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Peste Magazine Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Book Cover for: What We Owe the Future, William Macaskill

What We Owe the Future

William Macaskill
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Our first book review in our section, "Books, Before You Die or After?" answers whether you should read "What We Owe the Future" before you die or if you should die first: https://t.co/3jvnwuFa7W https://t.co/LK7pKFHPTq

Hardcover, 2022

$32.00Member price:$16.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Health Communism, Beatrice Adler-Bolton

Health Communism

Beatrice Adler-Bolton
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We are all ill under capitalism. @jonshaffer reviews Health Communism, a book you should read before you die, by @realLandsEnd and @avierkant. https://t.co/UJfnI8LbtP

Hardcover, 2022

$24.95Member price:$12.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: frank: sonnets, Diane Seuss

frank: sonnets

Diane Seuss
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Presenting “The Other,” a new poem from Diane Seuss (@dlseuss), winner of the 2022 Pulitzer Prize in Poetry, 2022 PEN/Voelcker Award for Poetry Collection, and 2021 National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry, among others, for frank: sonnets. https://t.co/t8cKOh8SIs

Paperback, 2021

$18.00Member price:$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media, Edward S. Herman

Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media

Edward S. Herman
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Noam Chomsky, who turns 94 today, spoke with us about the torture of Haiti, manufacturing consent for military intervention, and the need for massive reparations. https://t.co/AUrAzJ8T8Q

Paperback, 2002

$25.00Member price:$12.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Eye Like a Strange Balloon: Poems, Mary Jo Bang

The Eye Like a Strange Balloon: Poems

Mary Jo Bang
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Mary Jo Bang was our very first featured poet in Peste Magazine. We published four new poems from her upcoming book, a special interview with @ZeeshanJaanam, & audio readings of the poems: https://t.co/szjDoFKftu

Paperback, 2004

$17.00Member price:$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Bleed: Destroying Myths and Misogyny in Endometriosis Care, Tracey Lindeman

Bleed: Destroying Myths and Misogyny in Endometriosis Care

Tracey Lindeman
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How doctors gaslight people with endometriosis. @estherjmoon interviews @traceylindeman, author of the new book Bleed: Destroying Myths and Misogyny in Endometriosis Care. https://t.co/mZUIcezNxU

Paperback, 2023

$19.95Member price:$9.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book