Books first mentioned on podcasts in week 2021-W17

“i think that um probably one of the most impactful ones that i can remember recently is around uh vanderbilt and so vanderbilt was these uh was this guy who basically without that much of an education he would invent or work with people to make these steamboats and then he had a lot of acumen around creating certain monopolies”

“speaking of war you wrote a book on henry kissinger”

“so one of my favorite novels that i read actually when i was in graduate school is thomas mons button brooks and it's the story of a family in lubeck in northern germany living through the 19th century and the rise and fall of families cycles of life”