My weekly collection of new and notable books for your pop culture pleasure and edification: #ReadMoreTweetLess.
Extraterrestrial: The First Sign of Intelligent Life Beyond Earth
by Avi Loeb
Non-Fiction & Space Is The Place / Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Published: January 26, 2021
The Truth Is Out There! Actually the truth now comes in book form via Avi Loeb’s Extraterrestrial: The First Sign of Intelligent Life Beyond Earth. “Harvard’s top astronomer lays out his controversial theory that our solar system was recently visited by advanced alien technology from a distant star.” Is this the proof we seek? Is there something more than stars up there? Cheers to the irony of finding “Intelligent Life Beyond Earth” when we struggle to find it here on Earth.
Best sellers in the last 24H!!
#7: Extraterrestrial: The First Sign of Intelligent Life Beyond Earth
Avi Loeb
publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
USD 20.99https://t.co/YHuDl2BWEy— Top10Books (@top10books_us) January 31, 2021
A Bright Ray of Darkness
by Ethan Hawke
Novel? / Knopf Publishing Group
Published: February 2, 2021
Ethan Hawke’s (yes: that Ethan Hawke) latest novel (he’s turning into a fine writer) is a meditation about art and love, fame and heartbreak. If you dig this then check out his 2015 book: Rules for a Knight.
Did you see? 👀
Today, our friends at @EW revealed the cover for Ethan Hawke’s forthcoming novel, A BRIGHT RAY OF DARKNESS!
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For more information on this Spring 2021 release, visit:https://t.co/HRWWtnSkqc pic.twitter.com/FueSPL9z92
— Alfred A. Knopf (@AAKnopf) October 5, 2020
Fast Forward, Play, and Rewind
by Michael Oberman
Non-Fiction & Music / Backbeat Books
Published: October 15, 2020
Here’s the thing: if we call the individuals who make great music Artists…then why wouldn’t their interviews also be part of their art? This book is filled with more than 100 interviews: The Doors, James Brown, the Grateful Dead, the Sir Douglas Quintet, David Bowie plus many more!
Fast forward, play, and rewind (Backbeat) https://t.co/Giq3zUULqy pic.twitter.com/0RyHgoG7id
— New history books in the UK (@ukhistorybooks) October 10, 2020
Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don’t Know
by Adam M. Grant
Non-Fiction / Viking Books
Published: February 2, 2021
Adam Grant is back! If you dig Malcolm Gladwell then you’ll be Glad and Well you’re also reading Adam Grant. “For too many of us, our ways of thinking become habits that we don’t bother to question, and mental laziness leads us to prefer the ease of old routines to the difficulty of new ones. We fail to update the beliefs we formed in the past for the challenges we face in the present.” Certainty (especially with celebrities: “I KNOW he did it!”) is a major red flag. I’m certain I don’t trust your certainty. I certainly don’t trust your thinking.
What does it take to rethink our own opinions, open other people’s minds, and create cultures of learning?
Announcing the #thinkagain virtual tour.
Join us here: https://t.co/gHkMmxMctd pic.twitter.com/5iqGriZwJB
— Adam Grant (@AdamMGrant) January 17, 2021
Mike Nichols: A Life
by Mark Harris
Non-Fiction & Movies / Penguin Press
Published: February 2, 2021
And now some “Carnal Knowledge” about director Mike Nichols. After reading Mark Harris’ “playful” biography Mike Nichols: A Life you’ll Graduate with strange fun facts like Nichols turned down The Exorcist?!
Today’s the day! Happy pub day to #MikeNichols by @MarkHarrisNYC! Learn more about this “superbly well-written” (@latimes) biography of one of the most influential creative forces in American entertainment history here: https://t.co/9dM3HJ2Hgd pic.twitter.com/3e6HYKjOG7
— penguinpress (@penguinpress) February 2, 2021
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