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Sarah A. Downey Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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21 books
Book Cover for: If You Tell: A True Story of Murder, Family Secrets, and the Unbreakable Bond of Sisterhood, Gregg Olsen

If You Tell: A True Story of Murder, Family Secrets, and the Unbreakable Bond of Sisterhood

Gregg Olsen
Sarah A. DowneySarah A. Downey

The latest news on this says that Shelly Knotek (the murderer and subject of the haunting true crime book If You Tell) is up for parole in June 2022. Well, as of today it's June 2022. Anyone have an update? @Gregg_Olsen https://t.co/csIs650trK

Paperback, 2019

$15.95$7.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Water Knife, Paolo Bacigalupi

The Water Knife

Paolo Bacigalupi
Sarah A. DowneySarah A. Downey

“There’s a theory that if we don’t have the right words in our vocabularies, we can’t even see the things that are right in front of our faces. If we can’t describe our reality accurately, we can’t see it.” - Paolo Bacigalupi, The Water Knife

Paperback, 2016

$19.00$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Dune Messiah, Frank Herbert

Dune Messiah

Frank Herbert
Sarah A. DowneySarah A. Downey

“She hated the water then, inspired by the worm's fear. Water, once the spirit-soul of Arrakis, had become a poison. Water brought pestilence. Only the desert was clean.” ― Frank Herbert, Dune Messiah https://t.co/8QVEZp3TcK

Paperback, Mass Market, 2019

$9.99$4.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Man's Search for Meaning, Viktor E. Frankl

Man's Search for Meaning

Viktor E. Frankl
Sarah A. DowneySarah A. Downey

@wil_da_beast630 Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl: https://t.co/7BCCWaR9MW

Paperback, 2006

$16.00$8.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: City of Thieves, David Benioff

City of Thieves

David Benioff
Sarah A. DowneySarah A. Downey

Just finished the book City of Thieves by David Benioff and it was incredible. 10/10. Realized the author sounded familiar and googled him. He's half of the team that wrote the Game of Thrones show. WHAT. How could someone write both a book this good AND season 8 of GoT 🤯

Paperback, 2009

$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Orwell: Essays: Introduction by John Carey, George Orwell

Orwell: Essays: Introduction by John Carey

George Orwell
Sarah A. DowneySarah A. Downey

“Politics itself is a mass of lies, evasions, folly, hatred, and schizophrenia.” - George Orwell, A Collection of Essays

Hardcover, 2002

$45.00$22.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Fountainhead, Ayn Rand

The Fountainhead

Ayn Rand
Sarah A. DowneySarah A. Downey

“The second-hander acts, but the source of his actions is scattered in every other living person. It's everywhere and nowhere and you can't reason with him. He's not open to reason. You can't speak to him--he can't hear.” - Ayn Rand, The Fountainhead

Paperback, Mass Market, 1996

$11.99$5.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Foundation, Isaac Asimov

Foundation

Isaac Asimov
Sarah A. DowneySarah A. Downey

“The fall of Empire, gentlemen, is a massive thing, however, and not easily fought. It is dictated by a rising bureaucracy, a receding initiative, a freezing of caste, a damming of curiosity—a hundred other factors.” - Isaac Asimov, “Foundation”

Paperback, Mass Market, 1991

$10.00$5.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Fight Club, Chuck Palahniuk

Fight Club

Chuck Palahniuk
Sarah A. DowneySarah A. Downey

China re-released Fight Club so that it has an ending where the authorities win. Chuck Palahniuk, the author of Fight Club, is not pleased 🙃 https://t.co/1OtDNoWPAL

Paperback, 2018

$16.99$8.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne

The Scarlet Letter

Nathaniel Hawthorne
Sarah A. DowneySarah A. Downey

Be yourself and say what you really think. “No man, for any considerable period, can wear one face to himself and another to the multitude, without finally getting bewildered as to which may be the true.” - Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter

Paperback, 2015

$8.00$4.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book