Nancy Franklin 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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To Anyone Who Ever Asks: The Life, Music, and Mystery of Connie Converse
Howard FishmanLook what’s coming on May 2nd! To Anyone Who Ever Asks: The Life, Music, and Mystery of Connie Converse, by @howardfishman https://t.co/mzwZ4GnPK7 https://t.co/1fYVeznedF
Hardcover, 2023
$32.00Member price:$16.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
To the South Pole: An Account of the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition in the Fram 1910-1912
Roald AmundsenOne of the dozen signed flags that Roald Amundsen took on 4 of expeditions, including his triumphant trek to the South Pole in 1911, just sold at Christie’s for $168,000. If I were a descendant of Scott’s, I would feel that this was very in my face. https://t.co/MwTvAc25SL
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The Map That Changed the World: William Smith and the Birth of Modern Geology
Simon Winchester@JillJRobbie The Map That Changed the World: William Smith and the Birth of Modern Geology https://t.co/gtfQ5NBRTK
Paperback, 2009
$19.99Member price:$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Please Don't Eat the Daisies
Jean Kerr@thomasbeller @MBNHood Oh what a wonderful piece, and so Broadway—running over to another show from your own. I wish I’d known this; I would have asked Patty about working with Jean Kerr, who was a big deal in my town. Partly bcs of her and Walter’s house, partly bcs of Please Don’t Eat the Daisies.
Paperback, 2019
$18.99Member price:$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The South Pole: Account of the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition in the Fram, 1910-1912
Roald AmundsenOne of the dozen signed flags that Roald Amundsen took on 4 of expeditions, including his triumphant trek to the South Pole in 1911, just sold at Christie’s for $168,000. If I were a descendant of Scott’s, I would feel that this was very in my face. https://t.co/MwTvAc25SL
Paperback, 2022
$11.20Member price:$5.60 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Growing Up
Russell Baker@DaynaECopeland You don’t hear much anymore about Russell Baker’s memoir “Growing Up,” but it’s wonderful.
Paperback, 1983
$24.00Member price:$12.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book