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The Overstory
Richard Powerskottke.orgBewilderment is Richard Powers' first book since his Pulitzer-winning The Overstory. "At its heart lies the question: How can we tell our children the truth about this beautiful, imperiled planet?" https://bookshop.org/a/2966/9780393881141
Paperback, 2019
$18.95$9.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
America Redux: Visual Stories from Our Dynamic History
Ariel Aberg-Rigerkottke.orgFrom visual storyteller Ariel Aberg-Riger, a new book called America Redux: Visual Stories from Our Dynamic History that's gotten great reviews from Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, and Booklist. https://t.co/Ic98J93OkJ
Hardcover, 2023
$24.99$12.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
No Reservations: Around the World on an Empty Stomach
Anthony Bourdainkottke.orgBourdain's World Map, a collection of all the places (restaurants, shops, hotels) that Anthony Bourdain went when filming Parts Unknown and No Reservations. https://t.co/hIsMIGx42w
Hardcover, 2007
$35.00$17.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions
Abbott Edwin Abbottkottke.orgMAR1D, a 1-dimensional version of Super Mario Bros., aka you see the in-game action as Mario would see it, flattened into a single dimension. Sort of a video game version of Edwin Abbott's Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions. https://t.co/rj583uzT49
Paperback, 2017
$7.38$3.69 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Saving Time: Discovering a Life Beyond Productivity Culture
Jenny Odellkottke.orgJenny Odell, author of How to Do Nothing, is coming out with a new book called Saving Time. "Our daily experience, dominated by the corporate clock, is destroying us. It wasn't built for people, it was built for profit." https://t.co/CYx166C6oM
Paperback, 2024
$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
Timothy Snyderkottke.orgAn illustrated edition of Timothy Snyder's bestselling book about authoritarianism, On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century, designed & illustrated by Nora Krug. https://t.co/8UtODv3AwS
Paperback, 2017
$12.00$6.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More
Roald Dahlkottke.orgWes Anderson will adapt Roald Dahl's short story collection The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More for Netflix (the company bought Dahl's entire catalog last year). https://t.co/WVViiuxwRm
Hardcover, 2000
$22.45$11.23 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Beautiful World, Where Are You
Sally Rooneykottke.orgSally Rooney's Beautiful World, Where Are You is out today! But boo, I don't have time to get started on it until later in the week. https://t.co/Vw7rzqTuvC
Paperback, 2022
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Calvin and Hobbes
Bill Wattersonkottke.orgBill Watterson (of Calvin and Hobbes fame) has a new book coming out, a collaboration with caricaturists John Kascht called The Mysteries. "In a fable for grown-ups...a long-ago kingdom is afflicted with unexplainable calamities." https://t.co/JEdXUMjzw2
Paperback, 1987
$16.99$8.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Quentin Tarantinokottke.orgA short video essay from Kirby Ferguson about how Quentin Tarantino's movies have shifted from remixing film history to remixing real history. https://kottke.org/22/02/tarantinos-fan-fiction-once-upon-a-time-in-hollywood
Paperback, Mass Market, 2021
$9.99$4.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book