This Is Hell! 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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Saving Time: Discovering a Life Beyond Productivity Culture
Jenny Odell
Listeners want @the_jennitaur to return to @thisishellradio and discuss her new book, "Saving Time: Discovering Life Beyond the Clock" (@randomhouse). Jenny was on TiH! back in 2019 to discuss "How To Do Nothing." Here's a free link to that interview! https://t.co/EgKapeZMGH
Paperback, 2024
$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Meatpacking America: How Migration, Work, and Faith Unite and Divide the Heartland
Kristy Nabhan-Warren
NOW: @KristyNabhan on her book "Meatpacking America: How Migration, Work, and Faith Unite and Divide the Heartland" via @UNC_Press. LISTEN LIVE: https://t.co/GuyvmjCa7q
Paperback, 2021
$22.95$11.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
I Saw Death Coming: A History of Terror and Survival in the War Against Reconstruction
Kidada E. Williams
MONDAY @thisishellradio at 10AM CST, podcast after at https://t.co/SM6dzmz5T8: @KidadaEWilliams on "I Saw Death Coming, A History of Terror and Survival in the War against Reconstruction" (@BloomsburyPub). https://t.co/diyYnK8uEk
Hardcover, 2023
$30.00$15.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Drinking Up the Revolution: How to Smash Big Alcohol and Reclaim Working-Class Joy
James Wilt
@thisishellradio Wednesday: @james_m_wilt on his book, "Drinking Up the Revolution: How to Smash Big Alcohol and Reclaim Working-Class Joy” (@RepeaterBooks), live at 10AM CDT and podcast shortly after at https://t.co/SM6dzmzDIG
Paperback, 2022
$16.95$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Filing Cabinet: A Vertical History of Information
Craig Robertson
TODAY IN HELL: An April 2021 favorite interview with @craig2robertson on his book "The Filing Cabinet: A Vertical History of Information" from @UMinnPress. Suggested by David G. and Braden S. Thank you David G. and Braden S. https://soundcloud.com/this-is-hell/tih20211230
Paperback, 2021
$27.95$13.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Green Gone Wrong: How Our Economy Is Undermining the Environmental Revolution
Heather Rogers
This is Hell! on @Patreon now! Central Illinois as metaphor of everything, and a 2010 talk with @HeatherRogers15 on her book, "Green Gone Wrong." Listen now at https://t.co/GntfAbveEg and support completely listener-supported radio. https://t.co/6ywSKtZcZ2
Hardcover, 2010
$35.00$17.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Crack-Up Capitalism: Market Radicals and the Dream of a World Without Democracy
Quinn Slobodian
This is Hell! Wednesday! @zeithistoriker on his book, “Crack-Up Capitalism: Market Radicals and the Dream of a World Without Democracy" (@MetropolitanBks). Live at 10AM CST at https://t.co/SM6dzmz5T8 and podcast shortly after at the same place. https://t.co/1HbE52ghka
Hardcover, 2023
$29.99$14.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Beyond Slavery's Shadow: Free People of Color in the South
Warren Eugene Milteer
TODAY: Historian @WEMilteer on his book "Beyond Slavery's Shadow: Free People of Color in the South" from @UNC_Press. 10AM Chicago! https://t.co/zZhXiF6vnE
Paperback, 2021
$37.50$18.75 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Paradoxes of Nostalgia: Cold War Triumphalism and Global Disorder Since 1989
Penny M. Von Eschen
@thisishellradio today: historian Penny M. Von Eschen on her new book, “Paradoxes of Nostalgia: Cold War Triumphalism and Global Disorder since 1989" (@DukePress). https://t.co/73tIeXCh2W
Paperback, 2022
$30.95$15.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Sweetness in the Blood: Race, Risk, and Type 2 Diabetes
James Doucet-Battle
NOW: Lindsey is in the studio playing Chuck's April 2021 conversation with James Doucet-Battle about his book "Sweetness in the Blood: Race, Risk, and Type 2 Diabetes." This one's great! LISTEN LIVE: https://t.co/GuyvmjCa7q
Paperback, 2021
$25.00$12.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book