W. W. Norton UK Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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The Annotated Mrs. Dalloway
Merve EmreIt's a Wednesday in mid-June so you know what that means... Happy Dalloway Day! π Who do we have to talk to about it becoming a publishing bank holiday? A date with THE ANNOTATED MRS DALLOWAY, edited by Merve Emre (@mervatim), in Regent's Park is calling to us βοΈ https://t.co/nChr7vPcsM
Hardcover, 2021
$35.00Member price:$17.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Victory. Stand!: Raising My Fist for Justice
Tommie SmithExciting news from across the pond: VICTORY. STAND! Raising My Fist for Justice by Tommie Smith, Derrick Barnes & Dawud Anyabwile is a finalist for the National Book Awards 2022! We're incredibly proud to be publishing in the UK on 11 October π https://t.co/UccZpHeIp3
Paperback, 2022
$17.95Member price:$8.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Plat Du Jour: French Dinners Made Easy
Susan Herrmann Loomis"With its extensive range of mouthwatering French classics (a godsend during the worst winter months of lockdown), Plat du Jour quickly won me over." - The Telegraph PLAT DU JOUR: French Dinners Made Easy is available now: https://t.co/yHUhzakX3P https://t.co/W2AOLXNC75
Hardcover, 2021
$30.00Member price:$15.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Born in Blackness: Africa, Africans, and the Making of the Modern World, 1471 to the Second World War
Howard W. French'Powerful.' 'A must-read.' 'Brilliant.' 'Vitally important.' Revealing the central yet intentionally obliterated role of Africa in the creation of modernity, BORN IN BACKNESS by @hofrench vitally reframes our understanding of world history. Publishing in the UK today. https://t.co/CUmoi3s66d
Paperback, 2022
$21.99Member price:$10.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Mrs. Dalloway
Virginia WoolfThe end of the month will see us publish THE ANNOTATED MRS. DALLOWAY, Virginia Woolfβs groundbreaking novel in a stunning hardback edition with an introduction and notes by @mervatim π https://t.co/tHas4Rw5hb https://t.co/wjHW6xsID1
Paperback, 1990
$10.99Member price:$5.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Unwell Women: Misdiagnosis and Myth in a Man-Made World
Elinor CleghornAnd last but certainly not least, on Thursday 18 August we'll be finishing with a bang at Waterstones Tottenham Court Road (@WaterstonesTCR) where Rachel will join the wonderful Dr. Elinor Cleghorn (@elinorcleghorn), author of UNWELL WOMEN π₯ https://t.co/6ce4bpDSTJ
Paperback, 2022
$20.00Member price:$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
A Hacker's Mind: How the Powerful Bend Society's Rules, and How to Bend Them Back
Bruce Schneier'Sheds vital light on the beginnings of our journey into an increasingly complex world.' FINANCIAL TIMES A HACKER'S MIND: How the Powerful Bend Societyβs Rules, and How to Bend them Back by Bruce Schneier publishes in the UK today βοΈ Read more here: https://t.co/Lhabq35y7q https://t.co/oNJQNJX8qQ
Paperback, 2024
$19.99Member price:$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
A Continent Erupts: Decolonization, Civil War, and Massacre in Postwar Asia, 1945-1955
Ronald H. Spector'Marvellous... [Spector] does an excellent job of bringing alive this unruly and complicated story of postwar Asia' NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW A CONTINENT ERUPTS: Decolonization, Civil War, and Massacre in Postwar Asia, 1945-1955 by Ronald H. Spector publishes in the UK today. https://t.co/5D029atDqT
Paperback, 2023
$21.95Member price:$10.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Heroine with 1001 Faces
Maria TatarWorld-renowned folklorist Maria Tatar reveals an astonishing but long buried history of heroines, taking us from Cassandra and Scheherazade to Carrie Bradshaw and Wonder Woman. THE HEROINE WITH 1001 FACES by Maria Tatar publishes in the UK today! https://bit.ly/3vWRLJw https://t.co/G7bMe4M3Bj
Paperback, 2022
$18.95Member price:$9.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Beloved Beasts: Fighting for Life in an Age of Extinction
Michelle NijhuisHappy UK publication day to these little literary gems! π π¦ BELOVED BEASTS by @nijhuism π§ JOURNEY OF THE MIND by @ogiogas & @SaiDrGaddam π FENCING WITH THE KING by @dabujaber π± HOUSEPLANT WARRIOR by Raffaele Di Lallo https://t.co/Aywnadv82w
Paperback, 2022
$17.95Member price:$8.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book