The CJM Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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Three Minutes in Poland: Discovering a Lost World in a 1938 Family Film
Glenn Kurtz
THREE MINUTES - A LENGTHENING opens in SF tomorrow. Glenn Kurtz, author of book Three Minutes in Poland, will appear in person at Landmark's Opera Plaza Cinema in San Francisco on Sun, 8/28 for a Q&A after the 3:45pm show. Tickets: https://t.co/xkjtw4cKVV https://t.co/jQH26W14sj
Paperback, 2015
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Bluest Eye
Toni Morrison
In addition to the adaptation of the Anne Frank Diary, dozens of other titles addressing oppression, race, and LGBTQ+ experiences were removed, including Alison Bechdel’s “Fun Home,” Toni Morrison’s “The Bluest Eye,” and Maia Kobabe’s “Gender Queer.” #ReadBannedBooks
Paperback, 2007
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Paradise: One Town's Struggle to Survive an American Wildfire
Lizzie Johnson
What are your favorite fall reads? Here are a few of our picks for new-ish, Jew-ish, or California-related reads! Paradise, Lizzie Johnson How Much of These Hills is Gold, C. Pam Zhang City of a Thousand Gates, Rebecca Sacks https://t.co/7BQh3LBDyb
Paperback, 2022
$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Toni Morrison
In addition to the adaptation of the Anne Frank Diary, dozens of other titles addressing oppression, race, and LGBTQ+ experiences were removed, including Alison Bechdel’s “Fun Home,” Toni Morrison’s “The Bluest Eye,” and Maia Kobabe’s “Gender Queer.” #ReadBannedBooks
Paperback, 2013
$16.00$8.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
City of a Thousand Gates
Bee Sacks
What are your favorite fall reads? Here are a few of our picks for new-ish, Jew-ish, or California-related reads! Paradise, Lizzie Johnson How Much of These Hills is Gold, C. Pam Zhang City of a Thousand Gates, Rebecca Sacks https://t.co/7BQh3LBDyb
Paperback, 2022
$16.99$8.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Gender Queer: A Memoir
Maia Kobabe
In addition to the adaptation of the Anne Frank Diary, dozens of other titles addressing oppression, race, and LGBTQ+ experiences were removed, including Alison Bechdel’s “Fun Home,” Toni Morrison’s “The Bluest Eye,” and Maia Kobabe’s “Gender Queer.” #ReadBannedBooks
Paperback, 2019
$24.99$12.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
Alison Bechdel
In addition to the adaptation of the Anne Frank Diary, dozens of other titles addressing oppression, race, and LGBTQ+ experiences were removed, including Alison Bechdel’s “Fun Home,” Toni Morrison’s “The Bluest Eye,” and Maia Kobabe’s “Gender Queer.” #ReadBannedBooks
Paperback, 2007
$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Judy Chicago: In the Making
Judy Chicago
New on view! The first two exhibitions in the #ExperienceLeonardCohen series are open! Book timed tickets at https://t.co/SbisOLI8bC to explore exhibitions from powerhouse artists #GeorgeFok and #JudyChicago. https://t.co/IjWLGHmIzu
Hardcover, 2021
$49.95$24.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
How Much of These Hills Is Gold
C. Pam Zhang
What are your favorite fall reads? Here are a few of our picks for new-ish, Jew-ish, or California-related reads! Paradise, Lizzie Johnson How Much of These Hills is Gold, C. Pam Zhang City of a Thousand Gates, Rebecca Sacks https://t.co/7BQh3LBDyb
Paperback, 2021
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book