Newberry Library 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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Last Summer on State Street

Toya Wolfe

Newberry Library

The presentation of the award will take place at a free, public event at the Newberry Library on Saturday, 7/15. Wolfe will discuss "Last Summer on State Street" with Gail Kern Paster, Interim President and Librarian at the Newberry. Register for FREE: https://t.co/ykN84S7MCx

Paperback, 2023

$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book

A Second Checklist of French Political Pamphlets, 1560-1653: In the Newberry Library

Doris Varner Welsh

Newberry Library

From @NeilSteinberg & @Suntimes: The Newberry Library’s “Pop-Up Books through the Ages” exhibit resonates with technology today. Read the full review: https://t.co/mdqbY2CD5L

Paperback, 2013

$27.95$13.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book

Mutinous Women: How French Convicts Became Founding Mothers of the Gulf Coast

Joan Dejean

Newberry Library

TONIGHT (2/9) at 6pm (CT) - Tune in for a discussion of Joan DeJean's new book, "Mutinous Women: How French Convicts Became Founding Mothers of the Gulf Coast." Learn more: https://t.co/3hYBZAQH5V

Hardcover, 2022

$34.00$17.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book

Scenes in the life of Harriet Tubman

Sarah Hopkins Bradford

Newberry Library

Today we honor abolitionist and conductor of the Underground Railroad, Harriet Tubman. Tubman passed #OnThisDay in 1913. [Frontispiece from "Scenes in the life of Harriet Tubman" by Sarah H. Bradford, 1869. H 5832 .9] https://t.co/PJEzdDpNfC

Paperback, 2017

$21.50$10.75 + Free shipping50% off your first book

When the News Broke: Chicago 1968 and the Polarizing of America

Heather Hendershot

Newberry Library

The panel also recognizes 2023 Shortlist recipient Heather Hendershot (@ProfHendershot) for "When the News Broke: Chicago 1968 and the Polarizing of America." https://t.co/gUp6o2MsKt

Hardcover, 2023

$30.00$15.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book

America Being the Latest and Most Accurate Description of the New World: Book 1

John Ogilby

Newberry Library

#5. America, being the latest, and most accurate description of the New World. John Ogilby, 1671 #4. Book of Hours, Use of Rouen, ca. 1470 #3. Book of Hours, Use of Salisbury, ca. 1455 #2. Shakespeare First Folio, 1623 #1. Copy of the Popol Vuh, 1700-1715

Paperback, 2016

$9.50$4.75 + Free shipping50% off your first book

Harriet Tubman: The Moses of Her People

Sarah Bradford

Newberry Library

Paperback, 2004

$7.95$3.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book

Poems: Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'Fore I Diiie/Oh Pray My Wings Are Gonna Fit Me Well/And Still I Rise/Shaker, Why Don't You Sing?

Maya Angelou

Newberry Library

The posters, which include poems written by Blount, honor 12 Black women authors: Zora Neale Hurston, Alice Walker, Toni Cade Bambara, Maya Angelou, Phillis Wheatley, Octavia Butler, Margaret Walker, Nikky Finney, bell hooks, Toni Morrison, Audre Lorde, & Gwendolyn Brooks. https://t.co/jVgD2ZwABs

Paperback, Mass Market, 1996

$8.99$4.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book

Emma (1816). By: Jane Austen (Complete in three volume): Novel

Jane Austen

Newberry Library

Upcoming adult ed. class: Jane Austen + the Rise of the English Novel. Three sessions, starting 11/22. https://t.co/PKSLt3fCaR

Paperback, 2017

$15.47$7.74 + Free shipping50% off your first book

Made in Chicago: Stories Behind 30 Great Hometown Bites

Monica Eng

Newberry Library

TOMORROW! Authors @monicaeng & @DavidHammond will discuss all things Chicago food-related and their new book, "Made in Chicago: Stories Behind 30 Great Hometown Bites." Register for FREE to attend in person or online: https://t.co/H4g7Iwno5i https://t.co/wVJ911iAo2

Paperback, 2023

$19.95$9.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book