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Laurie Abkemeier Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Literary Agent at DeFiore & Company | books, hiking, sandwiches, BLM | I consider *experience* experience. she/her. Portrait by @KatieVaz

22 books
Book Cover for: My Monticello: Fiction, Jocelyn Nicole Johnson

My Monticello: Fiction

Jocelyn Nicole Johnson
Laurie AbkemeierLaurie Abkemeier

RT @NYPLRecommends: @jocelynjohnson Congratulations! My Monticello: Fiction by Jocelyn Nicole Johnson is one of @NYPL's 2021 #BestBooks for…

Paperback, 2022

$16.99$8.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Gift: How the Creative Spirit Transforms the World, Lewis Hyde

The Gift: How the Creative Spirit Transforms the World

Lewis Hyde
Laurie AbkemeierLaurie Abkemeier

DIRECT "has shades of E.F. Schumacher’s Small Is Beautiful and Lewis Hyde’s The Gift, flavored with Christopher Mims’s Arriving Today—[@ProfKateJudge's] argument shines when her material is tied to immediate and growing economic trends." https://t.co/OlR1MN7cxO via @stratandbiz

Paperback, 2019

$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Neverland: A Fantasy Role-Playing Setting, Andrew Kolb

Neverland: A Fantasy Role-Playing Setting

Andrew Kolb
Laurie AbkemeierLaurie Abkemeier

"...a really phenomenal work of art." NEVERLAND by @kolbisneat DnD Fantasy Setting Review by Questing Beast https://t.co/wjXHM7XK6Y via @YouTube

Hardcover, 2020

$27.99$13.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: When Women Invented Television: The Untold Story of the Female Powerhouses Who Pioneered the Way We Watch Today, Jennifer Keishin Armstrong

When Women Invented Television: The Untold Story of the Female Powerhouses Who Pioneered the Way We Watch Today

Jennifer Keishin Armstrong
Laurie AbkemeierLaurie Abkemeier

Pre-order the book, register for the event, and celebrate the launch of WHEN WOMEN INVENTED TELEVISION by @jmkarmstrong https://t.co/DsvtQsjjmH

Hardcover, 2021

$27.99$13.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Revelations, Erik Hoel

The Revelations

Erik Hoel
Laurie AbkemeierLaurie Abkemeier

Congrats to THE REVELATIONS author @erikphoel and my wonderful colleague @adamschear! https://t.co/kyNqzD01Ub

Paperback, 2022

$16.00$8.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Arriving Today: From Factory to Front Door -- Why Everything Has Changed about How and What We Buy, Christopher Mims

Arriving Today: From Factory to Front Door -- Why Everything Has Changed about How and What We Buy

Christopher Mims
Laurie AbkemeierLaurie Abkemeier

DIRECT "has shades of E.F. Schumacher’s Small Is Beautiful and Lewis Hyde’s The Gift, flavored with Christopher Mims’s Arriving Today—[@ProfKateJudge's] argument shines when her material is tied to immediate and growing economic trends." https://t.co/OlR1MN7cxO via @stratandbiz

Hardcover, 2021

$29.99$14.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Small Is Beautiful: A Study of Economics as If People Mattered, Schumacher

Small Is Beautiful: A Study of Economics as If People Mattered

Schumacher
Laurie AbkemeierLaurie Abkemeier

DIRECT "has shades of E.F. Schumacher’s Small Is Beautiful and Lewis Hyde’s The Gift, flavored with Christopher Mims’s Arriving Today—[@ProfKateJudge's] argument shines when her material is tied to immediate and growing economic trends." https://t.co/OlR1MN7cxO via @stratandbiz

Paperback, 1993

$14.22$7.11 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Lakes: Their Birth, Life, and Death, John Richard Saylor

Lakes: Their Birth, Life, and Death

John Richard Saylor
Laurie AbkemeierLaurie Abkemeier

If you're planning to spend time near a lake this holiday weekend, listen to John Richard Saylor talk about LAKES: Their Birth, Life and Death on @WGVUPublicMedia https://t.co/MkoWisikqC

Hardcover, 2022

$27.95$13.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Grieving Brain: The Surprising Science of How We Learn from Love and Loss, Mary-Frances O'Connor

The Grieving Brain: The Surprising Science of How We Learn from Love and Loss

Mary-Frances O'Connor
Laurie AbkemeierLaurie Abkemeier

The Best Books on Grief to Comfort a Grieving Friend, via @OprahDaily "For those who want to understand what’s happening to them and why grief is so confounding, [THE GRIEVING BRAIN by @doctormfo] is a fascinating and comforting read." https://t.co/q4Cd5fQgNT

Hardcover, 2022

$28.99$14.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: A World Without Email: Reimagining Work in an Age of Communication Overload, Cal Newport

A World Without Email: Reimagining Work in an Age of Communication Overload

Cal Newport
Laurie AbkemeierLaurie Abkemeier

This interview is a great peek inside the life of Cal Newport, as well as a smart discussion of his new book, A WORLD WITHOUT EMAIL. https://t.co/8938zgEhut

Hardcover, 2021

$30.00$15.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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