In These Times 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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On the Line: Two Women's Epic Fight to Build a Union
Daisy Pitkin
A Q&A with organizer @daisypitkin about her new book "On the Line: A Story of Class, Solidarity, and Two Women’s Epic Fight to Build a Union" and on building worker power through resilience. https://t.co/AHhB1qtztK via @paigehtml
Paperback, 2023
$16.99$8.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Child Catchers: Rescue, Trafficking, and the New Gospel of Adoption
Kathryn Joyce
We’re thrilled to announce Kathryn Joyce as our new Investigative Editor! A former reporter at @salon & @typeinvestigate, and editor @PRAEyesRight, Kathryn is author of The Child Catchers & Quiverfull. Learn more about Kathryn & follow her: @kathrynajoyce https://t.co/LgOseRLGU4 https://t.co/sptUGa1LGK
Hardcover, 2013
$39.00$19.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The life and letters of Captain John Brown: 1859
John Brown
On this day in 1859, abolitionist John Brown was executed for his attempt to incite an armed slave revolt. https://t.co/CtosU8gQC6
Paperback, 2019
$44.50$22.25 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Abolish Ice
Natascha Elena Uhlmann
We’re thrilled to announce Natascha Elena Uhlmann as our new Audience Engagement Editor! Naty brings years of experience in strategic communications on progressive campaigns. Her writing has been featured in The Guardian, Truthout and Teen Vogue. She is the author of Abolish ICE. https://t.co/YajhcLNUGR
Paperback, 2019
$16.95$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Maus: A Survivor's Tale Part I: My Father Bleeds History (Maus #01)
Art Spiegelman
"Speaking truth to power has never been about tailoring one’s message to core demographics, and Spiegelman uses his bully pulpit to lay bare the personal stories of people caught in the brutal wave of history and hatred"—On Art Spiegelman & Maus, from 2004 https://t.co/zeRwG5jY2G
Hardcover, 1986
$36.00$18.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Red Valkyries: Feminist Lessons from Five Revolutionary Women
Kristen Ghodsee
In her new book "Red Valkyries," historian Kristen Ghodsee interrogates the false promise of liberal feminism. https://inthesetimes.com/article/kristen-ghodsee-on-socialist-feminism-girl-boss-abortion-roe-v-waderussia via @wanna_bri
Hardcover, 2022
$24.95$12.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Quiverfull: Inside the Christian Patriarchy Movement
Kathryn Joyce
We’re thrilled to announce Kathryn Joyce as our new Investigative Editor! A former reporter at @salon & @typeinvestigate, and editor @PRAEyesRight, Kathryn is author of The Child Catchers & Quiverfull. Learn more about Kathryn & follow her: @kathrynajoyce https://t.co/LgOseRLGU4 https://t.co/sptUGa1LGK
Paperback, 2010
$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Why Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism: And Other Arguments for Economic Independence
Kristen R. Ghodsee
I’m beginning to think that capitalism is bad, actually. https://t.co/QIqP3S9023
Paperback, 2020
$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Atomic Days: The Untold Story of the Most Toxic Place in America
Joshua Frank
Join @joshua__frank, author of Atomic Days, and In These Times authors @IndigoOlivier and Frida Berrigan for a discussion of nuclear power & the military industrial complex. In collaboration with @haymarketbooks Tuesday, January 24th at 6:00 pm ET https://t.co/9PATYTlLZs
Paperback, 2022
$19.95$9.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Central Places
Delia Cai
“Some people have told me, ‘You must be so happy, you achieved your dreams,’ and I am, but there’s a ceiling to that and now what I’m craving is the joy you get from existing and being with people.” @delia_cai interviewed by @bokchoy_baobei https://t.co/Zr9wwdxjME
Paperback, 2023
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book