הפודקאסטים הטובים ביותר ב-Booktalk (2023)

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Middle East Centre Booktalk

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Book Launch - Russia and the GCC 'The Case of Tatarstan's Paradiplomacy' 1:12:43

3M ago1:12:43

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Dr. Diana Galeeva introduces her book which examines the relations between the Gulf States and Russia from the Soviet era to the present day. In recent decades Russia has played an increasingly active role in the Middle East as states within the region continue to diversify their relations with major external powers. Yet the role of specific Russia…

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Middle East Centre Booktalk

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Israel's Covert Diplomacy in the Middle East 52:40

4M ago52:40

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This lecture explores Israel’s secret relations with its neighbors during the years 1948-2022. In order to survive in a hostile environment in the Middle East, Israeli decision makers developed a pragmatic regional foreign policy, designed to find ways to approach states, leaders and minorities willing to cooperate with it against mutual regional c…

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Middle East Centre Booktalk

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Book Launch: Locked Out of Development: Insiders and Outsiders in Arab Capitalism 1:01:38

8M ago1:01:38

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Dr Hertog presents the key arguments of his new short monograph “Locked Out of Development: Insiders and Outsiders in Arab Capitalism” published by Cambridge University Press. The book argues against the received wisdom that neo-liberal reforms are the main culprit explaining slow growth, corruption and inequality across low- to mid-income Arab cou…

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Middle East Centre Booktalk

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Algeria: Politics and Society from the Dark Decade to the Hirak 48:19

10M ago48:19

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Dr Michael Willis' new book offers an explanation of this unexpected development known as the Hirak Movement, examining the political and social changes that have occurred in Algeria since the ‘dark decade’ of the 1990s When mass protests erupted in Algeria in 2019, on a scale unseen anywhere in the region since the Arab Spring, the outside world w…

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Middle East Centre Booktalk

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Book Launch: Pacted Democracy in the Middle East: Tunisia and Egypt in Comparative Perspective 1:01:00

11M ago1:01:00

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A new theoretical framework for how democracy can emerge in the Middle East and wider Muslim world, where political conflicts over religion often predominate. Abstract: This talk focuses on the speaker's recently published book, Pacted Democracy in the Middle East: Tunisia and Egypt in Comparative Perspective (Palgrave, 2022). It provides a new the…

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Middle East Centre Booktalk

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Inside Qatar: Hidden Stories from One of the Richest Nations on Earth 47:21

12M ago47:21

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A talk based on John McManus’s book, Inside Qatar: hidden stories from one of the richest nations on earth. A social anthropologist, McManus lifts a lid on the hidden worlds of Qatar’s gilded elite, its spin doctors and thrill seekers, its manual labourers and domestic workers. He attempts to go beyond the government PR and the negative headlines a…

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Middle East Centre Booktalk

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In the Shade of the Sunna: Salafi Piety in the 20th-Century Middle East 1:22:58

12M ago1:22:58

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Aaron Rock-Singer presents their latest book "In the Shade of the Sunna: Salafi Piety in the 20th-Century Middle East". Salafis explicitly base their legitimacy on continuity with the Quran and the Sunna, and their distinctive practices—praying in shoes, wearing long beards and short pants, and observing gender segregation—are understood to have a …

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Middle East Centre Booktalk

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All Necessary Measures? The United Nations and International Intervention in Libya 53:10

1y ago53:10

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Ian Martin presents his latest book on Libya: All Necessary Measures? The United Nations and International Intervention in Libya. In the book, he asks and offer personal answers to these questions: Was the international intervention in Libya a justified response to an impending massacre and wider threat to civilians, or were other motivations invol…

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Middle East Centre Booktalk

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The Making of the Modern Middle East 35:42

1y ago35:42

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A vivid and authoritative account of the making of the modern Middle East, from the BBC’s long-serving correspondent in the region. Jeremy Bowen, the BBC’s International Editor (former Middle East Editor), has been covering the region since 1989 and is uniquely placed to explain its complex past and its troubled present.In this new book, in part ba…

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Booktalk Besties Podcast

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Episode 6: Listen With Britt! 47:30

1+ y ago47:30

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We caught up with Brittany Lowry from Listen With Britt! Hear about her audiobook journey, as well as her current project, her own book! As usual, there are spoilers from A Court of Thorns and Roses, minor spoilers from Crescent City and From Blood and Ash.על ידי Booktalk Besties

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Booktalk Besties Podcast

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Episode 5: The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood 45:27

1+ y ago45:27

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In this episode we discuss our thoughts on a beloved booktok favorite and have some laughter filled fun answering a question submitted by one of our listeners! You can certainly expect spoilers for The Love Hypothesis and also, as always, some mild ACOTAR spoilers. We hope you enjoy listening!על ידי Booktalk Besties

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Booktalk Besties Podcast

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Episode 4: Spoiler City, House of Sky and Breath 1:30:55

2y ago1:30:55

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This episode is titled Spoiler City for a reason. Do not listen unless you've finished Crescent City2; House of Sky and Breath! We had to record this episode right after finishing that book because, well, IYKYK. We discuss our predictions & reactions throughout our read, throw around lots of theories, and talk about what we loved and hated about CC…

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Booktalk Besties Podcast

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Episode 3: The Pawn and The Puppet with Brandi Szeker 1:01:58

2y ago1:01:58

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The Pawn and the Puppet is available for Preorder now and will be out everywhere April 1st! It is already a Barnes and Noble bestseller! In this episode, we talk with author Brandi Szeker about her book and the self-publishing process. She gave us a sneak-peak by reading us a never-before-heard excerpt from the book. You won't want to miss it. Remi…

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Booktalk Besties Podcast

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Episode 2: Aidas and Otters 1:32:20

2y ago1:32:20

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In today's episode we will be discussing Crescent City: House of Earth and Blood by Sarah J Maas. Look out for mild spoilers for A Court of Thorns and Roses and Throne of Glass. Listen along with us while we go through the important scenes in the book and discuss our thoughts just in time for House of Sky and Breath!…

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Booktalk Besties Podcast

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Episode 1: Welcome to Booktalk Besties Podcast 37:00

2y ago37:00

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Welcome to Booktalk Besties Podcast! This episode is all about getting to know us! Please note that this podcast is explicit, and may contain spoilers for the ACOTAR series! Thanks for listening!על ידי BookTalkBesties

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Middle East Centre Booktalk

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Togo Mizrahi and the Making of Egyptian Cinema 29:58

2y ago29:58

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Join us for Booktalk Episode 9, Professor Deborah Starr (Cornell University) in conversation about her new book, Togo Mizrahi and the Making of Egyptian Cinema, published by California Press. Professor Walter Armbrust (St Antony's College, Oxford) chairs the discussion.Extract from publisher’s website: In this book, Deborah Starr recuperates the wo…

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Middle East Centre Booktalk

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Egypt’s Football Revolution: Emotion, Masculinity, and Uneasy Politics 28:32

2y ago28:32

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Join us for Booktalk Episode 8, Dr Carl Rommel (University of Helsinki) in conversation about his new book Egypt’s Football Revolution: Emotion, Masculinity, and Uneasy Politics, published by University of Texas Press in July 2021. Professor Walter Armbrust (St Antony's College, Oxford) chairs the discussion.The book is available for purchase for c…

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BookTalks, με τον Παύλο Τσίμα

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Η Μαρία Κουτσομάλλη και «Τα πρόσωπα της Γυναίκας» 12:49

2+ y ago12:49

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Η Μαρία Κουτσομάλλη-Μορώ, ιστορικός τέχνης και υπεύθυνη συλλογής του Ιδρύματος Βασίλη και Ελίζας Γουλανδρή, έχει μια στενή και καθημερινή σχέση με τα βιβλία. Σε αυτό το επεισόδιο του BookTalks ο Παύλος Τσίμας συνομιλεί με έναν άνθρωπο το τεχνών για τα αγαπημένα της βιβλία, τους χώρους στους οποίους αγαπάει να διαβάζει, την ιδιαιτερότητα της συγγραφ…

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BookTalks, με τον Παύλο Τσίμα

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Ο Αρης Δημοκίδης θυμάται τα παιδικά του βιβλία 13:29

2+ y ago13:29

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Ο Άρης Δημοκίδης είχε την τύχη να έχει μια μεγαλύτερη αδερφή η οποία τον συμβούλευε ποια βιβλία αξίζει να διαβάσει και ποια όχι. Αυτό βέβαια δεν σημαίνει ότι δεν υπήρξε μια σειρά βιβλίων τα οποία, διαβάζοντάς τα ξανά σε μεγάλη ηλικία, τον απογοήτευσαν. Σε αυτό το επεισόδιο, ο Παύλος Τσίμας συνομιλεί με τον δημοσιογράφο και συγγραφέα παιδικών βιβλίω…

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BookTalks, με τον Παύλο Τσίμα

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Η Σοφία Φιλιππίδου κι ένα βιβλίο που θα σου αλλάξει τη ζωή 15:06

2+ y ago15:06

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O Παύλος Τσίμας υποδέχεται στο BookTalks την ηθοποιό Σοφία Φιλιππίδου για να μοιραστεί μαζί μας μικρά μυστικά από τις αναγνωστικές της συνήθειες και το τέχνασμα που έχει βρει για να διαβάζει μόνο βιβλία τα οποία έχουν πραγματική αξία. Αυτή τη φορά η Σοφία Φιλιππίδου δεν μιλάει με την ιδιότητα της ηθοποιού, αλλά της συγγραφέα και μας μιλάει για το β…

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Allie the Librarian Booktalks

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Of Princes and Promises and Flight of the Puffin Booktalks with The NextGen Librarian 30:01

2+ y ago30:01

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Special guest Tok Star Librarian, Amanda Hunt, is booktalking YA and Middle Grade novels! She is bringing rom-com and feel-good stories with Of Princes and Promises by Sandhya Menon and Flight of the Puffin by Ann Braden. Booktalks you won't want to miss!

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BookTalks, με τον Παύλο Τσίμα

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Ο Στάθης Καλύβας «απαντάει» στις οθόνες με βιβλία 13:49

2+ y ago13:49

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Στο πρώτο επεισόδιο του BookTalks ο Παύλος Τσίμας συνομιλεί με τον καθηγητή και συγγραφέα Στάθη Καλύβα. Ξεκινώντας από το βιβλίο «Ελληνικό Όνειρο» από τις εκδόσεις Μεταίχμιο, το οποίο είναι ένας διάλογος μεταξύ του καθηγητή και του δημοσιογράφου Κώστα Γιαννακίδη συζητούν για το πως προέκυψε αυτή η συνεργασία, μετά για τις διαφορές μεταξύ του ακαδημ…

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Allie the Librarian Booktalks

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Ice Cream Man and HAHA Booktalks with Cue the Librarian 39:13

2+ y ago39:13

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Special guest, Karina Quilantan-Garza, is booktalking comics and graphic novels! She is bringing some Image Comics faves such as Ice Cream Man and HAHA by W. Maxwell Prince and Martin Morazzo, illustrators Chris O'Halloran (Ice Cream Man) and Vanesa Del Rey (HAHA), Gabriel Hernandez Walta (HAHA), Roger Langridge (HAHA), and Zoe Thorogood (HAHA).…

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Allie the Librarian Booktalks

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A Cuban Girl's Guide to Tea and Tomorrow and More Booktalk 16:23

2+ y ago16:23

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Allie is booktalking YA novels and nonfiction A Cuban Girl's Guide to Tea and Tomorrow, Some Other Now and The Black Friend: On Being a Better White Person.

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Middle East Centre Booktalk

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Making Film in Egypt 22:52

2+ y ago22:52

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Join us as we listen to Dr Chihab El Khachab (King’s College, Cambridge) in conversation about his new book – Making Film in Egypt: How Labor, Technology, and Mediation Shape the Industry. Published by American University in Cairo Press. Professor Walter Armbrust (St Antony's College, Oxford) chairs the discussion.The book is available for purchase…

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Middle East Centre Booktalk

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Booktalk episode 6: Rivals in the Gulf: Yusuf al-Qaradawi, Abdullah Bin Bayyah, and the Qatar-UAE Contest Over the Arab Spring and the Gulf Crisis 27:52

2+ y ago27:52

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For our sixth episode of MEC Booktalk, guest author David Warren (Washington University in St Louis) discusses his recent book, Rivals in the Gulf, published by Routledge in January 2021. David Warren is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Department of Jewish, Islamic, and Middle Eastern Studies at Washington University in St Louis.This episode …

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Middle East Centre Booktalk

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A Revolution in Rhyme: Poetic Co-option under the Islamic Republic 38:32

2+ y ago38:32

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Guest author Dr Fatemeh Shams (Assistant Professor of Modern Persian Literature, Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, University of Pennsylvania) talks with Booktalk host Dr Zuzanna Olszewska (University of Oxford). Dr Zuzanna Olszewska is Associate Professor in the Social Anthropology of the Middle East, School of Anthropology a…

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Middle East Centre Booktalk

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The Caliphate of Man: Popular Sovereignty in Modern Islamic Thought 35:01

3y ago35:01

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Join us for the fourth MEC Booktalk episode where Dr Usaama al-Azami talks with guest author Andrew March about his new book, The Caliphate of Man: The Invention of Popular Sovereignty in Modern Islamic Thought, published by Harvard University Press, 2021 The book can be purchased direct from the publisher's distributor by emailing cs-books@wiley.c…

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Middle East Centre Booktalk

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Rediscovering the Islamic Classics: How Editors and Print Culture Transformed an Intellectual Tradition 32:43

3y ago32:43

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Join us for the third MEC Booktalk episode where Dr Usaama al-Azami talks with guest author Ahmed El Shamsy about his new book, Rediscovering the Islamic Classics: How Editors and Print Culture Transformed an Intellectual Tradition. The book can be purchased direct from the publisher's website at a 25% discount until 28/04/21, by quoting DIS21 at c…

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Middle East Centre Booktalk

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The Idols of ISIS: From Assyria to the Internet 25:41

3y ago25:41

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Episode 2, with Dr Faisal Devji, (St Antony’s College, Oxford), talks with Joshua Craze (University of Chicago) and writer Aaron Tugendhaft about Aaron's new book The Idols of ISIS: From Assyria to the Internet, University of Chicago Press 2020. Aaron Tugendhaft is an author and educator based in Berlin. He studied art history, political philosophy…

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Middle East Centre Booktalk

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Vision or Mirage: Saudi Arabia at the Crossroads 25:04

3y ago25:04

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First episode of Booktalk, where host Professor Eugene Rogan (St Antony's College, Oxford) talks with David Rundell on his book Vision or Mirage: Saudi Arabia at the Crossroads, Bloomsbury Publication (2020. The book is available for purchase with the 30% discount code: VOM30 from https://www.Bloomsbury.com/uk/vision-or-mirage-9781838605933 (NB dis…

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Allie the Librarian Booktalks

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Long Way Down Booktalk with Vilia Garcia 23:27

3y ago23:27

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Special Guest, Vilia Garcia, is booktalking YA Graphic Novel Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds and art by Danica Novgorodoff.

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Allie the Librarian Booktalks

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Bookish and the Beast Booktalk with Lispy Librarian 17:51

3+ y ago17:51

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Special guest Stephanie Galvan Russell, AKA Lispy Librarian, is booktalking YA novel Bookish and the Beast by Ashley Poston.

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Allie the Librarian Booktalks

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A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder BOOKTALK 5:23

3+ y ago5:23

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Booktalking debut YA Crime Fiction novel A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson.

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Allie the Librarian Booktalks

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Hey Kiddo/Ordinary Hazards BOOKTALK 11:41

3+ y ago11:41

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We’re celebrating memoirs! We have an audiobook and a novel in verse that will leave with all the feels! Listen for a review of Hey Kiddo and Ordinary Hazards

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Booktalks with Mrs. Chandler’s Readers

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Mrs. Chandler’s Supersafekeepers discuss the books they have been reading in this podcast. 6:16

4y ago6:16

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Afton describes the ghosts of Tupelo landing. Zoie describes Max Crumbly. Zeek describes Pax.

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Allie the Librarian Booktalks

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With the Fire On High BOOKTALK 6:00

4y ago6:00

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With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo, author of the Poet X. We’re talking about the beautiful character of Emoni Santiago. Qq8pWqrth92DHs2XDJqX

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Booktalk

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Book talk 2 5:19

4y ago5:19

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This Book talk is all about Ghost by Jason Reynolds

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Allie the Librarian Booktalks

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Wilder Girls Booktalk 7:01

4y ago7:01

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A Wilder Girls, Rory Power’s debut novel is the star of this show! Booktalking the unusual storyline and strong female characters.

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Allie the Librarian Booktalks

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Three Dark Crowns/We Were Liars Booktalk 8:56

4y ago8:56

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Books that got overlooked on my TBR but I finally got to them! And I’m so glad I did! Listen to hear what I thought about Three Dark Crowns and We Were Liars.

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Booktalk

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Booktalk 2:02

4y ago2:02

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Restart by Gordon Korman

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Allie the Librarian Booktalks

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Fountains of Silence Booktalk 3:32

4y ago3:32

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Booktalk for Fountains of Silence by Ruta Sepetys

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Becky's Booktalks

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The Gloabl Refugee Crisis by Stephanie Sammartino McPherson 3:20

4+ y ago3:20

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The Global Refugee Crisis by Stephanie Sammartino McPherson. Published 2019 by Twenty-First Century Books. Transcript The Global Refugee Crisis by Stephanie Sammartino McPherson Albert Einstein is one of the most famous scientists in history, but did you know that he was also a refugee? Einstein had to flee Germany in the 1930’s because he was a vi…

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Becky's Booktalks

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FugeesFamily.org 3:21

4+ y ago3:21

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This is a resource talk about FugeesFamily.org copyrighted in 2019 by Fugees Family, Inc. Transcript: FugeesFamily.org At school, you see your friend has a gray sweatshirt with bright green words on it that say “Level the playing field”. You ask them what that means, and they tell you that it’s a sweat shirt supporting the Fugees Family, of course.…

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Becky's Booktalks

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Human Flow by Ai WeiWei 3:30

4+ y ago3:30

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This is a resource talk of Human Flow by Ai WeiWei. Released in 2017 and produced by AC Films and Participant Media. Transcript: Human Flow by Ai WeiWei Imagine traveling across the great blue expanse of the Mediterranean Sea on a very little boat. This isn’t a scene from a future vacation, but rather something that millions of refugees do every ye…

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Becky's Booktalks

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Outcasts United by Warren St. John 3:38

4+ y ago3:38

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A Book Talk of Outcasts United Adapted for Young People by Warren St. John. Punished 2012 by Delacorte Books. Transcript: Outcasts United Adapted for Young People by Warren St. John Imagine going to a soccer tournament and facing a team made up of children from all around the world. Some of them may not speak English, but all of them are very good …

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Allie the Librarian Booktalks

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Summer of Sequels Part 1 BOOKTALK 4:31

4+ y ago4:31

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This is a 3 part series where I talk about the 6 sequels I plan to read this summer. Part 1 focuses on Kingdom of Ash by Sarah J. Maas and Kingsbane by Claire Legrand. I'm a librarian and my world is books!

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Podcast booktalk