Episode · The Book Review · 2024-07-18
Books mentioned on A Trilogy About the American Revolution Begins
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Liberation Trilogy Boxed Set
Discussed“very different from the previous war you wrote about World War II in The Liberation Trilogy you know I finished volume three of The Liberation Trilogy”
Where to get it
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Ecstatic nation
Discussed“and actually working on the last book ecstatic nation was what prompted this book that's it came really out of it”
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Profiles in courage
Profiles in Courage by John F.
Discussed“and John Kennedy in profiles and courage in 1957 and it was a riging view and that height of the Civil Rights Movement”
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Our Man
Our Man by George Packer is an acclaimed biography detailing the life and career of the prominent American diplomat Richard Holbrooke.
Recommended“I'm reading our man by George Packer”
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Birds by the Shore
Birds by the Shore by Jennifer Ackerman is a captivating observation of coastal ecosystems and avian life through the lens of a dedicated naturalist.
Recommended“I read Birds by the Shore by Jennifer AER”
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The genius of birds
The Genius of Birds by Jennifer Ackerman is an engaging non-fiction exploration of avian intelligence, cognitive abilities, and evolutionary biology.
Discussed“You may remember the book she had a few years ago called the Genius of birds which I loved I think most people in the desk know that I'm a bird watcher”
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The egg and I
The Egg and I by Betty MacDonald is a humorous and enduring memoir chronicling the author's chaotic experiences running a chicken ranch in the remote mountains of Washington State.
Recommended“so I highly highly recommend Betty McDonald's the plague and I and that is all for me”
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The plague and I.
Betty MacDonald’s memoir The Plague and I recounts the author’s harrowing yet humorous experiences recovering from tuberculosis in a Washington state sanitarium.
Recommended“so I highly highly recommend Betty McDonald's the plague and I and that is all for me”
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Other mentions in this episode (7) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“Rick Atkinson will be here to talk about his new book the British are coming how do you impeach a president”
“and even in the context of 2016 I remember I was I was reading Walter isaacson's biography of uh Ben Franklin and I was watching that old HBO series Adams”
“of course he's famous for Silence of the Lambs but he was first introduced in Harris's second novel red dragon”
“he had been kind of down on the movies as he put it because of a 1986 film called called Manhunter which was an adaptation of red dragon”
“The Last film was Hannibal Rising I believe that didn't do well at the box office or critically”
“well I lik many things about that book but one amusing thing is that that book has exactly one thing in common with his one of his best friends Martin amos' Memoir experience”
“it's probably because of the Mrs pigle wiggle books her children's books which are still in circulation”