Episode · The Book Review · 2016-03-18
Books mentioned on Inside The New York Times Book Review: American Eugenics
Gilbert Cruz discussed Imbeciles by Adam Cohen and The Highest Glass Ceiling by Ellen Fitzpatrick. Adam Cohen discussed U.S. Supreme Court Transcript of Record Buck v. Bell by United States. Supreme Court.. Alexandra Alter discussed Dark Debts by Karen Hall and Go Set A Watchman by Harper Lee. Greg Cowles discussed Clawback by J. A. Jance and others, The waters of eternal youth by Donna Leon, The steel kiss by Jeffery Deaver, Fire touched by Patricia Briggs, Off the Grid by C. J. Box and others, Love, loss, and what we ate by Padma Lakshmi, Conspiracies of the Ruling Class by Lawrence B. Lindsey, and Smarter Faster Better by Charles Duhigg.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Imbeciles
Imbeciles by Adam Cohen is a historical non-fiction work subtitled The Supreme Court, American Eugenics, and the Sterilization of Carrie Buck, detailing a dark chapter of legal and medical history in the United States.
Discussed“Adam Cohen will tell us about his new book imbeciles the Supreme Court American Eugenics and the sterilization of Carrie Buck”
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The Highest Glass Ceiling
Discussed“Ellen Fitzpatrick will join us to talk about her book the highest glass ceiling”
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U.S. Supreme Court Transcript of Record Buck v. Bell
Discussed“so in 1927 you have Buck versus Bell”
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Go Set A Watchman
Go Set A Watchman by Harper Lee is a novel written before To Kill a Mockingbird that follows an adult Scout returning to Maycomb, Alabama, and confronting her aging father's complex racial views.
Discussed“I think several more chapters about ghost at a Watchmen”
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Clawback
Discussed“ja Jance has the 11th book in her Ally Reynolds series it's called clawback”
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The waters of eternal youth
Discussed“Donna Leon continues her commissioner Guido brunetti series that's uh the series of mysteries said in Venice called the Waters of Eternal youth”
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The steel kiss
Discussed“Jeffrey dver returns with his Lincoln rhyme series with a novel called the steel kiss”
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Fire touched
Discussed“Patricia Briggs is back with her Mercy Thompson Series a novel called fire touched”
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Off the Grid
Discussed“CJ box is back with the latest uh Joe picket novel this is the 16th in that series called off the grid”
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Love, loss, and what we ate
Discussed“Padma Lakshmi the the host of Top Chef on Bravo for going back I think 11 years now um has a memoir Called Love loss and what we ate”
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Conspiracies of the Ruling Class
Discussed“it's you know an election year argument for smaller government called conspiracies of the ruling class”
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Smarter Faster Better
Smarter Faster Better by Charles Duhigg is a productivity guide that combines academic research and compelling storytelling to explore how people and organizations can achieve more without working harder.
Discussed“smarter faster better uh which is the title of the new book by Charles doig our very own”
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Other mentions in this episode (4) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“I mean people will put a new cover on a classic novel and I'm not you know we're not going to write about the latest cover on The Great Gatsby or something like that”
“sort of in in the mode of The Exorcist but with a little bit of romantic comedy thrown and it's very unusual”
“referring to Betty Smith's uh wonderful novel at Tree Grows in Brooklyn”
“he also of course wrote the power of habit which was a longtime bestseller”