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I Wasn't Supposed to Be Here
Jonathan Conyers
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Defiance
Loubna Mrie
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Here We Are
Oliver Jeffers
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A daughter's rebellion against a regime and her father
The Sum of Us
Heather McGhee
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Torn Apart
Dorothy Roberts
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Best Of: Mixed Marriage Project / How Racism Costs Everyone
The Mixed Marriage Project
Dorothy Roberts
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Best Of: Mixed Marriage Project / How Racism Costs Everyone
Black Power
Stokely Carmichael (Kwame Ture)
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Best Of: Mixed Marriage Project / How Racism Costs Everyone
Wuthering Heights
Emily Brontë
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‘Sinners’ Songwriter Raphael Saadiq
American Struggle
Jon Meacham
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Fatal Invention
Dorothy Roberts
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Fear and Fury
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Ira Gershwin
A Life in Words
The book was mentioned as a biography of lyricist Ira Gershwin that would be discussed on an upcoming FreshAir episode.
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On tomorrow's show, Ira Gershwin wrote a book on Netflix.
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The book was mentioned as a biography of lyricist Ira Gershwin that would be discussed on an upcoming FreshAir episode.
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On tomorrow's show, Ira Gershwin wrote a book on Netflix.
We'll talk with Michael Owen, author of Ira Gershwin, A Life in Words.
Hollow (Book 1 in the Crown of Hearts & Chaos series)
The memoir was described as a vivid, often brutal account of the author's experience as a woman in the Marine Corps and her struggle with an eating disorder.
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And her book is called Hollow, A Memoir of My Body in the Marines.
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Episode: A Marine's Portrait Of Her Body At Extremes
The memoir was described as a vivid, often brutal account of the author's experience as a woman in the Marine Corps and her struggle with an eating disorder.
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And her book is called Hollow, A Memoir of My Body in the Marines.
My guest today is Bailey Williams, a Marine Corps veteran and the author of the new book, Hollow.
Today I'm talking to Bailey Williams about her new book, Hollow, a memoir of my body in the Marines.
Bailey Williams' book is Hollow, a memoir of my body in the Marines.
Wasted
A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia
The book was referenced as the source of a powerful quote about women, thinness, and cultural expectations.
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She's the writer of the book Wasted.
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Episode: A Marine's Portrait Of Her Body At Extremes
The book was referenced as the source of a powerful quote about women, thinness, and cultural expectations.
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She's the writer of the book Wasted.
Charlie Chaplin vs. America
When Art, Sex, and Politics Collided
The book explored Chaplin's controversial personal life, political entanglements, and exile, and it was released in both paperback and hardback editions.
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Charlie Chaplin vs. America, When Art, Sex, and Politics Collided. It's now out in paperback.
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Episode: The Exile Of Charlie Chaplin
The book explored Chaplin's controversial personal life, political entanglements, and exile, and it was released in both paperback and hardback editions.
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Charlie Chaplin vs. America, When Art, Sex, and Politics Collided. It's now out in paperback.
Cary spoke to him last fall when his book, Charlie Chaplin vs. America, was published in hardback.
Iman's book, Charlie Chaplin vs. America, When Art, Sex, and Politics Collided, is now out in paperback.
His book, Charlie Chaplin vs. America, When Art, Sex, and Politics Collided, is now out in paperback.
Charlie Chaplin vs. America, When Art, Sex, and Politics Collided, is now out in paperback.
Hollow (Book 1 in the Crown of Hearts & Chaos series)
The memoir recounted the author's experiences and challenges while serving in the Marine Corps, and it was introduced as a new publication.
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Her book is Hollow, a memoir of my body in the Marines.
— Episode: The Exile Of Charlie Chaplin
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Episode: The Exile Of Charlie Chaplin
The memoir recounted the author's experiences and challenges while serving in the Marine Corps, and it was introduced as a new publication.
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Her book is Hollow, a memoir of my body in the Marines.
Collision of Power
Trump, Bezos, and THE WASHINGTON POST
Marty Baron noted that his memoir titled Collision of Power, covering Trump, Bezos, and the Washington Post, had recently been released in paperback.
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His memoir, Collision of Power, Trump, Bezos, and the Washington Post, was recently published in paperback.
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Episode: Trump, Journalism & The Rough Road Ahead
Marty Baron noted that his memoir titled Collision of Power, covering Trump, Bezos, and the Washington Post, had recently been released in paperback.
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His memoir, Collision of Power, Trump, Bezos, and the Washington Post, was recently published in paperback.
His memoir, Collision of Power, Trump, Bezos, and The Washington Post, was recently published in paperback.
Marty Barron is the former executive editor of The Washington Post and author of the memoir, Collision of Power, Trump, Bezos, and The Washington Post, which is now out in paperback.
Girl, Interrupted
The host expressed surprise that Selena Gomez had seen the film adaptation and admitted she hadn't even read the book.
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I can't believe Girl Interrupted is one of the first films you saw.
— Episode: Selena Gomez Has Found Her Balance
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Episode: Selena Gomez Has Found Her Balance
The host expressed surprise that Selena Gomez had seen the film adaptation and admitted she hadn't even read the book.
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I can't believe Girl Interrupted is one of the first films you saw.
I don't even think I've read that.
Break (A Click Graphic Novel, 6)
The host referenced the novel when recalling a 1986 interview, using it as a time marker for Price's earlier career.
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When we spoke in 1986, after your novel The Breaks, you said something that reminds me of something that you wrote in the paragraph that you read.
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Episode: Best Of: Why Do We Itch? / Writer Richard Price
The host referenced the novel when recalling a 1986 interview, using it as a time marker for Price's earlier career.
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When we spoke in 1986, after your novel The Breaks, you said something that reminds me of something that you wrote in the paragraph that you read.
Freedom's Land
Mentioned alongside other early novels as film adaptations, indicating its status as a published work.
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Several of his earlier novels were adapted into films, including Clockers, Freedom Land, and The Wanderers.
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Episode: Best Of: Why Do We Itch? / Writer Richard Price
Mentioned alongside other early novels as film adaptations, indicating its status as a published work.
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Several of his earlier novels were adapted into films, including Clockers, Freedom Land, and The Wanderers.
The Wanderers
A Story of Exile, Survival, and Unexpected Love in the Shadow of World War II
Cited as one of Price's early novels that received a film adaptation, showing its publication as a paperback/hardcover book.
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Several of his earlier novels were adapted into films, including Clockers, Freedom Land, and The Wanderers.
— Episode: Best Of: Why Do We Itch? / Writer Richar...
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Episode: Best Of: Why Do We Itch? / Writer Richard Price
Cited as one of Price's early novels that received a film adaptation, showing its publication as a paperback/hardcover book.
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Several of his earlier novels were adapted into films, including Clockers, Freedom Land, and The Wanderers.
Freedom's Land
Freedom Land was mentioned alongside Clockers and The Wanderers as one of Price's novels that had been turned into a movie.
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Several of his earlier novels were adapted into films, including Clockers, Freedom Land, and The Wanderers.
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Episode: How Screenwriting Saved Novelist Richard Price
Freedom Land was mentioned alongside Clockers and The Wanderers as one of Price's novels that had been turned into a movie.
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Several of his earlier novels were adapted into films, including Clockers, Freedom Land, and The Wanderers.
The Wanderers
A Story of Exile, Survival, and Unexpected Love in the Shadow of World War II
The Wanderers was listed as another of Price's earlier works that had been adapted for film, mentioned together with Clockers and Freedom Land.
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Several of his earlier novels were adapted into films, including Clockers, Freedom Land, and The Wanderers.
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Episode: How Screenwriting Saved Novelist Richard Price
The Wanderers was listed as another of Price's earlier works that had been adapted for film, mentioned together with Clockers and Freedom Land.
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Several of his earlier novels were adapted into films, including Clockers, Freedom Land, and The Wanderers.
Uncertain Ground
Citizenship in an Age of Endless, Invisible War
The essay collection was noted for further examining the complex relationship between American society and its military engagements and for its moral insight.
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His short essay collection, Uncertain Ground, further examines the complex relationship between American society and its military engagements, arguing that most Americans are largely...
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The essay collection was noted for further examining the complex relationship between American society and its military engagements and for its moral insight.
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His short essay collection, Uncertain Ground, further examines the complex relationship between American society and its military engagements, arguing that most Americans are largely unaware of our ongoing conflicts and that disconnect has created a moral blind spot in American society.
Can I have you read an excerpt from Uncertain Ground? It's your collection of essays about the relationship between society and the military.
reading from his 2022 book of essays titled Uncertain Ground.
Missionaries
A Novel
The novel was presented as focusing on a group of Colombian soldiers preparing to raid a drug lord's safe house on the Venezuelan border.
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His novel Missionaries is about a group of Colombian soldiers preparing to raid a drug lord safe house on the Venezuelan border.
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The novel was presented as focusing on a group of Colombian soldiers preparing to raid a drug lord's safe house on the Venezuelan border.
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His novel Missionaries is about a group of Colombian soldiers preparing to raid a drug lord safe house on the Venezuelan border.
Sonny Boy
A Memoir
The memoir was introduced as Al Pacino's new memoir, describing his life from his South Bronx upbringing to his acting career.
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He has a new memoir called Sunny Boy.
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Episode: Best Of: Al Pacino / Saoirse Ronan
The memoir was introduced as Al Pacino's new memoir, describing his life from his South Bronx upbringing to his acting career.
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He has a new memoir called Sunny Boy.
Al Pacino's new memoir is called Sunny Boy.
Savings and Trust
The Rise and Betrayal of the Freedman's Bank
The host introduced the new release as a study of the Freedman's Bank's rise and betrayal, noting that it examined how the institution failed the newly freed Black Americans.
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Her book is called Savings and Trust.
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Episode: Freedman's Bank & Economic Disparities Today
The host introduced the new release as a study of the Freedman's Bank's rise and betrayal, noting that it examined how the institution failed the newly freed Black Americans.
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Her book is called Savings and Trust.
She's written a new book about the rise and betrayal of the Freedman's Bank titled Savings and Trust.
Her book is titled Savings and Trust.
Her new book is Savings and Trust, The Rise and Betrayal of the Freedman's Bank.
Unfree Markets
The Slaves' Economy and the Rise of Capitalism in South Carolina (Columbia Studies in the History of U.S. Capitalism)
The previous work was described as dissecting the economic lives of enslaved people and tracing the rise of capitalism in South Carolina.
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Her previous book, Unfree Markets, The Slaves' Economy and the Rise of Capitalism in South Carolina, dissects the economic lives of the enslaved.
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Episode: Freedman's Bank & Economic Disparities Today
The previous work was described as dissecting the economic lives of enslaved people and tracing the rise of capitalism in South Carolina.
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Her previous book, Unfree Markets, The Slaves' Economy and the Rise of Capitalism in South Carolina, dissects the economic lives of the enslaved.
Vanishing Treasures
A Bestiary of Extraordinary Endangered Creatures
The critic highlighted it as an extraordinary book that lifts readers beyond the present, originally issued in the UK as The Golden Mole.
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She found it in a book by Catherine Rundle called Vanishing Treasures.
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The critic highlighted it as an extraordinary book that lifts readers beyond the present, originally issued in the UK as The Golden Mole.
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She found it in a book by Catherine Rundle called Vanishing Treasures.
Vanishing Treasures, an extraordinary book by Catherine Rundle, originally published under the title The Golden Mole in the UK, lifts readers out of the here and now and invites us to train our eyes on wider horizons.
The Golden Mole
and Other Living Treasure
Mentioned as the original UK title of Vanishing Treasures, emphasizing its earlier publication name.
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Vanishing Treasures, an extraordinary book by Catherine Rundle, originally published under the title The Golden Mole in the UK, lifts readers out of the here and now and invites us to...
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Mentioned as the original UK title of Vanishing Treasures, emphasizing its earlier publication name.
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Vanishing Treasures, an extraordinary book by Catherine Rundle, originally published under the title The Golden Mole in the UK, lifts readers out of the here and now and invites us to train our eyes on wider horizons.
Rooftoppers
Described as a 2013 middlegrade children's book that drew on the author's undergraduate adventures at Oxford.
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Her 2013 middle grade children's book, Rooftoppers, drew inspiration from her own adventures as an undergraduate at Oxford, where she climbed brick walls and scaled drain pipes to tak...
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Described as a 2013 middlegrade children's book that drew on the author's undergraduate adventures at Oxford.
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Her 2013 middle grade children's book, Rooftoppers, drew inspiration from her own adventures as an undergraduate at Oxford, where she climbed brick walls and scaled drain pipes to take in the views of that city of dreaming spires from on high.
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