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Harvard Library Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Book Cover for: Hand Talk, Jeffrey E. Davis

Hand Talk

Jeffrey E. Davis
Harvard LibraryHarvard Library

Healing the Soul Wound:Trauma-Informed Counseling for Indigenous Communities, Eduardo Duran (Tiospaye Ta Woapiye Wicasa) Hand Talk:Sign Language Among American Indian Nations, Jeffery E. Davis Native Space:Geographic Strategies to Unsettle Settler Colonialism, Natchee Blu Barnd

Paperback, 2010

$52.00Member price:$49.40 + Free shipping5% off
Book Cover for: Nature Poem, Tommy Pico

Nature Poem

Tommy Pico
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POETRY Nature Poem by Tommy Pico Living Nations, Living Words: An Anthology of First Peoples Poetry, edited by Joy Harjo Eyes Bottle Dark With a Mouthful of Flowers by Jake Skeets It Was Never going to Be Okay by Jaye Simpson

Paperback, 2017

$16.95Member price:$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Moby Dick, Herman Melville

Moby Dick

Herman Melville
Harvard LibraryHarvard Library

Harvard’s @HoughtonLib is home to the personal archive of Moby Dick author Herman Melville. In honor of his birthday, check out these samples from the archive, including Melville’s own manuscript for his final book, Billy Budd. 📸 @HoughtonLib https://t.co/jDmC4KLmoL

Paperback, 2011

$20.00Member price:$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Healing the Soul Wound: Trauma-Informed Counseling for Indigenous Communities, Eduardo Duran

Healing the Soul Wound: Trauma-Informed Counseling for Indigenous Communities

Eduardo Duran
Harvard LibraryHarvard Library

Healing the Soul Wound:Trauma-Informed Counseling for Indigenous Communities, Eduardo Duran (Tiospaye Ta Woapiye Wicasa) Hand Talk:Sign Language Among American Indian Nations, Jeffery E. Davis Native Space:Geographic Strategies to Unsettle Settler Colonialism, Natchee Blu Barnd

Paperback, 2019

$36.95Member price:$36.95 + Free shipping0% off(Limited Discount Book)
Book Cover for: Alice in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll

Alice in Wonderland

Lewis Carroll
Harvard LibraryHarvard Library

Happy birthday to Lewis Carroll, born #OTD in 1832. Dive into one of his most famous works with this virtual exhibit about Alice in Wonderland from @houghtonlib: https://t.co/HPtux3XZRB https://t.co/RgDergtPil

Paperback, 2010

$19.95Member price:$9.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: A Raisin in the Sun, Lorraine Hansberry

A Raisin in the Sun

Lorraine Hansberry
Harvard LibraryHarvard Library

#HBD to Lorraine Hansberry, the author of “A Raisin in the Sun,” which was the first production written by a Black woman to appear on Broadway. Pictured is actor Sidney Poitier portraying Walter Lee Younger in the original production, which opened in 1959. 📸 Fine Arts Library https://t.co/WND51gy38E

Paperback, Mass Market, 2004

$8.95Member price:$4.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Ulysses, James Joyce

Ulysses

James Joyce
Harvard LibraryHarvard Library

Happy birthday to James Joyce, born #OTD in 1882! @HoughtonLib holds early proofs of his most famous work, Ulysses — with Joyce’s own edits. The Harvard Gazette wrote about the proofs several years ago – learn more: https://t.co/U7comy0Zci

Paperback, 1990

$19.00Member price:$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Alice: The Classic Victorian Play for Children: Adapted from "Alice in Wonderland" by Lewis Carroll, Lewis Carroll

Alice: The Classic Victorian Play for Children: Adapted from "Alice in Wonderland" by Lewis Carroll

Lewis Carroll
Harvard LibraryHarvard Library

Happy birthday to Lewis Carroll, born #OTD in 1832. Dive into one of his most famous works with this virtual exhibit about Alice in Wonderland from @houghtonlib: https://t.co/HPtux3XZRB https://t.co/RgDergtPil

Paperback, 2015

$8.95Member price:$4.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Memorial Ride, Stephen Graham Jones

Memorial Ride

Stephen Graham Jones
Harvard LibraryHarvard Library

COMICS & ZINES Dakwäkãda Warriors by Cole Pauls Deer Woman, an Anthology, edited by Elizabeth LaPensée and Weshoyot Alvitre Memorial Ride by Stephen Graham Jones and Maria Wolf Come Home, Indio: A Memoir by Jim Terry

Paperback, 2021

$24.95Member price:$12.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Correspondence: Official Letters Between Washington and Brig. Gen. William Irvine, Consul Willshire Butterfield

Correspondence: Official Letters Between Washington and Brig. Gen. William Irvine

Consul Willshire Butterfield
Harvard LibraryHarvard Library

On George Washington’s birthday, explore the thousands of Washington-era records in our ‘Worlds of Change’ collection from colonial North America. You can view his personal correspondence, cabinet papers, and more from America’s first president at https://t.co/JpvwyqiBzj

Paperback, 2019

$42.90Member price:$21.45 + Free shipping50% off your first book