Howard French 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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Author: Born in Blackness: Africa, Africans and the Making of the Modern World: 1471 to the Second World War. (Liveright: Oct. 2021) Columnist @ForeignPolicy
The Coming Anarchy: Shattering the Dreams of the Post Cold War
Robert D. KaplanHoward FrenchI am teaching this seminal piece in class this morning - few better examples of what can go wrong with Western coverage of Africa. "The Coming Anarchy," by Robert Kaplan. - The Atlantic https://t.co/ODMYytAVe8
Paperback, 2001
$20.00Member price:$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Easily Slip Into Another World: A Life in Music
Henry ThreadgillHoward FrenchReading Henry Threadgill's fantastic new memoir of a life in music.
Hardcover, 2023
$32.50Member price:$16.25 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity
David GraeberHoward FrenchThank you! I just finished reading the Dawn of Everything last night, and love the idea of reading it together with my Born in Blackness. In their own very different ways, both speak about the profound non-European roots of the Enlightenment. https://twitter.com/RChandran1/status/1465684753965887490
Paperback, 2023
$25.00Member price:$12.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Breasts and Eggs
Mieko KawakamiHoward French‘Breasts and Eggs’ Made Her a Feminist Icon. She Has Other Ambitions. https://t.co/7W7XX92XcA
Paperback, 2021
$18.95Member price:$9.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
How Africa Developed Europe: Deconstructing the His-story of Africa, Excavating Untold Truth and What Ought to Be Done and Known
Nkwazi MhangoHoward FrenchAn alternative subtitle suggested by @CBCAdrianH for my book, Born in Blackness, was How Africa Developed Europe. https://twitter.com/HishamAidi/status/1504841279766675467
Paperback, 2018
$46.20Member price:$41.58 + Free shipping10% off
Teaching to Transgress
Bell HooksHoward FrenchFor the curious, read Bell Hooks's great "Teaching to Transgress." https://t.co/1G1OBUR4Wy
Paperback, 1994
$49.99Member price:$25.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Invisible Man
Ralph EllisonHoward FrenchThe best-selling author and watch fan Gary Shteyngart retraces the authentication of ‘Invisible Man’ writer Ralph Ellison’s Omega Speedmaster, which comes to auction next month. https://t.co/9CtyFeF7jz via @WSJ
Hardcover, 1994
$26.00Member price:$13.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Dangerous Love
Ben OkriHoward FrenchA Novel of ‘Dangerous Love’ in a Country Racked by Civil War https://t.co/ywjJUa5AEC
Paperback, 2023
$18.99Member price:$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Born in Blackness: Africa, Africans, and the Making of the Modern World, 1471 to the Second World War
Howard W. FrenchHoward FrenchA podcast convo with the Last Negros at Harvard Podcast. "Born in Blackness: Africa, Africans, and the Making of the Modern World, 1471 to the Second World War" https://t.co/8xl3tqszGA
Paperback, 2022
$21.99Member price:$10.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Papyrus: The Invention of Books in the Ancient World
Irene VallejoHoward FrenchPapyrus by Irene Vallejo review – how books built the world https://t.co/ENQTfRGtAz
Hardcover, 2022
$35.00Member price:$17.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book