Episode · The Book Review · 2024-07-18
Books mentioned on This Land Is Whose Land?
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Land
Land is a non-fiction book by Simon Winchester that examines the history, law, and human desire for property ownership and how it shaped the modern world.
Recommended“Simon Winchester will join us to talk about his latest book land how The Hunger for ownership shaped the modern world”
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Made in China
Made in China by Amelia Pang is a gripping investigative work that exposes the hidden human costs of cheap consumer goods in America through the harrowing story of a single prisoner and a smuggled SOS letter.
Discussed“you focus your book made in China around the story of one particular prisoner”
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Krakatoa
Discussed“you have books where you do have that very specific story of course the professor and the madman kotoa you know there's this obvious beginning and an ending”
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The Professor and the Madman CD
Discussed“you have books where you do have that very specific story of course the professor and the madman kotoa you know there's this obvious beginning and an ending”
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Native speaker
Native Speaker is the acclaimed debut novel by Chang-rae Lee that follows an espionage agent of Korean descent infiltrating a New York politician's campaign while grappling with questions of assimilation and identity.
Recommended“well you know I think writers don't like it when you say their first book is their best but I'm not sure it's his best but it's my favorite shang's book native speaker which came out good good Lord”
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Anna Karenina
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy is a sweeping nineteenth-century masterpiece examining love, infidelity, and societal norms in imperial Russia.
Discussed“you have books like the makioka sisters or anak Kina they're some of the best things we've ever done as a species you know”
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Other mentions in this episode (4) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“Simon Winchester's new book is called land how The Hunger for ownership shaped the modern world”
“Pamela Amelia's book again is made in China a prisoner an SOS letter and the hidden cost of America's cheap Goods”
“this is from Joe Bigalow who writes and he writes about picking up James Joyce and reading a portrait of the Artist as a Young Man and ulyses”
“this is from Joe Bigalow who writes and he writes about picking up James Joyce and reading a portrait of the Artist as a Young Man and ulyses”