Dan Cohen 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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Brigham Young: Pioneer Prophet
John G. TurnerDan CohenUtterly fascinating discussion of Brigham Young by John Turner over lunch. Dealing w/ 55 wives, church vs. Native Americans, feds in Utah.
Paperback, 2014
$28.95Member price:$14.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
A Maze of Death
Philip K. DickDan CohenIt’s over a half-century old, but Philip K. Dick’s A Maze of Death remains the most brutal criticism of the metaverse I’ve read.
Paperback, 2013
$15.99Member price:$7.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
By Hands Now Known: Jim Crow's Legal Executioners
Margaret A. BurnhamDan CohenOne of the most important books of the year is Margaret Burnham’s By Hands Now Known, a profound accounting of anti-Black killings in the mid-century South. I’m proud that @NortheasternLib has developed and made accessible the companion digital archive https://t.co/mqtz61rnVy
Hardcover, 2022
$30.00Member price:$15.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Cut/Copy/Paste: Fragments from the History of Bookwork
Whitney TrettienDan CohenNew issue of my newsletter: “Humane Ingenuity 44: Bookwork and Cloud Labs” — @whitneytrettien’s new book Cut/Copy/Paste and parallels between 17th-century bookwork and today’s digital writing; science labs in the cloud; a tale of two William Blake ledgers https://t.co/DdUjo9pAzC https://t.co/0g9QsSzQZI
Paperback, 2022
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