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The WVU Department of English 2019 Book Recommendations List is out 💙💛 #WVU #LetsGo #Mountaineers #EnglishMajorsRock

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ErickaS_Flyleafunfurled Master Butchers Singing Club was wonderful- highly recommend! 5y

BookNAround My youngest is looking at WVU. I‘m thinking of taking him up there to visit on his spring break. Sadly, English will not be his subject area of choice. 😜 5y

Hoopiefoot Go ‘Eers! Grew up running around campus while my folks were in grad school there so I‘m a big fan 😀 5y

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JuliaTheBookNerd @BookNAround WVU is a great school (even if English isn‘t his subject of choice) I had some of the greatest times of my life and met my absolute best friends in the world there 💙💛 5y

JuliaTheBookNerd @Hoopiefoot My roommate at WVU grew up in Morgantown too 💙💛😊 5y

Blaire @booknaround @hoopiefoot agree. Morgantown is a great place to go to school. My father-in-law is a prof at the law school so we‘re up there frequently plus we have football season tix! We live down in Charleston. 5y

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A Severed Head | Iris Murdoch

Every year I get a book recommendation list from my alma mater 👩‍🎓 WVU 💙💛 Even though I haven‘t even heard of half these books I thought I would share 📚💙💛 #WVU #BA #EnglishDepartment #BookNerd 📚💙

Lcsmcat There are some excellent books on this list! 6y

Tameeka Thank you! 6y

Karkar This is cool. I wish my college did this. 6y

Beachesnbooks That's so cool that they do this!! 6y

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East Africa: An Introductory History | Robert M. Maxon

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This honestly one of the best comprehensive histories I've read. Dr Maxon is an expert in the African History field and my experience with this book was only enhanced by the fact that I got to be taught by Maxon for 2 semesters. He's brilliant and knows how to throw shade when making fun of the Europeans. Ive learned so much from him and his book. If anyone is interested in learning about East Africa history I rec this book.

#History #WVU

mcausten_sister Fun facts about Maxon: he lived and taught in Kenya for several years. Including the reign of Idi Amin's dictatorship in Uganda and during Jomo Kenyatta's tenure. He also did not pick the cover of his book and doesn't understand why the publishers chose half a boys face.

East Africa: An Introductory History

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China's Cosmopolitan Empire: The Tang Dynasty | Mark Edward LEWIS

"In certain years the rarest relics of the Buddha, most notably the famous finger bone, were carried through the capital in a procession that triggered mass hysteria and the sacrificial burning of heads or arms. In 873 a soldier chopped off his own arm and held it in his other hand as he followed the procession."

Dont talk to me unless you love your deity as much as that guy did.

#ChineseHistory #History #ResearchIsTheBomb #WVU

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NOBILITY AND CIVILITY | William Theodore De Bary

Finished my English paper! Now my China paper is up to bat!

#ChineseHistory #TangDynasty #WVU #History

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East Africa: An Introductory History | Robert M. Maxon

Trying to work on my research paper and i've taken over a whole table.

#EastAfricaHistory #Tanzania #WVU #History

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Tanganyika Under German Rule, 1905-1912 | John Iliffe

Collecting some sources for my East Africa research paper!

#GermanEastAfrica #ColonialWasABadIdeaGuys #History #WVU

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Buddhism: A Very Short Introduction | Damien Keown

Working on my Intellectual History of China class. Buddhism by Keown is a very easy and comprehensive read on the foundation and development of Buddhism but the Religion of the Future by Unger is long winded and at times incoherent because of tangents. According to my professor, who was a student of Unger's at Harvard, that is because he writes like he talks.

#History #WVU #Philosophy #Religion

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Minaret: A Novel | Leila Aboulela

The next book for my British Women Writers class! Im finding the writing fairly simple, but the story is extremely promising. I read Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi last semester, which takes place in the same time frame, and Im glad I did because they pair well together.

#BritLit #Minaret #LeilaAboulela #WVU

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The Tenant of Wildfell Hall | Anne Bront�

Next book up for my British Women Writers class!

#BritLit #BronteSisters #WVU

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