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Kenneth C. Davis Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Books include Great Short Books, Don't Know Much About® History and other DKMA titles, In the Shadow of Liberty, More Deadly Than War, Strongman

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Book Cover for: A Clockwork Orange, Anthony Burgess

A Clockwork Orange

Anthony Burgess
Kenneth C. DavisKenneth C. Davis

25 Feb 1917 Born #OTD Anthony Burgess #writer "A Clockwork Orange" (1962) “I first heard the expression ‘as queer as a clockwork orange’ in a London pub before the Second World War.” Among the 58 writers in #GreatShortBooks https://t.co/qq3NHVthTT via @ScribnerBooks Art©Sam Kerr https://t.co/E1enEQj4Kr

Paperback, 2019

$15.95$7.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: July's People, Nadine Gordimer

July's People

Nadine Gordimer
Kenneth C. DavisKenneth C. Davis

"You like to have some cup of tea?" (July's People) 20 NOV 1923 Born #OTD in So. Africa Nadine Gordimer, awarded 1991 @NobelPrize She is one of 58 #writers in Great Short Books: A Year of Reading-Briefly via @ScribnerBooks 11/22 https://t.co/VjvudYSPEr (Art©Sam Kerr) #books https://t.co/RPnQAbxLiW

Paperback, 1982

$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Red Harvest, Dashiell Hammett

Red Harvest

Dashiell Hammett
Kenneth C. DavisKenneth C. Davis

Born 27 May 1894 #OTD: Dashiell Hammett-brilliant novelist (Maltese Falcon, Red Harvest,etc.), #WWI and #WWII vet, 1918 flu survivor, jailed for his politics, victim of #bookbanning Read: “When Robin Hood Was Blacklisted” https://t.co/yiRcRV0ay5 #sschat #FReadom

Paperback, 1989

$16.00$8.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: All Quiet On The Western Front, Erich Maria Remarque

All Quiet On The Western Front

Erich Maria Remarque
Kenneth C. DavisKenneth C. Davis

22 June 1898 Born #OTD Erich Maria Remarque, German author of #WWI classic "All Quiet on the Western Front." The Nazis burned his work in May 1933. "Where they burn books, they will also ultimately burn people." Read "Why Books Matter" https://t.co/d5qoPLOnfn #sschat #FReadom https://t.co/xvRg72RthP

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Book Cover for: Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit, Jeanette Winterson

Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit

Jeanette Winterson
Kenneth C. DavisKenneth C. Davis

27 August 1959 Born #OTD writer Jeanette Winterson "My father liked to watch the wrestling, my mother liked to wresle." --Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit (1985), one of 58 #GreatShortBooks https://t.co/qLtL4DUcod (Nov 22) via @ScribnerBooks #books #bookclub #writers https://t.co/szndjdQqof

Paperback, 1997

$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Frankenstein, Mary Shelley

Frankenstein

Mary Shelley
Kenneth C. DavisKenneth C. Davis

1 FEB an auspicious literary date: Born #OTD -1797 Mary W. Shelley (Frankenstein) -1902 Langston Hughes -1918 Muriel Spark Spark is among the 58 writers in #GreatShortBooks https://t.co/Ns3AVTYTzF via @ScribnerBooks #Read #Books https://t.co/0hqzuz9VEC

Paperback, 2017

$12.87$6.43 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Uncle Tom's Children: Novellas, Richard Wright

Uncle Tom's Children: Novellas

Richard Wright
Kenneth C. DavisKenneth C. Davis

4 Sept 1908 Born #OTD near Natchez, Miss, Richard Wright. A novella from "Uncle Tom's Children" (1938) is among 58 #GreatShortBooks https://t.co/qLtL4EbNMN His "Black Boy" is among frequently banned/challenged books #sschat #FReadom Art © Sam Kerr via @ScribnerBooks Nov 22 https://t.co/zDuMM7SK83

Paperback, 2023

$17.99$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Mornings on Horseback: The Story of an Extraordinary Family, a Vanished Way of Life and the Unique Child Who Became Theodore Roosevelt, David McCullough

Mornings on Horseback: The Story of an Extraordinary Family, a Vanished Way of Life and the Unique Child Who Became Theodore Roosevelt

David McCullough
Kenneth C. DavisKenneth C. Davis

RIP-what a collection of extraordinary achievements. "Mornings on Horseback" "Path Between the Seas" among my favorites #sschat David McCullough, Best-Selling Explorer of America’s Past, Dies at 89 https://t.co/7S0j2MR3b8

Paperback, 1982

$21.00$10.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Hiroshima, John Hersey

Hiroshima

John Hersey
Kenneth C. DavisKenneth C. Davis

6 August 1945 #OTD "...the soldiers were coming out of the hole, where they should have been safe, and blood was running from their heads, chests, and backs. They were silent and dazed.” -John Hersey, "Hiroshima" (1946) #sschat #WWII https://t.co/PtBlnRDh51 https://t.co/bv26FjScFT

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Book Cover for: The Conformist, Alberto Moravia

The Conformist

Alberto Moravia
Kenneth C. DavisKenneth C. Davis

26 Sept 1990 died #OTD Alberto Moravia (The Conformist, Two Women) During WWII, his books were banned by Fascists and the Vatican. With wife, writer Elsa Morante, he hid on Capri where he wrote "Agostino" -among 58 #GreatShortBooks https://t.co/hb0tets0Sx (Image Public domain) https://t.co/mse4UVbqQE

Paperback, 1999

$25.00$12.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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