Episode · The Book Review · 2024-07-18
Books mentioned on Life at Seven Miles Below the Sea
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Brilliant Abyss
The Brilliant Abyss by Helen Scales is a captivating exploration of the deep ocean, highlighting both its majestic hidden life and the severe anthropogenic threats that imperil marine ecosystems.
Recommended“well obviously we should all care about it a lot more and we should read this book the title again is the brilliant Abyss exploring the Majestic hidden life of the deep ocean and the looming threat that imperils it”
Where to get it
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All the Frequent Troubles of Our Days
All the Frequent Troubles of Our Days by Rebecca Donner is a meticulously researched true story chronicling the life of Mildred Harnack, an American woman who played a central role in the German resistance against Adolf Hitler.
Recommended“Rebecca Donner's new book is called all the frequent Troubles of our days the true story of the American Woman at the heart of the German resistance to Hitler and it's a New York Times bestseller”
Where to get it
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How to Be an Antiracist
How to Be an Antiracist is a prominent non-fiction book by Ibram X.
Discussed“well another story we had this week is a was about books on race and racism in America so over the past year books on these subjects have sold really quite well and in some cases incredibly well how to be an anti-racist by egam kend has sold nearly 2 million copies since it was published two years ago”
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American Marxism
American Marxism is a political commentary by conservative author and media host Mark R.
Discussed“and the book American Marxism by the best-selling author Mark Levan has a chapter on critical race Theory and that book so 400,000 copies in just its first week on the market last month”
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Other mentions in this episode (2) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“so the big book news this week is that hasette which is one of the five biggest Publishers in the country has agreed to buy workmen publishing which was one of the biggest independent publishing houses they're known for books like What to Expect When You're Expecting or brain Crest workbooks which are huge in my household”
“And I still plan to is Gary Young's book which was called another day in the death of America”