Episode · The Book Review · 2023-07-28
Books mentioned on It's Getting Hot Out There
Gilbert Cruz discussed Fire Weather by John Vaillant, The Parrot and the Igloo by David Lipsky, The Heat Will Kill You First by Jeff Goodell, The Water Will Come by Jeff Goodell, Blight by Emily Monosson, and What an Owl Knows by Jennifer Ackerman. Jennifer Szalai recommended Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Fire Weather
Fire Weather by John Vaillant is a harrowing work of narrative non-fiction that tells the true story of the massive 2016 Fort McMurray wildfire against the backdrop of a changing, hotter world.
Discussed“we've reviewed several of those books at the book review in firew weather a true story from a hotter World John Valiant tells the tale of the massive 2016 Fort McMurray Wildfire”
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The Parrot and the Igloo
Discussed“this summer there's the parrot and the igloo climate and the signs of denial in which David lipsky sketches a soup to nut Saga of how he got here”
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The Heat Will Kill You First
Discussed“and then there is the heat will kill you first life and death on a scorched Planet by Jeff gell”
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The Water Will Come
Discussed“gell who previously wrote the book The Water will come Rising Seas sinking cities and the remake thinking of the Civilized World lays out the many ways in which Rising temperatures will affect us”
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Blight
Discussed“you wrote in your review of the book blight fungi and the coming pandemic by Emily monison some fungi may be evolving to tolerate higher temperatures”
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What an Owl Knows
Discussed“Jen the third book that you have written about recently is called what an owl knows the new science of the world's most enigmatic Birds”
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Madame Bovary
Gustave Flaubert's classic 19th-century novel tells the tragic story of Emma Bovary, a provincial doctor's wife who engages in extramarital affairs to escape the banalities of her daily life.
Recommended“oh actually so with some friends we're reading this is a book that I've read a very long time ago but we're reading Madame bovery which is just heartbreaking”
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Other mentions in this episode (6) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing The Remains of the Day
“you were last on in March where you talked a little bit about the remains of the day by issu Guru”
Passing An Immense World
“one of the books on our top 10 books of 2022 list last year was an immense World by Ed Yang which was about animal senses”
Passing The Heat Will Kill You First
“those are the heat will kill you first by Jeff gell”
Passing Blight
“blight fungi and the coming pandemic by Emily manassin”
Passing What an Owl Knows
“and what an owl knows the new science of the world's most enigmatic Birds by Jennifer arriman”
Plugged The Heat Will Kill You First
“Jeff gadell author of The Heat will kill you first life and death on a scorched Planet”