Episode · The Book Review · 2017-01-20
Books mentioned on Barack Obama's Legacy
Gilbert Cruz discussed Audacity by Jonathan Chait, On the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin, and The Book That Changed America by Randall Fuller. Alexandra Alter discussed The Making of the President 1960 by Theodore H. White, Women Who Work by Ivanka Trump, Rules for Resistance by David Cole and others, and How do I explain this to my kids? by Ava L. Siegler and others. John Williams recommended Miss Lonelyhearts by Nathanael West, and discussed What we do now by Dennis Loy Johnson and others, From Battlefields Rising by Randall Fuller, Emerson's Ghosts by Randall Fuller, and The Day of the Locust by Nathanael West. Greg Cowles recommended Everything I never told you by Celeste Ng, and discussed The guests on South Battery by Karen White, The sleepwalker by Christopher A. Bohjalian, Ring of Fire by Brad Taylor, The great equalizer by David M. Smick, Three Days in January by Bret Baier and others, Special heart by Bret Baier, and The Power Broker by Robert A. Caro. Jennifer Schuessler recommended Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders and Never caught by Erica Armstrong Dunbar.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Audacity
Discussed“Jonathan Chate will be here to talk about his new book audacity”
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On the Origin of Species
On the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin is a foundational scientific text that outlines the theory of evolution by means of natural selection.
Discussed“what effect did Darwin's On the Origin of Species have on America upon publication”
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The Book That Changed America
Discussed“Randall Fuller will be here to talk about the book that changed America”
Where to get it
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The Making of the President 1960
The Making of the President 1960 by Theodore H.
Discussed“and it's it's supposedly going to be written in the spirit of Theodore White's the making of the president 1960”
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Women Who Work
Discussed“is aanka Trump's book women who work it's being pushed back from early March to early May and that that's being published by portfolio”
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Rules for Resistance
Discussed“one is titled rules for resistance advice from around the world in the age of trump which will have an introduction by David Cole who's the national legal director of the ACLU”
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How do I explain this to my kids?
Discussed“this book is titled how do I explain this to my kids parenting in the age of trump which is edited by Dr Ava seagler”
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What we do now
Discussed“I had a book cross my desk the other day from Melville house called what we do now and it's it's an anthology”
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From Battlefields Rising
Discussed“um you've written from battlefields Rising how the Civil War transformed American literature as well as Emerson's ghosts literature politics and the making of americanists”
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Emerson's Ghosts
Discussed“um you've written from battlefields Rising how the Civil War transformed American literature as well as Emerson's ghosts literature politics and the making of americanists”
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The guests on South Battery
Discussed“Karen White returns with one of her I think it's her 22nd novel... This is called the guests on South battery”
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The sleepwalker
Discussed“Chris bellian is back on the list uh with a new novel called the Sleepwalker”
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Ring of Fire
Discussed“Brad Taylor has the like 900th book in his Pike Logan Thriller series that's called Ring of Fire”
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The great equalizer
Discussed“um I I guess the one kind of surprise bestseller is a macroeconomist named David M SMI... he's got a a book called the great equalizer”
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Three Days in January
Discussed“um and there's also um the Fox News host Brett Bayer has a book called 3 days in January”
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Special heart
Discussed“his his last bestseller was kind of more personal is about his son his young son and a heart condition it's called special heart”
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Lincoln in the Bardo
Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders is a historical fiction novel that follows Abraham Lincoln in a Washington cemetery grieving his young son Willie amid a supernatural bardo of ghosts.
Recommended“and I just finished reading George shers forthcoming novel his first novel called Lincoln and the BAU”
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Never caught
Never Caught: The Washingtons' Relentless Pursuit of Their Runaway Slave, Ona Judge by Erica Armstrong Dunbar is a rigorous work of historical biography that chronicles the life of Ona Judge, who escaped from George and Martha Washington.
Recommended“and then I've also been reading this really interesting um book a work of history biography called never caught and it's by a historian named Erica Armstrong Dunbar”
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The Power Broker
The Power Broker by Robert A.
Discussed“my next big project U is a book that I think both of you have raved about in the past is Robert caros the power broker”
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Everything I never told you
Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng is a debut novel that investigates family dynamics, race, and expectations in suburbia through the gripping mystery of a family dealing with a tragic loss.
Recommended“and so in the meantime I'm Tiding myself over with a a much smaller and uh and less intimidating book um it's a a novel that came out a couple years ago called Everything I Never Told You by Celeste in”
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Miss Lonelyhearts
Miss Lonelyhearts by Nathanael West is a classic satirical novella about an agony column writer in New York City who becomes overwhelmed by the human suffering reflected in the letters he receives.
Recommended“this week I read uh Miss Lonely Hearts which is Nathaniel very brief it's about 60 Pages”
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The Day of the Locust
Discussed“is that edition of Miss Lonely Hearts um packaged with day of the Locust it is”
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