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Bruce Handy 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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Bruce Handy is an author, journalist, and editor. Author: "Wild Things: The Joy of Reading Children's Literature as an Adult." New picture books: "The Book from Far Away" and "What If One Day." Many bylines!

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Book Cover for: Lucky Dogs, Helen Schulman

Lucky Dogs

Helen Schulman
Bruce HandyBruce Handy

Another early rave, from PW, for Helen Schulman's Lucky Dogs: "Schulman delivers an incisive and thrilling account of women who are hounded by powerful men.... Will keep readers on the hook as it evolves and leads to a surprising outcome. This packs plenty of punch." @AAKnopf https://t.co/ODZEGYX11x

Paperback, 2024

$18.00Member price:$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Eric Loves Animals: (Just Like You!), Eric Carle

Eric Loves Animals: (Just Like You!)

Eric Carle
Bruce HandyBruce Handy

Lovely, insightful essay on Eric Carle by Jon Klassen (@burstofbeaden) https://t.co/PGwhtdQ8bs

Hardcover, 2023

$29.99Member price:$14.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: 2001: A Space Odyssey, Arthur C. Clarke

2001: A Space Odyssey

Arthur C. Clarke
Bruce HandyBruce Handy

Where, over lunch, Stanley Kubrick and Arthur C. Clarke began the discussions that led to 2001. Maybe those suspended orbs (lighting of some sort?) gave Kubrick the idea for the movie's first shot? https://t.co/IbvRSFUHnu

Paperback, Mass Market, 2000

$9.99Member price:$4.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Extraordinary Life of an Ordinary Man: A Memoir, Paul Newman

The Extraordinary Life of an Ordinary Man: A Memoir

Paul Newman
Bruce HandyBruce Handy

There is much to cherish here. The book is in Newman’s voice, with occasional interjections... It’s a familiar voice: genial but shrewd, self-deprecating but resolute, not so different a persona from the flawed good guys he tended to play on-screen.

Hardcover, Large Print, 2023

$35.99Member price:$35.99 + Free shipping0% off(Limited Discount Book)
Book Cover for: The Candy House, Jennifer Egan

The Candy House

Jennifer Egan
Bruce HandyBruce Handy

Coming in June from @AAKnopf! “Part thriller, part Hollywood satire, Lucky Dogs is a brash, sometimes heartbreaking saga in which trauma and self-preservation converge across decades and continents. Helen Schulman’s best novel yet.”—Jennifer Egan, author of The Candy House https://t.co/4MjfXgt9EM

Paperback, 2023

$17.99Member price:$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: James: Simply the Gospel, John D. Barry

James: Simply the Gospel

John D. Barry
Bruce HandyBruce Handy

In honor of "Dr. No"'s 60th, here's my 2009 @VanityFair profile of the late, great John Barry. "Music by Monty Norman... 'James Bond Theme' played by John Barry & Orchestra" is one of the more complicated (and adjudicated) credits in movie history... https://t.co/kFGlIPOfjt

Paperback, 2014

$12.97Member price:$6.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book