LSE Events 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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The Connections World
Simon Commander
The LSE Review of Books has shared a review of The Connections World: The Future of Asian Capitalism. We hosted a discussion with authors @SimonJCommander and @saul_estrin, who advise major changes must be made to policy and behaviour in the region. https://t.co/LCptL5iUhi https://t.co/s80y0dIgUM
Hardcover, 2023
$99.99$74.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book(max discount $25)
Highly Discriminating: Why the City Isn't Fair and Diversity Doesn't Work
Louise Ashley
🔜 One week to go! 🏙 @drlouiseashley, author of “Highly Discriminating: Why the City isn’t Fair and Why Diversity Doesn’t Work”, examines how the City of London reproduces inequality. #LSESociology @LSEsociology 📅 Tuesday 22 November https://t.co/CG2zvMJ0oE
Paperback, 2022
$34.95$17.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Global Discord: Values and Power in a Fractured World Order
Paul Tucker
💡 Join Paul Tucker, author of “Global Discord: Values and Power”, John Bew, @SJRickard, Peter Wilson and @PjThinker in discussing how democracies can deal with illiberal states without sacrificing their deepest political values. @LSEEcon #LSEUKEconomy https://t.co/bzbVhrXopJ
Paperback, 2024
$27.95$13.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Viral Justice: How We Grow the World We Want
Ruha Benjamin
TODAY! #LSEUSViralJustice 📖 @ptrubowitz joins @ruha9 to discuss her latest book, Viral Justice, which describes how structural change towards a more just and joyful world can start with small changes to ones everyday life. @LSE_US 🖥 Join us online! https://t.co/SBA7iHSuaY
Paperback, 2024
$19.95$9.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Threatening Dystopias
Kasia Paprocki
Wonderful to have LSE's @KasiaPaprocki on stage this afternoon in conversation with @alpashah001 @liquidperson & @azeiderman about her new book "Threatening Dystopias: The Global Politics of Climate Change Adaptation in Bangladesh." Thanks to everyone for joining us! https://t.co/0Gd5bFOGh6
Paperback, 2021
$30.95$15.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Lessons from the Edge: A Memoir
Marie Yovanovitch
🔴 We are LIVE for tonight’s @LSE_US event! Former US ambassador to Ukraine 🇺🇦 Marie Yovanovitch discusses her new memoir, Lessons from the Edge. #LSEUSYovanovitch https://t.co/gydOCeIAvB
Paperback, 2023
$21.99$10.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Black Ghost of Empire: The Long Death of Slavery and the Failure of Emancipation
Kris Manjapra
🔜 One week to go! #LSEIII @histresist will discuss the implications of his book "Black Ghost of Empire" – an investigation into the long shadow of slavery and its flawed end – for climate justice, with Hazel V Carby and @alpashah001. @LSEInequalities https://t.co/tGiOoBWtaa
Paperback, 2023
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Follow the Money: How Much Does Britain Cost?
Paul Johnson
Delighted to be joined by Paul Johnson from @TheIFS who is discussing his new book "Follow the Money", which looks at what happened after the financial crisis of 2008-09 and the austerity years that followed. #LSEUKEconomy @LSEGovernment @LSEPublicPolicy https://t.co/Y8sAJnAiIY
Hardcover, 2023
$34.99$17.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Patriarchs: The Origins of Inequality
Angela Saini
TODAY! #LSEWollstonecraft 📚 Join Angela Saini for a discussion on the roots of gendered oppression and her highly anticipated book The Patriarchs with @BeeRowlatt. https://t.co/WbdPRJkbxp
Hardcover, 2023
$26.95$13.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Social Media and Hate
Shakuntala Banaji
🔴 We are underway for tonight’s @MediaLSE event. Shakuntala Banaji and Ram Bhat discuss their new book, Social Media and Hate. #LSEMedia https://t.co/fnA55DAF0X
Hardcover, 2021
$66.99$41.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book(max discount $25)