Episode · The Book Review · 2018-06-15
Books mentioned on The Things We Inherit
Pamela Paul recommended She Has Her Mother's Laugh by Carl Zimmer and And Then We Danced by Henry Alford. Alexandra Alter discussed The President is Missing by Bill Clinton and others, A Higher Loyalty by James Comey and others, and The Outsider by Stephen King. Jennifer Szalai discussed Amity and Prosperity by Eliza Griswold. Parul Sehgal discussed Unbound by Arlene Stein.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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She Has Her Mother's Laugh
She Has Her Mother's Laugh by Carl Zimmer is a comprehensive exploration of the biological powers, historical perversions, and future potentials of heredity and genetics.
Recommended“the book again is called she has her mother's laugh the powers perversions and potentials of heredity by Carl Zimmer”
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And Then We Danced
And Then We Danced is a memoir by Henry Alford that explores the joy and culture of dance through personal experience and reporting.
Recommended“alford's new book is called and then we danced a voyage into the groove”
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The President is Missing
The President is Missing by Bill Clinton and James Patterson is a high-stakes political thriller that imagines a crisis where the American commander-in-chief suddenly vanishes while dealing with a catastrophic cyberattack.
Discussed“and the Book of course is the president is missing by Bill Clinton and James Patterson an interesting collaboration and it sold about 152,000 hard cover copies in its first week on sale”
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A Higher Loyalty
A Higher Loyalty by James Comey is a high-profile political memoir by the former FBI director that chronicles his career in public service, his handling of sensitive investigations, and his interactions with political leaders including Donald Trump.
Discussed“including James comey's book a higher loyalty which had a much stronger first week on sale uh the hard covers were 360,000 copies and if you included ebook and audio it was more than 600,000 copies for James Comey”
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The Outsider
The Outsider by Stephen King is a genre-blending thriller that begins as a straightforward police procedural investigating a gruesome local murder before twisting into a terrifying supernatural horror story.
Discussed“Stephen King's new novel which came out recently The Outsider sold nearly 97,000 copies in its first week which was great”
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Amity and Prosperity
Amity and Prosperity by Eliza Griswold is a Pulitzer Prize-winning work of investigative journalism that chronicles one Pennsylvania family's struggle against the environmental and social fallout of the fracking boom.
Discussed“so this week I reviewed a book called Amity and prosperity by Eliza Griswald it's a book where she essentially spent seven years following this community”
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Unbound
Discussed“I reviewed a book called Unbound by Arlene Stein and it's a book about what it means to be a trans man today and she follows four people three people who more or less identify as trans men”
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Other mentions in this episode (4) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“Carl Zimmer will be here to talk about his new book she has her mother's laugh the powers perversions and potential of heredity”
“Henry Alford has his own reasons which he will share when he joins us to talk about his new book and then we danced a voyage into the groove”
“he is a columnist for the science times and his latest book is called she has her mother's laugh the powers perversions and potential of heredity”
“he is a frequent contributor to the times and also the author of a new book and then we danced a voyage into the groove”