Episode · The Book Review · 2019-11-01
Books mentioned on The Life of Thomas Edison
Pamela Paul recommended Grand Union Stories by Zadie Smith, and discussed Edison by Edmund Morris. David Oshinsky discussed Dutch by Edmund Morris. Jeffrey Brown recommended The Overstory by Richard Powers, and discussed Wisdom from the Hidden Life of Trees by Peter Wohlleben and others. Tina Jordan recommended The rules do not apply by Ariel Levy and Life by Keith Richards, and discussed Inside Out by Demi Moore, Home by Julie Andrews, and Touched by the Sun by Carly Simon. John Williams recommended The Good Story by J. M. Coetzee and others, and discussed New Grub Street by George Gissing. Andrew Lavallée recommended Flights by Olga Tokarczuk. Greg Cowles recommended This Is Pleasure by Mary Gaitskill, and discussed A Pocket History of Human Evolution by Silvana Condemi and others.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Edison
Discussed“David osinsky will be here to discuss the new biography Edison by the late Edmund Morris”
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Dutch
Dutch by Edmund Morris is a massive, highly unconventional biographical work that explores the life and political career of the fortieth United States president, Ronald Reagan.
Discussed“about three decades ago he wrote a Trilogy of Theodore Roosevelt volume one won the Peet surprise and he then followed up with a very controversial biography of Ronald Reagan called Dutch”
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The Overstory
The Overstory by Richard Powers is a sweeping, Pulitzer Prize-winning novel that intertwines the lives of several Americans whose fates are connected to trees and environmental activism.
Recommended“Yeah turned back to fiction this the novel is the overstory by Richard Powers it won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction this past year”
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Wisdom from the Hidden Life of Trees
Wisdom from the Hidden Life of Trees by Peter Wohlleben and Jane Billinghurst is a well-known exploration of botany and forests that investigates the interconnected lives of woodland ecosystems.
Discussed“I think some readers would know recent popular book called The Hidden life of trees there's been a lot of work on this”
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Inside Out
Inside Out by Demi Moore is an intimate and candid celebrity memoir that explores the actress's turbulent childhood, rise to international fame, and the complex personal struggles behind her public success.
Discussed“the books are DIY Moors Inside Out homework A Memoir of my Hollywood years by Julie Andrews and touched by the sun my friendship with Jackie by Karly Simon”
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Home
Discussed“the books are DIY Moors Inside Out homework A Memoir of my Hollywood years by Julie Andrews and touched by the sun my friendship with Jackie by Karly Simon”
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Touched by the Sun
Discussed“the books are DIY Moors Inside Out homework A Memoir of my Hollywood years by Julie Andrews and touched by the sun my friendship with Jackie by Karly Simon”
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The rules do not apply
The Rules Do Not Apply is a candid, fiercely honest memoir by Ariel Levy that chronicles her high-flying career at The New Yorker, her personal life, and a devastating personal tragedy that upended her worldview.
Recommended“her own Memoir which was called the rules do not apply which I loved I don't know if you read”
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Life
Life by Keith Richards is an autobiography chronicling the legendary musician's decades with the Rolling Stones and his experiences with rock and roll excess.
Recommended“I mean I loved the Keith Richards I read that a life I read that through and through”
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The Good Story
The Good Story is a non-fiction book co-authored by Nobel Prize-winning writer J.M.
Recommended“the Nobel prize winning writer JM cuta and a woman named Arabella Curts co-wrote a book called the good story exchanges on Truth fiction and Psychotherapy”
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New Grub Street
New Grub Street is a sprawling, 550-page realist novel by George Gissing that explores the grueling economic and moral realities of the literary marketplace in late-nineteenth-century London.
Discussed“I'm reading new grub Street still which I talked about last week by George gissing but it's a 550 page novel so and it's easy to kind of pick it up”
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Flights
Flights by Olga Tokarczuk is a fragmented, brilliant novel that explores travel, human anatomy, and the modern nomadic condition.
Recommended“I am reading flights by Olga taruk this book came out in English last year and then when she won the Nobel Prize”
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This Is Pleasure
This Is Pleasure by Mary Gaitskill is a compelling novella that examines the fallout of the #MeToo movement through the complex relationship between a disgraced man accused of misconduct and the women who know him.
Recommended“the fiction is a Nolla by Mary gateskill called This is pleasure officially the book comes out next week I think on Tuesday next week”
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A Pocket History of Human Evolution
Discussed“it's called a pocket history of human evolution how we became sapiens it's by a couple of French writers a scientist named svana kemi and a journalist named franois savatier”
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Grand Union Stories
Zadie Smith's collection Grand Union was featured across multiple episodes of The Book Review in July 2024.
Recommended“uh I just finished reading the new zi Smith collection of short stories Grand Union her first collected short stories”
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