The Atavist Magazine Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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The First Responders: The Untold Story of the New York City Police Department & September 11th, 2001
Anthea Appel
Happy pub day to @goes_by_hazzard, whose book American Sirens is out today with @HachetteUS! Kevin’s book expands on “The First Responders,” his incredible 2019 Atavist feature on the black men who became America's first paramedic corps. Read it here: https://t.co/AQWNDZZRLb
Paperback, 2014
$22.00$11.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Titans of the Pacific
Robert Gammon
The Titanic of the Pacific: A tale of disaster, survival, and ghosts. Issue no. 138 by @thooper8 is your great weekend read! https://t.co/0roIYrTl8Q
Paperback, 2017
$13.38$6.69 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Reverend Mother
Eron Henry
How does a false prophet rise to power? And how does she fall? Read @chgrimaldi sweeping historical story about the empire of a charismatic Brooklyn preacher who called herself "Reverend Mother." https://magazine.atavist.com/the-shadow-and-the-ghost-brooklyn-italian-pentecostal-church-cult/ https://t.co/cfi0WHIoLL
Paperback, 2011
$15.00$7.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The American Museum of Natural History: Its Origin, Its History, the Growth of Its Departments to December 31, 1909
Henry Fairfield 1857-1935 Osborn
Four years later, the tooth found itself at the center of a debate on evolution, a fixture in a drawn out argument between public speaker and devout Christian William Jennings Bryan and Henry Fairfield Osborn, the president of the American Museum of Natural History. 3/ https://t.co/XvCLIGuvAU
Paperback, 2021
$18.95$9.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The American Museum of Natural History: Its Origin, Its History, the Growth of Its Departments to December 31, 1909
Henry Fairfield Osborn
Four years later, the tooth found itself at the center of a debate on evolution, a fixture in a drawn out argument between public speaker and devout Christian William Jennings Bryan and Henry Fairfield Osborn, the president of the American Museum of Natural History. 3/ https://t.co/XvCLIGuvAU
Hardcover, 2015
$31.95$15.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
American Sirens: The Incredible Story of the Black Men Who Became America's First Paramedics
Kevin Hazzard
Happy pub day to @goes_by_hazzard, whose book American Sirens is out today with @HachetteUS! Kevin’s book expands on “The First Responders,” his incredible 2019 Atavist feature on the black men who became America's first paramedic corps. Read it here: https://t.co/AQWNDZZRLb
Paperback, 2024
$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book