Episode · The Book Review · 2024-07-18
Books mentioned on China's World
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Everything under the heavens
Discussed“well and it brings us right back to the title of your book everything under the heavens which I imagine”
Where to get it
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Being Mortal
Being Mortal by Atul Gawande is a reflective non-fiction book that examines the limitations of modern medicine, aging, and the final stages of life.
Discussed“there was being mortal by Atul Gand which was a major bestseller for a long time on the bestseller list”
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When Breath Becomes Air
When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi is a powerful autobiographical memoir written by a neurosurgeon facing a terminal cancer diagnosis, exploring mortality, meaning, and the intersection of medicine and life.
Discussed“more recently Paul colony's book when breath becomes air”
Where to get it
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Extreme Measures
Discussed“well I think in this particular crop of books Extreme Measures is the one that looks at the issue”
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The man without a face
The Man Without a Face by Masha Gessen is a critical biographical work that details Vladimir Putin's rise to power and the authoritarian transformation of modern Russia.
Discussed“yes so I'm actually just at the tail end of finishing up Masha gessen's Man Without a Face which came out few years ago and it's a biography essentially of Putin”
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Enemies
Enemies by Tim Weiner is a comprehensive historical examination of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and its complex institutional past.
Discussed“the other book that I'm reading is and I've just started this one is Tim Weiner's enemies which is a hisory of the FBI”
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The Lazarus Project
Discussed“Alexander hean has a novel called the Lazarus Project”
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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'm reading a book that came out in 1945 by uam Betty McDonald called The Egg and I”
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Other mentions in this episode (4) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“and I I I so I in in this book everything under the heavens I go a long ways back”
“she wrote a book called the afterlife connection”
“i've read this year the David gr book the um killers of the oh yeah AG Moon I think it was called which I really want to read”
“You'll remember that uam I read Jim Harrison's Legends of the Fall which concludes with a historical Nolla”