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James Neal Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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MLS @I_UMD | BA @Morehouse | Civil Servant: Urban explorer | Access/Equity - Libraries - Technology (Views are my own) ... @james3neal.bsky.social ...

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Book Cover for: The Sun Also Rises, Ernest Hemingway

The Sun Also Rises

Ernest Hemingway
James NealJames Neal

TIL: @penguinrandom Signet Classic Mass Market Paperback edition of Hemingway's "The Sun Also Rises" features an intro by @Maria_Hinojosa ... https://twitter.com/Maria_Hinojosa/status/1486084269596364802 https://t.co/CCTC5ljjlk

Paperback, 2022

$12.00Member price:$6.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Proving Ground: The Untold Story of the Six Women Who Programmed the World's First Modern Computer, Kathy Kleiman

Proving Ground: The Untold Story of the Six Women Who Programmed the World's First Modern Computer

Kathy Kleiman
James NealJames Neal

"Proving Ground---The Untold Story of the Six Women Who Programmed the World's First Modern Computer" @GrandCentralPub via @PublishersWkly https://t.co/AEsSoeAG4t https://t.co/5ZoPr7cZ2j

Paperback, 2023

$19.99Member price:$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Crane Wife: A Memoir in Essays, Cj Hauser

The Crane Wife: A Memoir in Essays

Cj Hauser
James NealJames Neal

She's a fascinating writer. I remember her work from 2019 in @parisreview ... "The Crane Wife by CJ Hauser review – frank and funny essays on doomed romances" https://t.co/C8L0UPHgZ0

Paperback, 2023

$17.00Member price:$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Making Mexican Chicago: From Postwar Settlement to the Age of Gentrification, Mike Amezcua

Making Mexican Chicago: From Postwar Settlement to the Age of Gentrification

Mike Amezcua
James NealJames Neal

Read an Excerpt from “Making Mexican Chicago” by Mike Amezcua @DrMikeAmezcua @UChicagoPress https://t.co/zsvCctb33n

Paperback, 2023

$25.00Member price:$25.00 + Free shipping0% off(Limited Discount Book)
Book Cover for: Plum Bun: A Novel Without a Moral, Jessie Redmon Fauset

Plum Bun: A Novel Without a Moral

Jessie Redmon Fauset
James NealJames Neal

Recently made available in a new edition via @BeaconPressBks: "Plum Bun---A Novel Without a Moral" by Jessie Redmon Fauset | Foreword: @MorganJerkins | Afterword: @dem8z https://t.co/paJPDiwAIo https://t.co/9NAocn445S

Hardcover, 2025

$24.99Member price:$22.49 + Free shipping10% off
Book Cover for: The Essential June Jordan, June Jordan

The Essential June Jordan

June Jordan
James NealJames Neal

'Culture | Certain Unidentified Roses" --- two poems excerpted from The Essential June Jordan, by June Jordan, edited by Jan Heller Levi and Cristoph Keller. Copyright © June Jordan 2021. Reprinted with permission @CopperCanyonPrs via @bookforum https://www.bookforum.com/culture/june-jordan-24467

Paperback, 2021

$18.00Member price:$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Where Futures Converge: Kendall Square and the Making of a Global Innovation Hub, Robert Buderi

Where Futures Converge: Kendall Square and the Making of a Global Innovation Hub

Robert Buderi
James NealJames Neal

I lived in this neighborhood for a few years ... New book via @mitpress: "Where Futures Converge---Kendall Square and the Making of a Global Innovation Hub" https://t.co/C9JSxD3lh3 https://t.co/oafcMeXXAR https://t.co/4kG2NLhxju

Hardcover, 2022

$34.95Member price:$17.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: A Primer for Teaching Digital History: Ten Design Principles, Jennifer Guiliano

A Primer for Teaching Digital History: Ten Design Principles

Jennifer Guiliano
James NealJames Neal

Today I was reminded of this forthcoming book by @jenguiliano being published by @DukePress in May 2022. "A Primer for Teaching Digital History---Ten Design Principles" https://dukeupress.edu/a-primer-for-teaching-digital-history https://t.co/KHI7ufZbK4

Hardcover, 2022

$102.95Member price:$97.80 + Free shipping5% off
Book Cover for: Harlem Shuffle, Colson Whitehead

Harlem Shuffle

Colson Whitehead
James NealJames Neal

"Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead review – a delicious heist novel" @colsonwhitehead #HarlemShuffle https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/sep/23/harlem-shuffle-by-colson-whitehead-review-a-delicious-heist-novel

Paperback, 2022

$18.00Member price:$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Music Is History, Questlove

Music Is History

Questlove
James NealJames Neal

RT @nprfreshair: .@questlove talks about the soundtrack of his life, beginning in 1971. His new book is 'Music is History.' Hear his picks…

Paperback, 2022

$18.99Member price:$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book