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Lin Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.

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Book Cover for: The White Stag, Kate Seredy

The White Stag

Kate Seredy
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I just finished reading The White Stag, the 1938 Newberry Award winner by Kate Seredy. It's about the mythological roots of Hungary and Attila the Hun. The illustrations are stunning, and the writing is haunting. The story is brutal. Strange experience.

Paperback, 1979

$7.99Member price:$3.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Silver, Sword, and Stone: Three Crucibles in the Latin American Story, Marie Arana

Silver, Sword, and Stone: Three Crucibles in the Latin American Story

Marie Arana
LinLin

Silver, Sword, and Stone by Marie Arana is rearranging my worldview. Bravo, Ms. Arana!

Paperback, 2020

$22.00Member price:$11.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Wuthering Heights, Emily Bronte

Wuthering Heights

Emily Bronte
LinLin

Rather than getting off Twitter, I'll share some quotes for a while. Here's one: 📷 “Proud people breed sad sorrows for themselves.” Emily Bronte. I love Wuthering Heights. I don't know why exactly,

Paperback, 2017

$14.56Member price:$7.28 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants, Robin Wall Kimmerer

Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants

Robin Wall Kimmerer
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"How can we distinguish between that which is given by the earth and that which is not?" --Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass

Paperback, 2015

$22.00Member price:$11.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind, Yuval Noah Harari

Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

Yuval Noah Harari
LinLin

@ghostriders2006 Noah Yuval Harari...I enjoyed Sapiens.

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Book Cover for: Little Women, Louisa M. Alcott

Little Women

Louisa M. Alcott
LinLin

@DesignPop3 I'm a nonfiction fanatic. However, my favorite book of all time is still Little Women by Louisa May Alcott.

Hardcover, 2019

$25.00Member price:$12.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa, Adam Hochschild

King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa

Adam Hochschild
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Today I will begin reading King Leopold's Ghost by Adam Hochschild.

Paperback, 2020

$19.99Member price:$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Little Women, Louisa Alcott May

Little Women

Louisa Alcott May
LinLin

@DesignPop3 I'm a nonfiction fanatic. However, my favorite book of all time is still Little Women by Louisa May Alcott.

Paperback, 2021

$28.99Member price:$26.09 + Free shipping10% off
Book Cover for: Life is a Miracle: An Essay Against Modern Superstition, Wendell Berry

Life is a Miracle: An Essay Against Modern Superstition

Wendell Berry
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@JeffG1975 I just finished Life is a Miracle by Wendell Berry. I loved that one. Are you a fan of his?

Paperback, 2001

$15.95Member price:$7.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Twentieth Century: A People's History, Howard Zinn

The Twentieth Century: A People's History

Howard Zinn
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I'm reading A People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn for the first time. I know this is a controversial book. Unless many of his facts were pulled out of thin air, I don't see what's controversial.

Paperback, 2003

$19.99Member price:$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book