Episode · The Book Review · 2015-11-13
Books mentioned on Inside The New York Times Book Review: The Life of George H. W. Bush
Gilbert Cruz discussed Destiny and power by Jon Meacham and Killing a King by Dan Ephron. Greg Cowles discussed Avenue of Mysteries by John Irving, The Crossing by Michael Connelly, The Bazaar of Bad Dreams by Stephen King, Crippled America by Donald J. Trump, Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates by Brian Kilmeade, and Troublemaker by Leah Remini and others.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Destiny and power
Destiny and Power by Jon Meacham is a comprehensive presidential biography chronicling the life, career, and political philosophy of former President George H.
Discussed“John meim will be here to talk about his new biography of George Herbert Walker Bush Destiny and power”
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Killing a King
Killing a King by Dan Ephron is a detailed historical account examining the assassination of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and the profound political transformation of Israel.
Discussed“on the 20th anniversary of that terrible event Dan afron will be here to talk about his new book killing a king”
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Avenue of Mysteries
Discussed“we start at number five with John Irving's new novel Avenue of mysteries which is in some ways a very typical John Irving novel”
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The Crossing
The Crossing by Michael Connelly is a gripping crime thriller that continues the bestselling adventures of the popular fictional investigator Harry Bosch alongside the author's other notable legal character, the Lincoln Lawyer.
Discussed“at number two Michael Connelly continues his Harry Bosch series uh with a new novel called The Crossing”
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The Bazaar of Bad Dreams
The Bazaar of Bad Dreams by Stephen King is a compelling story collection featuring a mix of newly published tales alongside previously released works.
Discussed“the final new title on the fiction side of things this week is uh by our old friend Stephen King who has a new Story collection um kind of a new and collected some have never been published before uh some have the name of the book is the bizarre of bad dreams and that's new at number one”
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Crippled America
Crippled America by Donald J.
Discussed“starting down at number five Donald J Trump has a new book I've heard of him yes you have called crippled America”
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Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates
Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates by Brian Kilmeade is a historical non-fiction work examining early American foreign policy and conflict involving the founding fathers.
Discussed“uh this one back to the founding fathers again is Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates”
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Troublemaker
Discussed“then finally I also knew at number one this week um actress Leia Rini who's best known from uh King of Queens has written a book with Rebecca paly called Troublemaker”
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Other mentions in this episode (3) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“uh to do a piece for Newsweek about uh a world transformed which was the book that President Bush did with Brent skof about foreign policy”
“you know um all of his earlier books were very optimistic books um the art of the deal which you know lasted almost a year on the hard cover list”
“at number three another familiar name the uh Fox News host Brian kilme has written a book with Don jger they wrote an earlier book that was also a bestseller called George Washington's secret 6”