Daily Maverick 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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The Nature Conservancy
Katie Marsico
The Nature Conservancy has unveiled the winners of its latest contest with Li Ping of China winning the Grand Prize. Here is a breathtaking selection of photographs from the climate and people and nature categories. https://t.co/b1KmJ6j3P8
Paperback, 2016
$12.79$6.39 + Free shipping50% off your first book
A New Hope: Star Wars: Episode IV
George Lucas
Luke Skywalker is leading an army of drones to war. It reads like the synopsis of the next instalment in the Star Wars franchise, but it’s happening in real life. Hamill, who played the Jedi character in George Lucas’s original Star Wars trilogy that ... https://t.co/qe7ozl9Gk1
Paperback, Mass Market, 1986
$10.99$5.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Star Wars Trilogy
George Lucas
Luke Skywalker is leading an army of drones to war. It reads like the synopsis of the next instalment in the Star Wars franchise, but it’s happening in real life. Hamill, who played the Jedi character in George Lucas’s original Star Wars trilogy that ... https://t.co/qe7ozl9Gk1
Paperback, Mass Market, 2015
$11.00$5.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Ancient Mariner
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
‘Water, water, every where, nor any drop to drink,’ Samuel Taylor Coleridge wrote in the Rime of the Ancient Mariner, and you could say the same for Johannesburg and Pretoria. https://t.co/SKVBQ5Cc4S
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South: The Endurance Expedition
Ernest Shackleton
Revered polar explorer Ernest Shackleton’s grave on the island of South Georgia is luring hundreds more tourists since the discovery in March this year of his sunken ship, Endurance, in Antarctica’s Weddell Sea. But the hero’s final resting place is ... https://t.co/qyRalOhKVu
Paperback, 2004
$22.00$11.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Reacher: Killing Floor (Movie Tie-In)
Lee Child
Author of two thrillers and a memoir Joanne Hichens interviewed Reacher’s creator, Lee Child, and his brother and co-author, Andrew Child, on their new thriller. https://t.co/AKSPekoMWZ
Paperback, Mass Market, 2021
$9.99$4.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Firepit Barbecue: Easy Recipes for Deliciously Relaxed Get-Togethers
Ross Dobson
Australian food writer Ross Dobson knows a thing or two about cooking with fire, and in his new book Firepit Barbecue he tailors his recipes to creating great meals on a firepit with a simple grill or hotplate, in the Australian barbie tradition. https://t.co/Wddb625nHr
Hardcover, 2022
$31.99$15.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Unbound Twitter thoughts for the heart and mind
Verlaine-Diane Soobroydoo
Unbound Twitter thoughts for the heart and mind is a collection of tweets, poetry, and affirmations that have already reached over 500,000 thousand people on Twitter. Shop our top pick by Verlaine-Diane Soobroydoo for #Mental HealthAwarenessMonth: https://t.co/tcCpSjIFWV https://t.co/lNKgwY9zte
Paperback, 2022
$17.95$8.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
American Psychosis: A Historical Investigation of How the Republican Party Went Crazy
David Corn
In ‘American Psychosis: A Historical Investigation of How the Republican Party Went Crazy’, David Corn of ‘Mother Jones’ magazine traces the slide of the Grand Old Party (GOP) into the abyss. It’s a read that is by turns riveting and terrifying as the ... https://t.co/1Tpg3RBlVf
Paperback, 2023
$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Lessons in Chemistry
Bonnie Garmus
ARCHIVES: You are likely to devour Bonnie Garmus’s first book in a few sittings. It is hard to sum up what makes this book so special – possibly a combination of things: the themes, plot, characters, and writing technique all work to make it stand out ... https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2022-04-13-lessons-in-chemistry-by-bonnie-garmus-dealing-with-issues-of-oppression-human-rights-and-sexual-violence-with-humour/?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1652308757
Hardcover, 2022
$29.00$14.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book