Episode · The Book Review · 2020-01-31
Books mentioned on The Paradoxes of Nuclear War
Pamela Paul discussed The bomb. John Williams discussed The Room Where It Happened by John R. Bolton, Deep state by Chris Hauty, The Empty Bed by Nina Sadowsky, Hi Five by Joe Ide, and A Woman Like Her by Sanam Maher. Sarah Lyall recommended A dark-adapted eye by Barbara Vine and The House of Stairs by Ruth Rendell and others, discussed Presumed Innocent by Scott Turow, The Turn of the Screw by Henry James, and Views of Learning in the Lives of Middle Age Female Graduates of a Non-traditional Degree Program by Katherine J. Olski, and criticized The Turn of the Key by Ruth Ware. Dwight Garner discussed A Very Stable Genius by Carol Leonnig and others. Jennifer Szalai discussed My War Criminal by Jessica Stern.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The bomb
The Bomb: Presidents, Generals, and the Secret History of Nuclear War by Fred Kaplan is a non-fiction historical examination of how different American leaders and military commanders conceived of and handled the existential threat of nuclear weaponry.
Discussed“Fred Kaplan joins us to talk about his book The Bomb”
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The Room Where It Happened
The Room Where It Happened by John R.
Discussed“it does involve a book or I like to call this book by John Bolton the real American dirt it's John Bolton's Memoir the room where it happened is the other big controversial publishing story this week”
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Deep state
Discussed“you reviewed four books for a little wintry Thriller Roundup and it's called Deep state by Chris howdy and it's about the assassination of a president well it's about the attempted assassination”
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Presumed Innocent
Presumed Innocent by Scott Turow is a legal thriller centering on a prosecutor accused of murdering his colleague.
Discussed“well I think it's really old timey Thriller but my sort of ear Thrillers would be Presumed Innocent you know the scotch hero thing which I read all night long when it came out”
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A dark-adapted eye
A dark-adapted eye is a psychological thriller novel written by Barbara Vine, who is the alter ego of British author Ruth Rendell.
Recommended“and then Barbara Vine who is the the alter ego of Ruth renle the British author who's done this incredible psychological thrillers uh a dark adapted eye House of stairs they're among the creepiest things I've ever read those are my probably absolute favorites”
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The House of Stairs
The House of Stairs by Ruth Rendell, writing under her pseudonym Barbara Vine, is a dark and complex psychological thriller centered on secrets, past traumas, and a sprawling London home shared by eccentric lodgers.
Recommended“and then Barbara Vine who is the the alter ego of Ruth renle the British author who's done this incredible psychological thrillers uh a dark adapted eye House of stairs they're among the creepiest things I've ever read those are my probably absolute favorites”
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The Turn of the Key
Critiqued“so I read recently a thriller Ruth wear's turn of the key which I really didn't love”
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The Turn of the Screw
The Turn of the Screw by Henry James is a classic gothic novella that follows a governess who becomes convinced that the remote estate where she cares for two children is haunted by malevolent spirits.
Discussed“it's an interpretation of you know another reimagining of Henry James's the turn of the screw and and last night I happened to go to a screening of a new film version called the turning which is yet another movie version of the Henry James”
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The Empty Bed
Discussed“you also reviewed the empty bed by Nina Sadowski Mr Nobody by Katherine Stedman and High Five by Joe eeday yes I did all right let's talk about the empty bed by Nina Sadowski next”
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Views of Learning in the Lives of Middle Age Female Graduates of a Non-traditional Degree Program
Discussed“I read I read her first one the water this was better than something in the water I mean something in the water to me wasn't that exciting of a setup”
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Hi Five
Discussed“let's talk about the last one which is part of a series Joe E's high five this is an IQ novel and I want to start with that same question”
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A Very Stable Genius
Discussed“this one's called a very stable genius and it's by two reporters for the Washington Post Philip Rucker and Carol leonik”
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My War Criminal
My War Criminal by Jessica Stern is an analytical exploration examining the psychological and personal profiles of individuals involved in mass violence and war crimes.
Discussed“the book that I reviewed is called my war criminal and it's by Jessica Stern and she's a scholar of terrorism and Trauma”
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A Woman Like Her
Discussed“you reviewed a book called a woman like her tell us briefly what that's about I reviewed a really impressive first book by the journalist son Mahar”
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“he is the author of several books including dark territory the secret history of cyber War the insurgence David Petraeus and the plot to change the American way of war the Wizards of Armageddon and now the bomb presidents generals and the secret history of nuclear war”
“he is the author of several books including dark territory the secret history of cyber War the insurgence David Petraeus and the plot to change the American way of war the Wizards of Armageddon and now the bomb presidents generals and the secret history of nuclear war”
“you also reviewed the empty bed by Nina Sadowski Mr Nobody by Katherine Stedman and High Five by Joe eeday yes I did”
“and she wrote an entire book A Memoir about she wrote A Memoir about that exactly called denial which came out about a decade ago”
“I reviewed a very stable genius by Philip Rucker and Carol leonik”
“and John I reviewed my war criminal by Jessica Stern”
“parl I reviewed a woman like her by son Mah”