Episode · The Book Review · 2017-04-21
Books mentioned on Hamlet Globe to Globe
Gilbert Cruz recommended Hamlet Globe to globe by Dominic Dromgoole. Dominic Dromgoole discussed Will and me by Dominic Dromgoole. Judith Newman discussed F*ck Love by Michael Bennett and others and Sex That Works by Wendy Strgar. John Williams recommended Wedding toasts I'll never give by Ada Calhoun, and discussed Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann. Greg Cowles discussed The Power Broker by Robert A. Caro and American War by Omar El Akkad. Pamela Paul recommended A Good Life by Ben Bradlee and others, and discussed Option B Facing Adversity Building Resilience and Finding Joy by Saraswati Biswas and others.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Hamlet Globe to globe
Hamlet Globe to Globe by Dominic Dromgoole is a travel memoir and theatrical chronicle detailing an unprecedented two-year tour performing Shakespeare across nearly two hundred countries.
Recommended“Dominic dramou the former director of the Globe Theater in London will be here to talk about his new book Hamlet Globe to Globe”
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Will and me
Discussed“so that first book was Will and me how Shakespeare took over my life which is a great title and another great title with the new book Hamet Globe to Globe”
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F*ck Love
Discussed“and the titles are here comes the challenging part blank love one shrink sensible advice for finding a lasting relationship by Michael Bennett and Sarah Bennett”
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Sex That Works
Discussed“and the fourth book is sex that works an intimate guide to Awakening your erotic Life by Wendy stergar”
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Killers of the Flower Moon
Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann is a harrowing work of historical non-fiction examining the systematic murders of wealthy Osage people in Oklahoma during the 1920s and the birth of the FBI.
Discussed“uh I'm reading two things I'm about halfway through David Gran's new book killers of the flower Moon”
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Wedding toasts I'll never give
Wedding Toasts I'll Never Give is a candid and reflective collection of essays by author Ada Calhoun.
Recommended“um and then the other thing I read I actually really loved which is a a very brief book called wedding toasts I'll never give by aah Calhoun”
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The Power Broker
The Power Broker by Robert A.
Discussed“I don't see the power broker in front of you well um you know I was away last week um and I had a lot of time stuck in airports and on runways and I finally put Robert Moses behind me”
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American War
American War by Omar El Akkad is a dystopian debut novel that imagines a fractured United States caught in the throes of a second civil war in the late twenty-first century.
Discussed“the third book our review has already appeared so I will discuss it is American War by Omar L akad”
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A Good Life
A Good Life is a memoir by Ben Bradlee, Jr.
Recommended“um that just kind of struck my mood which was Ben Bradley's Memoir a good life with the subtitle which I adore newspapering and other Adventures”
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Option B Facing Adversity Building Resilience and Finding Joy
Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience, and Finding Joy by Sheryl Sandberg and Adam Grant is a poignant guide on overcoming profound personal tragedy and cultivating mental resilience.
Discussed“I've also just started reading the new book by Cheryl Sandberg and Adam Grant option b”
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Other mentions in this episode (9) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“on the latest bestseller list he has both the number one bestseller old school written with Bruce firin um for its third week at number one and the number five book Killing the Rising Sun with Martin Dugard which is up from number seven”
“on the latest bestseller list he has both the number one bestseller old school written with Bruce firin um for its third week at number one and the number five book Killing the Rising Sun with Martin Dugard which is up from number seven”
“uh the highest ranking new hard cover Fiction it's called thrawn t h r a WN by Timothy Zan”
“it's nice to see our guest from last week Elizabeth Rosenthal debut on the list at number six with her book an American sickness”
“yeah she's not even the highest ranking new non-fiction that is the true Jesus by Rush limba's Brother David limah”
“one is the book of Joan by Lydia yakovich which is set mostly in space on the space station”
“and then another crazy baffo book um featuring a giant flying bear is the book born by Jeff vandermeir”
“did you ever read the Charles poris novel True Grit”
“and um and you know their obvious comparison point is Katherine Graham's great Memoir personal history which I think is probably a superior book overall”