Episode · The Book Review · 2016-12-16
Michael Lewis & Arianna Huffington on The Book Review: books mentioned
Michael Lewis and Arianna Huffington
Gilbert Cruz discussed The undoing project by Michael Lewis and Rest by Alex Soojung-Kim Pang. Michael Lewis discussed Moneyball by Michael Lewis. John Williams recommended So long, see you tomorrow by William Maxwell, They Came Like Swallows by William Maxwell, and The Happiness of Getting it Down Right by Frank O'Connor and others. Greg Cowles recommended A Child's Christmas in Wales by Dylan Thomas, and discussed Eileen by Ottessa Moshfegh. Pamela Paul discussed Sick in the Head by Judd Apatow.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The undoing project
The Undoing Project by Michael Lewis is a non-fiction book that explores the profound intellectual partnership and friendship between psychologists Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky, whose groundbreaking work laid the foundation for behavioral economics.
Discussed“he'll be here to talk about his new book The undoing project”
Where to get it
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Rest
Rest by Alex Soojung-Kim Pang is a book that examines the essential role of downtime, exploring how deliberate rest enhances productivity and how successful historical figures structured their daily routines.
Discussed“Ariana Huffington has reviewed a new book called rest and she joins us to talk about it”
Where to get it
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Moneyball
Moneyball by Michael Lewis is a celebrated nonfiction book documenting how the Oakland Athletics baseball team leveraged analytical models and statistical data to gain a competitive edge.
Discussed“yes uh I'd written a book called Moneyball which was about the never heard of it never heard of it uh you know who Brad Pit is”
Where to get it
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So long, see you tomorrow
So Long, See You Tomorrow by William Maxwell is a celebrated, poignant novella that explores a childhood memory, isolation, and a tragic murder in a small Midwestern town.
Recommended“and they recently did one of my favorite books which Greg had talked about earlier this year called so long see you tomorrow a brief novel by William Maxwell”
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They Came Like Swallows
They Came Like Swallows by William Maxwell is an exquisite autobiographical novel that captures the profound ripple effects of the 1918 influenza epidemic on a Midwestern family through the shifting perspectives of its members.
Recommended“I had said that he was one of those obit reads for me one of those sort of dead people Word of Mouth where like I I read his obit he was a longtime editor at the New Yorker and then I immediately went out and uh I read they came like swallows”
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The Happiness of Getting it Down Right
The Happiness of Getting it Down Right by Frank O'Connor and William Maxwell is a rich collection of correspondence that chronicles the enduring professional and personal relationship between the celebrated Irish writer and his esteemed New Yorker editor.
Recommended“and they have a collection called the happiness of getting it down right the letters of Frank OK Conor and William Maxwell”
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A Child's Christmas in Wales
A Child's Christmas in Wales is a classic holiday story by the renowned Welsh poet and writer Dylan Thomas.
Recommended“and moved right on to another British writer um Dylan Thomas new directions earlier this year put out um a a very small like a true pocket sized edition of the Dylan Thomas story a child's Christmas in Wales”
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Eileen
Eileen by Ottessa Moshfegh is a dark, provocative debut novel about a troubled young woman working in a juvenile detention facility who becomes entangled in a sinister disappearance.
Discussed“it's a novel that came out um last year that I had not gotten around to reading yet called e it's a debut novel by a writer a young writer named otessa MOS”
Where to get it
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Sick in the Head
Sick in the Head by Judd Apatow is an engaging collection of candid conversations about life, creativity, and comedy featuring interviews with many of the entertainment industry's most successful performers and writers.
Discussed“I am reading uh a book that came out last year um by Jud appau called sick in the head and it's really a collection of interviews that appau did with fellow comedians”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (4) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“so Daniel um Conan off author of thinking uh fast and slow”
“so you you've written a book um many books but uh recently called The Sleep Revolution”
“rest while you get more done when you work less by Alex sujung Kim Pang”
“um you you'll remember last week um I was reading EVN wall scoop”