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Martha Crawford 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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Book Cover for: Jesus and the Disinherited, Howard Thurman

Jesus and the Disinherited

Howard Thurman
Martha CrawfordMartha Crawford

Group Update: Study group is accepting member to read Jesus and the Disinherited, by Howard Thurman together - accepting new members until October 13th. https://t.co/RVrfLBfJgI

Paperback, 1996

$16.00Member price:$8.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Normal Heart, Larry Kramer

The Normal Heart

Larry Kramer
Martha CrawfordMartha Crawford

So, after I left college, I went to the Alley Theater where I was in the Young Company, and Larry Kramer came to visit and over see a production of The Normal Heart and scared the shit out of us all about what was to come. Those boys were still alive, neither tested positive yet.

Paperback, 2011

$15.95Member price:$7.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Love's Work, Gillian Rose

Love's Work

Gillian Rose
Martha CrawfordMartha Crawford

@gabrieldelaluz3 @pschofie79 Second Gillian Rose - I am particularly fond of Love's Work and Mourning Becomes the Law

Paperback, 2011

$16.95Member price:$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Consolations: The Solace, Nourishment and Underlying Meaning of Everyday Words, David Whyte

Consolations: The Solace, Nourishment and Underlying Meaning of Everyday Words

David Whyte
Martha CrawfordMartha Crawford

...an inescapable and often beautiful question, something or someone who has been with us all along, asking us always, to be ready for a last letting go." ‘HEARTBREAK’ CONSOLATIONS: The Solace, Nourishment and Underlying Meaning of Everyday Words. David Whyte

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Book Cover for: Leonard: My Fifty-Year Friendship with a Remarkable Man, William Shatner

Leonard: My Fifty-Year Friendship with a Remarkable Man

William Shatner
Martha CrawfordMartha Crawford

I have to watch total junk TV while doing my bookkeeping - and today William Shatner emoting and super moody while narrating UnXplained hit the spot. Nice nostalgic reference to In Search Of with Leonard Nimoy too.

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Book Cover for: Tales of the Hasidim, Martin Buber

Tales of the Hasidim

Martin Buber
Martha CrawfordMartha Crawford

What God really wants from you is not study or prayer but the sighs of your heart which is breaking because the travail of gaining a livelihood hinders you in the service of God. ~ Martin Buber, Tales of the Hasidim https://t.co/zmHBEaOOTP

Paperback, 1991

$29.00Member price:$14.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Plays: Pleasant And Unpleasant The First Volume Containing The Three Unpleasant Plays, George Bernard Shaw

Plays: Pleasant And Unpleasant The First Volume Containing The Three Unpleasant Plays

George Bernard Shaw
Martha CrawfordMartha Crawford

I had a dream last night of the head of the theater department at Occidental when I was there, Omar Paxton. I dreamed they were distributing custom sneakers that listed all of the George Bernard Shaw's plays that Omar had directed.

Paperback, 2014

$32.95Member price:$29.66 + Free shipping10% off
Book Cover for: Jungian Arts-Based Research and "The Nuclear Enchantment of New Mexico", Susan Rowland

Jungian Arts-Based Research and "The Nuclear Enchantment of New Mexico"

Susan Rowland
Martha CrawfordMartha Crawford

I'm attending a online colloquium on "Jungian Arts Based Research and the Nuclear Enchantment of New Mexico" with the Santa Fe Jungians today. I do my best to find fascinating ways to get my continuing ed credits.

Paperback, 2020

$45.99Member price:$43.69 + Free shipping5% off
Book Cover for: Plays: Pleasant and Unpleasant, Bernard Shaw

Plays: Pleasant and Unpleasant

Bernard Shaw
Martha CrawfordMartha Crawford

I had a dream last night of the head of the theater department at Occidental when I was there, Omar Paxton. I dreamed they were distributing custom sneakers that listed all of the George Bernard Shaw's plays that Omar had directed.

Paperback, 2022

$22.95Member price:$20.66 + Free shipping10% off
Book Cover for: These Wilds Beyond Our Fences: Letters to My Daughter on Humanity's Search for Home, Bayo Akomolafe

These Wilds Beyond Our Fences: Letters to My Daughter on Humanity's Search for Home

Bayo Akomolafe
Martha CrawfordMartha Crawford

@BayoAkomolafe (in his lovely book - These Wilds Beyond Our Fences - which I am deeply appreciating and highly recommend) talks about the sacred function of monsters and the monstrous within us, https://whatashrinkthinks.substack.com/p/bound-to-the-monstrous?r=15eppv&s=w&utm_campaign=post_selection&utm_medium=web

Paperback, 2017

$21.95Member price:$10.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book