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Public Discourse 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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Book Cover for: Feminism Against Progress, Mary Harrington

Feminism Against Progress

Mary Harrington
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Mary Harrington’s Feminism Against Progress urges us to do that just by its title, and by the vocabulary it adopts. https://t.co/iCfq6muLtW

Hardcover, 2023

$29.99$14.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Abolition of Man, C. S. Lewis

The Abolition of Man

C. S. Lewis
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C.S. Lewis in a Secular Core: The Abolition of Man and a More Natural Science https://t.co/X0twsCL6av

Paperback, 2015

$17.99$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: People Love Dead Jews: Reports from a Haunted Present, Dara Horn

People Love Dead Jews: Reports from a Haunted Present

Dara Horn
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Dara Horn wrote People Love Dead Jews in response to rising antisemitism in the United States. @csoppenheim https://t.co/jZ5RAiPLki

Paperback, 2022

$17.95$8.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Reader Over Your Shoulder: A Handbook for Writers of English Prose, Robert Graves

The Reader Over Your Shoulder: A Handbook for Writers of English Prose

Robert Graves
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Robert Graves and Alan Hodge, in their 1943 book The Reader Over Your Shoulder, say that we should write “in the first place for silent reading, but with consideration for euphony if read aloud.” @MatthewJFranck https://t.co/lF70YADCvE

Paperback, 2018

$22.95$11.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Regime Change: Toward a Postliberal Future, Patrick J. Deneen

Regime Change: Toward a Postliberal Future

Patrick J. Deneen
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Just as Why Liberalism Failed was previewed in a First Things article, so Deneen’s most recent book Regime Change: Toward a Postliberal Future was previewed in a First Things lecture in 2019. https://t.co/3fmNa4vu6b

Hardcover, 2023

$30.00$15.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Trans: When Ideology Meets Reality, Helen Joyce

Trans: When Ideology Meets Reality

Helen Joyce
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Why Radical Feminists Have to Go Further: A (Friendly) Critique of Helen Joyce’s Trans https://t.co/wMcMh6yV0e

Paperback, 2022

$17.95$8.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: To Sanctify the World: The Vital Legacy of Vatican II, George Weigel

To Sanctify the World: The Vital Legacy of Vatican II

George Weigel
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With his new book, To Sanctify the World: The Vital Legacy of Vatican II, George Weigel offers a more optimistic assessment of the meaning and import of the Council. @wrdcsc https://t.co/0f6bOdyn0P

Hardcover, 2022

$32.00$16.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Irony of Modern Catholic History: How the Church Rediscovered Itself and Challenged the Modern World to Reform, George Weigel

The Irony of Modern Catholic History: How the Church Rediscovered Itself and Challenged the Modern World to Reform

George Weigel
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For some years, Weigel has been speaking of Vatican II as “The Council without Keys,” which is the title of a chapter in the book, as it was in his 2019 book The Irony of Modern Catholic History. @wrdcsc https://t.co/0f6bOdyn0P

Hardcover, 2019

$30.00$15.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era, James M. McPherson

Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era

James M. McPherson
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An Interview with James McPherson: Thirty Years After the Publication of Battle Cry of Freedom https://t.co/SI5ELGzjGd

Paperback, 2003

$27.99$13.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Next American Economy: Nation, State, and Markets in an Uncertain World, Samuel Gregg

The Next American Economy: Nation, State, and Markets in an Uncertain World

Samuel Gregg
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Samuel Gregg's The Next American Economy aims for realism and precision, both of which can only improve the conversation. @philipljeffery https://t.co/Mi0qExkjXV https://t.co/D1x5LyR7Se

Hardcover, 2022

$30.99$15.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book