Episode · The Book Review · 2024-07-18
Books mentioned on Inside The New York Times Book Review: ‘The Profiteers’
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The profiteers
The Profiteers by Sally Denton is a deeply researched work of investigative journalism focusing on the massive construction company Bechtel and its extensive, complex relationship with the United States government, including its prominent role in building the Hoover Dam.
Recommended“well a lot more uh really fascinating detail in the book about that interesting relationship between Beckel and the government um Sally thank you so much for joining us”
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The Secret Life of the American Musical
The Secret Life of the American Musical by Jack Viertel is an exploration of how Broadway shows are constructed and how they resonate with audiences.
Recommended“Jack forell the book is The Secret Life of the American Musical how Broadway shows are built”
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Death by Water
Discussed“kenor o for uh death by water which is his 16th book translated into English”
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A Cup of Rage
Discussed“apparently there's a Brazilian author who I had never heard of reduan Nassar this is um The Guardian called it an explosively erotic 47 page story called a cup of Rage was nominated so as you can see”
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A few of the girls
Discussed“but there are a couple of new titles over in fiction including um a Story collection by Ma bie who died back in 2012 um but this book a few of the girls collects all of her stories um going back to the the very beginning of her career and that is new at number 12 called a few of”
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The Gangster
Discussed“and then um up at number one uh new book at the top of the list Clive kusler and Justin Scott continue their historical series about the New York detective Isaac bell with a book called The Gangster that's the ninth book in this series and it's new at number one”
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All the single ladies
All the Single Ladies: Unmarried Women and the Rise of an Independent Nation is a groundbreaking work of journalism and sociology by Rebecca Traister that examines the historical and cultural shift of women choosing to remain single and independent.
Discussed“starting down at number 15 uh the journalist Rebecca trer has written kind of a a work of sociology and journalism called All the Single Ladies um which looks at the history of kind of young Womanhood and marriage among women or lack thereof well exactly the thesis here is that women are waiting much longer to get married if”
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The legends club
Discussed“then at number 14 a sports book by uh John Feinstein who writes a lot about college basketball has another college basketball book called The Legends Club it looks at um three college basketball coaches uh who are legends as you'd guess from the title uh Dean Smith from the University of North Carolina uh his big rival Mike Shashi”
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The immortal Irishman
Discussed“then up at number 12 the New York Times journalist Timothy Ean has a history called The Immortal Irishman it's a look at um Thomas Francis Maher who was an Irish revolutionary who came to America and ended up becoming a general in the Civil War leading the Irish Brigade in the Civil War”
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American girls
Discussed“then at number seven we have Nancy Joe sales looking at American Girls uh girlhood in America in the Modern Age especially uh in light of social media and how that has changed um friendships and uh just the cultural environment for uh girls in America today”
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Evicted
Evicted by Matthew Desmond is a Pulitzer Prize-winning immersive non-fiction book examining poverty and the housing crisis through the lens of families in Milwaukee.
Discussed“then at number six Matthew Desmond who uh is a sociologist at Harvard but has also written a couple of real works of Journalism uh has another one called evicted it's um this immersive look at the poorest neighborhoods of Milwaukee and at the crisis of eviction the the housing crisis in general uh among the poorest of the poor”
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Seven Brief Lessons on Physics 8-Copy Counter Display
Carlo Rovelli's accessible introduction to modern physics breaks down complex scientific concepts into a series of brief, engaging essays.
Discussed“the name of the book is seven brief lessons on physics it's by an Italian theoretical physicist named Carlo relli um these are just what they what it says it's seven lessons on Modern physics originally written as essays for an Italian newspaper and then adapted for this book and he kind of covers the whole field and it came”
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