Cecelia Cancellaro 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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senior editor (us & latin american history) at cambridge university press, (former) founder at word creative literary services, opinions my own

Journey to Indo-América
Geneviève Dorais
Congrats to Geneviève Dorais, whose book Journey to Indo-America was awarded the 2021 best book award of the Canadian Association of Latin American and Caribbean Studies (@CALACS_ACELAC) 🎉🎉@cambUP_History https://t.co/Rzb5l1arNJ
Hardcover, 2021
$106.00$81.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book(max discount $25)
The Hughes Court: Volume 11: From Progressivism to Pluralism, 1930 to 1941
Mark V. Tushnet
Publishing in April, the latest addition to the Holmes Devise History of the US Supreme Court, is @Mark_Tushnet 's masterful account of the Hughes Court. Available digitally and in print. Tell your librarians! @cambUP_History https://t.co/GJ5lUxYniZ
Hardcover, 2022
$289.00$264.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book(max discount $25)
A Black Women's History of the United States
Daina Ramey Berry
A Black Women's History of the United States by @DainaRameyBerry and @KaliGrossPhD (a dream team if there ever was one) was officially launched last week at #OAH19. Scheduled for publication in early 2020 by @BeaconPressBks and @gpatnaik1 this book is going to be a classic. https://t.co/x8tSVvEhg4
Paperback, 2021
$18.95$9.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Black Resettlement and the American Civil War
Sebastian N. Page
We are thrilled to announce that Sebastian Page's Black Resettlement and the American Civil War received the Tom Watson Brown Book Award from the The Society of Civil War Historians (@SoCWHistorians) and the Watson-Brown Foundation!! @cambUP_History https://t.co/NVi4JqnZpA
Paperback, 2022
$32.00$16.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Dear John: Love and Loyalty in Wartime America
Susan L. Carruthers
Another nice notice (in @coffeeordie1754) for Susan Carruthers' fascinating look at Dear John Letters. @cambUP_History https://t.co/XhrRnSWpki
Hardcover, 2022
$31.99$15.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Bonds of Empire
Lee B. Wilson
Congratulations to @LeeBWilson, whose book, Bonds of Empire: The English Origins of Slave Law in South Carolina and British Plantation America, 1660–1783, was a finalist for this year's George C. Rogers Jr. Book Award from the South Carolina Historical Society. @cambUP_History
Paperback, 2024
$29.99$14.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Running from Bondage
Karen Cook Bell
Big congrats to @kbphd08 on her Honorable Mention for the Letitia Woods Brown Book Prize for Running From Bondage! 🎉🎉 @cambUP_History @ABWHTruth https://t.co/JtYhaKsGGY
Paperback, 2023
$21.95$10.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Female Husbands: A Trans History
Jen Manion
My fantastic author @activisthistory is on @CuriouswithJVN talking about their brilliant book Female Husbands. I could not be more excited. LOVE JVN & this podcast. @CambridgeUP @cambUP_History https://t.co/Q0qEQjH0vE
Paperback, 2021
$19.95$9.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
An Unplanned Life: A Memoir
Franklin A. Thomas
Big 2022 highlight was the publication of An Unplanned Life by Franklin Thomas. I worked w/Frank on the book for several years & it's SO rewarding to see this extraordinary story being recognized. Here's the latest in @washingtonpost @thenewpress https://t.co/MEwVaS2ecF
Hardcover, 2022
$28.99$14.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Freedom's Captives
Yesenia Barragan
#AHA23 Awards ceremony—4 outstanding @cambUP_History books pick up prizes. From my own list, here is superstar @Y__Barragan receiving the Wesley Logan prize for her incredible book Freedom’s Captives. 🎉🎉🎉 https://t.co/yffpHOYb9R
Paperback, 2022
$32.00$16.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book