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L.A. Times Books Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Book Cover for: Breathing Fire: Female Inmate Firefighters on the Front Lines of California's Wildfires, Jaime Lowe

Breathing Fire: Female Inmate Firefighters on the Front Lines of California's Wildfires

Jaime Lowe
L.A. Times BooksL.A. Times Books

Journalist and author Jaime Lowe discusses “Breathing Fire: Female Inmate Firefighters on the Front Lines of California’s Wildfires” with Times columnist Erika D. Smith. Tune in to join this live-streaming L.A. Times Book Club conversation. https://t.co/Z2iu7zk0ja

Paperback, 2022

$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Ripe, Sarah Rose Etter

Ripe

Sarah Rose Etter
L.A. Times BooksL.A. Times Books

How Silicon Valley, Sylvia Plath and a killer work ethic inspired a novel like no other https://t.co/EmYxAHSVs0

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Book Cover for: The Very Hungry Caterpillar, Eric Carle

The Very Hungry Caterpillar

Eric Carle
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Remembering "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" author Eric Carle 🐛 https://t.co/lt2RXelBK3

Board Book, 1994

$10.99$5.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Quentin Tarantino

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

Quentin Tarantino
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Quentin Tarantino flips with the script with 'Once Upon a Time in Hollywood' novel https://t.co/9mpmJjMN6N

Paperback, Mass Market, 2021

$9.99$4.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Pageboy: A Memoir, Elliot Page

Pageboy: A Memoir

Elliot Page
L.A. Times BooksL.A. Times Books

Video: Watch Elliot Page discuss 'Pageboy' at the L.A. Times Book Club https://t.co/qAboxcw3u7

Paperback, 2024

$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Friends Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing, Matthew Perry

Friends Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing

Matthew Perry
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Matthew Perry not only regrets insulting Keanu Reeves in his new book — he’s pulling Reeves’ name out of future editions of “Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing,” Perry’s memoir of his long struggle with substance abuse and addiction. https://t.co/ThPjeAFmYI

Hardcover, Large Print, 2022

$36.99$18.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Read Dangerously: The Subversive Power of Literature in Troubled Times, Azar Nafisi

Read Dangerously: The Subversive Power of Literature in Troubled Times

Azar Nafisi
L.A. Times BooksL.A. Times Books

These books kill tyrants: Azar Nafisi on Putin and how to 'Read Dangerously' https://t.co/A3qQWkfJZq

Hardcover, 2022

$26.99$13.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Our Missing Hearts: Reese's Book Club, Celeste Ng

Our Missing Hearts: Reese's Book Club

Celeste Ng
L.A. Times BooksL.A. Times Books

Why Celeste Ng calls her new novel, 'Our Missing Hearts,' 'scarily real' https://t.co/4UVgBB6oix

Paperback, 2023

$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Didn't We Almost Have It All: In Defense of Whitney Houston, Gerrick Kennedy

Didn't We Almost Have It All: In Defense of Whitney Houston

Gerrick Kennedy
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'In Defense of Whitney Houston': How author Gerrick D. Kennedy reframes the diva story https://t.co/aJuay2nyQF

Paperback, 2023

$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, Gabrielle Zevin

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow

Gabrielle Zevin
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Gabrielle Zevin’s “Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow” is very popular, so of course she needed to stop by the Los Angeles Times photo and video studio at @latimesfob to answer some very important questions. https://t.co/m77dbHNpMy

Paperback, 2024

$19.00$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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