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Books mentioned on Conversations with Tyler 2024 Retrospective
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Mentioned: Stalin by Stephen Kotkin, The Deluge by Adam Tooze, The Second Machine Age by Erik Brynjolfsson and others, How Adam Smith can change your life by Russ Roberts, The Transformation of the World: A Global History of the Nineteenth Century (America in the World) by Jürgen Osterhammel, Music at Midnight by John Drury, Patterns of Motion in the Poetic Imagery of Donne, George Herbert, Crashaw, and Vaughan by John Joseph Pollock, Midnights Descendants A History Of South Asia Since Partition by Keay John, On the Run by Alice Goffman, Histories, The book of strange new things by Michel Faber, Limonov by Emmanuel Carrère, Outlaws by Javier Cercas, The Narrow Road to the Deep North by Richard Flanagan, The Martian by Andy Weir, and Broken Hierarchies by Geoffrey Hill.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Stalin
Stephen Kotkin's multi-volume biography of the Soviet dictator, Stalin, examines the life, politics, and exercise of power surrounding one of the most formidable figures of the twentieth century.
Discussed“so interestingly you uh one of the books you mentioned was Steven cotkin Stalin volume one”
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The Deluge
Adam Tooze explores the economic and political turmoil of the post-World War I era in his historical work The Deluge.
Discussed“Adam 2's the Deluge the Great War and the remaking of World Order 196 1931”
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The Second Machine Age
The Second Machine Age by Erik Brynjolfsson and Andrew McAfee is a non-fiction book that explores the profound societal and economic disruptions driven by digital technologies and artificial intelligence.
Discussed“um but we have pik's second Machine Age”
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How Adam Smith can change your life
How Adam Smith Can Change Your Life by Russ Roberts is an insightful popular philosophy and economics book that applies the lesser-known moral observations of the Scottish Enlightenment thinker to modern personal dilemmas, happiness, and self-improvement.
Discussed“Russ Roberts how Adam Smith can change your life”
Where to get it
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The Transformation of the World: A Global History of the Nineteenth Century (America in the World)
Discussed“uran OST haml the transformation of the world to global history of the 19th century”
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Music at Midnight
Discussed“the very the very revved John Drury music at midnight the life and poetry of George Herbert”
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Patterns of Motion in the Poetic Imagery of Donne, George Herbert, Crashaw, and Vaughan
Discussed“the very the very revved John Drury music at midnight the life and poetry of George Herbert”
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Midnights Descendants A History Of South Asia Since Partition
Discussed“John K Midnight's descendants a history of South Asia since partition”
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On the Run
On the Run by Alice Goffman is a controversial ethnographic account examining the lives of young African American men in a heavily policed Philadelphia neighborhood.
Discussed“Alice gofman on the Run fugitive life in an American city”
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Histories
Histories by Herodotus is an ancient Greek work by the writer widely regarded as the father of history, chronicling the traditions, wars, and clashes of ancient civilizations.
Discussed“you uh mentioned Tom Holland's translation of Herodotus Herodotus herod's histories”
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The book of strange new things
The book of strange new things by Michel Faber is a thought-provoking science fiction novel that follows a Christian missionary sent to minister to an extraterrestrial population.
Discussed“Michael Faber the book of strange new things”
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Limonov
Discussed“Emanuel carer carer I'm not sure if I'm saying that right limonov the outrageous Adventures of the radical Soviet poet”
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The Narrow Road to the Deep North
Discussed“Richard Flanigan the narrow road to the Deep North”
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The Martian
The Martian by Andy Weir is a hard science fiction novel about an astronaut stranded alone on Mars who must use his engineering ingenuity and scientific knowledge to survive.
Discussed“Andy Weir the Martian”
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Broken Hierarchies
Discussed“Jeffrey Hill broken hierarchies and poems 1952 to 2012”
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