LIVE from NYPL Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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The Last Million: Europe's Displaced Persons from World War to Cold War
David Nasaw
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
We the Women: The Unstoppable Mothers of the Equal Rights Amendment
Julie C. Suk
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
Cleopatra: A Life
Stacy Schiff
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
Funeral Diva
Pamela Sneed
"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
Dark Mirror: Edward Snowden and the American Surveillance State
Barton Gellman
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
Memorial: A GMA Book Club Pick (a Novel)
Bryan Washington
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
Wandering in Strange Lands
Morgan Jerkins
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
The Virgin Suicides
Jeffrey Eugenides
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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Never Alone: Prison, Politics, and My People
Natan Sharansky
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
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents
Isabel Wilkerson
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