The New Press 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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Hollywood in China: Behind the Scenes of the World's Largest Movie Market
Ying Zhu"HOLLYWOOD IN CHINA sketch[es] out a frightening pattern in US–China trade relations." Read a review of Ying Zhu's (@yz10128) HOLLYWOOD IN CHINA in @nybooks: https://t.co/0udhVizC3K
Hardcover, 2022
$32.99Member price:$16.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
We Have Tired of Violence: A True Story of Murder, Memory, and the Fight for Justice in Indonesia
Matt EastonRead a review of Matt Easton’s WE HAVE TIRED OF VIOLENCE in @ForeignAffairs: https://t.co/7ET2tt0ShY
Hardcover, 2022
$27.99Member price:$13.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Solace: Portraits of Queer Chinese Youth
Sarah Mei HermanSee photos from Sarah Mei Herman’s SOLACE, a new photobook depicting the quiet inner lives of queer Chinese youth, in this feature from @i_D https://t.co/uNEfepmBKN
Paperback, 2022
$21.99Member price:$20.89 + Free shipping5% off
Inventing Latinos: A New Story of American Racism
Laura E. GómezPoet José Olivarez (@_joseolivarez) included INVENTING LATINOS by Laura Gómez on a list of recommended reads for @lithub. Read more here: https://t.co/uoPbwYUTus
Paperback, 2022
$18.99Member price:$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Scheme: How the Right Wing Used Dark Money to Capture the Supreme Court
Sheldon WhitehouseTonight at 6 pm! Savoy Bookshop & Café (@bsb_savoy) will present an author talk and signing with Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (@SenWhitehouse) for his book THE SCHEME. Click here for more info: https://t.co/JM1NIlpCIT
Paperback, 2023
$18.99Member price:$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Getting Me Cheap: How Low-Wage Work Traps Women and Girls in Poverty
Amanda Freeman“The authentic, unfiltered portraits of working mothers in America. . . .” - Read a review of GETTING ME CHEAP by Amanda Freeman and Lisa Dodson in @EarlyLearnNatn. https://t.co/GYBtw4t2Il
Hardcover, 2022
$27.99Member price:$13.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
States of Neglect: How Red-State Leaders Have Failed Their Citizens and Undermined America
William Kleinknecht"More than four years into the DeSantis governorship, Florida continues to languish toward the bottom of state rankings." - Read a @TIME op-ed by STATES OF NEGLECT author William Kleinknecht assessing the Florida governor's record. https://t.co/SD5XpEEL8Y
Hardcover, 2023
$27.99Member price:$13.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Won't Lose This Dream: How an Upstart Urban University Rewrote the Rules of a Broken System
Andrew Gumbel“The book is a case study on how you make change in higher education.” WON’T LOSE THIS DREAM by Andrew Gumbel was recommended by @InsidePhilanthr https://t.co/GfHs2v2JmI
Paperback, 2024
$18.99Member price:$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
How We Win the Civil War: Securing a Multiracial Democracy and Ending White Supremacy for Good
Steve PhillipsWashington Post (@washingtonpost) columnist Perry Bacon Jr. (@perrybaconjr) discussed HOW WE WIN THE CIVIL WAR by Steve Phillips (@StevePtweets) in a recent column about what it is like to be an object of hate living in a red state. Read it here: https://t.co/Xhr9ZdJYQ6
Paperback, 2024
$19.99Member price:$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Earth Eats: Real Food Green Living
Annie CorriganEarth Eats (@eartheats), a radio show and podcast about food, race, policy, and sustainable agriculture from WFIU in Bloomington, IN, interviewed SLAVES FOR PEANUTS author Jori Lewis (@jorilewis) about the book. Listen to the episode here: https://t.co/fvA0xwpGmX
Paperback, 2017
$30.00Member price:$15.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book