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Harvey Freedenberg Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Harvey Freedenberg is a writer. Booklover/essayist/meditator & @UMichLaw alum. #GoBlue. 〽️I write for @BookPage, @Bookreporter, @ShelfAwareness, & @Kirkus & care about our democracy’s future.

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Book Cover for: Saving Time: Discovering a Life Beyond Productivity Culture, Jenny Odell

Saving Time: Discovering a Life Beyond Productivity Culture

Jenny Odell
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In ⁦@nytimes⁩, @liz_a_harris writes about ⁦@the_jennitaur⁩ and her new book, SAVING TIME: Discovering a Life Beyond the Clock. #time https://t.co/gCFa7Lb5vE

Paperback, 2024

$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Cloud Cuckoo Land, Anthony Doerr

Cloud Cuckoo Land

Anthony Doerr
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No. 2 on my list of Favorite Books of 2021 is Anthony Doerr’s CLOUD CUCKOO LAND. Here’s the link to my review from @Bookreporter: https://www.bookreporter.com/reviews/cloud-cuckoo-land

Paperback, 2022

$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Wellness, Nathan Hill

Wellness

Nathan Hill
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I just filed my review of Nathan Hill’s WELLNESS, coming in September. If you loved THE NIX, you will enjoy this one. It appears he’s one of those authors who will deliver a big (624 pages) book only so often, but in his case it’s well-worth the wait.

Hardcover, 2023

$30.00$15.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Beautiful World, Where Are You, Sally Rooney

Beautiful World, Where Are You

Sally Rooney
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From @Bookreporter my review of Sally Rooney’s new novel, BEAUTIFUL WORLD, WHERE ARE YOU: https://www.bookreporter.com/reviews/beautiful-world-where-are-you

Paperback, 2022

$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: World Within a Song: Music That Changed My Life and Life That Changed My Music, Jeff Tweedy

World Within a Song: Music That Changed My Life and Life That Changed My Music

Jeff Tweedy
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Tweedy is a smart, witty and empathetic writer. His unabashed joy in introducing readers to the music that delights him is infectious and will unleash a flood of associations and memories for anyone who shares that passion.

Hardcover, 2023

$26.00$13.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Nickel Boys (Winner 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction), Colson Whitehead

The Nickel Boys (Winner 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction)

Colson Whitehead
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And, finally, when it comes to the #Pulitzer Prize, I was lucky to review Colson Whitehead’s novel THE NICKEL BOYS, which won the Fiction prize. Here’s my review for @BookPage: https://t.co/hEdRgoTlla

Paperback, 2020

$16.00$8.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Ball in the Air: A Golfing Adventure, Michael Bamberger

The Ball in the Air: A Golfing Adventure

Michael Bamberger
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With my #golf season just beginning, I’m looking forward to reading Michael Bamberger’s new book, THE BALL IN THE AIR: A Golfing Adventure, coming on March 28 from @AvidReaderPress. Thanks @dkass for this advance copy. https://t.co/VpjpUmvUKC

Paperback, 2024

$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: This Other Eden, Paul Harding

This Other Eden

Paul Harding
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It’s been a decade since Pulitzer Prize winner Paul Harding’s last novel, but the beautiful THIS OTHER EDEN was worth the wait. Here’s my review from @Bookreporter: https://t.co/KaEvo9RU9R

Paperback, 2023

$17.99$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Liberation Day: Stories, George Saunders

Liberation Day: Stories

George Saunders
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No. 3 on my list of Favorite Books of 2022 is George Saunders’s LIBERATION DAY: Stories published by @RandomHouse. Here’s my review from @BookPage. And instead of waiting until next week to reveal Nos. 2 and 1, I’ll do that now. https://t.co/OaM9Qp7scc

Paperback, 2023

$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading, and Life, George Saunders

A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading, and Life

George Saunders
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No. 3 on my list of Favorite Books of 2021 is George Saunders’s, A SWIM IN A POND IN THE RAIN: In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on #Reading, #Writing, and Life. Here’s the link to my review from @Bookreporter: https://www.bookreporter.com/reviews/a-swim-in-a-pond-in-the-rain #shortstories

Paperback, 2022

$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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