Post Book World Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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Solito: A Read with Jenna Pick: A Memoir
Javier Zamora
"Solito: A Memoir" by @jzsalvipoet is about a migrant child’s long journey to "Gringolandia" @HogarthBooks https://t.co/peqLcMUXJG
Paperback, 2023
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
American Made: What Happens to People When Work Disappears
Farah Stockman
TODAY Tue 10/19 EDT 5PM @fstockman discusses "American Made" with @ConnieSchultz @PoliticsProse 7PM @amortowles discusses "The Lincoln Highway" with @KenBurns @MidtownScholar https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/events/cal?category=263
Hardcover, 2021
$28.00$14.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Hearts Touched with Fire: How Great Leaders Are Made
David Gergen
With "Hearts Touched With Fire: How Great Leaders Are Made," @David_Gergen has written a book on leadership that offers real leaders, not abstract theories @simonschuster @SimonBooks @JeremiSuri https://t.co/dkOoZC7kML
Paperback, 2023
$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Lessons
Ian McEwan
Sexual abuse casts a long shadow in Ian McEwan’s ‘Lessons’ @knopf @RonCharles https://t.co/oAqu82NWSO
Paperback, 2023
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Atlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience
Brené Brown
TODAY Thu 12/2 EST 8PM @BreneBrown discusses "Atlas of the Heart" with @priyaparker @PoliticsProse 9PM Ann Patchett discusses "These Precious Days" @bookpassage https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/events/cal?category=263
Hardcover, 2021
$30.00$15.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Prisoners of the Castle: An Epic Story of Survival and Escape from Colditz, the Nazis' Fortress Prison
Ben MacIntyre
.@BenMacintyre1's "Prisoners of the Castle: An Epic Story of Survival and Escape From Colditz, the Nazis’ Fortress Prison" is a tale of WWII derring-do that reveals the humanity of its heroes @PenguinBooks @andreapitzer https://t.co/nRuhpOStMS
Paperback, 2023
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
A Reliable Wife
Robert Goolrick
Robert Goolrick, whose books explored tragedy and endurance, dies at 73 -- He vaulted to literary prominence with a lacerating childhood memoir of abuse and wrote best-selling novels such as "A Reliable Wife.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2022/05/13/robert-goolrick-author-dead/
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The Love Hypothesis
Ali Hazelwood
The new addition to this week's paperback bestseller list is @EverSoAli with THE LOVE HYPOTHESIS. Have you read it yet? 💕🧪 @BerkleyPub https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/washington-post-paperback-bestsellers/2022/01/25/77bc98da-7e0a-11ec-8d71-0e9ca350d4b1_story.html
Paperback, 2021
$16.00$8.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
There Is Nothing for You Here: Finding Opportunity in the Twenty-First Century
Fiona Hill
TODAY Fri 10/8 EDT 6PM Fiona Hill discusses "There Is Nothing for You Here" with @sbg1 @PoliticsProse 7PM @KeishaBlain discusses "Until I Am Free: Fannie Lou Hamer's Enduring Message to America" with @DamonYoungVSB @MidtownScholar #hbgbookfest https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/events/cal?category=263
Hardcover, 2021
$30.00$15.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Bittersweet (Oprah's Book Club): How Sorrow and Longing Make Us Whole
Susan Cain
In a relentlessly positive culture, a defense of melancholy from the author of "Quiet," @susancain, in "Bittersweet: How Sorrow and Longing Make Us Whole" @CrownPublishing @bqilal https://t.co/2hhyYFwHGp
Paperback, 2023
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book