Verso Books Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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Owning the Future: Power and Property in an Age of Crisis
Mathew Lawrence
Read an excerpt in @lithub from Owning the Future: Power and Property in an Age of Crisis by @adribuller and @DantonsHead https://t.co/32VZeB2hR8
Hardcover, 2022
$19.95$9.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Paradise Rot
Jenny Hval
FRIDAY 10/12 at 7pm @POWERHOUSEArena in Brooklyn: Book Launch of Paradise Rot by Norwegian musician and author Jenny Hval — in conversation with Chelsea Hogue https://www.facebook.com/events/217397112386684/ https://t.co/DW0A0YAFNW
Paperback, 2024
$19.95$9.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Leave the World Behind
Rumaan Alam
"A dreamy account of one heady summer.. it's an intoxicating book, at once heartbreaking and joyful" - Rumaan Alam, author of Leave the World Behind on @marlowetatiana's HAPPY HOUR https://www.versobooks.com/books/3843-happy-hour https://t.co/F1kjDdjR7m
Paperback, 2021
$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Work Without the Worker: Labour in the Age of Platform Capitalism
Phil Jones
"Let Phil Jones be your guide to the darkest underbelly of work under digitized capitalism!"—@sarahljaffe Download Work Without The Worker by @philjones7771 for FREE until Sunday 18th Sep!
Hardcover, 2021
$19.95$9.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Rentier Capitalism: Who Owns the Economy, and Who Pays for It?
Brett Christophers
“A fascinating contribution to the debate on the changing face of British capitalism.” – @graceblakeley Rentier Capitalism: Who Owns the Economy, and Who Pays for It? by Brett Christophers is out now in paperback!
Paperback, 2022
$24.95$12.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Family Lexicon
Natalia Ginzburg
“It’s true.” sighs Lidia Levy in Natalia Ginzburg’s autobiographical novel Family Lexicon, “If Stalin came to take away my maid, I’d kill him”.
Paperback, 2017
$16.95$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Paths of Revolution: Selected Essays
Adolfo Gilly
The first English-language anthology of one of Latin America’s pre-eminent Marxist writers. Adolfo Gilly's Paths of Revolution is out now!
Paperback, 2022
$39.95$19.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Rising of the Women: Feminist Solidarity and Class Conflict, 1880-1917
Meredith Tax
Verso editor Jessie Kindig remembers socialist feminist activist and author Meredith Tax, and we reprint the 2021 introduction to Tax's classic of socialist feminist labor history, The Rising of the Women.
Paperback, 2022
$29.95$14.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Dissidents Among Dissidents: Ideology, Politics and the Left in Post-Soviet Russia
Ilya Budraitskis
We're so excited to share that Dissidents among Dissidents by Ilya Budraitskis has been shortlisted for the Deutscher Memorial Prize! Grab it at 40% off!
Paperback, 2022
$29.95$14.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Is Socialism Possible in Britain?: Reflections on the Corbyn Years
Andrew Murray
How do we build a socialist society? Grab a bunch of ebooks that explore just that - all 60% off! Including Our Bloc by @schneiderhome and Is Socialism Possible in Britain by Andrew Murray.
Paperback, 2022
$19.95$9.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book