Wilfrid Laurier University Press Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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Cold Case North: The Search for James Brady and Absolom Halkett
Michael Nest
Deanna Reder spoke about her search for truth in the disappearance of James Brady and Absolom Halkett and her resulting book Cold Case North. She also celebrated her new publication Autobiography as Indigenous Intellectual Tradition: Cree and Métis âcimisowina https://t.co/6EpPsGr8aL
Hardcover, 2020
$89.00$64.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book(max discount $25)
Ink Against the Devil: Luther and His Opponents
Harry Loewen
Harry Loewen's "Ink Against The Devil is required reading for every newsroom, every journalism school, everyone who treasurers the written word." @mindingottawa https://t.co/tKPZInTbs5
Paperback, 2015
$38.99$19.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Catastrophe: Stories and Lessons from the Halifax Explosion
T. Joseph Scanlon
Thanks to @Spine_Magazine for featuring the cover of Catastrophe, designed by @MichelVrana Written by the late T. Joseph Scanlon about the Halifax Explosion of 1917 https://t.co/Yf1eYqeXlD
Paperback, 2020
$41.99$21.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Food That Really Schmecks
Edna Staebler
Edna Staebler's classic cookbook, Food That Really Schmecks is brimming with anecdotes about life in Waterloo Region and the recipes she collected from her Mennonite friends. In stock at @BooksWordsWorth and other fine bookstores: https://t.co/cqLIKZRgXI https://t.co/zggrO9EEG5
Paperback, 2006
$34.99$17.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Gorgeous War: The Branding War Between the Third Reich and the United States
Tim Blackmore
For more on war propaganda and branding, including Disney's role historically, see Tim Blackmore's 2019 book Gorgeous War (available on our website and from your favourite bookseller) . https://t.co/T3hYHLuXJW
Hardcover, 2019
$32.99$16.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Fishing with Tardelli: A Memoir of Family in Time Lost
Neil Besner
Guest post on our blog: Neil Besner reminisces about starting the Laurier Poetry series, and asserts that publishing is thriving because of its people, as he releases his memoir Fishing with Tardelli coming soon from @ecwpress https://t.co/EpxBT3j9AL https://t.co/JBvvgCNAmI
Paperback, 2022
$19.95$9.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Displace: The Poetry of Nduka Otiono
Nduka Otiono
Congratulations to @NdukaOtiono winner of Book of the Year Award – Creative Writing from the African Literature Association, for DisPlace: The Poetry of Nduka Otiono (Peter Midgley, ed.) #LaurierPoetry #ReadUP https://t.co/7OSdUXFEIX https://t.co/ZJKtS6V3ax
Paperback, 2021
$21.99$10.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Queer Evangelist: A Socialist Clergy's Radically Honest Tale
Cheri Dinovo CM
We're celebrating #WomensHistoryMonth and #IWD with free Canadian shipping on select titles, including The Queer Evangelist: A Socialist Clergy's Radically Honest Tale. Visit our site to see more! Use code IWD23 in the shopping cart. https://t.co/QidHIBJtUA https://t.co/IN2ksyK6LB
Hardcover, 2021
$24.99$12.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Black and Free
Tom Skinner
Congratulations to Dr. Keleta-Mae, author of the forthcoming Performing Female Blackness, and principal investigator in the Black and Free project. We're so thrilled to be working with you. https://t.co/qAsyfZr7WU
Paperback, 2005
$15.99$7.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Cigar Factory of Isay Rottenberg: The Hidden History of a Jewish Entrepreneur in Nazi Germany
Hella Rottenberg
Agent Michael Levine and co-author Sandra Rottenberg spoke to @globalnews about the story behind The Cigar Factory of Isay Rottenberg. Available internationally everywhere you buy books! @Sanrottenberg #JewishHistoryMonth https://t.co/0ccTszkJdJ
Paperback, 2022
$26.99$13.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book