James B 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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Baudolino
Umberto EcoJames B@LalehKhalili I've been fascinated by the Pester John myth and its history and impact for ages. Umberto Eco's treatment of the story in Baudolino is fun.
Paperback, 2003
$28.99$14.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Hydriotaphia
Thomas BrowneJames BReading Hydriotaphia in bed last night made me realise that I would love to hear an @exitthelemming reading of Thomas Browne. https://t.co/1Mp82zcrZY
Paperback, 2011
$16.24$8.12 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Plague
Jacqueline RoseJames BI've long admired Jacqueline Rose's brilliant mind: anything she writes jumps straight to the top of the pile. I'm delighted to be talking with her about her new @FitzcarraldoEds book, The Plague, at the @LRBbookshop this June. Please do come join us. https://t.co/rcV2qcarRj
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Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes
Tony KushnerJames B@chalkpithouse It's from HBO's miniseries adaptation of Tony Kushner's Angels in America. It's very much worth finding!
Paperback, 2013
$19.95$9.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Ted Hughes Bestiary
Ted HughesJames B@tubbsOreally Yes I do actually prefer them to be confined to shooting things and going for a Big Vroom Vroom in the Fun Car. Charles's friendship with Ted Hughes hard to imagine in any of the rest of them. (cf Hughes's laureate poems as ‘New Selected Spells by the Royal Witch Doctor’ etc)
Paperback, 2016
$19.00$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Broken Middle: Out of Our Ancient Society
Gillian RoseJames BAuerbach's 'Mimesis' and Gillian Rose 'Mourning Becomes the Law'. The former made me believe literary study could be the pinnacle of the humanities and was why I chose to read English at university. The latter – along with The Broken Middle – cemented a political turn... https://t.co/R6AR39CwBI
Paperback, 1992
$60.95$35.95 + Free shipping50% off your first book(max discount $25)
The Plague: Living Death in Our Times
Jacqueline RoseJames BI've long admired Jacqueline Rose's brilliant mind: anything she writes jumps straight to the top of the pile. I'm delighted to be talking with her about her new @FitzcarraldoEds book, The Plague, at the @LRBbookshop this June. Please do come join us. https://t.co/rcV2qcarRj
Hardcover, 2023
$27.00$13.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Empty Space: A Book about the Theatre: Deadly, Holy, Rough, Immediate
Peter BrookJames BSad to hear of the death of Peter Brook. I think The Empty Space ought to be mandatory reading for anyone even half-interested in theatre. It's one of the most *vital* books about artistic practice ever written. Here on skill & the task of the critic: https://t.co/9xMM7GFkSF
Paperback, 1995
$16.99$8.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Capitalism: A Conversation in Critical Theory
Nancy FraserJames BNancy Fraser's intuition that 'capitalism is something larger than an economy' leads her to some extremely interesting and important territory. The parallel between pillage of care and ecology is especially instructive. https://t.co/H1PXmCnV0I https://t.co/fNwnrr8jNw
Hardcover, 2018
$69.95$44.95 + Free shipping50% off your first book(max discount $25)
Invisible Heart: Economics and Family Values
Nancy FolbreJames BThe unequal gendered division of care – women carry out 60% more unpaid care work according to the ONS – is reflected in the bibliography of care writing. It's no accident that the three books discussed here are by women – so much of the critical work is. Invisible Heart, indeed. https://t.co/HgMvbGcctD
Paperback, 2002
$20.95$10.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book