TED-Ed Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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Moby Dick
Herman Melville
Celebrate Herman Melville's birthday with his classic novel "Moby Dick": https://t.co/rkzOGNUdhQ
Paperback, 2011
$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Relativity: The Special and the General Theory
Albert Einstein
On this day in 1916, Albert Einstein presented his Theory of General Relativity for the first time: https://t.co/4LNK2ulScE
Hardcover, 2023
$12.99$6.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Maya Angelou
How did Maya Angelou’s memoir “I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings” become one of the most frequently banned books of all time? https://t.co/0ilZBxUp8a
Paperback, Mass Market, 2009
$8.99$4.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Beloved: Pulitzer Prize Winner
Toni Morrison
A mirror that shatters without warning. Two tiny handprints stamped into a cake. A trail of cracker crumbs. The home at 124 Bluestone Road is haunted and everyone knows it. So begins “Beloved,” Toni Morrison’s Pulitzer Prize-winning drama: https://t.co/H0dp1Q5cfb
Paperback, 2004
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Martin Luther King's Letter from Birmingham Jail: An Effective Argument 2015
Noah Ras
Today, we celebrate a man and his dream as we continue to work towards a more equal society. Revisit Martin Luther King's "Letter from Birmingham Jail," one of the most important texts of the Civil Rights Movement: https://t.co/ShTblW1FN8
Paperback, 2015
$45.00$22.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Well-Behaved Women Seldom Make History
Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
Happy International Women's Day! If it’s true that well-behaved women seldom make history, then we’d like to introduce you to a few of our favorite troublemakers: https://t.co/H5jac0aiiR https://t.co/SPdNYeNegv
Paperback, 2008
$19.00$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
War and Peace
Leo Tolstoy
Everything you need to know to dive into Leo Tolstoy's epic "War and Peace": https://t.co/F3ujcCVoKN
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The Road Not Taken
Robert Frost
"Two roads diverged in a wood, and I — I took the one less traveled by ..." Happy Birthday, Robert Frost! Celebrate with this beautifully animated interpretation of his classic work: https://t.co/PoxAbaK869
Hardcover, 2019
$17.99$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Kafkaesque: Fourteen Stories
Franz Kafka
On Franz Kafka's birthday, explore what it really means to be Kafkaesque: https://t.co/GDkQ5XBsoI
Paperback, 2020
$14.95$7.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book
War and Peace
Leo Tolstoy
Everything you need to know to dive into Leo Tolstoy's epic "War and Peace": https://t.co/F3ujcCVoKN
Hardcover, 2017
$30.00$15.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book