Smithsonian Magazine Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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The Raven
Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan Poe's “The Raven” was published #OTD in 1845. https://t.co/pXOZVBd7D3
Paperback, 2015
$6.95$3.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Great Gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald
F. Scott Fitzgerald is credited with coining the phrase “The Jazz Age” in the title of his 1922 collection of short stories, "Tales of the Jazz Age." The writer died #OTD in 1940. http://ow.ly/lxbz50Hg90C
Paperback, 2004
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Discovery and Revelation: Religion, Science, and Making Sense of Things
Peter Manseau
@amhistorymuseum's new exhibition and book, "Discovery and Revelation: Religion, Science and Making Sense of Things," explores the intersections of religion, science and technology. https://t.co/soT5ILab0g
Hardcover, 2022
$29.95$14.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
And Then There Were None
Agatha Christie
"Mystery House," a detective story, inspired by Agatha Christie’s "And Then There Were None," was the brainchild of pioneering video game designer Roberta Williams, born #OTD in 1953. http://ow.ly/Vl9430saSXr
Paperback, Mass Market, 2011
$9.99$4.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Uncle Tom's Cabin: Or, Life Among the Lowly
Harriet Stowe
From its very first moments in print, Harriet Beecher Stowe’s "Uncle Tom’s Cabin" was a smashing success. #SmithsonianBHM https://t.co/QJ6z8ZboqA
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
L. Frank Baum
#OTD in 1883, 17 years before he wrote The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Lyman Frank Baum founded a petroleum company with his brother. https://t.co/3xt41bGg38
Paperback, Mass Market, 2006
$5.95$2.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Handmaid's Tale
Margaret Atwood
Margaret Atwood tried burning the new, fireproof version of her novel "The Handmaid's Tale" with a flamethrower. http://ow.ly/p5JR50JtIms
Paperback, 1998
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Ulysses: Second Edition
James Joyce
“Ulysses” by James Joyce was published #OTD in 1922. https://t.co/5kZTqPTN6G
Paperback, 2022
$12.95$6.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Facemaker: A Visionary Surgeon's Battle to Mend the Disfigured Soldiers of World War I
Lindsey Fitzharris
A new book by @DrLindseyFitz, "The Facemaker: A Visionary Surgeon’s Battle to Mend the Disfigured Soldiers of World War I," tells the story of a surgeon who rebuilt the faces of WWI's injured heroes & how it helped usher in modern era of plastic surgery. http://ow.ly/LLjF50JN1N5
Paperback, 2023
$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
A New Hope: Star Wars: Episode IV
George Lucas
War movies and hot rod automobiles shaped George Lucas’ young life in Modesto, California in the 1950s. Both interests can be seen in the genesis of the space fighters in "Star Wars." https://t.co/dstp4zsj6y
Paperback, Mass Market, 1986
$10.99$5.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book