WABE News Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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Danger on the Silver Screen: 50 Films Celebrating Cinema's Greatest Stunts
Scott McGeeWABE NewsAtlanta author and film historian Scott McGee highlights the importance of stunt work with his new book, “Danger on the Silver Screen.” https://t.co/VMJ25Tcias
Paperback, 2022
$25.99$12.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Wash Day Diaries
Jamila RowserWABE News“Wash Day Diaries” is a graphic novel chronicling the lives of four Black women living in the Bronx. Author @JamilaRowser joined Friday's edition of "Closer Look" to discuss the importance of Black stories. https://t.co/D637tlepP3
Paperback, 2022
$19.95$9.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Bible Memory Plan for Women: Morning & Evening Edition
Jean FischerWABE News“Kick Up Some Dust” is the new book by Bernie Marcus, the 93-year-old billionaire and co-founder of Atlanta-based The Home Depot. Marcus sat down with WABE’s “Morning Edition” to discuss the book. https://t.co/RYuzvdTiOS
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The Best Strangers in the World: Stories from a Life Spent Listening
Ari ShapiroWABE NewsAward-winning journalist and the host of NPR’s “All Things Considered” @arishapiro joined WABE to talk about what readers can expect from his new book, “The Best Strangers in the World: Stories from a Life Spent Listening.” https://t.co/9qcknVZdEL
Paperback, 2024
$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Sister Mother Warrior
Vanessa RileyWABE NewsGeorgia-based author Vanessa Riley's new book 'Sister Mother Warrior' tells the stories of the roles played by women during the Hatian Revolution. She joined "City Lights" host @LoisReitzes to discuss the historical novel. https://t.co/ukb8jkS1VZ
Paperback, Large Print, 2022
$36.00$18.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Atlanta Daily Intelligencer Covers the Civil War
Stephen DavisWABE NewsFrom 1849 until 1871, the Atlanta Intelligencer was the city's most important newspaper. "The Atlanta Daily Intelligencer Covers the Civil War," is a recent book that examines newspaper articles, editorials and related stories from the early 1860s. https://t.co/DHwD05q36T
Paperback, 2024
$34.95$17.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times
Michelle ObamaWABE NewsMichelle Obama plans a six-city tour this fall in support of her new book, “The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times." The tour includes a Dec. 3 stop at the Fox Theatre in Atlanta. #gapol https://t.co/thAhEkO6R5
Paperback, 2024
$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Battle for Your Brain: Defending the Right to Think Freely in the Age of Neurotechnology
Nita A. FarahanyWABE NewsDuke Law professor Nita Farahany joined "Closer Look" to discuss her new book “The Battle for Your Brain: Defending the Right to Think Freely in the Age of Neurotechnology" and how neurotechnology may pose threats to fundamental privacy rights. https://t.co/uS9az85X5y
Hardcover, 2023
$29.99$14.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Satanic Verses
Salman RushdieWABE NewsSalman Rushdie is “on the road to recovery,” his agent confirmed Sunday, two days after the author of “The Satanic Verses” suffered serious injuries in a stabbing at a lecture in upstate New York. https://t.co/nG23dA2iHV
Paperback, 2008
$19.00$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Murder, She Wrote: Killer on the Court
Jessica FletcherWABE NewsBritish actress Angela Lansbury, who starred in films and Broadway musicals before solving endless murders as crime novelist Jessica Fletcher in the long-running TV series “Murder, She Wrote,” has died. She was 96. https://t.co/uFAkqnJ6FU
Paperback, 2022
$8.99$4.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book