Open Source Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
Open Source on X
An independent radio show about ideas, ideas, and politics hosted by Christopher Lydon. Since 2003. Support us! https://t.co/lXdZoTAP7x
Legacy of Violence: A History of the British Empire
Caroline ElkinsOpen SourceThis hour on @wbur: Caroline Elkins on the British Empire's "legacy of violence." It's the latest installment of our collaboration with @QuincyInst--find it, too, at our site: https://t.co/vuMTxj047y
Paperback, 2023
$24.00$12.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Scenes of Clerical Life (Annotated): Fiction
George EliotOpen SourceFranzen on George Eliot: "Not the best storyteller." We're talking to Mr. Franzen this hour on @WBUR and adding to the Franzen-and-Nineteenth-Century-Fiction thing. (@V21collective?) Also: hear it at our site, or where you find podcasts! https://t.co/m86KtdaHmx
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This Other Eden
Paul HardingOpen SourcePulitzer-winner Paul Harding talks about his new book THIS OTHER EDEN (@wwnorton) on this week's show, at our site or wherever you find podcasts: https://t.co/3OJQHDVEyT
Paperback, 2023
$17.99$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Silent Spring
Rachel CarsonOpen SourceThis hour @WBUR, hear @ssteingraber1 and @brainpicker on Rachel Carson's legacy, sixty years after Silent Spring's publication. Find this show, too, at our site, or wherever you go for podcasts: https://t.co/W4udWBKhJH
Paperback, 2022
$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
A Working Life
Eileen MylesOpen SourceA Working Life with Eileen Myles https://t.co/or9CgAdOx9
Hardcover, 2023
$26.00$13.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Extraterrestrial: The First Sign of Intelligent Life Beyond Earth
Avi LoebOpen SourceThis week, prompted by the news about UFOs, we’re thinking about extraterrestrial intelligence with Harvard astronomer Avi Loeb. Tune in to @WBUR in twenty minutes!
Paperback, 2022
$17.99$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Cruel Optimism
Lauren BerlantOpen SourceWe're talking about cruel optimism, the mood of American life, and the work of Lauren Berlant on this week's show, with @magsrdoherty, Anahid Nersessian, and Zachary Samalin. Hear it now at our site or wherever you go for podcasts: https://t.co/gu1XmbBSI1
Paperback, 2011
$26.95$13.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book![Book Cover for: The Magic Mountain: [Complete & Annotated], Thomas Mann](https://d16057n354qyo4.cloudfront.net/9786257120258.jpg?nextExtension=webp&version=1745817869)
The Magic Mountain: [Complete & Annotated]
Thomas MannOpen SourceColm Tóibín’s latest novel—THE MAGICIAN—is a major achievement. Tune in this hour to @WBUR to hear our show with Tóibín about Thomas Mann. Discussed: The Magic Mountain, Death in Venice, Mahler, Beethoven. https://t.co/JI8AL29EnY
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The Premonition: A Pandemic Story
Michael LewisOpen SourceNow on @WBUR, hear @mlipsitch in conversation with Michael Lewis. We're discussing Lewis's new book, The Premonition, a story about some of our best public health minds.
Paperback, 2022
$17.95$8.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Death in Venice
Thomas MannOpen SourceColm Tóibín’s latest novel—THE MAGICIAN—is a major achievement. Tune in this hour to @WBUR to hear our show with Tóibín about Thomas Mann. Discussed: The Magic Mountain, Death in Venice, Mahler, Beethoven. https://t.co/JI8AL29EnY
Paperback, 1999
$14.00$7.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book