UMN Libraries Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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Leave the World Behind
Rumaan AlamUMN LibrariesAlee Schmeirer and Lisa Von Drasek discuss “Leave the World Behind,” a novel by Rumaan Alam, about two families — strangers to each other — who are forced together on a long weekend gone terribly wrong. #ReadThisBook https://t.co/hFGaXZTiWX
Paperback, 2021
$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Other Black Girl
Zakiya Dalila HarrisUMN LibrariesSave the Date: ‘The Other Black Girl’: A conversation with author Zakiya Dalila Harris — Join us for this in-person event & book signing on Wednesday, April 27 at 7 p.m. — An Archie Givens Jr. NOMMO African American Speaker event hosted by #UMN Libraries. https://bit.ly/3uyNhuj
Paperback, 2022
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams
Stacy SchiffUMN Libraries“The Revolutionary Samuel Adams” by Stacy Schiff, reviewed on Read This Book from the #UMN Libraries, with Bill Pederson from the #UMN Music Library and Read This Book host, Lisa Von Drasek. https://t.co/WYK2wc1axg
Hardcover, Large Print, 2023
$34.99$17.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Millions of Cats
Wanda GágUMN LibrariesBorn and raised in New Ulm, Minnesota, illustrator & writer Wanda Gág created the memorable “Millions of Cats.” Many of Gág’s papers, manuscripts, photographs, & children’s books are held in the Kerlan Collection of Children’s Literature. @ChildrensLitUMN https://t.co/jtOVi5jbU4
Paperback, 2006
$8.99$4.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants
Robin Wall KimmererUMN LibrariesMay 17 at @NorthropUMN – Our friends at @Milkweed_Books are presenting an evening of storytelling with Robin Wall Kimmerer, author of “Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants.” https://bit.ly/3FOsxSR
Paperback, 2015
$22.00$11.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams
Stacy SchiffUMN Libraries“The Revolutionary Samuel Adams” by Stacy Schiff, reviewed on Read This Book from the #UMN Libraries, with Bill Pederson from the #UMN Music Library and Read This Book host, Lisa Von Drasek. https://t.co/rGxuUazFeG
Paperback, 2023
$21.99$10.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book