Episode · The Book Review · 2024-07-18
Books mentioned on The Yearning for the Unexplained
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Unidentified
The Unidentified by Colin Dickey is a fascinating exploration of mythical monsters, alien encounters, and humanity's enduring cultural obsession with the unexplained.
Recommended“Colin Dicky's new book is called the unidentified mythical monsters alien encounters and our obsession with the Unexplained”
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The King of Confidence
Miles Harvey and his book The King of Confidence received focused attention on The Book Review during the July 2024 episode titled The Yearning for the Unexplained.
Recommended“miles Harvey is the author of the king of confidence a tale of utopian dreamers Frontier schemers True Believers false prophets and the murder of an American monarch”
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The book of the damned
Discussed“what was the book of the Damned oh the book of the Damned so Charles Fort is the author of the book of the Damned”
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Ghostland
Discussed“so there's some common ground between this territory and the subject matter of your previous book Ghostland which was about ghosts and hauntings in America”
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Too Much and Never Enough
Too Much and Never Enough by Mary L.
Discussed“and a large majority of those books were too much and never enough”
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Antiracist Baby
Antiracist Baby by Ibram X.
Discussed“so one of the new books that I've sold really well in that category is um the anti-racist baby picture book by ibram kendi”
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Crooked Hallelujah
Crooked Hallelujah by Kelli Jo Ford is a compelling debut novel that explores the complex lives of multiple generations of Cherokee women.
Recommended“I reviewed Kelly Joe Ford's first novel Hallelujah and I reviewed eat the Buddha by Barbara Dem”
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Eat the Buddha
Barbara Demick's book Eat the Buddha received notable attention on The Book Review in July 2024.
Recommended“I reviewed Kelly Joe Ford's first novel Hallelujah and I reviewed eat the Buddha by Barbara Dem”
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Nothing to envy
Discussed“people who have heard of her work probably know her book about North Korea nothing to Envy”
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Hiroshima
John Hersey's groundbreaking work of narrative reportage, Hiroshima, documents the devastating atomic bombing of the Japanese city through the personal accounts of six survivors.
Discussed“you know it's a form that was really I think perhaps you know best known and sort of attributed to John hery for for Hiroshima”
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