U.S. Studies Online 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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On Nixon's Madness: An Emotional History
Zachary Jacobson
Call for reviewers! We have some excellent new titles available for review! Are you interested in 'Fearless Women' by Elizabeth Cobbs (@Harvard_Press) or in 'On Nixon's Madness' by Zachary Jonathan Jacobson (@JHUPress)? Get in touch at usso@baas.ac.uk! https://t.co/P617P5P2ET
Hardcover, 2023
$29.95$14.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Line of Blood and Dirt: Creating the Canada-United States Border Across Indigenous Lands
Benjamin Hoy
#BookReviewFriday @AmyRuckes reviews Benjamin Hoy’s “A Line of Blood and Dirt: Creating the Canada-United States Border Across Indigenous Lands.” @OUPAcademic @usask @usaskArtSci @HeidelbergU @hcaheidelberg https://t.co/DPC6JaRHMn
Hardcover, 2021
$41.99$21.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Hattiesburg: An American City in Black and White
William Sturkey
#New #BookReview Our latest review, from @AijaOksman, is on 'Hattiesburg, An American City in Black and White' by William Sturkey. Read it here: http://www.baas.ac.uk/usso/?p=13522 #USStudiesOnline #AmericanStudies https://t.co/6Yi0UaqnUy
Paperback, 2021
$24.00$12.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
William Faulkner and Mortality: A Fine Dead Sound
Ahmed Honeini
#NEW #BookReview @Faulkner_UK William Faulkner and Mortality: A Fine Dead Sound by Ahmed Honeini, reviewed by Katie Tobin. We featured this book in a recent #USSOBookHour; you can rewatch this event on our YouTube channel. https://t.co/NAjVeNR1SF
Paperback, 2023
$51.99$26.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book(max discount $25)
Winslow Homer: Force of Nature
Christopher Riopelle
#EyesOnExhibitions Our new #EyesOnExhibitions series continues with the second part of our interview with Christopher Riopelle about the U.S. history behind the current @NationalGallery exhibition ‘Winslow Homer: Force of Nature’. https://t.co/b5vH3w2jyO https://t.co/ZRscKG7AKc
Paperback, 2022
$25.00$12.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
FDR in American Memory: Roosevelt and the Making of an Icon
Sara Polak
#New #BookReview @emma_rhodes reviews FDR in American Memory: Roosevelt and the Making of an Icon, by @Sara_Polak https://t.co/31TWDQ0gQt…on-by-sara-polak/
Hardcover, 2021
$57.00$32.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book(max discount $25)
That's Not Funny: How the Right Makes Comedy Work for Them
Matt Sienkiewicz
#BookReviewFriday Nadia Franks (@UofGlasgow) reviews 'That's Not Funny: How the Right Makes Comedy Work for Them' (@ucpress) by Matt Sienkiewicz (@mediastudied, @BostonCollege) and Nick Marx (@marxnick, @ColoradoStateU). https://t.co/CQURrFh4eg
Paperback, 2024
$24.95$12.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The End of Ambition: The United States and the Third World in the Vietnam Era
Mark Atwood Lawrence
#NEW #BookReview The End of Ambition: The United States and the Third World in the Vietnam Era by Mark Atwood Lawrence, reviewed by Sean Byrnes https://t.co/whlSugUSII
Paperback, 2024
$27.95$13.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Rock & Roll in Kennedy's America: A Cultural History of the Early 1960s
Richard Aquila
@lizreeshistory reviews 'Rock & Roll in Kennedy’s America: A Cultural History of the Early 1960s' by Richard Aquila (@JHUPress). She calls it 'an essential work not only for historians of music, but also cultural historians of the mid-twentieth century.' https://t.co/pHAINvEpPF
Hardcover, 2022
$29.95$14.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Contemporary American Fiction in the Embrace of the Digital Age
Beatrice Pire
#New #BookReview Book Review: Contemporary American Fiction in the Embrace of the Digital Age by Béatrice Pire, Arnaud Regnauld & Pierre-Louis Patoine. Reviewed for USSO by @kowalik_george📚🇺🇸🖥️ https://t.co/CbXGy0fkX2
Hardcover, 2021
$150.00$125.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book(max discount $25)