Merriam-Webster 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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Scaramouche: FreedomRead Classic Book
Rafael SabatiniMerriam-WebsterThis was the sentence we were looking for, and bonus points for identifying the author (Rafael Sabatini). It is the opening line of Scaramouche, a novel published in 1921 https://t.co/lxb1CMhPOs
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A Deaf Adult Speaks Out
Leo JacobsMerriam-Webster“I heard the most interesting remark by a CODA recently. While growing up as a child of deaf parents, she was often called upon to interpret during business transactions.” Leo M. Jacobs, A Deaf Adult Speaks Out, 1989
Paperback, 1989
$21.95$10.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
While Justice Sleeps: A Thriller
Stacey AbramsMerriam-WebsterThe Merriam-Webster Book Thing is back! This June we'll be reading WHILE JUSTICE SLEEPS by @staceyabrams, followed by a chat with Stacey later in the month! Join here to read along and be the first to get the event registration: https://merriam-webster.us4.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=e975c6211e7b190d7ae28dbed&id=8b0b0150d2 https://t.co/Zbv56lAgZW
Paperback, 2022
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Puck of Pook's Hill
Rudyard KiplingMerriam-Webster"Trees grew out of mud, arched upon lean and high roots, and many muddy water-ways ran allwhither into darkness under the trees." — Rudyard Kipling, 'Puck of Pook's Hill,' 1906
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Puck Of Pook's Hill (1906)
Rudyard KiplingMerriam-Webster"Trees grew out of mud, arched upon lean and high roots, and many muddy water-ways ran allwhither into darkness under the trees." — Rudyard Kipling, 'Puck of Pook's Hill,' 1906
Hardcover, 2010
$45.95$22.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Gulliver's Travels
Swift JonathanMerriam-Webster@NatashaRaheel In Jonathan Swift's novel Gulliver's Travels, Brobdingnag is the name of a land that is populated by a race of human giants "as tall as an ordinary spire steeple."
Paperback, 2017
$11.70$5.85 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Topics of Conversation
Miranda PopkeyMerriam-WebsterWe’re happy to announce that the April pick for The Merriam-Webster Book Thing (our new, very professional book club) is @mmpopkey's TOPICS OF CONVERSATION! Join here to read along and find out more: https://t.co/nXyVgG1w6c https://t.co/pcXHbCpSN4
Paperback, 2021
$15.00$7.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Evidence of Things Not Seen: Reissued Edition
James a. BaldwinMerriam-Webster"We perceive by means of the kaleidoscopic mirror of this life. This means that our ability to perceive is at once tyrannized by our expectations, and at war with them." — James Baldwin, The Evidence of Things Not Seen, 1985 #JamesBaldwin cited on M-W: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/perceive
Paperback, 1995
$19.00$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Parker Inheritance
Varian JohnsonMerriam-WebsterIt's the last week in our at-home summer camp! This week's theme: The Great Unknown, feat. cryptids, ghosts, spycraft, and more! Play games, learn vocab, and get a reading guide to 'The Parker Inheritance' by @varianjohnson here: https://t.co/2rMFjo9a3h
Paperback, 2019
$8.99$4.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Gulliver's Travels
Jonathan SwiftMerriam-Webster@NatashaRaheel In Jonathan Swift's novel Gulliver's Travels, Brobdingnag is the name of a land that is populated by a race of human giants "as tall as an ordinary spire steeple."
Paperback, 2008
$7.95$3.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book