UMass Amherst Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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Diper Överlöde
Jeff KinneyUMass AmherstStarting October 24, UMass Amherst students Tom Dalton, Flynn Duffy, and Peter Tuohy are heading out on tour! The band was selected by "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" author Jeff Kinney to join him on his Diper Överlöde national book tour. Learn more here: https://t.co/iOS4AGJUKr https://t.co/QkwJOdbJjP
Hardcover, Large Print, 2022
$24.99$12.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Parenting Stress
Kirby Deater-DeckardUMass AmherstCongrats to #SpotlightScholar Kirby Deater-Deckard! With @PBSamherst, he conducts large-scale studies to understand variations in self-regulation, research that informs discussions & policies vis-a-vis parenting stress and resilience. Read more here: https://t.co/QykRNzHi3Y https://t.co/tLq7k9RXfb
Paperback, 2014
$27.00$13.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Doctrines, Christian Advices, and Rules of Discipline of New England: Yearly Meeting of Friends
New England Yearly MeetingUMass AmherstIf hundreds of years of #Quaker records sounds exciting to you, you're in luck! @scua_umass is digitizing The New England Yearly Meeting of Friends Records going back to the 17th century - a treasure trove for #genealogists! đź“– https://t.co/PkfQtx89tR
Paperback, 2019
$22.90$11.45 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Drugs Don't Work Penguin Special: A Global Threat
Dame Sally DaviesUMass AmherstBad information is a global threat. Now, @jonathan_c_ong @SBS_UMass has a grant from @luminategroup to study how disinformation and hate affect the global south. 🌏 https://t.co/jWFKq8N6Gm
Paperback, 2013
$8.95$4.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Food Nanotechnology
David Julian McClementsUMass AmherstInternationally recognized food scientist and Distinguished Professor David Julian McClements is the sole author of a new academic book in his field of expertise titled “Food Nanotechnology.” Read more here: https://t.co/CveEis0Xju https://t.co/hdg7fKM7tN
Paperback, 2022
$88.99$63.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book(max discount $25)
Breaking the War Habit: The Debate Over Militarism in American Education
Scott HardingUMass AmherstSeth Kershner, Ph.D. student in history at UMass Amherst, is one of the authors of “Breaking the War Habit: The Debate over Militarism in American Education,” recently published by the University of Georgia Press. https://t.co/XFoEkoCRxY
Paperback, 2022
$26.95$13.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
No Filter and Other Lies
Crystal MaldonadoUMass AmherstCongratulations to Crystal Maldonado, associate news director in the UMass Amherst News Office, on the publication of her second YA novel, "No Filter and Other Lies." It's been named a Best YA Book Arriving in 2022 by Seventeen Magazine. https://bit.ly/3rTXAqV
Paperback, 2023
$12.99$6.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Terrible We: Thinking with Trans Maladjustment
Cameron Awkward-RichUMass Amherst“The Terrible We: Thinking with Trans Maladjustment” by Cameron Awkward-Rich, assistant professor in @UMassHFA, has been named a finalist in the Transgender Nonfiction category for the 35th Annual Lambda Literary Awards happening in June. https://t.co/iUyjHe484V
Paperback, 2022
$24.95$12.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
Ocean VuongUMass AmherstICYMI: Ocean Vuong, a faculty member in our MFA program for writers and poets, and author of the recent best-seller "On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous," is out with a new book of poetry, Time is a Mother. He was recently profiled in The New Yorker. https://t.co/azxPzSReLt
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How China Escaped Shock Therapy: The Market Reform Debate
Isabella M. WeberUMass AmherstCongratulations to Prof. Isabella Weber, economics, on having her new book “How China Escaped Shock Therapy: The Market Reform Debate,” awarded the Best Book in Interdisciplinary Studies Award of the International Studies Association. https://t.co/vqwpYhzVJQ
Paperback, 2021
$45.99$23.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book