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Book Cover for: This Is Not Miami, Fernanda Melchor

This Is Not Miami

Fernanda Melchor
The NationThe Nation

Before she was a novelist, Fernanda Melchor covered crime and human interest for Mexican magazines. A collection of her nonfiction, "This Is Not Miami," shows the building blocks of her fiction. https://t.co/JoDOszg4WH

Paperback, 2023

$15.95Member price:$7.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: This Is Not Miami, Fernanda Melchor

This Is Not Miami

Fernanda Melchor
The NationThe Nation

Before she was a novelist, Fernanda Melchor covered crime and human interest for Mexican magazines. A collection of her nonfiction, "This Is Not Miami," shows the building blocks of her fiction. https://t.co/JoDOszg4WH

Paperback, 2023

$15.95Member price:$7.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: My Three Dads: Patriarchy on the Great Plains, Jessa Crispin

My Three Dads: Patriarchy on the Great Plains

Jessa Crispin
The NationThe Nation

.@jessa_crispin's latest book, "My Three Dads," blends personal memory with American history, offering incisive cultural criticism that turns to small-town values to understand American ideals. https://t.co/1ZhrLkCOLP

Paperback, 2022

$19.00Member price:$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: This Is Not Miami, Fernanda Melchor

This Is Not Miami

Fernanda Melchor
The NationThe Nation

Before she was a novelist, Fernanda Melchor covered crime and human interest for Mexican magazines. A collection of her nonfiction, "This Is Not Miami," shows the building blocks of her fiction. https://t.co/JoDOszg4WH

Paperback, 2023

$15.95Member price:$7.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Wealth of Nations, Adam Smith

The Wealth of Nations

Adam Smith
The NationThe Nation

Ever since Adam Smith published The Wealth of Nations in 1776, it has largely been taken for granted that staying alive was an all-consuming activity for our ancestors, as well as for the remaining hunter-gatherers who still lived as they did. https://t.co/A5gLUJXeE9

Hardcover, 2023

$29.99Member price:$14.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Beautiful World, Where Are You, Sally Rooney

Beautiful World, Where Are You

Sally Rooney
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In her third novel, Rooney does more than just respond to critics; she surveys the wreckage of modern life. https://bit.ly/3oL38TF

Paperback, 2022

$18.00Member price:$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Passenger, Cormac McCarthy

The Passenger

Cormac McCarthy
The NationThe Nation

In "Stella Maris" and "The Passenger," Cormac McCarthy invites us to consider hopelessness not just to give us hope but to compel us to make use of it. https://t.co/DGVscxiIOH

Paperback, 2023

$18.00Member price:$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Time Of Monsters: Rick's Box, Robert W. Cobbs

Time Of Monsters: Rick's Box

Robert W. Cobbs
The NationThe Nation

We're excited to announce the great @heerjeet's return to The Nation as national-affairs correspondent. In addition to writing for us regularly, he will be bringing with him his podcast, "The Time of Monsters." Read more about Jeet's return below: https://bit.ly/3yL4By7

Paperback, 2014

$10.00Member price:$5.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Vanguard of the Revolution: The Global Idea of the Communist Party, A. James McAdams

Vanguard of the Revolution: The Global Idea of the Communist Party

A. James McAdams
The NationThe Nation

Marx and Engels published The Communist Manifesto on this day 174 years ago. Today, we're turning back to Tony Wood's review of "Vanguard of the Revolution: The Global Idea of The Communist Party." https://t.co/COnW1wefNT

Paperback, 2019

$34.00Member price:$30.60 + Free shipping10% off
Book Cover for: South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation, Imani Perry

South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation

Imani Perry
The NationThe Nation

Congratulations to @imaniperry on her National Book Award for "South to America." We're turning back to @robgreeneII's review of the book from our October 3/10 issue: https://t.co/wrk6WbCpF1

Paperback, 2023

$19.99Member price:$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book