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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

$16.99Member price:$8.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Experimenting with Babies: 50 Amazing Science Projects You Can Perform on Your Kid, Shaun Gallagher

Experimenting with Babies: 50 Amazing Science Projects You Can Perform on Your Kid

Shaun Gallagher
Laurie AbkemeierLaurie Abkemeier

EXPERIMENTING WITH BABIES by @shaun_gallagher is the @OprahDaily pick for Best Book Gift for new moms! "New moms spend a lot of their time with their bundle of joy (because, duh). This book will make that cutie pie even more fun." https://t.co/TZdfcjqjZk

Paperback, 2013

$19.00Member price:$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Brave the Wild River: The Untold Story of Two Women Who Mapped the Botany of the Grand Canyon, Melissa L. Sevigny

Brave the Wild River: The Untold Story of Two Women Who Mapped the Botany of the Grand Canyon

Melissa L. Sevigny
Laurie AbkemeierLaurie Abkemeier

5 Raves for BRAVE THE WILD RIVER by @MelissaSevigny!--> What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week https://t.co/nXZtMJRcQA via @lithub

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Book Cover for: My Life in Plants: Flowers I've Loved, Herbs I've Grown, and Houseplants I've Killed on the Way to Finding Myself, Katie Vaz

My Life in Plants: Flowers I've Loved, Herbs I've Grown, and Houseplants I've Killed on the Way to Finding Myself

Katie Vaz
Laurie AbkemeierLaurie Abkemeier

I was inspired to get better at houseplants by @katievaz and her book MY LIFE IN PLANTS. And today my first bloom on the very persnickety gardenia arrived! This makes me ridiculously happy! https://t.co/R9wDaIe3eQ

Hardcover, 2020

$14.99Member price:$7.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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

$16.00Member price:$8.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Brave the Wild River: The Untold Story of Two Women Who Mapped the Botany of the Grand Canyon, Melissa L. Sevigny

Brave the Wild River: The Untold Story of Two Women Who Mapped the Botany of the Grand Canyon

Melissa L. Sevigny
Laurie AbkemeierLaurie Abkemeier

9 new books the NYT recommends, including BRAVE THE WILD RIVER by @MelissaSevigny (Woot!) https://t.co/meCla2MdCz

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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

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Book Cover for: On the Trail of the Jackalope: How a Legend Captured the World's Imagination and Helped Us Cure Cancer, Michael P. Branch

On the Trail of the Jackalope: How a Legend Captured the World's Imagination and Helped Us Cure Cancer

Michael P. Branch
Laurie AbkemeierLaurie Abkemeier

Today only! ON THE TRAIL OF THE JACKALOPE by Michael P. Branch is a $1.99 ebook. "A marvelous romp in two stellar literary genres: American tall tales and the history of medicine."--@rebeccacoffey in @Forbes https://t.co/FBFkDzapd0

Paperback, 2023

$18.95Member price:$9.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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

Paperback, 2023

$17.99Member price:$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Kind of a Big Deal: How Anchorman Stayed Classy and Became the Most Iconic Comedy of the Twenty-First Century, Saul Austerlitz

Kind of a Big Deal: How Anchorman Stayed Classy and Became the Most Iconic Comedy of the Twenty-First Century

Saul Austerlitz
Laurie AbkemeierLaurie Abkemeier

For your consideration: 70 summer books, including @saulausterlitz's KIND OF A BIG DEAL, recommended by critics and writers at The Boston Globe. https://t.co/QU2Jt1gfoN via @BostonGlobe

Hardcover, 2023

$29.00Member price:$14.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book