How To Academy Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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Marie Kondo's Kurashi at Home: How to Organize Your Space and Achieve Your Ideal Life
Marie Kondo
Marie Kondo – Live on Stage in London | Kurashi at Home: How to Organize Your Space and Achieve Your Ideal Life Don't miss @MarieKondo in conversation with @hannahmacin. 14th Nov | 7:15pm | Live & Livestreamed Find tickets at https://t.co/K5vRAeO8a7. @panmacmillan @konmari_co https://t.co/nCVM0HcBxG
Hardcover, 2022
$28.00$14.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Liberation Day: Stories
George Saunders
In this week's podcast episode, Booker Prize-winner George Saunders delves into his new collection of short stories, "Liberation Day", and brings us on a thought-provoking and warm journey into the heart of the human condition. Listen now on https://t.co/VLlENSToWF. https://t.co/nmBIIyiHNx
Paperback, 2023
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Greek Myths: A New Retelling
Charlotte Higgins
The award-winning author and @guardianculture writer Charlotte Higgins joins Hannah MacInnes to put the women back at the centre of Greek myths. @chiggi @hannahmacin @vintagebooks https://t.co/5IeNNLlbga
Hardcover, 2022
$27.00$13.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Testaments
Margaret Atwood
Fane Online presents the legendary novelist and essayist for an evening of reflections and insight inspired by her Booker Prize winning speculative masterpiece, The Testaments. @MargaretAtwood @FaneProductions https://t.co/U6DARjwpqp
Paperback, 2020
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Shadowlands: A Journey Through Britain's Lost Cities and Vanished Villages
Matthew Green
On this week's podcast, from Old Winchelsea to Skara Brae, Matthew Green transports us to Britain’s shadowlands – the once thriving towns and cities that are now lost to time and memory. @drmatthewgreen Listen at https://t.co/CbXIqdqoxL or wherever you get your podcasts. https://t.co/SGwBH8JQnh
Paperback, 2023
$18.95$9.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Overstory
Richard Powers
‘It’s urgent and profound and takes readers on a unique journey that will leave them questioning what we’re doing to the only planet we have.’ @Independent Richard Powers joins us in-person TONGITH to discuss his new book, Bewilderment. @HutchHeinemann https://howtoacademy.com/events/richard-powers-author-of-the-overstory-live-on-stage-in-london/
Paperback, 2019
$18.95$9.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Ultra-Processed People: The Science Behind Food That Isn't Food
Chris Van Tulleken
@OperationOuch's @DoctorChrisVT joined @robinince this week to explore the crisis of ultra-processed foods and why the problem isn’t you, it’s the food. If you missed their conversation, you can catch it on How To Plus. Dr Chris's new book, #UltraProcessedPeople is out now! https://t.co/NljKjOkPfU
Hardcover, 2023
$30.00$15.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Tenth of December: Stories
George Saunders
In this week's podcast episode, Booker Prize-winner George Saunders delves into his new collection of short stories, "Liberation Day", and brings us on a thought-provoking and warm journey into the heart of the human condition. Listen now on https://t.co/VLlENSToWF. https://t.co/nmBIIyiHNx
Paperback, 2014
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Ballad of Dorothy Wordsworth: A Life
Frances Wilson
How to Write a Life Story Led by acclaimed biographer Frances Wilson, this four-week course will help you find your voice and shape your narrative. (Now available as a gift!) First session: Fri, 13th January 2023 | Premium Online Tickets: https://t.co/HPAJeTacMy. https://t.co/nQLAEawL9X
Paperback, 2016
$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Culture: The Story of Us, from Cave Art to K-Pop
Martin Puchner
How does culture make us human? @Harvard Professor Martin Puchner @martin_puchner takes us on a journey from Greece to Ashoka’s India, Tang dynasty China, the Islamic Golden Age and beyond. Mon, 27 Feb | 6:30 pm | Online Tickets at https://t.co/CnXLd6Spyx. @bonnierbooks_uk https://t.co/AYk7WmnhbR
Paperback, 2024
$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book