Episode · The Book Review · 2016-06-10
Books mentioned on Inside The New York Times Book Review: ‘First Dads’
Pamela Paul discussed First Dads by Joshua Kendall, Hamilton by Lin-Manuel Miranda and others, Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow, The End of American Childhood by Paula S. Fass, Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother by Amy Chua, Modern Lovers by Emma Straub, The View From the Cheap Seats by Neil Gaiman, The world according to Star Wars by Cass R. Sunstein, and The Most Of Nora Ephron by Nora Ephron and others. Joshua Kendall discussed America's Obsessives by Joshua Kendall. Alexandra Alter discussed The Hamilton Affair by Elizabeth Cobbs and Alexander Hamilton's Guide to Life by Jeff Wilser. Judith Warner discussed Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville. Also mentioned: The Good Soldier by Ford Madox Ford.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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First Dads
Discussed“Joshua Kendall joins us now his new book is called first dads parenting and politics from George Washington to Barack Obama Josh thank you for being here”
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America's Obsessives
Discussed“my last book was America's obsessives in which I profiled seven uh control freaks who who became towering figures starting with Thomas Jefferson and going through Steve Jobs”
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Hamilton
Hamilton by Lin-Manuel Miranda and Jeremy McCarter is a non-fiction companion book to the hit musical that explores the creation of the show alongside the original biographical work by Ron Chernow.
Discussed“it's not only the book that's adapted from the musical itself which is called Hamilton the revolution that book has sold more than 100,000 copies in Just 2 months which is really kind of insane for a book that's about a musical”
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Alexander Hamilton
Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow is a comprehensive historical biography that chronicles the life, political career, and lasting legacy of one of America's founding fathers.
Discussed“there's one little note there that Ron chernau author of the book on which Hamilton was based makes $900,000 a year in royalties”
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The Hamilton Affair
Discussed“the other books that are coming up this summer and fall include Elizabeth Cobb's historical novel The Hamilton Affair which is due out this August and the demand is so strong for that again based on the musical that her publisher has increased the first printing to 75,000 copies”
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Alexander Hamilton's Guide to Life
Discussed“and so beyond the novel there's another book coming out in the fall from three ever's press and it's called Alexander Hamilton's Guide to Life”
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The End of American Childhood
Discussed“and this week she reviews the end of American Childhood a history of parenting from life on the frontier to the managed Child by Paula fast”
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Democracy in America
Alexis de Tocqueville’s Democracy in America is a foundational sociological and political study analyzing the structure, culture, and institutions of American society from the perspective of an outside observer.
Discussed“it was something that was remarked upon by dville when he wrote Democracy in America”
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Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother
Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother by Amy Chua is a provocative memoir that examines strict parenting philosophies, cultural differences in academic drive, and the demands of immigrant parenting models.
Discussed“she talks a fair bit about Amy Chua at one point and um you know the tiger Mother book”
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Modern Lovers
Modern Lovers by Emma Straub is a contemporary novel that follows a tight-knit circle of former college friends navigating middle age, changing family dynamics, and the shifting realities of their adult lives.
Discussed“yes starting uh with Emma stra down at number 14 her new novel modern lovers hits the list”
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The View From the Cheap Seats
Discussed“uh Neil Gaiman who is of course known as a Comics writer and a novelist has a collection of non-fiction uh it's called the view from the cheap seats”
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The world according to Star Wars
Discussed“he's got a book new it number 13 about Star Wars It's Called The World According to Star Wars”
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The Good Soldier
The Good Soldier by Ford Madox Ford is a modernist tragic novel that explores the deceit, betrayal, and complex psychological undercurrents hidden beneath the polite facade of Edwardian upper-class society.
Discussed“I've just started reading Ford Medics Ford's the good soldier”
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The Most Of Nora Ephron
Discussed“I'm reading the most recent collection of nor afron's collected uh work called the most of Nora afron”
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Other mentions in this episode (12) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“Josh Kendall is the author of a new book first dads parenting and politics from George Washington to Barack”
“there's also a middle- grade book it's called Alexander Hamilton revolutionary”
“Judith Warner joins us now she is the author of perfect Madness motherhood in The Age of Anxiety”
“Judith is the author of perfect Madness motherhood in The Age of Anxiety”
“she is also working on a book that I know I will be very eager to read about middle school and this week she reviews in the book review the end of American Childhood a history of parenting from life on the frontier to the managed Child by Paula FAS”
“um Alan first has a new novel a hero of France new it number seven”
“it was in our summer reading issue and we also talked about um more than once Noah Holly's novel before the fall that um cracks the list at number two”
“Dorothy Benton Frank has another South Carolina novel it's called All Summer Long that's at number three”
“and there's a new novel at number one this week Clive kusler and Boyd Morrison are back with another Juan Cabrio novel that called The Emperor's Revenge”
“you've got shoe dog the Phil night book”
“earlier this year I read another book very much about male jealousy the end of The Affair by Graham green”
“and then our listeners will know that a few weeks ago I finished uh reading days of Abandonment”