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Book Cover for: The Last Million: Europe's Displaced Persons from World War to Cold War, David Nasaw

The Last Million: Europe's Displaced Persons from World War to Cold War

David Nasaw
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Join us tonight, 12/15, as David Nasaw as he discusses his newest book, "The Last Million," and the largely hidden story of postwar displacement and statelessness. Nasaw speaks with Atina Grossmann, Professor of History at The Cooper Union https://t.co/0dnIIbbsCk

Paperback, 2021

$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: We the Women: The Unstoppable Mothers of the Equal Rights Amendment, Julie C. Suk

We the Women: The Unstoppable Mothers of the Equal Rights Amendment

Julie C. Suk
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Join us on 9/15 when @LIVEfromNYPL welcomes @JulieCSuk to discuss her new book, "We the Women: The Unstoppable Mothers of the Equal Rights Amendment." Register for this free event and hear Suk chart the winding path the ERA has traveled! https://t.co/EmM8xutyXG

Paperback, 2022

$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Cleopatra: A Life, Stacy Schiff

Cleopatra: A Life

Stacy Schiff
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Join us online tonight, 5/21, at 8 PM EDT as Pulitzer Prize-winning author Stacy Schiff discusses her biography of Cleopatra with fashion mentor @TimGunn. Register to join us! https://t.co/2ithqrRKiS #LIVEfromNYPL https://t.co/3cac9iNUjy

Paperback, 2011

$21.99$10.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Funeral Diva, Pamela Sneed

Funeral Diva

Pamela Sneed
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"As Black queer people, we had to approach direct action in an entirely different way. So we wrote, we danced, we sang. That history needs to be included," says Pamela Sneed. Look for her new book, Funeral Diva, from @CityLightsBooks later this year!

Paperback, 2020

$16.95$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Dark Mirror: Edward Snowden and the American Surveillance State, Barton Gellman

Dark Mirror: Edward Snowden and the American Surveillance State

Barton Gellman
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If you couldn't join us for @bartongellman's conversation with @emilybell about his new book, Dark Mirror: Edward Snowden and the American Surveillance State, catch up with our recording. https://t.co/kXv43AaeEi https://t.co/HzHhys4ybu

Paperback, 2021

$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Memorial: A GMA Book Club Pick (a Novel), Bryan Washington

Memorial: A GMA Book Club Pick (a Novel)

Bryan Washington
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Register now for #LIVEfromNYPL on 12/2 when Bryan Washington (@brywashing) discusses his new novel "Memorial" and the complications of love and family with @NewYorker writer Vinson Cunningham (@vcunningham). https://t.co/rzWTHhleyv

Paperback, 2021

$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Wandering in Strange Lands, Morgan Jerkins

Wandering in Strange Lands

Morgan Jerkins
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On Aug. 25th, @MorganJerkins and @ReeAmilcarScott join #LIVEfromNYPL to discuss history, memory, fiction, and Jerkins’s new book, 'Wandering in Strange Lands.' Register here: https://on.nypl.org/34gp7qX

Paperback, 2021

$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Virgin Suicides, Jeffrey Eugenides

The Virgin Suicides

Jeffrey Eugenides
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What's @getnicced's favorite book? "Easy! The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides." She tells readers that you can connect with someone who's wildly different than you, just by reading the right book. #LoveReading #LIVEfromNYPL

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Book Cover for: Never Alone: Prison, Politics, and My People, Natan Sharansky

Never Alone: Prison, Politics, and My People

Natan Sharansky
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Join us for #LIVEfromNYPL on Sept. 10th, when Natan Sharansky, in conversation with David Remnick, discusses his new memoir, "Never Alone: Prison, Politics, and My People." Register for this free event here: https://on.nypl.org/3m6WX8E https://t.co/apqnYF1HL2

Paperback, 2023

$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents, Isabel Wilkerson

Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents

Isabel Wilkerson
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Tonight, Aug. 5: @IsabelWilkerson discusses her new book 'Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents' - just chosen as the next @oprahsbookclub read - examining the unspoken social, racial and economic systems in the U.S. Register for this free online event: https://on.nypl.org/39YLTVb

Paperback, 2023

$21.00$10.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book