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Liz Landau 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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Elizabeth Landau is a journalist and science communicator. By day @NASA & freelance writer for @NYTimes @WIRED @UndarkMag @HakaiMagazine +more. Views mine. Formerly check marked. https://t.co/cdsgFOADRk. M: @liz@astrodon.social

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Book Cover for: Gravity Assist, Martha Silano

Gravity Assist

Martha Silano
Liz LandauLiz Landau

It was an honor getting to produce this episode of #GravityAssist about my remarkable NASA colleague Dana Bolles. This is her story: https://t.co/UVJdWcWMwZ

Paperback, 2019

$16.00Member price:$8.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: How Beautiful We Were, Imbolo Mbue

How Beautiful We Were

Imbolo Mbue
Liz LandauLiz Landau

Have now read both novels by Imbolo Mbue -- "Behold the Dreamers" and "How Beautiful We Were" -- am blown away by her writing. Once I started I couldn't put either of these books down. They are each devastating in their own way and the kind of stories that stay with you.

Paperback, 2022

$18.00Member price:$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Mother Brain: How Neuroscience Is Rewriting the Story of Parenthood, Chelsea Conaboy

Mother Brain: How Neuroscience Is Rewriting the Story of Parenthood

Chelsea Conaboy
Liz LandauLiz Landau

Motherhood changes the brain in profound ways you would not expect 🧠 Non-birthing parents are changed, too! My latest for @undarkmag reviewing the fascinating book “Mother Brain” by @cconaboy https://t.co/Ae8EZSGoLx

Paperback, 2023

$19.99Member price:$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Transcendent Kingdom: A Read with Jenna Pick, Yaa Gyasi

Transcendent Kingdom: A Read with Jenna Pick

Yaa Gyasi
Liz LandauLiz Landau

Great to see my favorite books published in 2020 on other people's lists of best books of 2020. They are, in alphabetical order, "A Burning" by @MeghaMaj "The End of Everything" by @AstroKatie "Transcendent Kingdom" by Yaa Gyasi "Why Fish Don't Exist" by @lmillernpr

Paperback, 2021

$16.00Member price:$8.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: A Burning: A Read with Jenna Pick, Megha Majumdar

A Burning: A Read with Jenna Pick

Megha Majumdar
Liz LandauLiz Landau

Great to see my favorite books published in 2020 on other people's lists of best books of 2020. They are, in alphabetical order, "A Burning" by @MeghaMaj "The End of Everything" by @AstroKatie "Transcendent Kingdom" by Yaa Gyasi "Why Fish Don't Exist" by @lmillernpr

Paperback, 2021

$18.00Member price:$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Projections: A Story of Human Emotions, Karl Deisseroth

Projections: A Story of Human Emotions

Karl Deisseroth
Liz LandauLiz Landau

Two new books explore the cold science of the brain and the hot mess of the mind. My latest for @undarkmag Books: "Projections" by @KarlDeisseroth and "Sense of Self" by Veronica O'Keane https://t.co/gsWAUNxqCk

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Book Cover for: The End of Everything: (Astrophysically Speaking), Katie Mack

The End of Everything: (Astrophysically Speaking)

Katie Mack
Liz LandauLiz Landau

Great to see my favorite books published in 2020 on other people's lists of best books of 2020. They are, in alphabetical order, "A Burning" by @MeghaMaj "The End of Everything" by @AstroKatie "Transcendent Kingdom" by Yaa Gyasi "Why Fish Don't Exist" by @lmillernpr

Paperback, 2021

$18.99Member price:$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book