Metroactive 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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Project Hail Mary
Andy WeirMetroactiveIn sci-fi author @andyweirauthor's new book 'Project Hail Mary,' only a Bay Area schoolteacher can save the universe https://buff.ly/3Cun6FR https://t.co/sjQ1Vwj0Zb
Paperback, 2022
$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Surviving the Odd
Candi MiloMetroactiveIn her recent memoir 'Surviving the Odd,' voice actor Candi Milo recalls her unusual childhood in a San Jose group home run by her father. Since then, she's become "probably the voice of your childhood" https://t.co/EDvakjpkpD
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Saving Time: Discovering a Life Beyond Productivity Culture
Jenny OdellMetroactiveJenny Odell wants you to rethink the 24 hour day. She comes to @Keplers in Menlo Park tonight to discuss her book "Saving Time: Discovering a Life Beyond The Clock" as part of "This Is Now" https://t.co/OPtDd6RiPe
Paperback, 2024
$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Christmas Past: The Fascinating Stories Behind Our Favorite Holiday's Traditions
Brian EarlMetroactiveWhile you're enjoying the Christmas present, local podcaster Brian Earl has been documenting "Christmas Past" "Christmas used to have a lot of monsters in it, a lot of gross food and threats" https://t.co/d1VhmRfzoC https://t.co/sPJaoYPTq6
Hardcover, 2022
$24.95$12.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Homegoing
Yaa GyasiMetroactive"I don’t know if I have noticed anything that feels like a substantive change in the conversation around mental health." In this week's cover story, novelist Yaa Gyasi discusses 'Transcendent Kingdom' and the lasting effects of the pandemic https://buff.ly/3L5i2LT
Paperback, 2017
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
All the Light We Cannot See
Anthony DoerrMetroactive"All the Light We Cannot See" and "Cloud Cuckoo Land" author Anthony Doerr is in conversation with Center for the Literary Arts tonight at SJSU's Student Union Theatre https://t.co/Iqh93YDnrX
Paperback, 2017
$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
War and Peace
Leo TolstoyMetroactiveIn 'Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812,' Tolstoy's 'War and Peace' gets a dazzling electropop update. The immersive new production opens at 3Below this Thursday "For me, this show is right where I want to live. It’s so free" https://t.co/m6EZ5PUxTy
Paperback, 1993
$7.99$3.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Am I Pretty When I Fly?: An Album of Upside Down Drawings
Joan BaezMetroactiveLegendary musician, activist and Palo Alto High alum Joan Baez stops at @Keplers tonight to talk about her new book 'Am I Pretty When I Fly?' https://t.co/OV1q9Jc0B6
Hardcover, 2023
$45.00$22.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Devil House
John DarnielleMetroactiveWhen writing his recent novel Devil House, author and musician John Darnielle (aka @mountain_goats) looked to his former home of Milpitas “I remember a girl who used to live next door to me who was one of the spreaders of what we now call urban legends" https://t.co/EGC7ToWfFc https://t.co/5bdi7Hk1VI
Paperback, 2022
$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Cloud Cuckoo Land
Anthony DoerrMetroactive"All the Light We Cannot See" and "Cloud Cuckoo Land" author Anthony Doerr is in conversation with Center for the Literary Arts tonight at SJSU's Student Union Theatre https://t.co/Iqh93YDnrX
Paperback, 2022
$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book