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Bob on Books @bobonbooks.bsky.social · 1d

Featured Book. From Gordon Lightfoot's song to watching sister lake freighters pass through the Soo Locks, this tragedy has always fascinated me. Published by @liveright.bsky.social

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Liveright @liveright.bsky.social · 1d

Happy publication day to Georgi Gospodinov,
whose new novel DEATH AND THE GARDENER is in stores now! wwnorton.com/books/978132...

“Intimate.... A consolation rather than a provocation... darkly funny.... It might have you mulling your own pithy epitaph.”
—Alexandra Jacobs, @nytimes.com

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BookPage @readbookpage.bsky.social · 2d

THE GALES OF NOVEMBER is a definitive account of the Edmund Fitzgerald shipwreck that movingly draws on contemporary observations of the colossal 1975 tragedy. @liveright.bsky.social

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Lit Hub @literaryhub.bsky.social · 5d

“My father was a gardener. Now he’s a garden.” Read from Georgi Gospodinov’s novel Death and the Gardener, translated by Angela Rodel.

Death and the Gardener

My father was a gardener. Now he’s a garden. * I don’t know where to begin. Let that be the beginning. Yes, we’re talking about an end, of course, but where does the end begin? I think I wet myself…

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W. W. Norton Library Mktg @wwnortonlibrary.bsky.social · 5d

I've been updating our folder with the Winter 2026 #LibraryReads suggestions. Here's February! Bsrat Mezghebe will be at LJDOD later this month. #ewgc #catalogIDs.plus/#catalogID=5270937&page=1" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400" target="_blank" rel="noopener">www.edelweiss.plus/#catalogID=5...

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Liveright @liveright.bsky.social · 6d

Coming 11/25: a Ltd. Signed Edition of WINGS: THE STORY OF A BAND ON THE RUN, w/ screen printing, booklet of Wings-era album/single artwork, exclusive color vinyl of the forthcoming WINGS LP, enamel pin + embroidered patch — numbered and signed by Paul McCartney! Preorder: medium.com/@LiverightPu...

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Linford Fisher @linford.bsky.social · 7d

Galleys! Very excited to receive these from @liveright.bsky.social, even if the official pub date is a long way off (April 28, 2026). Pre-order it now! a.co/d/4ZdEjXu

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Jeremy Miller @jeremyjmiller.bsky.social · 6d

Overjoyed to announce the sale of my first book, Into the Dark Sky, to @liveright.bsky.social The book is a scientific adventure to find the last dark places on Earth and chronicle the people striving to protect them. It's also a love story about the night & our home planet✨🔭🌎 #darkskies #astronomy

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Democrats Organizing For America @democratsofa.bsky.social · 8d

Just because we’ve written [the laws] down doesn’t mean that we can’t aspire to make things better.” Harvard law professor and staff writer at The New Yorker, Jill Lepore, joins Jon Stewart to discuss her new bestselling book, “We the People: A History of the U.S. Constitution.

Jill Lepore - “We the People” & Understanding How the Constitution Is Meant to Work | The Daily Show

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Jms Dnns @jmsdnns.bsky.social · 8d

im a big fan of Jill Lepore. I loved her book, These Truths. i will definitely read her new book youtu.be/8LkX8lj8SWQ

Jill Lepore - “We the People” & Understanding How the Constitution Is Meant to Work | The Daily Show

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Nanorider426 @nanorider426.bsky.social · 8d

Jon Stewart interviews Jill Lepore, history and law professor at Harvard, about her new book: We the People.
Jon Stewart thinks it's worth a read, so I'm going to get it.
youtube.com/watch?v=8LkX...

Jill Lepore - “We the People” & Understanding How the Constitution Is Meant to Work | The Daily Show

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Harvard Book Store @harvardbookstore.bsky.social · 7d

📅 Mon. 10/6 at 7PM: We are excited to welcome Jill Lepore―bestselling author of "These Truths", staff writer at "The New Yorker"―to First Parish Church for a discussion of her highly anticipated book "We the People: A History of the U.S. Constitution". Get tickets here: buff.ly/dbOnhfq

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Dr. Stephanie @punkrockscience.bsky.social · 7d

So I went to the bookstore to get the new Mary Roach book.

But there was a new Sam Kean book right next to it.

And a new Jill Lepore book about the US Constitution.

And a biography of Fulvia.

And a book about the CIA’s smuggling banned books into the USSR.

Bookstores are dangerous.

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Liveright @liveright.bsky.social · 8d

"Normally... I can skim. Your writing is so vivid and so interesting that I actually had to pay attention." @thedailyshow.com's Jon Stewart talks w/ Jill Lepore about her @nytimes.com Bestseller WE THE PEOPLE: A HISTORY OF THE U.S CONSTITUTION, in stores now! www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LkX...

Jill Lepore - “We the People” & Understanding How the Constitution Is Meant to Work | The Daily Show

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Book Post @bookpostusa.bsky.social · 12d

What was Augustine’s Africa?

In her new book, Augustine the African, Catherine Conybeare reveals Augustine’s internal map, where Roman power defined the center.

Read Allen Callahan’s review for Book Post: books.substack.com/p/review-all...

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Review: Allen Callahan on Augustine the African

A new book offers insight on how Christianity coalesced around the imperial center

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Liveright @liveright.bsky.social · 11d

Jill Lepore's stunning new history of the U.S. Constitution —perfect for a troubling new era, "land[ing] at the right moment, like a life buoy, as our ship of state takes on water" (Hamilton Cain, Los Angeles Times)— is now a @nytimes.com Bestseller! Discover WE THE PEOPLE wherever books are sold!

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Liveright @liveright.bsky.social · 13d

Attn: Saint Augustine-and-history-heads worldwide! Join us Tuesday, September 30, 12:00 - 1:00 pm CT for a free event at the University of Minnesota's Humphrey School of Public Affairs (or via Zoom webinar) w/ Catherine Conybeare, author of new profound history AUGUSTINE THE AFRICAN: bit.ly/3VBjNrR

Saint Augustine: From Africa to Pope Leo

St. Augustine forged the sacred foundations of Western Christianity – from original sin to God’s grace. Pope Leo’s spiritual home is in the Augustinian religious order. Augustine was born in Africa a...

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Liveright @liveright.bsky.social · 14d

A radically new way of thinking about the world and our capacity to understand it, wherever books are sold! Learn more: wwnorton.com/books/978132...

Liveright @liveright.bsky.social · 14d

"There’s more in Smith-Ruiu’s psychedelic experience, one might say, than is dreamt of in strait-laced colleagues’ philosophies . . . Try reading this extraordinary book, whose riches I can only hint at in this review.”
—Stuart Jeffries, @us.theguardian.com

www.theguardian.com/books/2025/s...

On Drugs by Justin Smith-Ruiu review – a philosopher’s guide to psychedelics

What if Descartes had melted his brain on acid? Find out in this mind-expanding exploration of thought and consciousness

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Liveright @liveright.bsky.social · 14d

In stores *today*! “[ON DRUGS] is a searching, philosophical meditation, not a brief for recreational or therapeutic drug use. Its aim is to destabilize certainties, not provide answers.”
—Emily Eakin, @nytimes.com

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/21/b...

Psychedelics Blew His Mind. He Wants Other Philosophers to Open Theirs.

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Hamilton Cain @hamiltoncain.bsky.social · 23d

The author meets the moment: Jill Lepore's "We the People" is an essential guide to our embattled Constitutional order. And so beautifully written! Out tomorrow from @liveright.bsky.social. Here's my review for @latimes.com: www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

Jill Lepore’s ‘We the People’ is a life buoy for a Constitution under attack

Jill Lepore’s history of the Constitution includes a colorful cast of characters and makes a case for it as a living document that continues to evolve as we evolve.

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Joshua Chaplinsky @jchaplinsky.bsky.social · 20d

Coming out in trade PB Oct. 7th from @liveright.bsky.social
& @wwnorton.com with a new forward by @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social. Goddamn is this book still relevant.

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Joshua Chaplinsky @jchaplinsky.bsky.social · 20d

Here is a LitReactor review I wrote when the original HC came out. Oof, how I long to be that naive, optimistic person again...
litreactor.com/reviews/book... @liveright.bsky.social

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Washington Independent Review of Books @wirobooks.bsky.social · 28d

When the stargazing masses turned their attention to little green men. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/bookreview/t... @liveright.bsky.social @dhbaron.bsky.social #booksky

The Martians: The True Story of an Alien Craze that Captured Turn-of-the-Century America | Washington Independent Review of Books

The Independent is an important voice in the community of readers and writers dedicated to book reviews and writing about the world of books.

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Bruce Rosenstein @brucerosenstein.bsky.social · 26d

“Nkrumah is the most widely admired person on the African continent today, surpassing Nelson Mandela, who is much better known in the West.” - Howard W. French in his new @deborahkalb.bsky.social #book #author Q&A
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Q&A with Howard W. French

Howard W. French is the author of the new book The Second Emancipation: Nkrumah, Pan-Africanism, and Global Blackne...

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