NEH 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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The Jungle Book: I & II
HduNEHBritish poet and novelist Rudyard Kipling, best known for penning the children’s story THE JUNGLE BOOK, was born #OTD in 1865. Learn about this #NobelPrize-winner and his connection to #Brattleboro, #VT, with this #NEHgrant-funded project: https://t.co/36riF1AFBj https://t.co/uz5GtGsTis
Paperback, 2016
$16.00$8.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
La Traviata: Melodramma in Three Acts, Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave the Piano-Vocal Score
Giuseppe VerdiNEHItalian opera composer Giuseppe Verdi was born #OTD in Italy. Browse this critical edition of Verdi’s complete works, which include “Rigoletto” & “La Traviata,” some of the most popular classical music performed today, with this #NEHgrant-funded resource: https://t.co/HCAYqHByDp https://t.co/N0WbEHVSWX
Paperback, 2001
$60.00$35.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book(max discount $25)
Little Women
Louisa May AlcottNEHNovelist, short story writer, and poet Louisa May Alcott was born #OTD in 1832. View the first film biography of the icon and the woman behind the book “Little Women,” with this #NEHgrant-funded @PBSAmerMasters documentary & resource: https://t.co/NnkhfpSyM9 https://t.co/sqyHywhG9h
Hardcover, 2014
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
1984: 75th Anniversary
George OrwellNEHTomorrow, 2/2 at 12:30pm ET: Learn how to teach George Orwell’s “1984” to first-year students and non-#humanities majors, with this @NEHgov and Teagle Foundation workshop by @purduepolsci Professor @swatisrivast. RSVP here: https://t.co/tdrsPQWjFe https://t.co/XWdbVzY70w
Paperback, Mass Market, 1950
$10.99$5.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Address
Frederick DouglassNEHOn July 5, 1852, Frederick Douglass, the country's most prominent former slave, delivered the century's most powerful antislavery speech. Learn about @masshumanities' public readings of Douglass's influential address with @humanitiesmag, here: https://t.co/cz0XFB1yBT https://t.co/3Jk7nZBVeN
Hardcover, 2016
$26.95$13.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Uncle Tom's Cabin: Or, Life Among the Lowly
Harriet StoweNEH“Uncle Tom’s Cabin” author Harriet Beecher Stowe was born #OTD in 1811 in #Litchfield, #CT. Read about Stowe’s 19th-century fame as an activist and the work done by the @HBStoweCenter museum to preserve her legacy, via @humanitiesmag: https://t.co/F6WIpMvjuU https://t.co/H03Oy3p5vm
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Little Women
Louisa May AlcottNEHLearn the fascinating life story of Louisa May Alcott, the woman behind the book “Little Women,” born #OTD in 1832 in #Philadelphia, Pa., with this #NEHgrant-funded resource and @PBSAmerMasters documentary: https://bit.ly/3DXflcw https://t.co/lR7kzIH5Ib
Hardcover, 2018
$29.99$14.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Uncle Tom's Cabin: (illustrated edition)
Harriet Beecher StoweNEH“Uncle Tom’s Cabin” author Harriet Beecher Stowe was born #OTD in 1811 in #Litchfield, #CT. Read about Stowe’s 19th-century fame as an activist and the work done by the @HBStoweCenter museum to preserve her legacy, via @humanitiesmag: https://t.co/F6WIpMvjuU https://t.co/H03Oy3p5vm
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Uncle Tom's Cabin
Harriet Beecher StoweNEH“Uncle Tom’s Cabin” author Harriet Beecher Stowe was born #OTD in 1811 in #Litchfield, #CT. Read about Stowe’s 19th-century fame as an activist and the work done by the @HBStoweCenter museum to preserve her legacy, via @humanitiesmag: https://t.co/F6WIpMvjuU https://t.co/H03Oy3p5vm
Paperback, Mass Market, 1982
$6.99$3.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Passing: The revolutionary novel which inspired Rebecca Hall's powerful film adaptation
Nella LarsenNEH#Highered teachers: Tune in on 9/22 to hear @EmilyEBernard of @uvm_english discuss how she teaches Nella Larsen's "Passing" to first-year students & non-#humanities majors. Register for the @NEHgov & Teagle “Teaching with #TransformativeTexts” webinar: https://t.co/G6rCJV12y5 https://t.co/tQYYlWppwo
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