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By dave, on November 10th, 2010%
On November 9th, former UN Ambassador and mayor of Atlanta Andrew Young was interviewed on Tavis Smiley. He was a key part of the civil rights movement of the 1960′s and one of Martin Luther King’s most trusted advisors. His new book is a conversation between him and a young man about the civil rights movement, about what it was, what lessons were learned and what a young activist today should do to keep this movement alive.
Buy Walk in My Shoes: Conversations between a Civil Rights Legend and his Godson on the Journey Ahead by Andrew J. Young and Kabir Sehgal from Amazon for the Kindle.
By dave, on November 9th, 2010%
The November 8th episode of Charlie Rose included an interview with New York Times reporter and columnist Thomas L. Friedman. His recent books have been on such fun topics as globalization, climate change and our shaky economic future.
Buy The Lexus and the Olive Tree: Understanding Globalization by Thomas L. Friedman from Amazon for the Kindle or from the Kobo store.
Buy Longitudes and Attitudes: Exploring the World After September 11 by Thomas L. Friedman from Amazon for the Kindle or from the Kobo store.
Buy Hot, Flat, and Crowded 2.0: Why We Need a Green Revolution–and How It Can Renew America by Thomas L. Friedman from Amazon for the Kindle or from the Kobo store.
By dave, on November 5th, 2010%
On November 4th, Charlie Rose featured an interview with New York Magazine‘s John Heilemann. His newest book was co-written with Mark Halperin and is an examination of the way the 2008 US presidential campaign fundamentally altered the course of American politics.
Buy Game Change: Obama and the Clintons, McCain and Palin, and the Race of a Lifetime by John Heilemann and Mark Halperin from Amazon for the Kindle or from Barnes and Noble for the Nook or from the Kobo store.
By dave, on November 4th, 2010%
On November 3rd, Charlie Rose, one of the intervew guests was economist Joseph Stiglitz. His newest book is a look at the financial crisis of 2007-2009, the root causes and what problems still remain in the structure of world finance.
Buy Freefall: America, Free Markets, and the Sinking of the World Economy by Joseph E. Stiglitz from Amazon for the Kindle.
By dave, on November 2nd, 2010%
On the November 1st episode of Charlie Rose, they replayed their interview with the late Ted Sorensen who passed away on October 31st. He was special counsel and a speechwriter for John F. Kennedy, as well as being a lawyer and an author. His book about John Kennedy from the last decade has recently been released in ebook format.
The video of the interview is not embeddable but you can see it here.
Buy Kennedy by Ted Sorensen from Amazon for the Kindle or from the Kobo store.
By dave, on November 1st, 2010%
On the October 29th episode of Charlie Rose, Charlie interviewed a pair of authors and presidential historians – Robert Dallek and Timothy Garton Ash. Dallek’s most recent book is an exploration of world leaders in the turbulent period just after the Second World War. Ash’s newest book is a collection of his political essays, covering topics such as liberalism in America, the youth movement in Iran, the Orange Revolution in the Ukraine and many other topics.
Buy The Lost Peace: Leadership in a Time of Horror and Hope, 1945-1953 by Robert Dallek from Amazon for the Kindle.
Buy Facts Are Subversive by Timothy Garton Ash from Amazon for the Kindle.
By dave, on October 30th, 2010%
On the October 29th episode of Tavis Smiley, Tavis interviewed Haitian born author Edwidge Danticat. Her new book is a collection of essays on the topic of being an immigrant artist in America. She writes on the value that the immigrants bring, as well as the difficulty the immigrant has in pursuing work dangerous and challenging enough to be most worth pursuing.
Buy Create Dangerously: The Immigrant Artist at Work by Edwidge Danticat from Amazon for the Kindle.
By dave, on October 26th, 2010%
On the October 25th episode of Tavis Smiley, Tavis interviewed former President Jimmy Carter. Since leaving office in 1981, he is more known for his humanitarian work such as founding Habitat for Humanity. His new book is an annotated and edited version of the diaries he kept while he was President of the United States.
Buy White House Diary by Jimmy Carter from Amazon for the Kindle or from the Kobo store.
By dave, on October 25th, 2010%
On the October 22 episode of Charlie Rose, one of the guests was financier and former auto industry adviser to the Treasury Department Steven Rattner. His new book is a detailed account of the federal government’s bailout of the auto industry from his perspective inside the Treasury Department during that time.
The video is not embeddable but you can watch it online here.
Buy Overhaul: An Insider’s Account of the Obama Administration’s Emergency Rescue of the Auto Industry by Steven Rattner from Amazon for the Kindle or from the Kobo store.
By dave, on October 25th, 2010%
On the October 22nd episode of Charlie Rose, one of the guests was former Disney CEO Michael Eisner. He is co-author on a new book examining the great business partnerships of history, why they worked so well and what lessons can be taken from them.
The video is not embeddable but you can watch the interview here.
Buy Working Together: Why Great Partnerships Succeed by Michael D. Eisner and Aaron R. Cohen from Amazon for the Kindle.
By dave, on October 20th, 2010%
On October 19th on Charlie Rose, Charlie interviewed Columbian politician Ingrid Betancourt. Her book is an account of the six years she spent as a captive of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia and her eventual rescue by the Columbian military.
Buy Even Silence Has an End: My Six Years of Captivity in the Colombian Jungle by Ingrid Betancourt from Amazon for the Kindle or from Barnes and Noble for the Nook or from the Kobo store.
By dave, on October 19th, 2010%
On the October 18th episode of Charlie Rose, Charlie interviewed novelist V.S. Naipaul. His newest book is non-fiction, a travel book relating his adventures and observations of journeys he has taken around Africa.
Buy The Masque of Africa: Glimpses of African Belief by V.S. Naipaul from Amazon for the Kindle or from Barnes and Noble for the Nook.
By dave, on October 14th, 2010%
On the October 13 episode of Charlie Rose, Charlie interviewed author Isabel Wilkerson. Her new book is about the African-American migration from the Jim Crow south to the north during the troubled racial times of the middle 20th century.
Buy The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America’s Great Migration by Isabel Wilkerson from Amazon for the Kindle or from Barnes and Noble for the Nook or from Powells for Nook, Sony Reader and more or from the Kobo store.
By dave, on October 14th, 2010%
On the October 13th episode of Charlie Rose, Israeli author David Grossman was interviewed. His newest book is a novel about the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.
Buy To the End of the Land by David Grossman from Amazon for the Kindle or from Barnes and Noble for the Nook or from Powells for Nook, Sony Reader and more or from the Kobo store.
By dave, on October 13th, 2010%
On the October 12th episode of Tavis Smiley, historian and biographer Ron Chernow was interviewed. His newest book is a massive biography of George Washington.
Buy Washington: A Life by Ron Chernow from Amazon for the Kindle or from Barnes and Noble for the Nook or from the Kobo store.
By dave, on October 13th, 2010%
On the October 12th episode of Tavis Smiley, a pair of author guests were interviewed, each of whom will get their own post. One of the authors was Liz Murray. She is the student who attended and graduated from Harvard despite being homeless. This book is her memoir of her life, as the child of drug addicts and a runaway sporadically living on the streets. Even with all that, she had the determination to return to school and eventually to college.
Buy Breaking Night by Liz Murray from Amazon for the Kindle or from Barnes and Noble for the Nook or from Powells for Nook, Sony Reader and more or from the Kobo store.
By dave, on October 8th, 2010%
On the October 8 episode of Tavis Smiley, one of the guests was author and journalist Stephen Dubner. His newest book is a follow-on book to the smash best-seller Freakonomics that he co-authored with Steven D. Levitt.
Buy SuperFreakonomics, Illustrated edition by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner from Amazon for the Kindle or from Barnes and Noble for the Nook.
Buy Freakonomics Rev Ed: (and Other Riddles of Modern Life) by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner from Amazon for the Kindle.
By dave, on October 7th, 2010%
On the October 6th episode of Tavis Smiley, Tavis interviewed author Isabel Wilkerson. Her new book is about the African-American migration from the Jim Crow south to the north during the troubled racial times of the middle 20th century.
Buy The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America’s Great Migration by Isabel Wilkerson from Amazon for the Kindle or from Barnes and Noble for the Nook or from Powells for Nook, Sony Reader and more or from the Kobo store.
By dave, on October 6th, 2010%
On the October 5th episode of Charlie Rose, Charlie interviewed veteran journalist Bob Woodward about his career and his newest book. The new book is about President Obama, focussing on his handling of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Buy Obama’s Wars by Bob Woodward from Amazon for the Kindle or from Barnes and Noble for the Nook or from the Kobo store.
By dave, on October 1st, 2010%
On the October 1st episode of Tavis Smiley, Tavis interviewed Michael Hirsh. His new book is a first hand account of the Holocaust as seen by the soldiers that liberated the camps.
Buy The Liberators: America’s Witnesses to the Holocaust by Michael Hirsh from Amazon for the Kindle or from Barnes and Noble for the Nook or from Powells for Nook, Sony Reader and more or from the Kobo store.
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