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Melissa Braunstein Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Full-time wife & mother of 4, part-time writer, red fish in a blue sea. Find my writing in @dcexaminer @thedispatch @famstudies and elsewhere on the Interwebs.

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Book Cover for: The Berenstain Bears and Too Much Vacation, Stan Berenstain

The Berenstain Bears and Too Much Vacation

Stan Berenstain
Melissa BraunsteinMelissa Braunstein

@katie_a_baker This is like The Berenstain Bears and Too Much Vacation.

Paperback, 1989

$5.99Member price:$2.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Coming Apart: The State of White America, 1960-2010, Charles Murray

Coming Apart: The State of White America, 1960-2010

Charles Murray
Melissa BraunsteinMelissa Braunstein

This is Charles Murray's big message in _Coming Apart_, that Americans at the top of the socio-economic scale (who still marry at very high rates before becoming parents) need to preach what they practice. https://t.co/nXst9pe4dq

Paperback, 2013

$20.00Member price:$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Hate: The Rising Tide of Anti-Semitism in France (and What It Means for Us), Marc Weitzmann

Hate: The Rising Tide of Anti-Semitism in France (and What It Means for Us)

Marc Weitzmann
Melissa BraunsteinMelissa Braunstein

Having recently read Marc Weitzmann's _Hate_ about 21st century antisemitism in France, it's striking to see the Charlie Hebdo attack -- which was a big deal in that context -- also described as a turning point for speech in the US. https://t.co/4J5Or72SpD

Hardcover, 2019

$26.00Member price:$13.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Robert L. May

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

Robert L. May
Melissa BraunsteinMelissa Braunstein

I don't think I knew "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer" was about antisemitism. It may well be the most famous song on the subject.

Hardcover, 2014

$18.99Member price:$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The War Against the Jews: 1933-1945, Lucy S. Dawidowicz

The War Against the Jews: 1933-1945

Lucy S. Dawidowicz
Melissa BraunsteinMelissa Braunstein

"As the late historian Lucy Dawidowicz wrote in her classic work, The War Against the Jews, the German war waged on the Jews was entirely separate from the one they were fighting against the Allies. They won the former while losing the latter.

Paperback, 1986

$20.00Member price:$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book