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Dr Sabina Stent Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Culture historian/writer specialising in women surrealist artists & film. Cat worshipper. Hard rock & glam metal nerd

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Book Cover for: Which as You Know Means Violence: On Self-Injury as Art and Entertainment, Philippa Snow

Which as You Know Means Violence: On Self-Injury as Art and Entertainment

Philippa Snow
Dr Sabina StentDr Sabina Stent

I cannot recommend Philippa Snow’s brilliant Which As You Know Means Violence enough. Molly, a little sweetie prone to hilarious Jackass levels of violence/havoc, adores it too. https://t.co/hRtI95Ut3O

Paperback, 2022

$14.95Member price:$7.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Don't Look Now, Daphne Du Maurier

Don't Look Now

Daphne Du Maurier
Dr Sabina StentDr Sabina Stent

@_katiestebbins_ Slow Days, Fast Company by Eve Babitz; In A Lonely Place by Dorothy B. Hughes; The Hearing Trumpet by Leonora Carrington; Nightmare Alley by William Lindsay Gresham; Don’t Look Now by Daphne du Maurier; Fair Play by Tove Jansson …

Paperback, 2008

$14.95Member price:$7.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Joan Didion: What She Means, Joan Didion

Joan Didion: What She Means

Joan Didion
Dr Sabina StentDr Sabina Stent

I love Joan Didion’s book, but I had never actually seen Play It As It Lays until today. Thank you #TCMFF! Tuesday Weld is perfect. Here are some photos I took at the Hammer Museum’s brilliant ‘Joan Didion: What She Means’ exhibition last year. https://t.co/z8awHmJrxc

Hardcover, 2022

$50.00Member price:$25.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Slow Days, Fast Company: The World, the Flesh, and L.A., Eve Babitz

Slow Days, Fast Company: The World, the Flesh, and L.A.

Eve Babitz
Dr Sabina StentDr Sabina Stent

@_katiestebbins_ Slow Days, Fast Company by Eve Babitz; In A Lonely Place by Dorothy B. Hughes; The Hearing Trumpet by Leonora Carrington; Nightmare Alley by William Lindsay Gresham; Don’t Look Now by Daphne du Maurier; Fair Play by Tove Jansson …

Paperback, 2016

$16.95Member price:$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Hollywoodland, Mary Mallory

Hollywoodland

Mary Mallory
Dr Sabina StentDr Sabina Stent

Just realised I missed the B’day of George Reeves, Television’s OG Superman, last week. He died of a gunshot wound 1959. In 2021 I wrote about the excellent Hollywoodland, which explores the mysterious circumstances surrounding Reeves’ death @CrimeReads: https://t.co/FOii3aXlh9

Hardcover, 2011

$31.99Member price:$15.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Noctes Ambrosianae: 4, John Wilson

Noctes Ambrosianae: 4

John Wilson
Dr Sabina StentDr Sabina Stent

Dennis Wilson of The Beach Boys, 4 December 1944 – 28 December 1983. Photo: John R. Hamilton, 1970. ‘Twenty-five year old Dennis Wilson, drummer, singer, and composer for The Beach Boys, on set a-top a '55 Chevy during his motion picture debut as an actor in Two-Lane Blacktop.’ https://t.co/RJRHg5MNyu

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Book Cover for: Nightmare Alley, William Lindsay Gresham

Nightmare Alley

William Lindsay Gresham
Dr Sabina StentDr Sabina Stent

@_katiestebbins_ Slow Days, Fast Company by Eve Babitz; In A Lonely Place by Dorothy B. Hughes; The Hearing Trumpet by Leonora Carrington; Nightmare Alley by William Lindsay Gresham; Don’t Look Now by Daphne du Maurier; Fair Play by Tove Jansson …

Paperback, 2010

$17.95Member price:$8.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Snowman: A Classic Children's Book, Raymond Briggs

The Snowman: A Classic Children's Book

Raymond Briggs
Dr Sabina StentDr Sabina Stent

PSA: Today on Channel 4, a Raymond Briggs triple-bill: Father Christmas, The Snowman, & The Snowman and the Snowdog. Cannot wait to have my heart torn out & spend my Saturday weeping uncontrollably ❤️ https://t.co/mOEjpLuPEW

Board Book, 2019

$8.99Member price:$4.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Corporate Rock Sucks: The Rise and Fall of Sst Records, Jim Ruland

Corporate Rock Sucks: The Rise and Fall of Sst Records

Jim Ruland
Dr Sabina StentDr Sabina Stent

Good to see ‘This Woman's Work: Essays on Music’ edited by @sineadgleeson & Kim Gordon, and @JimVermin’s ‘Corporate Rock Sucks: The Rise and Fall of SST Records’ on the list! https://t.co/OcHLFPE8IU

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Book Cover for: The Lost Weekend: The Complete Screenplay, Billy Wilder

The Lost Weekend: The Complete Screenplay

Billy Wilder
Dr Sabina StentDr Sabina Stent

My beloved @am_cinematheque is showing Billy Wilder’s The Lost Weekend on New Year’s Day. A perfect chaser to The Apartment on New Year’s Eve, I can’t think of a better, bleaker, way to usher in 2023. https://t.co/bFqLNniRdV https://t.co/PGVAk3IEJ7

Paperback, 2000

$28.95Member price:$28.95 + Free shipping0% off(Limited Discount Book)