The Boston Globe Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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We All Play
Julie FlettThe Boston GlobeAnd in children’s, “We All Play” is a picture book by @julie_flett that celebrates playtime and the connection between children and the natural world. https://t.co/82ljPyBzGH
Board Book, 2024
$10.95$5.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Every Good Boy Does Fine: A Love Story, in Music Lessons
Jeremy DenkThe Boston GlobeJeremy Denk, who just published his memoir “Every Good Boy Does Fine: A Love Story, in Music Lessons,” will play the first book of Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier at GBH Calderwood Studios next weekend. https://t.co/XYUhzQvT3m
Paperback, 2023
$22.00$11.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Savage, Noble Death of Babs Dionne
Ron CurrieThe Boston GlobeIn Babs, a Franco-American crime boss who also happens to be a devoted grandmother, Currie has written one of those characters you never knew you needed until she appeared on the page. A Shakespearean drama in hardscrabble Maine, this is an addictive and unforgettable read.
Hardcover, 2025
$29.00$14.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Home Food: 100 Recipes to Comfort and Connect: Ukraine - Cyprus - Italy - England - And Beyond
Olia HerculesThe Boston GlobeThe release of @Olia_Hercules's latest cookbook, "Home Food," coincides with the war devastating her country. Soon after the invasion, she announced the formation of #CookForUkraine, which asks cooks and chefs to make dinners with donations to charity. https://t.co/DJmqOZRUD9
Paperback, 2024
$26.95$13.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Coal Miner's Daughter
Loretta LynnThe Boston GlobeLoretta Lynn, the Kentucky coal miner’s daughter whose frank songs about life and love as a woman in Appalachia pulled her out of poverty and made her a pillar of country music, has died. https://t.co/FSOBqUjqfC
Paperback, 2021
$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
You Are Not a Before Picture: How to Finally Make Peace with Your Body, for Good
Alex LightThe Boston GlobeAlex Light’s ‘You Are Not a Before Picture’ celebrates loving the body you’re in https://t.co/4UAci7EMpG
Paperback, 2025
$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Bluest Eye
Toni MorrisonThe Boston GlobeIn ‘The Bluest Eye’ at the @huntington, the challenge of capturing Toni Morrison’s powerful debut novel. https://t.co/CChf1BOG2C
Paperback, 2007
$16.00$8.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Little Women
Louisa May AlcottThe Boston Globe‘Little Women’ musical to be performed by theater group Louisa May Alcott and her sister founded https://t.co/riyfyDgjPs
Hardcover, 2014
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation
Imani PerryThe Boston Globe“South to America” by Imani Perry and “The Urge” by Carl Erik Fisher made the Globe’s list for best nonfiction books. https://t.co/sy9QqbTVah
Paperback, 2023
$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Pro Football Hall of Fame
Robert CooperThe Boston GlobePatriots owner Robert Kraft a finalist for the Pro Football Hall of Fame 2023 class https://t.co/aOdAaAe1gO
Hardcover, 2019
$34.22$17.11 + Free shipping50% off your first book