U of Wisconsin Press Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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Plain: A Memoir of Mennonite Girlhood
Mary Alice Hostetter
Reminder: TOMORROW, @PocketBooksShop in Lancaster PA will host Mary Alice Hostetter, author of PLAIN, in conversation w/ Shirley Showalter! It's a homecoming for Mary Alice; if you're out & about in Lancaster, please stop by at 6:30 PM for the reading, conversation, and signing! https://t.co/6UooVEDiTW
Paperback, 2025
$16.95$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Best Weapon for Peace: Maria Montessori, Education, and Children's Rights
Erica Moretti
From @PH_Journal: a new review of @erica_emoretti's The Best Weapon for Peace: Maria Montessori, Education, and Children’s Rights: https://t.co/IgTijVhmHu
Paperback, 2022
$22.95$11.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Burning Ambition: Education, Arson, and Learning Justice in Kenya
Elizabeth Cooper
🗓️ Reminder: Today at 6 pm EAT, BIEA in Nairobi will host a book launch for Elizabeth Cooper's Burning Ambition. Details and registration: https://t.co/qqx2lIWuZe
Hardcover, 2022
$79.95$54.95 + Free shipping50% off your first book(max discount $25)
The Art of the Break
Mary Wimmer
Save the date: @MaryWimmer4, author of the new novel THE ART OF THE BREAK, will be at @book_wi in Appleton next Saturday, November 26, from 1 - 3 PM. If you're out and about for Small Business Saturday, please drop by! https://t.co/HBAkmHIHfB
Paperback, 2022
$17.95$8.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Heavy Marching: The Civil War Letters of Lute Moseley, 22nd Wisconsin
Lucius S. Moseley
Reminder: coming up next week! @WisVetsMuseum will host a virtual book talk with Sara DeLuca, editor of Heavy Marching: The Civil War Letters of Lute Moseley, 22nd Wisconsin. Details: https://t.co/7p7UyZyd5u
Hardcover, 2023
$29.95$14.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
One Breath from Drowning
Kent Quaney
Coming up next week: On March 16 at 7 pm, @beausoleilbooks will host Kent Quaney, author of the novel ONE BREATH FROM DROWNING! https://t.co/Tw2Qa9ubcE
Paperback, 2022
$18.95$9.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Religious Entanglements: Central African Pentecostalism, the Creation of Cultural Knowledge, and the Making of the Luba Katanga
David Maxwell
Happy publication day to David Maxwell (@CamHistory), whose new book Religious Entanglements is now available! @PublishersWkly calls it "an enlightening study." More on the book: https://t.co/IvrIQJnsHR https://t.co/cSr0lD3fZr
Hardcover, 2022
$79.95$54.95 + Free shipping50% off your first book(max discount $25)
A Spiritual Revolution: The Impact of Reformation and Enlightenment in Orthodox Russia, 1700-1825
Andrey V. Ivanov
Coming up on Thursday at @UWCREECA: Andrey Ivanov celebrates the publication of the paperback edition of A SPIRITUAL REVOLUTION with a book launch talk! 4 pm in Ingraham Hall; discount codes for ordering the book will be available. Details: https://t.co/dqqxO7k6bF
Paperback, 2023
$32.95$16.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
A Brave and Lovely Woman: Mamah Borthwick and Frank Lloyd Wright
Mark Borthwick
ICYMI: From @WiStateJournal: Gena Kittner interviews Mark Borthwick about his forthcoming book, A BRAVE AND LOVELY WOMAN: MAMAH BORTHWICK AND FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT: https://t.co/yaV1sdgrHu https://t.co/eTI0CqhYl7
Hardcover, 2023
$34.95$17.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
This Room Is Made of Noise
Stephen Schottenfeld
🎉 Happy publication day to @StephenSchotte2 (@UR_EnglishDept) 🎉 Stephen's new novel, THIS ROOM IS MADE OF NOISE, is officially out today! If you're in the Rochester area, please join Stephen for events on April 12 and 15. Learn more about the book: https://t.co/USL9ce496k https://t.co/b2sk6WfYsW
Paperback, 2023
$18.95$9.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book