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Book Cover for: Saving Time: Discovering a Life Beyond Productivity Culture, Jenny Odell

Saving Time: Discovering a Life Beyond Productivity Culture

Jenny Odell
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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
Book Cover for: Meatpacking America: How Migration, Work, and Faith Unite and Divide the Heartland, Kristy Nabhan-Warren

Meatpacking America: How Migration, Work, and Faith Unite and Divide the Heartland

Kristy Nabhan-Warren
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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
Book Cover for: I Saw Death Coming: A History of Terror and Survival in the War Against Reconstruction, Kidada E. Williams

I Saw Death Coming: A History of Terror and Survival in the War Against Reconstruction

Kidada E. Williams
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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
Book Cover for: Drinking Up the Revolution: How to Smash Big Alcohol and Reclaim Working-Class Joy, James Wilt

Drinking Up the Revolution: How to Smash Big Alcohol and Reclaim Working-Class Joy

James Wilt
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@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
Book Cover for: The Filing Cabinet: A Vertical History of Information, Craig Robertson

The Filing Cabinet: A Vertical History of Information

Craig Robertson
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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
Book Cover for: Green Gone Wrong: How Our Economy Is Undermining the Environmental Revolution, Heather Rogers

Green Gone Wrong: How Our Economy Is Undermining the Environmental Revolution

Heather Rogers
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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
Book Cover for: Crack-Up Capitalism: Market Radicals and the Dream of a World Without Democracy, Quinn Slobodian

Crack-Up Capitalism: Market Radicals and the Dream of a World Without Democracy

Quinn Slobodian
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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
Book Cover for: Beyond Slavery's Shadow: Free People of Color in the South, Warren Eugene Milteer

Beyond Slavery's Shadow: Free People of Color in the South

Warren Eugene Milteer
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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
Book Cover for: Paradoxes of Nostalgia: Cold War Triumphalism and Global Disorder Since 1989, Penny M. Von Eschen

Paradoxes of Nostalgia: Cold War Triumphalism and Global Disorder Since 1989

Penny M. Von Eschen
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@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
Book Cover for: Sweetness in the Blood: Race, Risk, and Type 2 Diabetes, James Doucet-Battle

Sweetness in the Blood: Race, Risk, and Type 2 Diabetes

James Doucet-Battle
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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