Episode · The Book Review · 2015-06-05
Books mentioned on Inside The New York Times Book Review: “Reagan: The Life”
Gilbert Cruz discussed Reagan by H. W. Brands and Dutch by Edmund Morris. Greg Cowles discussed Make something up by Chuck Palahniuk.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Reagan
Reagan by H.
Discussed“Jeff shle will join us to talk about HW br's new biography Reagan the life he is a tough tough character to wrap your mind around and this week in the book review he reviews HW brands's new biography of Ronald Reagan”
Where to get it
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Dutch
Dutch by Edmund Morris is a massive, highly unconventional biographical work that explores the life and political career of the fortieth United States president, Ronald Reagan.
Discussed“but it's been a while since we've had one of the these big biographies of Reagan was the last one the um Edmund Morris the last big biography of of Reagan was the Edmund Morris Book”
Where to get it
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Make something up
Discussed“um has a his very first Story collection called make something up that's new at number eight”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (8) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing Supreme Power
“his most recent book is supreme power Franklin Roosevelt versus the Supreme Court and this week in the book review he reviews HW brands's new biography of Ronald Reagan”
Passing To Kill a Mockingbird
“of course there's Harper Lee's next book which is a continuation of to Killa Mockingbird it takes place 20 years later”
Passing The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
“oh and then finally in a couple months we're getting another installment of St larsson's incredibly popular series The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo which is the Millennium series which has sold more than 80 million copies worldwide”
Passing Fight Club
“at number eight I do think it's Chuck penck uh the author of course of Fight Club um and and many other books since then”
Passing Piranha
“at number four Clive kussler with his co-writer Boyd Morrison has a novel called piranha”
Passing Radiant Angel
“and then at number one um Nelson demill returns to the list with radiant Angel which is the seventh book in his John Corey series”
Passing Do No Harm
“couple of new titles on the non-fiction list down at number 14 The Neurosurgeon Henry Marsh who was at the center of that documentary the English surgeon has a book called Do no harm new at number 14”
Passing Gumption
“and at number six Nick Offerman the comic actor uh best known for his role on Parks and Recreation has his second bestseller uh this one's called gumption new at number six”