No Comps 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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Justice of the Pies: Sweet and Savory Pies, Quiches, and Tarts Plus Inspirational Stories from Exceptional People: A Baking Book

Maya-Camille Broussard

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A Pie Shop on Chicago’s South Side Serves More Than Dessert With her first brick-and-mortar bakery, Justice of the Pies, the pastry chef Maya-Camille Broussard focuses on creativity — and inclusivity for people with disabilities https://t.co/AN9BU3N0uC https://t.co/v38Lx9wTtP

Hardcover, 2022

$30.00$15.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book

Bitter

Akwaeke Emezi

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Shelf Life: Akwaeke Emezi The National Book Award finalist and author of Dear Senthuran and Bitter takes our literary survey. https://t.co/qb5zKmLoQL

Paperback, 2023

$12.99$6.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book

South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation

Imani Perry

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The Atlantic contributing writer @imaniperry has won the National Book Award for nonfiction for her book "South to America." https://t.co/9pKfv0smBY

Paperback, 2023

$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book

Parable of the Sower

Octavia E. Butler

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An opera based on an Octavia Butler novel has been decades in the making '"Parables of the Sower," developed by Toshi Reagon and her mother, Bernice Johnson Reagon, heads to Lincoln Center this week.' https://t.co/0CyyUwFVNl

Paperback, 2019

$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book

Agent Josephine: American Beauty, French Hero, British Spy

Damien Lewis

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'In “Agent Josephine,” Damien Lewis makes the case that the legendary cabaret star was a daring World War II-era spy.' https://t.co/jde0DfEstP

Paperback, 2023

$21.99$10.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book

Libertie

Kaitlyn Greenidge

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'Code Switch talks with author Kaitlyn Greenidge about her new historical novel, Libertie, which tells the story of a daughter pushing back against her mother's expectations of what her life should look like.' https://t.co/GNESqkWuWp https://t.co/XuYuSrpHNc

Paperback, 2022

$16.95$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book

City of Quartz: Excavating the Future in Los Angeles

Mike Davis

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“City of Quartz” wasn’t just read, however. It was devoured. Mike Davis, ‘City of Quartz’ author who chronicled the forces that shaped L.A., dies https://t.co/jlcapZL4BT

Paperback, 2018

$21.95$10.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book

Out of Darkness

Ashley Hope Pérez

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Ashley Hope Pérez: 'Young people have a right' to stories that help them learn https://t.co/4HOjJY4AQL

Paperback, 2019

$12.99$6.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book

Band of Gold

Mark Bego

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Freda Payne performing "Band of Gold" on #SoulTrain https://t.co/2UBymkmkth

Paperback, 2021

$21.99$10.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book

The White Wall: How Big Finance Bankrupts Black America

Emily Flitter

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'Emily Flitter joins @TheTakeaway to talk about her new book, The White Wall: How Big Finance Bankrupts Black America, which includes a look into systemic racism within the American financial industry and practices keeping the racial wealth gap in place.' https://t.co/7b5xqcJj4O https://t.co/8Z2jUJbPM6

Paperback, 2024

$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book