KPBS News Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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The Half Known Life: In Search of Paradise
Pico IyerKPBS NewsA mesmerizing collection of essays that vividly recalls sojourns to mostly contentious yet fabled realms, Pico Iyer's "The Half Known Life" upends the conventional travel genre by offering a paradoxical investigation of paradise. https://t.co/36QpZCjsTu
Hardcover, 2023
$26.00Member price:$13.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
House Made of Dawn
N. Scott MomadayKPBS News#ICYMI on KPBS Midday Edition: N. Scott Momaday's s 1968 novel, “House Made of Dawn,” made him the first Indigenous author to win a Pulitzer Prize — which led to a breakthrough in mainstream recognition for Native American literature. https://t.co/rKQisNXWZ3
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I Keep My Exoskeletons to Myself
Marisa CraneKPBS News"I Keep My Exoskeletons to Myself" is San Diego-based writer Marisa Crane's debut novel. It's set in a world where so-called wrongdoers are assigned an extra shadow. https://t.co/X04WtUOsOZ
Paperback, 2024
$17.95Member price:$8.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Pinocchio
Carlo CollodiKPBS NewsThe young heroes of Carlo Collodi's classic fantasy Pinocchio and Roald Dahl's 1988 children's novel Matilda may not seem too alike at first. But in their own ways, they're both about a child's extraordinary power to change the world. https://t.co/utRHK2Cslx
Paperback, 2011
$8.99Member price:$4.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
My Side of the Mountain
Jean Craighead GeorgeKPBS NewsMonte Markley read "My Side of the Mountain" as a kid and was captivated by the story of a boy and his falcon. He's now a master falconer, training his latest bird on the grasslands of Kansas. https://t.co/7ZSrE8tovX
Paperback, 2001
$8.99Member price:$4.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Little Book of Joy
Dalai LamaKPBS NewsArtist and muralist Rafael López is the illustrator for "The Little Book of Joy" by His Holiness the Dalai Lama and the late Archbishop Desmond Tutu. The book published Sept. 27, 2022. https://t.co/nqxF8wlP7I
Hardcover, 2022
$18.99Member price:$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Notebooks
Leonardo Da VinciKPBS News"The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci" opens at The Globe and explores the mind of one of the world's greatest thinkers. @cinebeth speaks with playwright Mary Zimmerman. https://t.co/34y1HmYpVP
Paperback, 2008
$12.95Member price:$6.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Why We Did It: A Travelogue from the Republican Road to Hell
Tim MillerKPBS NewsRepublicans backed Donald Trump in 2016, changing the identity of the party. Republican strategist Tim Miller ( @Timodc) explores this shift in his book "Why We Did It: A Travelogue On The Republican Road To Hell." https://t.co/jnejTv2NIN
Hardcover, 2022
$26.99Member price:$13.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us
Ed YongKPBS NewsIn his new book, An Immense World, science writer Ed Yong explores the diversity of perception in the animal world — including echolocation, magnetic fields and ultraviolet vision. https://t.co/cEOo3dsEzN
Paperback, 2023
$20.00Member price:$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Fatty Fatty Boom Boom: A Memoir of Food, Fat, and Family
Rabia ChaudryKPBS NewsAtypical of inspirational weight-loss books, Fatty Fatty Boom Boom by Rabia Chaudry — an advocate of Serial podcast subject Adnan Syed — is a love letter to the author's native cuisine. https://t.co/yi6ObMdsEX
Paperback, 2023
$19.99Member price:$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book