Merriam-Webster Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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Scaramouche: FreedomRead Classic Book
Rafael SabatiniThis 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 Jacobs“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
$21.95Member price:$10.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
While Justice Sleeps: A Thriller
Stacey AbramsThe 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
$17.00Member price:$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Puck of Pook's Hill
Rudyard Kipling"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 Kipling"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
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Gulliver's Travels
Swift Jonathan@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
$11.70Member price:$5.85 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Topics of Conversation
Miranda PopkeyWe’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
$15.00Member price:$7.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Evidence of Things Not Seen: Reissued Edition
James Baldwin"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
$19.00Member price:$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Parker Inheritance
Varian JohnsonIt'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
$8.99Member price:$4.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Gulliver's Travels
Jonathan Swift@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."
Hardcover, 2025
$25.00Member price:$12.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book