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Speaking of Writers

Welcome to Speaking of Writers. Veteran broadcaster Steve Richards interviews local, regional and best selling authors. For more info email steve @ sval622@sbcglobal.net. https://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/speakingofwriters/subscribe Cover art photo provided by Janko Ferlič on Unsplash: https://unsplash.com/@thepootphotographer

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00:15:11

The Last Brahmin Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. And The Making...

Speaking of Writers ·

2020/10/07

Based on new archival discoveries, the first biography of a man who was at the center of U.S. foreign policy for a generation Few have ever enjoyed the degree of foreign-policy influence and versatility that Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. did—in the postwar era, perhaps only George Marshall, Henry Kissinger, and James Baker. Lodge, however, had the distinction of wielding that influence under presidents of both parties. For three decades, he was at the center of American foreign policy, serving as advisor to

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00:14:29

Bundini Don’t Believe the Hype By Todd D. Snyder

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2020/10/06

“Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.” Everyone knows the catch phrase, but few know who coined it—much less anything about him. His name was Drew “Bundini” Brown, and in Bundini: Don’t Believe the Hype, Todd D. Snyder tells his story. One of boxing’s most intriguing characters, Bundini was literally and figuratively a constant in Muhammad Ali’s corner, working forty-four of his sixty-one professional bouts—including all of his most significant ones. As his trainer, Bundini woke him up every

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00:11:17

BIG DIRTY MONEY The Shocking Injustice and Unseen...

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2020/10/05

White collar crime is running rampant in the United States, and it’s costing Americans an untold amount of money. White collar crimes like fraud and embezzlement rob victims anywhere from $300 billion to $800 billion annually, while street level crimes like burglary and theft cost about $16 billion a year, according to the FBI. But despite this eye-opening statistic, the true extent of white collar crime is largely unknown: the federal government doesn’t have a database of these criminals, a method

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00:12:47

The Queen of Tuesday A Lucille Ball Story By Darin...

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2020/10/01

On the heels of his National Book Critics Circle Award-winning memoir Half a Life, Darin Strauss, author of the New York Times bestseller Chang & Eng, presents us with a wild and indelible story based on the loves and losses of Lucille Ball, the woman who became Hollywood’s first true female mogul while navigating a tumultuous personal life. In The Queen of Tuesday, Strauss mixes fact and fiction, memoir and novel, to bring us face-to-face with one of the world’s most remarkable entertainers

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00:15:17

THE LAST MILLION Europe’s Displaced Persons from...

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2020/10/01

Historian David Nasaw is the author of the acclaimed biographies The Patriarch, Andrew Carnegie, and The Chief, which together have been named a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, winner of Bancroft Prize, Lukas Prize, New-York Historical Society’s American History Book Prize, and one of the ten best books of the year by the New York Times. In his sweeping new masterwork, THE LAST MILLION: Europe’s Displaced Persons from World War to Cold War (Penguin Press), Nasaw turns his attention to the gripping

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00:12:55

Not a Gentleman’s Work The Untold Story of a Gruesome...

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2020/09/30

In Not a Gentleman’s Work: The Untold Story of a Gruesome Murder at Sea and the Long Road to Truth, Gerard Koeppel combines history with true crime, revealing long-buried evidence from the most notorious murder in American nautical history. The book chronicles an incident that took place aboard the Herbert Fuller, a three-masted vessel loaded with New England lumber and headed for Buenos Aires. The ship left Boston on July 8, 1896 with twelve people. By 2:00 a.m. on the sixth day at sea, three of

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00:12:47

MS-13: The Making of America’s Most Notorious Gang by...

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2020/09/29

Steven Dudley is the co-founder and co-director ofInSight Crime, a think tank focused on organized crime in the Americas, and a senior fellow at American University’s Center for Latin American and Latino Studies in Washington, DC. Dudley combines reporting from the ground with deep analysis. He has written for newspapers, magazines and think tanks. He has reported for weeklies and some of the largest news outlets in the world. And he has worked on government reports that inform future priority areas

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00:15:42

Made Men: The Story of Goodfellas By Glenn Kenny

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2020/09/28

For the thirtieth anniversary of its premiere comes the vivid and immersive history behind Martin Scorsese’s signature film Goodfellas, hailed by critics as the greatest mob movie ever made. About the Author Glenn Kenny is a long time film critic based in New York. He has written for publications such as Film Comment, the Village Voice, and Rolling Stones and contributes film reviews to the New York Times and RogerEbert.com. He teaches film at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts. He is the author of

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00:13:23

FINDING MY FATHER His Century-Long Journey from World...

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2020/09/25

Long before Deborah Tannen became a bestselling author and internationally renowned linguist at Georgetown University, she was a young girl who adored her father—profoundly influenced by his gift for writing and storytelling. In her riveting memoir, FINDING MY FATHER—her most personal and revealing work yet—Tannen embarks on the poignant, yet perilous, quest to piece together the puzzle of her father’s life. Reading journals he kept as a young man, she uncovers secrets not even she could’ve

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00:12:57

REAGANLAND: America’s Right Turn 1976-1980 By Rick...

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2020/09/22

With REAGANLAND: America’s Right Turn 1976-1980 , historian Rick Perlstein concludes his sweeping four-volume account of the rise of modern American conservatism. Over two decades (and more than three thousand pages), Perlstein has published three definitive works about the emerging dominance of conservatism in American politics: Before the Storm: Barry Goldwater and the Unmaking of American Consensus (2002); Nixonland: The Rise of a President and the Fracturing of America (2008); and The Invisible

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00:10:57

Vince Flynn- Total Power-A Mitch Rapp Novel by Kyle...

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2020/09/19

In the next thriller in the #1 New York Times bestselling Mitch Rapp series, it’s a race against the clock when ISIS takes out the entire US power grid and throws the country into chaos. When Mitch Rapp captures ISIS’s top technology expert, he reveals that he was on his way to meet a man who claims to have the ability to bring down America’s power grid. Rapp is determined to eliminate this shadowy figure, but the CIA’s trap fails. The Agency is still trying to determine what went wrong when ISIS

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00:12:47

TRUMP ON TRIAL: The Investigation, Impeachment,...

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2020/09/10

TRUMP ON TRIAL: The Investigation, Impeachment, Acquittal and Aftermath by Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post journalists Kevin Sullivan and Mary Jordan, in collaboration with The Post staff. Anchored in fresh reporting and interviews from Washington and abroad, the book offers a richly detailed, fast-paced narrative of what happened and why as Donald Trump faced only the third presidential impeachment trial in U.S. history. Among the book’s many revelatory scenes: A split-screen account of

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00:08:52

S.A. Cosby- Blacktop Wasteland

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2020/08/31

BLACKTOP WASTELAND (Flatiron Books) is about a diamond heist schemed up by an uneasy alliance of poor men and women. Black and white, they live in the Virginia Tidewater region in a town where the desire to be more, have more, leave and live large haunts. With breakneck twists, heartbreaking intents and the missteps of its indelible characters, S. A. Cosby weaves a story about black male identity, about what it means to be from the South and have its history not include your story, and about the

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00:10:43

Debbie Macomber-A WALK ALONG THE BEACH

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2020/08/24

Readers everywhere turn to Debbie Macomber for stories of love, loss, and hope. In A WALK ALONG THE BEACH (Ballantine), two sisters must learn from each other's strengths and trust in the redeeming power of love, ultimately discovering that even in the darkest moments, family is everything. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Debbie Macomber, the author of Window on the Bay, Cottage by the Sea, Any Dream Will Do, If Not for You, and the Rose Harbor Inn series, is a leading voice in women’s fiction. Thirteen of her

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00:14:31

Michel Paradis-LAST MISSION TO TOKYO: The...

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2020/08/18

In 1942, freshly humiliated from the attack on Pearl Harbor, President Roosevelt demanded a show of strength against the Japanese. Jimmy Doolittle, a stunt pilot with a doctorate from MIT, came forward and led eighty young men on a seemingly impossible mission across the Pacific. Dubbed “The Doolittle Raiders,” they struck the mainland of Japan and permanently turned the tide of the war in the Pacific. But their legendary l mission wasn’t the end of the story. In his debut history, LAST MISSION TO

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00:08:50

Lorraine Toth- Psychic Serendipity

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2020/08/14

Sadie’s sad past means she’s been carrying guilt for years. Is she strong enough to let it all go and accept the joy destiny is offering? She is a successful photographer and single mother who is juggling it all. When a chance encounter with a psychic reveals that her soul mate is waiting for her, she has a choice to make: believe in serendipity or stay stuck in the status quo. Is Sadie too focused on her past to see what fate has delivered to her doorstep? Can she release the pain from that past in

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00:17:57

Richard J Ellis- Old Tip vs. the Sly Fox The 1840...

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2020/08/08

Usually remembered for its slogan “Tippecanoe and Tyler too,” the election of 1840 is also the first presidential election of which it might be truly said, “It’s the economy, stupid.” Tackling a contest best known for log cabins, cider barrels, and catchy songs, this timely volume reveals that the election of 1840 might be better understood as a case study of how profoundly the economy shapes the presidential vote. Richard J. Ellis is Mark O. Hatfield Professor of Politics, Policy, Law, and Ethics

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00:15:34

Chris Frantz- Remain in Love-Talking Heads, Tom Tom...

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2020/08/07

One of the most dynamic groups of the ‘70s and ‘80s, Talking Heads, founded by drummer Chris Frantz, his girlfriend Tina Weymouth, and lead singer David Byrne, burst onto the music scene, playing at CBGBs, touring Europe with the Ramones, and creating hits like “Psycho Killer” and “Burning Down the House” that captured the post-baby boom generation’s intense, affectless style. In Remain in Love, Frantz writes about the beginnings of Talking Heads—their days as art students in Providence, moving to

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00:10:07

Samantha Downing -He Started It

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2020/08/05

From the twisted mind behind mega hitMy Lovely Wifecomes the story of a family—not unlike your own—just with a few more violent tendencies thrown in.... Beth, Portia, and Eddie Morgan haven't all been together in years. And for very good reasons—we'll get to those later. But when their wealthy grandfather dies and leaves a cryptic final message in his wake, the siblings and their respective partners must come together for a cross-country road trip to fulfill his final wish and—more

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00:11:53

Brad Balukjian- The Wax Pack: On the open road in...

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2020/08/03

THE PREMISE The Wax Pack: On the open road in search of baseball's afterlife is the true story of tracking down all the players in a single pack of 1986 Topps on a 11,341-mile road trip across the U.S. What started out as a fit of nostalgia became something much bigger than baseball: A meditation on the loss of innocence, what it means to grow up, and the surprising gift accessible to us all: Impermanence. Brad Balukjian is a doctor, but not one who can write you a prescription (unless you're a sick

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