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Pests: How Humans Create Animal Villains
Bethany Brookshire
Tomorrow: 📖 The Knight Science Journalism Program is excited to welcome back Bethany Brookshire, KSJ 2020, to talk about her new book Pests: How Humans Create Animal Villains. https://t.co/Wf7aACxsDP @KSJatMIT @BeeBrookshire @MITstudents https://t.co/El42mr2vNr
Paperback, 2023
$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Magician
Colm Toibin
Tomorrow: 📖 Book Discussion–The Magician by Colm Toibin. The Book Discussion group will host virtual meetings via Zoom. Organized by MIT Women's League. https://t.co/TykwBY8iGy @MITstudents @MITGradStudents https://t.co/7piAaHEqeH
Paperback, 2022
$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Shared Sisterhood: How to Take Collective Action for Racial and Gender Equity at Work
Tina Opie
April 4: Please join us for a fireside chat with Dr. Tina Opie – author, speaker, educator, and former MIT MLK Visiting Scholar – about her Shared Sisterhood framework: Dig, Bridge, Collective Action. Register ➡️ https://t.co/UYnlplZuuQ @MITDiversity @MITstudents @DrTinaOpie https://t.co/dmHfYfXhSs
Hardcover, 2022
$30.00$15.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Be Holding: A Poem
Ross Gay
Wed. April 26: The People's Poetry Archive presents, a poetry reading with Ross Gay. He is the author of four books of poetry: Against Which; Bringing the Shovel Down; Be Holding. More information ➡️ https://t.co/sybG4Taq3C @MIT_SHASS #NationalPoetryMonth https://t.co/9ajdQr9Pa7
Paperback, 2020
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Avoidable War: The Dangers of a Catastrophic Conflict Between the US and Xi Jinping's China
Kevin Rudd
Mar. 31: The Avoidable War–The Dangers of a Catastrophic Conflict between the US and Xi Jinping's China. The MIT Security Studies Program will host a discussion with The Hon. @MrKRudd the former Prime Minister of Australia, about his latest book. https://t.co/qjqJ9dWq8M @MIT_CIS https://t.co/M7Etyt727p
Hardcover, 2022
$32.00$16.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Buy Now: How Amazon Branded Convenience and Normalized Monopoly
Emily West
September 14: DPLA + the MIT Press Book Talk: Buy Now: How Amazon Branded Convenience and Normalized Monopoly with author Emily West. Free! Register ➡️ https://t.co/TRuZcK7Sqr @mitpress https://t.co/4eLmWCjy13
Paperback, 2022
$30.00$15.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Against Which
Ross Gay
Wed. April 26: The People's Poetry Archive presents, a poetry reading with Ross Gay. He is the author of four books of poetry: Against Which; Bringing the Shovel Down; Be Holding. More information ➡️ https://t.co/sybG4Taq3C @MIT_SHASS #NationalPoetryMonth https://t.co/9ajdQr9Pa7
Paperback, 2006
$16.00$8.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Inclusion on Purpose: An Intersectional Approach to Creating a Culture of Belonging at Work
Ruchika T. Malhotra
July 13: DPLA + the MIT Press Book Talk: Inclusion on Purpose with author Ruchika Tulshyan. Free! Please register ➡️ https://t.co/qSgij7zJBc @mitpress @dpla https://t.co/wtZ9Ssl33t
Hardcover, 2022
$29.95$14.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Magician
Colm Toibin
Tomorrow: 📖 Book Discussion–The Magician by Colm Toibin. The Book Discussion group will host virtual meetings via Zoom. Organized by MIT Women's League. https://t.co/TykwBY8iGy @MITstudents @MITGradStudents https://t.co/7piAaHEqeH
Paperback, 2022
$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Bringing the Shovel Down
Ross Gay
Wed. April 26: The People's Poetry Archive presents, a poetry reading with Ross Gay. He is the author of four books of poetry: Against Which; Bringing the Shovel Down; Be Holding. More information ➡️ https://t.co/sybG4Taq3C @MIT_SHASS #NationalPoetryMonth https://t.co/9ajdQr9Pa7
Paperback, 2011
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book