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Virginia Tech Liberal Arts Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Book Cover for: Virginia Tech, Nelson Harris

Virginia Tech

Nelson Harris
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Join us tomorrow for @PulitzerPrizes winner and @nytimes best-selling author Viet Thanh Nguyen's talk as part of the Visiting Writer Series! ✍️ #writing #VirginiaTech @acec_vt @vt_crmds @VTenglish https://t.co/055nzWXhLU

Paperback, 2004

$24.99Member price:$12.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: For All the People: Redeeming the Broken Promises of Modern Media and Reclaiming Our Civic Life, Michael Slaby

For All the People: Redeeming the Broken Promises of Modern Media and Reclaiming Our Civic Life

Michael Slaby
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Starting at 5:30p "Humanities and the Future of our Politics" with Michael Slaby. 👏 Slaby is the author of "For ALL the People: How did we get here? Where do we go from here?" Join us at the Holtzman Alumni Center or virtually. ➡️ https://t.co/Y9nlMIrgTb #VTHumanitiesWeek https://t.co/WicaAC6C2T

Paperback, 2021

$18.99Member price:$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: A Library, Nikki Giovanni

A Library

Nikki Giovanni
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Her chapter as a #VirginiaTech professor is ending, but Nikki Giovanni is not putting down her pen. She will publish her newest children’s book “A Library,” this fall at the @librarycongress. Thank you, Nikki, for your contributions to @virginia_tech, and the world. 🧡 https://t.co/jnqQLWWCTI

Hardcover, 2022

$19.99Member price:$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Lost in Transition: Removing, Resettling, and Renewing Appalachia, Aaron D. Purcell

Lost in Transition: Removing, Resettling, and Renewing Appalachia

Aaron D. Purcell
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"Lost in Transition" by @VT_SCUA director Aaron Purcell describes Appalachian families' turmoil and heartache when uprooted by the federal government. The book includes a chapter by Katrina Powell, @vt_crmds founding director and a @VTenglish professor. https://t.co/SlkdJuPNep

Hardcover, 2021

$48.00Member price:$45.60 + Free shipping5% off
Book Cover for: Calm, The School of Life

Calm

The School of Life
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Another former student, Rena Collins, is now a high school teacher. She said Becker was the “calm in the storm” of some of her darkest days. “She has served as a mom away from home and a mentor for all things in life, from academics to mental health."

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