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Impossible Creatures
Referred to as a bestselling fantasy novel written by the author.
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as well as a best-selling fantasy novel called Impossible Creatures.
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Referred to as a bestselling fantasy novel written by the author.
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as well as a best-selling fantasy novel called Impossible Creatures.
Atonement
A Novel
The film adaptation was referenced as the role that earned Ronan her first Oscar nomination, acknowledging the underlying novel. The discussion treated it as a notable work in her career.
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Saoirse Ronan's performance as a precocious young girl in the war drama Atonement got her her first Oscar nomination.
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The film adaptation was referenced as the role that earned Ronan her first Oscar nomination, acknowledging the underlying novel. The discussion treated it as a notable work in her career.
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Saoirse Ronan's performance as a precocious young girl in the war drama Atonement got her her first Oscar nomination.
The Q
The memoir Q was released in 2001 and was accompanied by a fourCD box set of his music.
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I spoke with him in 2001, after the release of his memoir, Q, and a fourCD box set by the same name of music featuring him as a trumpeter, arranger, composer, or producer.
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The memoir Q was released in 2001 and was accompanied by a fourCD box set of his music.
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I spoke with him in 2001, after the release of his memoir, Q, and a fourCD box set by the same name of music featuring him as a trumpeter, arranger, composer, or producer.
That's a sampling of music from the fourCD box set, Q, that was released at the same time as his memoir, Q.
That was back in 2001, when I spoke with him.
Sonny Boy
A Memoir
Al Pacino's new memoir, Sunny Boy, was discussed as covering his upbringing in the South Bronx, his discovery of classic playwrights, his rise to movie stardom, neardeath from COVID, and reflections on his later life.
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He's written a new memoir called Sunny Boy.
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Al Pacino's new memoir, Sunny Boy, was discussed as covering his upbringing in the South Bronx, his discovery of classic playwrights, his rise to movie stardom, neardeath from COVID, and reflections on his later life.
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He's written a new memoir called Sunny Boy.
My guest is Al Pacino and he's written a new memoir called Sunny Boy.
He has a new memoir and it's called Sunny Boy.
He has a new memoir and it's called Sunny Boy.
Al Pacino's new memoir is called Sunny Boy.
Speed Bump
A 25th Anniversary Collection
Teri Garr said she had written a memoir titled Speed Bumps in 2005 that recounted her career and her experience living with multiple sclerosis.
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In 2005, she wrote a memoir called Speed Bumps, which discussed her career and living with MS.
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Teri Garr said she had written a memoir titled Speed Bumps in 2005 that recounted her career and her experience living with multiple sclerosis.
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In 2005, she wrote a memoir called Speed Bumps, which discussed her career and living with MS.
But I think it's one of the reasons I wrote about it in the book.
American Agenda
Report to the Forty-First President of the United States of America
The America First Policy Institute's slim policy book was mentioned as a concise counterpart to the more extensive Project 2025 volume.
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The America First Policy Institute has a policy book called The America First Agenda.
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The America First Policy Institute's slim policy book was mentioned as a concise counterpart to the more extensive Project 2025 volume.
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The America First Policy Institute has a policy book called The America First Agenda.
I should add that the America First Policy Institute's policy book is kind of a slim volume compared to the much more famous one from the Heritage Foundation, the Project 2025 book.
The policy book by America First Policy Institute calls for a summary dismissal, without appeal, without the chance to appeal for it.
And that their job would be to kind of override the collective will of all these employees and impose the agenda of the administration on the entire sort of federal bureaucracy.
The overriding message was that these are essentially the enemies located inside the federal government.
Circle of Hope
A Reckoning with Love, Power, and Justice in an American Church
The book examined the rise and fall of the Circle of Hope church, exploring love, power, and justice, and it was nominated for a National Book Award.
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Her new book is called Circle of Hope, a reckoning with love, power, and justice in an American church.
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The book examined the rise and fall of the Circle of Hope church, exploring love, power, and justice, and it was nominated for a National Book Award.
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Her new book is called Circle of Hope, a reckoning with love, power, and justice in an American church.
Her new book, Circle of Hope, A Reckoning with Love, Power, and Justice in an American Church, It's nominated for a National Book Award.
Her new book is titled Circle of Hope, a reckoning with love, power and justice in an American church.
Her new book, Circle of Hope, A Reckoning with Love, Power, and Justice in an American Church, is about a small church that was founded in 1996 as a radical alternative to the evangelical right.
Her new book is called Circle of Hope, A Reckoning with Love, Power, and Justice in an American Church. It's nominated for a National Book Award.
Amity and Prosperity
One Family and the Fracturing of America
It chronicled the Griswold family and the fracturing of America, and it won the 2019 Pulitzer Prize.
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Her previous book, Amity and Prosperity, One Family and the Fracturing of America, won a 2019 Pulitzer Prize.
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It chronicled the Griswold family and the fracturing of America, and it won the 2019 Pulitzer Prize.
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Her previous book, Amity and Prosperity, One Family and the Fracturing of America, won a 2019 Pulitzer Prize.
The Edge Of Normal (Thorndike Press Large Print Reviewers' Choice)
The novel was presented as a new George Smiley story positioned between John le Carr's classic spy books.
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Also, writer Nick Harkaway talks about his novel, Carla's Choice.
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The novel was presented as a new George Smiley story positioned between John le Carr's classic spy books.
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Also, writer Nick Harkaway talks about his novel, Carla's Choice.
Nick Harkaway's new book is called Carla's Choice.
That's Nick Harkaway reading from his new book, Carla's Choice.
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (Penguin Clothbound Classics)
Listed as one of the three original George Smiley books referenced in the discussion.
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you have the first three, Call for the Dead, Murder of Quality, and Spy Came from the Cold.
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Listed as one of the three original George Smiley books referenced in the discussion.
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you have the first three, Call for the Dead, Murder of Quality, and Spy Came from the Cold.
Tigerman
A novel
Listed as one of the eight novels written by Nick Harkaway.
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He's written eight, including Tiger Man, Noman, and Titanium Noir.
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Listed as one of the eight novels written by Nick Harkaway.
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He's written eight, including Tiger Man, Noman, and Titanium Noir.
Conclave
A novel
The thriller was noted as being adapted from Robert Harris's 2016 novel, which was described as a paperback thriller.
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Adapted from Robert Harris' 2016 novel, Conclave wasn't a whodunit exactly, although it did begin with the discovery of a body.
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The thriller was noted as being adapted from Robert Harris's 2016 novel, which was described as a paperback thriller.
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Adapted from Robert Harris' 2016 novel, Conclave wasn't a whodunit exactly, although it did begin with the discovery of a body.
It summed up the movie's paperback thriller appeal and its dramatic limitations.
The Edge Of Normal (Thorndike Press Large Print Reviewers' Choice)
The host mentioned it as the new novel by Nick Harkaway, who is the son of famed author John le Carr. It was referenced while discussing upcoming literary releases.
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Or Nick Harkaway, son of famed author John LeCarr on his new novel, Carla's Choice.
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The host mentioned it as the new novel by Nick Harkaway, who is the son of famed author John le Carr. It was referenced while discussing upcoming literary releases.
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Or Nick Harkaway, son of famed author John LeCarr on his new novel, Carla's Choice.
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (Penguin Clothbound Classics)
It was mentioned as part of the le Carr canon that brackets Carla's Choice.
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Carla's Choice takes place in 1963, between le Carr's novels The Spy Who Came In From the Cold and Tinker Tailor's Soldier Spy.
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It was mentioned as part of the le Carr canon that brackets Carla's Choice.
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Carla's Choice takes place in 1963, between le Carr's novels The Spy Who Came In From the Cold and Tinker Tailor's Soldier Spy.
the protagonist of many of le Carr's novels, including Tinker Tailor's Soldier Spy and Smiley's People.
The Edge Of Normal (Thorndike Press Large Print Reviewers' Choice)
It was presented as the new George Smiley novel written by le Carr's son, Nick Harkaway.
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Le Carr, whose real name was David Cornwell, died in 2020, but George Smiley returns in a new novel called Carla's Choice. It's written by Cornwell's son, Nick, who goes by his own pen name, Nick Hark...
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It was presented as the new George Smiley novel written by le Carr's son, Nick Harkaway.
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Le Carr, whose real name was David Cornwell, died in 2020, but George Smiley returns in a new novel called Carla's Choice. It's written by Cornwell's son, Nick, who goes by his own pen name, Nick Harkaway.
That's Nick Harkaway reading from his new book, Carless Choice.
Nick Harkaway's new novel is called Carla's Choice.
The Gone-Away World
It was cited as one of Nick Harkaway's earlier novels.
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His other books include The Gone Away World, No Man, Titanium Noir, and Tiger Man.
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It was cited as one of Nick Harkaway's earlier novels.
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His other books include The Gone Away World, No Man, Titanium Noir, and Tiger Man.
No Man's Land
It was listed among Nick Harkaway's previous works.
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His other books include The Gone Away World, No Man, Titanium Noir, and Tiger Man.
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It was listed among Nick Harkaway's previous works.
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His other books include The Gone Away World, No Man, Titanium Noir, and Tiger Man.
Tigerman
A novel
It was referenced as another of Harkaway's earlier books.
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His other books include The Gone Away World, No Man, Titanium Noir, and Tiger Man.
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It was referenced as another of Harkaway's earlier books.
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His other books include The Gone Away World, No Man, Titanium Noir, and Tiger Man.
His other novels include Titanium Noir, Tiger Man, and Gnoman.
Gnomon
A novel
It was added to the list of Nick Harkaway's previous novels.
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His other novels include Titanium Noir, Tiger Man, and Gnoman.
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It was added to the list of Nick Harkaway's previous novels.
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His other novels include Titanium Noir, Tiger Man, and Gnoman.
The Divider
Trump in the White House, 2017-2021
It was cowritten by Susan Glasser and her husband Peter Baker about Donald Trump and his presidency. The hosts noted its relevance to the discussion of billionaire donors.
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Glasser cowrote the book, The Divider, about Trump and his presidency. Her coauthor is her husband, Peter Baker, who covers the White House for The New York Times.
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It was cowritten by Susan Glasser and her husband Peter Baker about Donald Trump and his presidency. The hosts noted its relevance to the discussion of billionaire donors.
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Glasser cowrote the book, The Divider, about Trump and his presidency. Her coauthor is her husband, Peter Baker, who covers the White House for The New York Times.
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