rebellion
Joseph RothBristol IdeasThis is very good: a novel narrated in the voice of Joseph Roth’s masterpiece Rebellion, a book saved from the Nazi book burning. It’s out from @4thEstateBooks. https://t.co/7tvOdJ4iEB
Paperback, 2000
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Cloud Cuckoo Land
Anthony DoerrBristol IdeasCloud Cuckoo Land celebrates books, ‘…the power and possibilities of reading. Manuscripts do burn, but the fact we have held onto so many and still find continued value in reading them is an aspect of our humanity that this novel justly celebrates.’ https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/24/books/review/anthony-doerr-cloud-cuckoo-land.html?referringSource=articleShare
Paperback, 2022
$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Citizens: Why the Key to Fixing Everything is All of Us
Jon AlexanderBristol IdeasJon Alexander - @jonjalex - is the author of Citizens: Why the Key to Fixing Everything is All of Us. Andrew Kelly interviewed @jonjalex on his book earlier this year: https://t.co/gtIJqLnm63.
Hardcover, 2022
$30.00$15.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Dispatches from the Diaspora: From Nelson Mandela to Black Lives Matter
Gary YoungeBristol IdeasGary Younge on his new book, Dispatches from the Diaspora: 'A lot of Black history is told in the passive voice. But somebody did it. Why don’t we talk about them for a little while?' https://t.co/fPTrKhxlWc
Paperback, 2023
$22.95$11.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book