Melissa Sevigny 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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Melissa Sevigny is a science reporter. Science reporter for KNAU @AZPubRadio and author of Brave the Wild River, May 2023 @wwnorton. Writes about science, nature, rivers, space. Tweets my own.
Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race
Margot Lee ShetterlyMelissa SevignyMy #WomensHistoryMonth book rec today is HIDDEN FIGURES, about the Black women 'computers' who helped get America to the moon. The movie is great; but books are always better! https://t.co/kHu65A7aOi
Paperback, 2016
$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Women in White Coats: How the First Women Doctors Changed the World of Medicine
Olivia CampbellMelissa SevignyBack to #WomenHistoryMonth book recommendations! I loved @liviecampbell's WOMEN IN WHITE COATS, the story of three brave women who became the first female doctors and revolutionized care for female patients. https://t.co/omWNYJZT2Z
Paperback, 2022
$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II
Sonia PurnellMelissa SevignyMy #WomensHistoryMonth book rec for today is A WOMAN OF NO IMPORTANCE, a WWII spy story about the fiercely determined Virginia Hall. Hoping this one gets made into a movie! https://t.co/3zOVLpA2XJ
Paperback, 2020
$19.00$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women
Kate MooreMelissa SevignyOkay folks, we really need to elevate some books about women in history! I'll start with Kate Moore's THE RADIUM GIRLS, a terrifying and inspiring read about how ordinary working girls fought for their health and rights. More to come! #WomensHistoryMonth https://t.co/uxC6awFU6P
Hardcover, Large Print, 2017
$33.99$17.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Science Be Dammed: How Ignoring Inconvenient Science Drained the Colorado River
Eric KuhnMelissa SevignyAnd @jfleck and @R_EricKuhn's SCIENCE BE DAMMED is essential reading (for journalists, especially) regarding how the Colorado River Compact overestimated the river's available water, despite the best available science... 3/5
Paperback, 2021
$21.95$10.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book