Vox Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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God, Human, Animal, Machine: Technology, Metaphor, and the Search for Meaning
Meghan O'Gieblyn
Will AI change what it means to be human? On The Gray Area, @seanilling talks with essayist Meghan O'Gieblyn, author of God, Human, Animal, Machine, a book about how the way we understand human nature has been interwoven with how we understand our own technology. Listen:… https://t.co/TYw9h2LQIk
Paperback, 2022
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Black Guy Dies First: Black Horror Cinema from Fodder to Oscar
Robin R. Means Coleman
The co-author of the new book “The Black Guy Dies First” talks with @alissamarie about the Oscars, Black horror, and the future of Hollywood’s attempts at inclusivity. https://t.co/skPAr0CV8e
Paperback, 2023
$24.99$12.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
While Justice Sleeps: A Thriller
Stacey Abrams
Stacey Abrams’s new thriller, While Justice Sleeps, has a long scene on the intricacies of court-packing. Abrams told Vox that scene used to be a whole chapter until she cut it down. “That was rough. That was some of the most fun I had writing.” https://t.co/kW3PoFw3YK
Paperback, 2022
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Road: Pulitzer Prize Winner
Cormac McCarthy
Cormac McCarthy’s first novel since The Road is out now, and there’s another in December. Read our full review of both books here. https://t.co/NfuhYH09C2
Paperback, 2007
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
How to Prevent the Next Pandemic
Bill Gates
Bill Gates answers five questions on how to prevent the next pandemic — and how to reduce global inequality. https://t.co/wfaGoIZees
Paperback, 2023
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Totalitarianism: Part Three of the Origins of Totalitarianism
Hannah Arendt
"It's really easy to work with people's anger and whip up a mob... The elite are quite good at spotting and using the hate that’s already there." @LyndseyStonebri talks to @seanilling about Hannah Arendt and the politics of totalitarianism. https://t.co/1z7cQskGc8
Paperback, 2011
$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Becoming Abolitionists: Police, Protests, and the Pursuit of Freedom
Derecka Purnell
On Vox Conversations, @FabiolaCineas talks with author, lawyer, and organizer @dereckapurnell about her recent book Becoming Abolitionists. They discuss Derecka's journey to defending the idea of police abolition, and what that position really entails. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/imagine-a-future-with-no-police/id1081584611?i=1000548472352
Paperback, 2022
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Saving Time: Discovering a Life Beyond Productivity Culture
Jenny Odell
Jenny Odell’s Saving Time and Pooja Laksmin’s Real Self-Care are two new books aiming to create concrete solutions to the problem of living within capitalism. https://t.co/Ov6dc5de4J
Paperback, 2024
$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Our Missing Hearts: Reese's Book Club: A Novel
Celeste Ng
Our Missing Hearts, Celeste Ng’s new dystopian novel, is deceptively retro. https://t.co/XD7YhCGaSC
Paperback, 2023
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Piranesi
Susanna Clarke
In Susanna Clarke’s Piranesi, a mysterious house never gives up its secrets. https://www.vox.com/culture/22677485/piranesi-susanna-clarke-vox-book-club?utm_campaign=vox&utm_content=chorus&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
Paperback, 2021
$17.99$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book