National Portrait Gallery USA Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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We tell the story of the U.S. by portraying the people who shape the nation's history, development, and culture. #myNPG | Legal: https://t.co/NfuTGkjD9M
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Child's PlayNational Portrait Gallery USACellist Yo-Yo Ma was born in Paris to Chinese parents and moved to New York City at seven years old. A child prodigy, he perfect his craft at Juilliard and went on to play with many of the world's major orchestras. 🎻 #SmithsonianAANHPI 🖼: https://t.co/ohQwwdmmtl https://t.co/7IH20c6HhL
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Beloved
Toni MorrisonNational Portrait Gallery USAToni Morrison published her 1st novel, "The Bluest Eye" in 1970. Over the course of her career, she received: 🏆 A Pulitzer Prize for "Beloved" 🏆 A Nobel Prize for Literature 🏆 A Presidential Medal of Freedom #SmithsonianWHM 📸: https://t.co/uGyjbkGOqV © Brian Lanker Archive https://t.co/8MskjG0wKg
Hardcover, 2004
$31.30$15.65 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Bluest Eye
Toni MorrisonNational Portrait Gallery USAToni Morrison published her 1st novel, "The Bluest Eye" in 1970. Over the course of her career, she received: 🏆 A Pulitzer Prize for "Beloved" 🏆 A Nobel Prize for Literature 🏆 A Presidential Medal of Freedom #SmithsonianWHM 📸: https://t.co/uGyjbkGOqV © Brian Lanker Archive https://t.co/8MskjG0wKg
Paperback, 2007
$16.00$8.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?: Revised by the Author
Edward AlbeeNational Portrait Gallery USAThis month we’re highlighting members of the LGBTQ+ community from our portrait collection. Edward Albee wrote "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf" in 1962. In his long career, Albee was awarded three Pulitzer Prizes and three Tony Awards. #Pride 🎨: https://t.co/JUc9GehfaL https://t.co/NBlMnuhak7
Paperback, 2006
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Future of Life
Edward O. WilsonNational Portrait Gallery USAHappy #EarthDay! 🌎 Biologist Edward O. Wilson laid the groundwork for sociobiology and biogeography. As the world’s foremost expert on ants, his research explored broader questions of human nature & the future of life on Earth. #OurSustainablePlanet 🖼: https://t.co/lf9ueVHJF0 https://t.co/UvELRVgLgq
Paperback, 2003
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Woman Suffrage..
Carrie Chapman CattNational Portrait Gallery USACongress passed the Nineteenth Amendment, guaranteeing women the right to vote, #OTD in 1919. Carrie Chapman Catt, as president of the National American Woman Suffrage Association, was key to securing this victory for the women’s suffrage movement. 🖼: https://t.co/6GIMwlfKQY https://t.co/g749IAch2m
Hardcover, 2016
$33.95$16.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Hamlet: Vol. 1
ShakespeareNational Portrait Gallery USAAble to excel in roles as both men and women, Charlotte Cushman was billed as “the greatest living tragic actress” of the mid-19th c. Her most notable roles included Shakespeare’s Hamlet, Romeo, and Lady Macbeth. (L): https://t.co/tJf5fo3nkZ (R): https://t.co/bvddjeDvyJ https://t.co/B00QJ2s1GR
Hardcover, 2023
$99.90$74.90 + Free shipping50% off your first book(max discount $25)
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Maya AngelouNational Portrait Gallery USAPoet and writer Maya Angelou was born #OnThisDay in 1928. With the publication of I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings in 1969, she launched a series of 7 remarkable autobiographical novels. Angelou was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2011. 📸: https://t.co/Rbve4Rsw4V https://t.co/im5MOumlMT
Paperback, Mass Market, 2009
$8.99$4.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Drop everything and read: Fairy tales for children about animals
Anonion VuNational Portrait Gallery USAFor all of our bookworms, here’s a reminder that today is D.E.A.R. Day, aka Drop Everything and Read Day. So unplug and enjoy! 📖 As First Lady, Laura Bush took her passion for childhood literacy and cofounded the National Book Festival. 🖼: https://t.co/MqBOX1gOo3 https://t.co/O0s6yerXjH
Paperback, 2021
$7.20$3.60 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Interpreter of Maladies
Jhumpa LahiriNational Portrait Gallery USAJhumpa Lahiri was born in London and moved to Rhode Island at the age of two. She became a voice of the South Asian immigrant experience in the U.S. and won the Pulitzer Prize for her short-story collection, “The Interpreter of Maladies” (1999). #WHM 📸: https://t.co/9HDIVnFsyC https://t.co/HmlrIkXQGK
Paperback, 2019
$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book