Hannah Bowman 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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Lit agent ("without her more characters would have lived"). Prison abolitionist @Xians4Abolition. Theologian. @hannahnpbowman@spore.social. She/her
Babel: Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution
R. F. KuangHannah Bowman@erin_zoutendam Obviously I am not disinterested here, but you’d probably like R.F. Kuang’s BABEL.
Paperback, 2023
$20.00Member price:$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Thinking Like Your Editor: How to Write Great Serious Nonfiction and Get It Published
Susan RabinerHannah Bowman@rgay Thinking Like Your Editor by Susan Rabiner is very helpful!
Hardcover, 2010
$45.00Member price:$22.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Book of Common Prayer: Pocket Edition
The Episcopal ChurchHannah Bowman@MAdryaelTong But really I’m a radical Eucharist person, which is how I ended up in the Episcopal Church. These days I call myself Anglo-Catholic because my spirituality is Eucharist/confession/Daily Office (prayer from the Book of Common Prayer) but I am also hesitant about the A-C aesthetic
Paperback, 2016
$12.99Member price:$6.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
A Paradise Built in Hell: The Extraordinary Communities That Arise in Disaster
Rebecca SolnitHannah Bowman@sdrp_ Also Rebecca Solnit's A PARADISE BUILT IN HELL (which I started but haven't finished yet)
Paperback, 2010
$18.00Member price:$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
On Repentance and Repair: Making Amends in an Unapologetic World
Danya RuttenbergHannah Bowman@franklogue I just read Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg’s new book ON REPENTANCE AND REPAIR, which is a really lovely look at repentance (from the Jewish perspective but broadly applicable!).
Hardcover, 2022
$25.95Member price:$12.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Light from Uncommon Stars
Ryka AokiHannah BowmanOn @LVikkiml’s recommendation I just read LIGHT FROM UNCOMMON STARS. What a surprising and delightful book!
Paperback, 2022
$18.99Member price:$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Violence: Reflections on a National Epidemic
James GilliganHannah Bowman@DavidKaib This makes me think of James Gilligan’s wonderful book (which attributes violence to shame, which can be related to structural despair I think). https://t.co/Ug7vGvMpfx
Paperback, 1997
$20.00Member price:$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Emperor's Blades: Chronicle of the Unhewn Throne, Book I
Brian StaveleyHannah Bowman@sinden I might recommend The Emperor’s Blades by Brian Staveley if you want epic. Or, if you like the French Revolution and William Wilberforce, A Declaration of the Rights of Magicians by H.G. Parry. (Or any of my other clients! But these two spring to mind as maybe to your taste.)
Paperback, 2014
$26.99Member price:$13.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
A Radical Act of Free Magic
H. G. ParryHannah BowmanRT @thenerdaily: In 'A Radical Act of Free Magic', Parry once again brilliantly blends together intense political intrigue with magic. @hg_…
Paperback, 2022
$19.99Member price:$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Knowing Christ Crucified: The Witness of African American Religious Experience
M. Shawn CopleandHannah Bowman@drnikiasrobert I'm reading Shawn Copeland's Knowing Christ Crucified right now and it is SO SO good.
Paperback, 2018
$26.00Member price:$13.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book