UMass Amherst Alumni Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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The Anxious Achiever: Turn Your Biggest Fears Into Your Leadership Superpower
Morra Aarons-Mele
Do you find yourself struggling to manage your anxiety? Tune in for this lunchtime webinar on April 13 to learn from author Morra Aarons-Mele how to turn your biggest fears into your leadership superpower. Sign up here: https://t.co/j2gacT30Jp https://t.co/7MypX2JVHD
Hardcover, 2023
$30.00$15.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Acqua Alta
Donna Leon
Looking for another page-turner to add to your summer reading list? Join this round of UMass book club virtually to read "Acqua Alta", a thrilling detective mystery set in Venice by Donna Leon, who studied at #UMass in the 1970s. 📚 Register now: https://t.co/OWbgHAADvb https://t.co/QyD01aowmD
Paperback, 2013
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Things We Lost to the Water
Eric Nguyen
As the weather warms up, join the Read UMass book club. Reading starts 5/26 on "Things We Lost to the Water" on an immigrant family who settles in New Orleans and struggles to remain connected to one another as their lives are reshaped. Register here: https://t.co/IlYPlX3FIP https://t.co/2bA5YFv1eX
Paperback, 2022
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Jeff Kinney
UMass students rock in the real world! Tommy Dalton, Peter Tuohy, and Flynn Duffy of @reservationsat8 (📸) performed under the name Löded Diper with author Jeff Kinney to promote his new #DiaryOfAWimpyKid book on a 12-city national tour. Check it out: https://t.co/Roh24LbMFf https://t.co/ljZTjeYopF
Hardcover, Large Print, 2017
$24.99$12.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book