The co-op bookstore for avid readers

The Cultural Tutor Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.

The Cultural Tutor on X
User avatar

A beautiful education.

193 books
Book Cover for: Works: The Man Who Laughs, Victor Hugo

Works: The Man Who Laughs

Victor Hugo
The Cultural TutorThe Cultural Tutor

Paris had been for centuries, ever since the Dark Ages, one of Europe's foremost cities. But, by the 19th century and as described most famously in the works of Victor Hugo, Paris had become overcrowded and ravaged by disease - the urban poor were suffering. https://t.co/nkKdHEVZIP

Out of stock

Lists icon
Right arrow icon
Book Cover for: Inferno: Italian-English Parallel Text, Dante

Inferno: Italian-English Parallel Text

Dante
The Cultural TutorThe Cultural Tutor

His style changed in the 1490s, growing darker and more austere as Florence itself went through turbulent times. He started painting less, too, and spent his time making drawings of Dante's Inferno, apparently disillusioned and reclusive; he died in 1510. https://t.co/8u5tpvMsUg

Paperback, 2021

$11.99$5.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Lists icon
Right arrow icon
Book Cover for: Les Misérables: in large print - Volume I, Victor Hugo

Les Misérables: in large print - Volume I

Victor Hugo
The Cultural TutorThe Cultural Tutor

Victor Hugo is best-known as the author of the beloved novel Les Misérables. But he was also a visionary artist who created drawings like the Octopus, from 1866. Let's enter the nightmarish world of Victor Hugo's surreal imagination: https://t.co/p1Ih0V8oPj

Hardcover, 2022

$99.90$74.90 + Free shipping50% off your first book(max discount $25)
Lists icon
Right arrow icon
Book Cover for: Voyage Au Bout de La Nuit, L. Celine

Voyage Au Bout de La Nuit

L. Celine
The Cultural TutorThe Cultural Tutor

@kursadabi A friend gave me a copy of Voyage au Bout de la Nuit. I'm intriguied by Céline. Can't wait to read it.

Out of stock

Lists icon
Right arrow icon
Book Cover for: The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Victor Hugo

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Victor Hugo
The Cultural TutorThe Cultural Tutor

Victor Hugo is most famous for writing beloved novels like Les Misérables and The Hunchback of Notre Dame. But he was also one of the greatest painters of the 19th century. And Hugo's art, kept secret until after his death, is unlike anything you've seen before... https://t.co/kDLWzzKBgC

Paperback, Mass Market, 1981

$5.95$2.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Lists icon
Right arrow icon
Book Cover for: Metamorphoses: A New Verse Translation, Ovide

Metamorphoses: A New Verse Translation

Ovide
The Cultural TutorThe Cultural Tutor

20. A Midsummer Night's Dream (1595) Many inspirations: Edmund Spenser’s Epithalamion (1594), Aristophanes’ comedy The Birds (414 BC), Chaucer’s The Knight’s Tale (1400), Ovid’s Metamorphoses (8 AD), and the German poem Der Busant (11th-13th century). https://t.co/plaYnd4X4E

Hardcover, 2016

$26.00$13.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Lists icon
Right arrow icon
Book Cover for: The Civil Wars, Julius Caesar

The Civil Wars

Julius Caesar
The Cultural TutorThe Cultural Tutor

The year is 44 BC. Julius Caesar has just been declared "Dictator for Life" and is the most powerful man in the Roman Republic. In 48 BC he had defeated Pompey the Great, another Roman general, and by 45 BC he had put down all other resistance - the civil wars were over. https://t.co/h8xtzi55sf

Hardcover, 2016

$36.95$18.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Lists icon
Right arrow icon
Book Cover for: English Constitution, Walter Bagehot

English Constitution

Walter Bagehot
The Cultural TutorThe Cultural Tutor

22. The English Constitution by Walter Bagehot (1867) For anybody who wishes to understand the British political system, this book is unavoidable. I dare say there a few British politicians who could do with giving it a go... https://t.co/RzGNnLXtB3

Out of stock

Lists icon
Right arrow icon
Book Cover for: Cowards Die Many Times Before Their Deaths; The Valiant Never Taste of Death But Once, Gary D. Chattman

Cowards Die Many Times Before Their Deaths; The Valiant Never Taste of Death But Once

Gary D. Chattman
The Cultural TutorThe Cultural Tutor

14. From Julius Caesar: "Cowards die many times before their deaths; The valiant never taste of death but once."

Paperback, 2019

$14.50$7.25 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Lists icon
Right arrow icon
Book Cover for: Count Lucanor, Don Juan Manuel

Count Lucanor

Don Juan Manuel
The Cultural TutorThe Cultural Tutor

27. The Taming of the Shrew (1593) Many sources. One Thousand and One Nights again. Also Pontus de Huyter’s De Rebus Burgundicis (1584), Don Juan Manuel’s Tales of Count Lucanor (1335), Plautus’ Mostellaria, and more. There is also a strong folkloric influence. https://t.co/PwlorjMzmY

Out of stock

Lists icon
Right arrow icon