The Christian Science Monitor Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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The Last White Man
Mohsin Hamid
British Pakistani novelist Mohsin Hamid explores a provocative question: Can white supremacy persist, if no one is white any longer? https://t.co/6Ocnwx4nrW
Paperback, 2023
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Read Dangerously: The Subversive Power of Literature in Troubled Times
Azar Nafisi
Iranian American author Azar Nafisi explores fiction as a means of engaging with the world, rather than retreating from it in “Read Dangerously.” https://t.co/O2qjrJiQF2
Hardcover, 2022
$26.99$13.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Demon Copperhead
Barbara Kingsolver
Barbara Kingsolver’s “Demon Copperhead” re-imagines Dickens’ “David Copperfield” as a story of survival set in the Appalachian Mountains. https://t.co/GZ4uDfJYNq
Paperback, 2024
$21.99$10.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Cloud Cuckoo Land
Anthony Doerr
Anthony Doerr, author of “All the Light We Cannot See,” plots a tale that soars across centuries in “Cloud Cuckoo Land.” https://bit.ly/3CTEvaV
Paperback, 2022
$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Librarianist
Patrick DeWitt
Patrick deWitt’s novel “The Librarianist” offers a quirky, affectionate portrait of a retired librarian who discovers friendship and community late in life. https://t.co/RjvuVxrBaq
Hardcover, 2023
$30.00$15.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
How to Speak Whale: The Power and Wonder of Listening to Animals
Tom Mustill
Humankind may be closer to communicating with whales than we think, writes Tom Mustill in “How To Speak Whale.” https://t.co/IlRyVRS65f
Paperback, 2023
$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Woman: The American History of an Idea
Lillian Faderman
In “Woman: The American History of an Idea,” Lillian Faderman argues that as American women emerged from the home, forces conspired to push them back. https://t.co/NwrpqMlPET
Paperback, 2023
$25.00$12.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Congress: A Performance Appraisal
Andrew J. Taylor
Georgia’s Republican Party is relying on voters in the state’s northern mountain region as Atlanta suburbs become more diversified. Northern Georgia, which voted Andrew Clyde and Marjorie Taylor Greene into Congress, remains majority Republican. https://t.co/2PrEm18EfM
Hardcover, 2019
$180.00$155.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book(max discount $25)
Happiness in Action: A Philosopher's Guide to the Good Life
Adam Adatto Sandel
Adam Adatto Sandel’s “Happiness in Action: A Philosopher’s Guide to the Good Life” points out three keys to lasting satisfaction and joy. https://t.co/vvn9LTXOay
Hardcover, 2022
$29.95$14.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Arthur Miller: American Witness
John Lahr
Arthur Miller’s impact on American theater was seismic. New Yorker drama critic John Lahr delves into Miller’s life, and the plays that made him famous. https://t.co/ptc8uce4Kw
Hardcover, 2022
$26.00$13.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book