Jonathan Shipley 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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Reporter for the @WiStateJournal. Wisconsin Newspaper Assoc award winner. Pushcart Prize nominated essayist. Plays the trombone poorly.
Herman Melville - Israel Potter: "Friendship at first sight, like love at first sight, is said to be the only truth"
Herman MelvilleJonathan ShipleyFriendship at first sight, like love at first sight, is said to be the only truth. https://t.co/szH2gdQb2G
Paperback, 2018
$10.24Member price:$5.12 + Free shipping50% off your first book
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court: Original
Mark TwainJonathan Shipley@PublishingPush It's certainly not an original tip. It comes from a writer a handful of people might recognize... “The secret to getting ahead is getting started.” ― Mark Twain Write that first sentence. Add another. Keep going.
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The Road: Pulitzer Prize Winner
Cormac McCarthyJonathan ShipleyIt's one of my favorite books of all-time. It also happens to be the best book on parenting. #CormacMcCarthy's 'The Road' discussed by @KJezerMorton. https://t.co/pKACm8Cv7b
Paperback, 2007
$18.00Member price:$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Stones: Poems
Kevin YoungJonathan Shipley@KibugiTabby Don't Call Us Dead, by Danez Smith The Tradition, by Jericho Smith Stones, by Kevin Young
Paperback, 2024
$18.00Member price:$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Kenneth Patchen: Rebel Poet in America
Larry SmithJonathan ShipleyIt is the #WinterSolstice. My favorite poem about snow, written by #KennethPatchen, c/o @PoetryFound: https://t.co/epPtalB3py
Hardcover, 2013
$28.00Member price:$25.20 + Free shipping10% off
The Grapes of Wrath
John SteinbeckJonathan Shipley@smathewss John Steinbeck’s Salinas Valley (Grapes of Wrath, East of Eden, Of Mice and Men, etc)
Paperback, 2006
$19.00Member price:$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: Daventry Classics Annotated Edition
J. R. MeehlJonathan Shipley"I believe that dreams — day dreams, you know, with your eyes wide open and your brain machinery whizzing — are likely to lead to the betterment of the world." On this day, in 1900, L. Frank Baum's 'The Wonderful Wizard of Oz' was first published. https://t.co/L6ZGW6lNfY
Paperback, 2013
$9.89Member price:$4.95 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Cloud Cuckoo Land
Anthony DoerrJonathan Shipley"A text - a book - is a resting place for the memories of people who have lived before. A way for the memory to stay fixed after the soul has traveled on." - Anthony Doerr, Cloud Cuckoo Land.
Paperback, 2022
$20.00Member price:$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Forever...
Judy BlumeJonathan Shipley"Let children read whatever they want and then talk about it with them. If parents and kids can talk together, we won't have as much censorship because we won't have as much fear." - Judy Blume Idaho's @Nampa131schools is banning books FOREVER. Awful. https://t.co/p5wtGrKyuu
Paperback, 2024
$12.99Member price:$6.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: A Fantasy - Modern fairy tale
L Frank BaumJonathan Shipley"I believe that dreams — day dreams, you know, with your eyes wide open and your brain machinery whizzing — are likely to lead to the betterment of the world." On this day, in 1900, L. Frank Baum's 'The Wonderful Wizard of Oz' was first published. https://t.co/L6ZGW6lNfY
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