Brooklynology 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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Deacon King Kong (Oprah's Book Club)
James McBrideBrooklynologyWe were thrilled to partner with @AppleBooks and @oprahsbookclub on a #ReadWithUs discussion guide for Deacon King Kong. Download it for free to see a short history we wrote about Brooklyn, a playlist curated by James McBride, and more. https://t.co/wo6U1somM8 https://t.co/u51Z4RKNKP
Paperback, 2021
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
White Fright: The Sexual Panic at the Heart of America's Racist History
Jane DaileyBrooklynologyIn her new book, “White Fright: The Sexual Panic at the Heart of America’s Racist History,” historian Jane Dailey places white fear of Black sexuality and interracial sex at the center of America’s history of racism. Want to learn more? Tonight at 6:30pm. https://bklynlib.org/3gIg2M0
Hardcover, 2020
$30.00$15.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
I Never Had It Made: The Autobiography of Jackie Robinson
Jackie RobinsonBrooklynologyRevisiting Jackie Robinson's story as you read the new @nytimes essay? Explore our photo collection after you're done. "I know that I am a Black man in a white world. In 1972, in 1947, at my birth in 1919, I know that I never had it made.” https://t.co/939uZ6CElw https://t.co/XtwXaEo9zH
Paperback, 2003
$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book