Washington Independent Review of Books Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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Crossroads
Jonathan FranzenWashington Independent Review of BooksWe're back, baby!! ICYMI, here's another look at Michael McCarthy's review of Jonathan Franzen's "interesting and telling" CROSSROADS (@fsgbooks), which ran right before we crashed. Nobody else talked about Franzen while we were gone, right? http://www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/bookreview/crossroads-a-novel_ https://t.co/xRMz1YYFGI
Paperback, 2022
$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
There Is Nothing for You Here: Finding Opportunity in the Twenty-First Century
Fiona HillWashington Independent Review of BooksICYMI: @KittyKelley warns that Fiona Hill's somber THERE IS NOTHING FOR YOU HERE (@MarinerBooks) "is not a book for the faint of heart": https://www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/bookreview/there-is-nothing-for-you-here-finding-opportunity-in-the-21st-century_ https://t.co/uNCWpHY7VE
Hardcover, 2021
$30.00$15.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Summer Friend: A Memoir
Charles McGrathWashington Independent Review of BooksToday, @KittyKelley reviews Charles McGrath's affectionate, bittersweet THE SUMMER FRIEND: A MEMOIR (@AAKnopf): https://t.co/sD55fPVqLl https://t.co/k6oQuOst2B
Paperback, 2023
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
John F. Kennedy
Alan BrinkleyWashington Independent Review of BooksIn this week's podcast, @TalmageBoston and @ProfDBrinkley discuss Brinkley's new book, SILENT SPRING REVOLUTION: JOHN F. KENNEDY, RACHEL CARSON, LYNDON JOHNSON, RICHARD NIXON, AND THE GREAT ENVIRONMENTAL AWAKENING (@harperbooks): https://t.co/R4i96l9HJY https://t.co/7sPKI5910I
Hardcover, 2012
$34.00$17.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Huxleys: An Intimate History of Evolution
Alison BashfordWashington Independent Review of BooksToday, @ptwhitacre reviews Alison Bashford's "deftly crafted" THE HUXLEYS: AN INTIMATE HISTORY OF EVOLUTION (@UChicagoPress): https://t.co/WU8eUzFIyy https://t.co/zRrt3OrLkz
Paperback, 2024
$24.00$12.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Anvils, Mallets & Dynamite: The Unauthorized Biography of Looney Tunes
Jaime WeinmanWashington Independent Review of BooksICYMI: A look back at @brandvistas' review of Jaime Weinman's "scholarly and thorough" ANVILS, MALLETS & DYNAMITE: THE UNAUTHORIZED BIOGRAPHY OF LOONEY TUNES (@sutherlandbooks): https://t.co/RR1fVdlPRk https://t.co/QSxddXeTL0
Hardcover, 2021
$27.95$13.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
I Keep My Exoskeletons to Myself
Marisa CraneWashington Independent Review of BooksToday, @TaraCampbellCom reviews @mcrane_12's funny, unapologetically queer I KEEP MY EXOSKELETONS TO MYSELF: A NOVEL (@CatapultStory): https://t.co/tXHrBpyf29 https://t.co/oH0GtpEqfB
Paperback, 2024
$17.95$8.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
We Measure the Earth with Our Bodies
Tsering Yangzom LamaWashington Independent Review of BooksToday, @AliceKSStephens reviews @tseringylama's "flawlessly written, absorbing" WE MEASURE THE EARTH WITH OUR BODIES: A NOVEL (@BloomsburyPub): https://t.co/ze5XF0QHJf https://t.co/9G4kqH5FTo
Paperback, 2023
$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Prize for the Fire
Rilla AskewWashington Independent Review of BooksToday, Anne Eliot Feldman reviews Rilla Askew's "riveting...heartrending" PRIZE FOR THE FIRE (@OUPress): https://t.co/Vrr4TOxWkp https://t.co/4hWPwGmVJp
Hardcover, 2022
$26.95$13.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
This Place That Place
Nandita DineshWashington Independent Review of BooksToday, @Mikemaggio07 reviews Nandita Dinesh's experimental, ambiguous THIS PLACE THAT PLACE: A NOVEL (@melvillehouse): https://t.co/SIgqNnxCRt https://t.co/CYh1wI7yJm
Paperback, 2022
$17.99$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book