Derek R King ✒️ Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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Multiple award winning, #poet #author #nonfiction #fiction #inspiration & #kidlit; Multi genre poetry; US Civil Rights bio & more. Entwined soulmate @juliekusma
The Red Badge of Courage
Stephen CraneDerek R King ✒️#OTD #Writer #Poet 1871 Stephen Crane born Newark, New Jersey. Poet, novelist and short story writer. "Wrote notable works in Realist tradition." Best known for The Red Badge of Courage, and his poetry collection The Black Riders, and Other Lines. https://t.co/M38cJZ6abx https://t.co/7fZTOVtikv
Paperback, Mass Market, 1981
$4.95$2.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Up from Slavery
Booker T. WashingtonDerek R King ✒️#OTD #BlackHistory #CivilRights 1856 Booker T. Washington born. An American educator, author of Up From Slavery and other works, orator, founder of Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute in Alabama and adviser to several presidents of the United States. https://t.co/JRJZJvt21E https://t.co/d2pJcXZzwS
Paperback, 1995
$6.00$3.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Mill on the Floss
George EliotDerek R King ✒️#OTD #Writer 1860 English novelist George Eliot (Mary Ann Evans) finishes "The Mill on the Floss". 1st published in 3 volumes She used male pen name to ensure her works were taken seriously in era when female authors were associated with romantic novels. https://t.co/e5WYjqIv3Q https://t.co/aJqWLXPr8G
Paperback, 2003
$13.00$6.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Harriet Beecher StoweDerek R King ✒️#OTD #Writer 1852 Harriet Beecher Stowe's "Uncle Tom's Cabin" published. Described cruelty of slavery and added impetus to abolitionists. When President Lincoln met Stowe in 1862, he reportedly said, “So this is the little lady who made this big war.” https://t.co/iX4V7rL5so https://t.co/A3HYmTqAYk
Paperback, Mass Market, 1982
$6.99$3.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Ethan Frome
Edith WhartonDerek R King ✒️#OTD #Writers 1862 Edith Wharton born NYC, New York. Becomes one of America’s greatest writers & 1st woman awarded Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. Works include, The Age of Innocence, Ethan Frome, and The House of Mirth. Wrote over 40 books in 40 years. 👉 https://t.co/x9Qnyhksnw https://t.co/tUkllQD5u3
Paperback, 2005
$10.00$5.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
A Christmas Carol
Charles DickensDerek R King ✒️#OTD #Writer 1843 Charles Dickens "A Christmas Carol" 1st published by Chapman & Hall. Originally illustrated by John Leech. Initial run of 6,000 copies sold by Christmas Eve. The most popular of Dickens’s of Christmas books. You can read it here for #free https://t.co/2l2S165EHi https://t.co/n5cUmcSme2
Paperback, Mass Market, 1986
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Dr Jekyll and MR Hyde: Gilded Pocket Edition
Robert Louis StevensonDerek R King ✒️#OTD #Writers 1850 Robert Louis Stevenson born Edinburgh, Scotland.Published 1st volume aged of 28. Best known works include Treasure Island, Kidnapped, Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde & The Black Arrow (1888) which he wrote in a bedridden state. https://t.co/PUMUzBXLvS https://t.co/kK4BKK9uGD
Hardcover, 2024
$12.99$6.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Adam Bede
George EliotDerek R King ✒️#OTD #Writers 1819 Mary Ann Evans aka George Eliot born Nuneaton, England. A leading novelist in 19th century. Her first novel, 'Adam Bede' was a great success, most famous incl The Mill on the Floss, Silas Marner, Romola, Middlemarch and 'Daniel Deronda. https://t.co/IUjyvwcuyS https://t.co/rZOVqJmaiO
Paperback, 2008
$16.00$8.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Gruffalo
Julia DonaldsonDerek R King ✒️#OTD #Writers 1948 Julia Donaldson born London, England. The 2011–2013 Children's Laureate. Best known for "popular rhyming stories for children, especially those illustrated by Axel Scheffler, which include The Gruffalo, Room on the Broom and Stick Man". https://t.co/C79YPz7Aik https://t.co/GvJHxU1K5M
Board Book, 2005
$8.99$4.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Tilting Toward the Sun: A Chance to Love
Mario Dell'olioDerek R King ✒️@DellOlioMario Huge congratulations on your book launch Mario @DellOlioMario What a beautifully worded review, Mario "In “Tilting Toward the Sun,” Mario Dell’Olio once again proves he can write a love story to melt your heart." #BookBoost #Christmas #LGBTQIA https://t.co/YmeMxl9qup
Paperback, 2024
$19.95$9.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book