Episode · The Book Review · 2024-07-18
Books mentioned on Jill Lepore on the 50th Anniversary of the Moon Landing
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Hasselblad & the Moon Landing
Discussed“what's interesting is you started off your review actually talking about the visual specifically and about a book called Hasselblad and the moon landing by Deborah Ireland which looks at the photographs”
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The Human Condition
Discussed“this is you know Han in The Human Condition which she writes right after Sputnik in in 1958 talks about this transition after Sputnik”
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The Plaza : The Secret Life of America's Most Famous Hotel
The Plaza : The Secret Life of America's Most Famous Hotel by Julie Satow and narrated by Jefferson Mays is a compelling historical account exploring the rich, dramatic history behind New York City's iconic landmark.
Recommended“the book again is called the plaza The Secret Life of America's most famous hotel by Julie satow”
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Eloise
Discussed“we all know Eloise for example and and K Thompson's great picture book”
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The only story
The Only Story by Julian Barnes is a poignant novel that explores the lasting impact of a young man's first love and the bittersweet memories that accompany aging.
Recommended“I'm reading the only Story by Julian Barnes”
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Ma'am Darling: 99 Glimpses of Princess Margaret
Ma'am Darling: 99 Glimpses of Princess Margaret by Craig Brown is an unconventional, kaleidoscopic biography that shatters traditional biographical norms to portray the rebellious and often tragic royal.
Recommended“I'm reading 99 glimpses of Princess Margaret by Craig Brown”
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The plague and I.
Betty MacDonald’s memoir The Plague and I recounts the author’s harrowing yet humorous experiences recovering from tuberculosis in a Washington state sanitarium.
Discussed“so when you said you had moved on to the plague and I I immediately downloaded it on my Kindle”
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Other mentions in this episode (11) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing These Truths
“she is the author of many books including most recently this America and before that these truths”
Passing This America
“she is the author of many books including most recently this America and before that these truths”
Passing Apollo to the Moon
“we mentioned Douglas Brinkley's Book American moonshot John Kennedy and the Great Space Race one giant leap by Charles Fishman Apollo to the Moon by tsil Muir Harmony and Apollo's Legacy by Roger d lonus”
Passing Apollo's Legacy
“we mentioned Douglas Brinkley's Book American moonshot John Kennedy and the Great Space Race one giant leap by Charles Fishman Apollo to the Moon by tsil Muir Harmony and Apollo's Legacy by Roger d lonus”
Passing Chasing the Moon
“the other books that you wrote about include shoot for the moon the space race and the extraordinary Voyage of Apollo 11 by James Donovan chasing the Moon by Robert Stone and Alan Andre's”
Passing One Giant Leap
“we mentioned Douglas Brinkley's Book American moonshot John Kennedy and the Great Space Race one giant leap by Charles Fishman Apollo to the Moon by tsil Muir Harmony and Apollo's Legacy by Roger d lonus”
Own book This America
“and also mention again that you have your own new book out it's called this America”
Passing In Cold Blood
“and many of the people he interviewed in In Cold Blood which was the book that was a huge bestseller at the time”
Passing The egg and I
“I read the Egg and I on your recommendation a few months back and really enjoyed it”
Passing The egg and I
“I read the Egg and I on your recommendation a few months back and really enjoyed it”
Passing Nisei daughter
“she and her family were placed in internment camp during World War II after the war she went to college became a clinical psychologist and wrote a book on the second generation Japanese American Experience in Seattle as well as her internment camp experience called Nissi daughter which is still assigned reading in schools today”