Ellen Comisar 🇺🇦 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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Writer/editor (aka Ellen C. Lesser), news junkie, reformed journalist, avid reader. Into family, friends & faith. Frequently overextended
The Copenhagen Trilogy: Childhood; Youth; Dependency
Tove DitlevsenEllen Comisar 🇺🇦@AuthorLMurphy Reading "A Single Swallow" by Zhang Ling (what an unfortunate title!) and listening to "The Copenhagen Trilogy" by Tove Ditlevsen, which is absolutely stunning.
Paperback, 2022
$20.00Member price:$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Atomic Anna
Rachel BarenbaumEllen Comisar 🇺🇦Great essay by @rbarenbaum, who applies her Big Question to the fictional scientists whose time machine is an essential element in her sophomore novel, "Atomic Anna." https://twitter.com/BookPRGirl/status/1531721623669284866
Paperback, 2023
$18.99Member price:$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors
Piers Paul ReadEllen Comisar 🇺🇦Before there was a 1993 Ethan Hawke vehicle about the survivors of the plane that crashed in the Andes, there was a well-received 1974 book, "Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors" by Piers Paul Read. (I read it as a teenager.)
Hardcover, 2002
$26.55Member price:$13.27 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Newsroom Confidential: Lessons (and Worries) from an Ink-Stained Life
Margaret SullivanEllen Comisar 🇺🇦Just finished @Sulliview's "Newsroom Confidential," which speaks truth to power (I'm looking at you, @realBobWoodward), highlights her own ascent to prominent @TheBuffaloNews, @nytimes & @washingtonpost positions, & reminds me how much I miss her voice as the NYT's public editor
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Agriculture: Spiritual Foundations for the Renewal of Agriculture (Cw 327)
Rudolf SteinerEllen Comisar 🇺🇦According to @MerriamWebster, @nytimes included this definition in a 2016 article: "a philosophy developed by Rudolf Steiner that takes a holistic approach to mental health, education and agriculture."
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Big Swiss
Jen BeaginEllen Comisar 🇺🇦I'm guessing that @nytimesbooks editors who signed off on the following may find things a whole lot less titillating on Monday a.m. https://t.co/ukug8S7uWp
Paperback, 2023
$18.00Member price:$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Circa
Devi S. LaskarEllen Comisar 🇺🇦Love seeing @devislaskar's debut novel, "The Atlas of Reds and Blues," on this list. Devi's 2nd novel, "Circa," is out now: linear narrative and equally excellent https://twitter.com/BookRiot/status/1527378593470263298
Paperback, 2023
$18.99Member price:$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Notes on an Execution
Danya KukafkaEllen Comisar 🇺🇦I am SO EXCITED that @danyakukafka's 2d novel, "Notes on an Execution," has been nominated for a 2023 Edgar Award. It's always nice to see an alum of @JCCRJBF's fiction panel make a big splash after a Rochester appearance!
Paperback, 2023
$18.99Member price:$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Breaking History: A White House Memoir
Jared KushnerEllen Comisar 🇺🇦Great review despite its implication that Jared, an Orthodox Jew, eats treyf: "a cocky young real estate heir who happened to unwrap a lot of Big Macs beside his father-in-law" Jared Kushner’s ‘Breaking History’ Is a Soulless and Very Selective Memoir https://t.co/k71MsFcWbn
Paperback, 2023
$24.99Member price:$12.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Demon Copperhead
Barbara KingsolverEllen Comisar 🇺🇦@goodreads Audio: "We Are the Light" by Matthew Quick (on the recommendation of @RealMarkCecil of @AMIGHTYBLAZE) Purchased hardcover: "Demon Copperhead" by Barbara Kingsolver
Paperback, 2024
$21.99Member price:$10.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book