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West Coast Lass Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Book Cover for: The Ministry for the Future, Kim Stanley Robinson

The Ministry for the Future

Kim Stanley Robinson
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I'm on Chapter 8, and "The Ministry for the Future" is already terrifying. Truthfully, Chapter 1 was terrifying. #AmReading #ClimateActionNow Kim Stanley Robinson https://t.co/jGKlVtpSMP

Paperback, 2021

$19.99Member price:$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: We Are the Weather: Saving the Planet Begins at Breakfast, Jonathan Safran Foer

We Are the Weather: Saving the Planet Begins at Breakfast

Jonathan Safran Foer
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"What contradiction? That the planet protects us from the harshness of space but we don't protect it from the harshness of us?" We Are the Weather, Jonathan Safran Foer https://t.co/sD5F2YZFC7

Paperback, 2020

$19.00Member price:$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Plays of William Shakespeare: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators: to Which are Added Notes: 5, William Shakespeare

The Plays of William Shakespeare: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators: to Which are Added Notes: 5

William Shakespeare
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This would be educated guesswork. https://t.co/h8XQxNSeq8 #2 4/5 The last 5 plays of William  Shakespeare in chronological order (from most recent year to oldest) according to scholar E.K. Chambers 🐱⬛🐱⬛⬛ 🐱🐱🐱🐸⬛ 🐸🐸🐸⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬛⬛🐸 Top 2.5%

Paperback, 2018

$26.95Member price:$24.25 + Free shipping10% off
Book Cover for: Green Grass, Running Water, Thomas King

Green Grass, Running Water

Thomas King
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@GurdeepPandher Green Grass, Running Water by Thomas King or The Boundless by Kenneth Oppel (younger audience) They both do a really creative job of weaving Canadian history and references into the narrative.

Paperback, 1994

$19.00Member price:$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Complete Works of Mark Twain: 8, Mark Twain

The Complete Works of Mark Twain: 8

Mark Twain
West Coast LassWest Coast Lass

4. Mark Twain was the first author to submit a book manuscript in typed copy...The typewriter became a symbol of a certain type of writer...such as Ernest Hemingway, Rudyard Kipling, and Ian Fleming. 9 “striking” facts about the history of the typewriter https://t.co/2sEkK91pMa

Hardcover, 2022

$34.95Member price:$31.45 + Free shipping10% off
Book Cover for: [Plays];, William Shakespeare

[Plays];

William Shakespeare
West Coast LassWest Coast Lass

This would be educated guesswork. https://t.co/h8XQxNSeq8 #2 4/5 The last 5 plays of William  Shakespeare in chronological order (from most recent year to oldest) according to scholar E.K. Chambers 🐱⬛🐱⬛⬛ 🐱🐱🐱🐸⬛ 🐸🐸🐸⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬛⬛🐸 Top 2.5%

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Book Cover for: Pandas on the Eastside, Gabrielle Prendergast

Pandas on the Eastside

Gabrielle Prendergast
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@michellecyca @CANADALAND @JesseBrown @JenSookfongLee Pandas on the Eastside by Gabrielle Prendergast was an interesting read for younger readers (and for their mom). https://t.co/ravHGZIg5D

Paperback, 2016

$9.95Member price:$4.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Beasts and Beauty: Dangerous Tales, Soman Chainani

Beasts and Beauty: Dangerous Tales

Soman Chainani
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@ambernoelle Have you read Soman Chainani's update of "The Little Mermaid"? He absolutely nails how warped and disturbing the story really is. It's in his collection: "Beasts and Beauty: Dangerous Tales" (along with other excellent stories).

Paperback, 2024

$14.99Member price:$7.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Flying Sorcerers, David Gerrold

The Flying Sorcerers

David Gerrold
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Was it you who recommended The Flying Sorcerers, @JesseCDNMitche1? I'm only about 20 pages in, but it's perfect recuperation reading. https://t.co/NJAZc81uhq

Paperback, 2009

$19.95Member price:$9.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Cosmos, Carl Sagan

Cosmos

Carl Sagan
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"A still more glorious dawn awaits. Not a sunrise, but a galaxy rise. A morning filled with 400 billion suns. The rising of the milky way." Carl Sagan, Cosmos Wordle 648 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 🟨🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Paperback, 2013

$21.00Member price:$10.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book