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Pomona College Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Book Cover for: West Side Rising: How San Antonio's 1921 Flood Devastated a City and Sparked a Latino Environmental Justice Movement, Char Miller

West Side Rising: How San Antonio's 1921 Flood Devastated a City and Sparked a Latino Environmental Justice Movement

Char Miller
Pomona CollegePomona College

Listen to the @NewBooksNetwork podcast in which Prof. Char Miller @charmillerfour talks about his book "West Side Rising: How San Antonio's 1921 Flood Devastated a City and Sparked a Latino Environmental Justice Movement." https://t.co/viVihfR2yx

Paperback, 2022

$19.95$9.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Life: A Baccalaureate Sermon, Delivered At Williamstown, Mass., June 26, 1870, Mark Hopkins

Life: A Baccalaureate Sermon, Delivered At Williamstown, Mass., June 26, 1870

Mark Hopkins
Pomona CollegePomona College

TONIGHT: Join Myrlie Evers-Williams '68 and family, along with Pomona College, in a tribute to her life and leadership at this special event in celebration of her 90th birthday. Bridges Auditorium from 5 – 7pm More: https://t.co/kktm6JwEwy https://t.co/PhyQZONMoF

Paperback, 2018

$13.95$6.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Distrust: Big Data, Data-Torturing, and the Assault on Science, Gary Smith

Distrust: Big Data, Data-Torturing, and the Assault on Science

Gary Smith
Pomona CollegePomona College

@Nature reviews Prof. Gary Smith's @StandardDevs new book: "Distrust is a veritable page-turner, and I finished it in a few sittings. On a higher level, it is a call for common sense, for scepticism, for methodological rigour and for epistemic modesty." https://t.co/Fs9QweW44b

Hardcover, 2023

$34.99$17.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The New Princeton Review..., Anonymous

The New Princeton Review...

Anonymous
Pomona CollegePomona College

Pomona College is No.3 on The Princeton Review’s “Best Financial Aid” list for private colleges featured in their new book, “Best Value Colleges 2022: 387 Schools.” https://t.co/UToKKdG3Pl

Paperback, 2012

$37.75$18.88 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Wild Grass, Xun Lu

Wild Grass

Xun Lu
Pomona CollegePomona College

Prof. Eileen J. Cheng has translated Lu Xun’s "Wild Grass" and "Morning Blossoms Gathered at Dusk," published by Harvard University Press. https://t.co/jtWKxCEmsj https://t.co/9K4QZkqICM

Paperback, 2003

$14.00$7.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Cosmos, Carl Sagan

Cosmos

Carl Sagan
Pomona CollegePomona College

Alumna Lynda Obst '72 will produce a movie that will examine the relationship between “Cosmos” author Carl Sagan and his wife and collaborator Ann Druyan https://t.co/UXpGLbXQnY

Paperback, 2013

$21.00$10.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Wild Grass and Morning Blossoms Gathered at Dusk, Xun Lu

Wild Grass and Morning Blossoms Gathered at Dusk

Xun Lu
Pomona CollegePomona College

Prof. Eileen J. Cheng has translated Lu Xun’s "Wild Grass" and "Morning Blossoms Gathered at Dusk," published by Harvard University Press. https://t.co/jtWKxCEmsj https://t.co/9K4QZkqICM

Hardcover, 2022

$35.00$17.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: San Antonio: A Tricentennial History, Char Miller

San Antonio: A Tricentennial History

Char Miller
Pomona CollegePomona College

Listen to the @NewBooksNetwork podcast in which Prof. Char Miller @charmillerfour talks about his book "West Side Rising: How San Antonio's 1921 Flood Devastated a City and Sparked a Latino Environmental Justice Movement." https://t.co/viVihfR2yx

Paperback, 2018

$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Perfect Sound: A Memoir in Stereo, Garrett Hongo

The Perfect Sound: A Memoir in Stereo

Garrett Hongo
Pomona CollegePomona College

Lines of poetry by Garrett Hongo ’73 grace the fountain at Smith Campus Center, and his full poem “Under the Oaks at Holmes Hall, Overtaken by Rain,” is on a nearby plaque. But did you know he recently wrote a book The Perfect Sound: A Memoir in Stereo? https://t.co/18oIbZYK7l

Paperback, 2023

$19.00$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Living the California Dream: African American Leisure Sites During the Jim Crow Era, Alison Rose Jefferson

Living the California Dream: African American Leisure Sites During the Jim Crow Era

Alison Rose Jefferson
Pomona CollegePomona College

Alison Rose Jefferson '80, a historian who wrote "Living the California Dream: African American Leisure Sites during the Jim Crow Era," is quoted in @latimes story on Bruce's Beach in Manhattan Beach. https://t.co/d6wgcAoLzs

Hardcover, 2020

$55.00$30.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book(max discount $25)
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