Episode · The Book Review · 2024-07-18
Books mentioned on The Life of Thomas Edison
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 controversial biography of Ronald Reagan written by an author who previously penned a celebrated trilogy on Theodore Roosevelt.
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 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel that follows several Americans whose lives connect through trees and their deep relationship with the natural world.
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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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 a candid rock-and-roll memoir detailing the legendary guitarist's extraordinary years with the Rolling Stones and his infamous lifestyle.
Recommended“I mean I loved the Keith Richards I read that a life I read that through and through”
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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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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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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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