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George Grella Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Book Cover for: The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne

The Scarlet Letter

Nathaniel Hawthorne
George GrellaGeorge Grella

NY Times: "In today's cancel culture, Nathaniel Hawthorne could never have written 'The Scarlet Letter'" "Oh wait"

Paperback, 1994

$6.00Member price:$3.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Lee Hall Plays: 1: Cooking with Elvis/Bollocks/Spoonface Steinberg/I Love You, Jimmy Spud/Wittgenstein on Tyne/Genie/Two's Company/Children of the Rai, Lee Hall

Lee Hall Plays: 1: Cooking with Elvis/Bollocks/Spoonface Steinberg/I Love You, Jimmy Spud/Wittgenstein on Tyne/Genie/Two's Company/Children of the Rai

Lee Hall
George GrellaGeorge Grella

Filing five reviews today: 1. NY Phil at Carnegie Hall concert 2. Lee Morgan box set CDs 3. Music of Tim Berne 4. Borderlands Trio CD 5. Acoustic ambient doom-metal You really should hire me

Paperback, 2002

$29.95Member price:$14.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Termination Shock, Neal Stephenson

Termination Shock

Neal Stephenson
George GrellaGeorge Grella

1/3 of the way through Termination Shock and what happens to Neal Stephenson? Or did I just get older?

Paperback, 2022

$23.99Member price:$11.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Scarlet Letter: (Annotated Edition), Nathaniel Hawthorne

The Scarlet Letter: (Annotated Edition)

Nathaniel Hawthorne
George GrellaGeorge Grella

NY Times: "In today's cancel culture, Nathaniel Hawthorne could never have written 'The Scarlet Letter'" "Oh wait"

Out of stock

Book Cover for: Deeper Thoughts: All New, All Crispy, Jack Handey

Deeper Thoughts: All New, All Crispy

Jack Handey
George GrellaGeorge Grella

Deep Thoughts by Jack Handey https://t.co/tnb58xm2Ku

Paperback, 1993

$18.99Member price:$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Le Nozze Di Figaro: The Marriage Of Figaro, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Le Nozze Di Figaro: The Marriage Of Figaro

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
George GrellaGeorge Grella

One of the most enjoyable things I’ve seen at ⁦@MetOpera⁩: “Met’s first-rate cast provides warmth and delight in Mozart’s ‘Le nozze di Figaro’” https://t.co/QCFlt8AGLX

Paperback, 2022

$15.95Member price:$14.35 + Free shipping10% off
Book Cover for: The Beatings Will Continue Until Morale Improves: Boss, Coworker or Manager Gift Idea, Toptrue Press

The Beatings Will Continue Until Morale Improves: Boss, Coworker or Manager Gift Idea

Toptrue Press
George GrellaGeorge Grella

"The beatings will continue until morale improves" https://t.co/mxsWnus703

Paperback, 2018

$6.24Member price:$3.12 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: La forza del destino: Vocal Score, Giuseppe Verdi

La forza del destino: Vocal Score

Giuseppe Verdi
George GrellaGeorge Grella

Psyched about La Forza del Destino, was walking around the other day and thinking I have not seen a production of this since I lived in San Francisco, and it's one of Verdi's best https://t.co/s88cWZTaEV

Paperback, 2016

$16.95Member price:$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Assassins, Stephen Sondheim

Assassins

Stephen Sondheim
George GrellaGeorge Grella

Stephen Sondheim made "Assassins," which is a hell of a lot more daring and transgressive then most stuff that is made with that intention, and you can show it to tourists. That's something.

Paperback, 1993

$17.95Member price:$8.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Class: Joyride, Patrick Ness

Class: Joyride

Patrick Ness
George GrellaGeorge Grella

Eric Adams view of his beloved working class is they should shut up, keep working, and leave the class part to a guy who goes to nightclubs to party with credit cards from predatory banks https://t.co/vOPGcCfRY9

Hardcover, 2017

$17.99Member price:$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book