Visual Plague/ Global War Against the Rat Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
Visual Plague/ Global War Against the Rat on XVisual Representations of 3rd Plague Pandemic @ERC_Research & Global War Against the Rat @wellcometrust projects; tweets Prof Christos Lynteris @univofstandrews

Patterns of Plague: Changing Ideas about Plague in England and France, 1348-1750 Volume 59
Lori JonesLooking forward to reading Patterns of Plague: Changing Ideas about Plague in England and France, 1348–1750, by Lori Jones via @McGillQueensUP https://t.co/dbkAYoCzqi https://t.co/tL04iycDKv
Paperback, 2022
$39.95Member price:$37.95 + Free shipping5% off
Biotic Borders: Transpacific Plant and Insect Migration and the Rise of Anti-Asian Racism in America, 1890-1950
Jeannie N. ShinozukaLooking forward to reading Biotic Borders: Transpacific Plant and Insect Migration and the Rise of Anti-Asian Racism in America, 1890–1950, by Jeannie N. Shinozuka via @UChicagoPress https://t.co/eDQMHVnEAn https://t.co/ITOGdXHlL2
Hardcover, 2022
$95.00Member price:$95.00 + Free shipping0% off(Limited Discount Book)
The Arcades Project
Walter BenjaminLooking forward to reading Steffen Haug's "Une collecte d'images: Walter Benjamin à la Bibliothèque nationale" @EditionsMSH which invites us to re-read the Arcades Project through Benjamin's work with images https://t.co/zzHz9dr4TQ https://t.co/FkUziBI2Wu
Paperback, 2002
$40.00Member price:$20.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Chilean Poet
Alejandro Zambra"A Profusion of Poets" - Ariel Dorfman on Alejandro Zambra's brilliant new novel "Chilean Poet" @nybooks https://t.co/baPmPI4WQ3
Paperback, 2023
$18.00Member price:$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Keep the Bones Alive: Missing People and the Search for Life in Brazil
Graham Denyer WillisThis Wednesday 16:00 @CAS_StAndrews @StAndrewsAnthro book talk by Graham Denyer Willis" "Keep the Bones Alive: Missing People and the Search for Life in Brazil" https://t.co/BpQYz4PwRP
Paperback, 2022
$29.95Member price:$29.95 + Free shipping0% off(Limited Discount Book)
Fassbinder Thousands of Mirrors
Ian PenmanWild and Tattered Kingdom - Owen Hatherley reviews Fassbinder Thousands of Mirrors by Ian Penman @LRB https://t.co/n0d6r8oxwa
Paperback, 2023
$16.95Member price:$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Last Days of Terranova
Manuel RivasReview of Manuel Rivas's brilliant Last Days of Terranova @archipelagobks by @roughghosts https://t.co/HWu9YZrTw0
Paperback, 2022
$20.00Member price:$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Life of a Pest: An Ethnography of Biological Invasion in Mexico
Emily Wanderer@KevinMBonney @liana_chua Loss and Wonder at the World’s End by @LauraAnnOgden and The Life of a Pest by Emily Wanderer
Paperback, 2020
$34.95Member price:$34.95 + Free shipping0% off(Limited Discount Book)
Knowing Manchuria: Environments, the Senses, and Natural Knowledge on an Asian Borderland
Ruth RogaskiPodcast interview with Ruth Rogaski on her new book "Knowing Manchuria: Environments, the Senses, and Natural Knowledge on an Asian Borderland" @NewBooksNetwork https://t.co/EuCbfCIWyn
Hardcover, 2022
$45.00Member price:$42.75 + Free shipping5% off
The Enlightenment of Katzuo Nakamatsu
Augusto Higa OshiroThe Enlightenment of Katzuo Nakamatsu, by the recently departed Augusto Higa Oshiro in a masterful translation by @jshyue - A brilliant novella that among other things anthropologists will find very useful in rethinking flânerie as prose and method https://t.co/StPunDb0gg https://t.co/kso4gf9smH
Paperback, 2023
$18.00Member price:$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book