Episode · The Book Review · 2015-08-21
Books mentioned on Inside The New York Times Book Review: ‘NeuroTribes’
Gilbert Cruz discussed Neurotribes by Steve Silberman. Steve Silberman discussed The empty fortress by Bruno Bettelheim. Alexandra Alter discussed Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie. Pamela Paul discussed Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother by Amy Chua. Maria Russo recommended Waiting by Kevin Henkes and Secret Coders by Gene Luen Yang, and discussed The Day the Crayons Came Home by Drew Daywalt. Parul Sehgal recommended You're Never Weird on the Internet (Almost) by Felicia Day, and discussed Silver linings by Debbie Macomber, State of Fear by Michael Crichton, and Devil's bridge by Linda Fairstein.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Neurotribes
Discussed“Steve Silberman will be here to talk about his book neurotribes The Legacy of autism and the future of neurodiversity”
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The empty fortress
The Empty Fortress by Bruno Bettelheim is a deeply influential yet historically controversial 1967 psychological study that explores infantile autism and the supposed developmental impacts of maternal deprivation.
Discussed“of course there was a guy named Bruno bleheim who was like first America's first celebrity psychiatrist and he wrote a bestseller in the 60s called The Empty Fortress”
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Ancillary Justice
Discussed“and one of the most successful authors to emerge in recent years is Ann Ley um her book ancillary Justice dominated the awards last year won hugos and nebulas and other Awards”
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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“The Battle Hymn of the tiger mother that book we did not review right away um the editor who handled it I originally skipped it”
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Waiting
Waiting by Kevin Henkes is a charming children's picture book about five toy animal friends who sit contentedly on a windowsill, anticipating different wonders of the changing world outside.
Recommended“there's um Waiting by Kevin hanky one my favorites”
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The Day the Crayons Came Home
Discussed“well we have we have a sequel uh The Day the Crayons came home”
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Secret Coders
Secret Coders by Gene Luen Yang is an engaging graphic novel series that introduces young readers to coding fundamentals through mystery and adventure.
Recommended“one last comic book since we love that genre so much um or graphic novel but for readers a little bit older this one is uh it's called secret coders also the beginning of a series uh by the brilliant um Gan Len yangang”
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Silver linings
Discussed“we have Debbie mccomb's latest Silver Linings which is her latest entry in her Rose Harbor in series debuting at number three”
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State of Fear
State of Fear by Michael Crichton is a thriller that confronts the politics of environmentalism and climate change through a fictional narrative.
Discussed“at number 10 there's curious L enough um state of fear by another Mainstay Michael kryon but this book was published in 2004 it feels oddly precient now”
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Devil's bridge
Discussed“also new on the list is Devil's Bridge by Linda ferin the prosecutor turned mystery writer and it's her 17th book in the series featuring Alexander Cooper”
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You're Never Weird on the Internet (Almost)
You're Never Weird on the Internet (Almost) by Felicia Day is a humorous and candid memoir by the actress, writer, and web creator about growing up as a passionate geek and carving out a unique space in digital culture.
Recommended“her name is Felicia Day and her Memoir you're never weird on the internet almost debuse at number five”
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Other mentions in this episode (7) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“we have all of these big non-fiction books um we have lean in anarie Slaughter is coming out with a book in October”
“it's a new novel by Rebecca St who uh is the author of When You Reach Me Newberry winner from a few years back”
“Hank is of course the author of Lily's Purple Plastic Purse of the penny and the marble Series”
“one of the biggest hits from recent years was The Day the Crayons Quit uh in the picture book world”
“one last comic book since we love that genre so much um or graphic novel but for readers a little bit older this one is uh it's called secret coders also the beginning of a series uh by the brilliant um Gan Len yangang who wrote um American boorn Chinese and the secret the boxers and Saints series”
“our new number one bestselling ya author this week is Rambo row author of Elanor and park which John Green actually reviewed for us many years ago”
“and on the middle-grade hard cover uh we do have a book that is uh has been out for quite some time but it is a Wonder sorry about that pun RJ palo's debut novel Wonder is uh number one”