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On the September 29th episode of Tavis Smiley, Tavis interviewed novelist and screenwriter James Ellroy. His newest book is non-fiction, his memoir of his own troubled youth, the murder of his mother and how that affected the rest of his difficult life.
 Buy The Hilliker Curse: My Pursuit of Women by James Ellroy from Amazon for the Kindle or from Barnes and Noble for the Nook or from Powells for Nook, Sony Reader and more. On the September 28 episode of Charlie Rose, 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 Barnes and Noble for the Nook or from the Kobo store. On the September 28th episode of Tavis Smiley Tavis interviewed founder of the Harlem Children’s Zone Geoffrey Canada. His first book has recently been released in ebook format and contains both history of Canada’s exposure to violence during his childhood and also series of recommendations on how to alleviate violence in inner cities.
 Buy Fist Stick Knife Gun: A Personal History of Violence by Geoffrey Canada from Amazon for the Kindle or from Barnes and Noble for the Nook. On the September 27th episode of Charlie Rose, Charlie interviewed professional surfer Laird Hamilton and journalist Susan Casey. Laird Hamilton’s most recent book is a detailing of his life and philosophy, and how that has allowed him to be at the very top of the surfing world for decades. Susan Casey’s most recent book is an examination of the ocean, and the phenomenon of “rogue waves” of 70 to 100 feet tall. Her subjects include scientists but also those who attempt to surf these waves, including Hamilton. This video is not embeddable, but it can be watched online here.
 Buy The Wave: In Pursuit of the Rogues, Freaks and Giants of the Ocean by Susan Casey 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.
 Buy Force of Nature: Mind, Body, Soul (And, of Course, Surfing) by Laird Hamilton from Amazon for the Kindle. On the September 27th episode of Tavis Smiley, Tavis interviewed former Congressman from Tennessee and professor Harold Ford Jr.. His new book is an examination from what he has learned from a life spent campaigning and serving in public office.  Buy More Davids Than Goliaths: A Political Education by Harold Jr. Ford 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. On the September 24 episode of Tavis Smiley, a guest was Rebecca Traister. Her new book examines the role of women in politics and how the election season of 2008 changed the those roles and perceptions .
 Buy Big Girls Don’t Cry: The Election that Changed Everything for American Women by Rebecca Traister from Amazon for the Kindle or from Barnes and Noble for the Nook or from the Kobo store. On the September 16 episode of Charlie Rose, a guest was New York Times columnist and commentator David Brooks. His newest book is a social commentary about the new information-age upper class that Brooks refers to as ‘Bobos.’
 Buy Bobos in Paradise: The New Upper Class and How They Got There by David Brooks from Amazon for the Kindle or from Barnes and Noble for the Nook or from the Kobo store. On the September 15th episode of Tavis Smiley, Tavis spoke with tennis great, entrepreneur and author Venus Williams. Her new book is an examination of how the aspects that lead to success in sports, such as drive and determination and discipline, lead to success in all areas of life.
 Buy Come to Win: Business Leaders, Artists, Doctors, and Other Visionaries on How Sports Can Help You Top Your Profession by Venus Williams and Kelly E. Carter from Amazon for the Kindle or from Barnes and Noble for the Nook or from the Kobo store. On the September 15th episode of Charlie Rose, political analyst and author Mark Halperin appeared to discuss the results of the primary elections that occurred around the country. Halperin’s most recent book is a look at the 2008 presidential election and the ways that election cycle changed how campaigns are and will be handled in the future.
 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. On the September 15 episode of Charlie Rose, Charlie interviewed historian and biographer Annie Cohen-Solal. Her newest book is a biography of influential art dealer Leo Castelli.
 Buy Leo and His Circle by Annie Cohen-Solal 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. On the September 13th episode of Charlie Rose, one of the guests was six-term Wisconsin Congressman Paul Ryan. He is one of the co-authors of a new book about the conservative movement and the leadership of it which is intended as a call to action for those in the movement.
 Buy Young Guns: A New Generation of Conservative Leaders by Paul Ryan, Eric Cantor and Kevin McCarthy from Amazon for the Kindle or from Barnes and Noble for the Nook. On the September 13 episode of Charlie Rose, one of the interview guests was The New York Times‘s chief mergers and acquisitions reporter Andrew Ross Sorkin. His most recent book is an examination of the recent meltdown of the banking system and the regulatory environment that allowed the systemic problems to occur.
 Buy Too Big to Fail: The Inside Story of How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the FinancialSystem–and Themselves by Andrew Ross Sorkin from Amazon for the Kindle or from Barnes and Noble for the Nook or from the Kobo store. On the September 13th episode of Tavis Smiley, Tavis interviewed the head coach of the New Orleans Saints Sean Payton. His new book is a memoir of his time coaching the Saints, including leading them to their first Super Bowl victory in franchise history.
 Buy Home Team: Coaching the Saints and New Orleans Back to Life by Sean Payton and Ellis Henican from Amazon for the Kindle or from Barnes and Noble for the Nook or from the Kobo store. Here is another show that I’ve been watching for a while but this is the first time a new show has had ebook authors appearing. Welcome to the blog, Ideas in Action! On the September 9th episode of Ideas in Action With Jim Glassman, the show was about the globalization of education. Two of the guests have fairly current ebook editions out and both of their books are about globalization and education: Provost of George Mason University Peter N. Stearns and Senior Fellow at the Kauffman Foundation Ben Wildavsky.
 Buy Globalization in World History by Peter N. Stearns from Amazon for the Kindle or from Barnes and Noble for the Nook or from Powells for Nook, Sony Reader and more.
 Buy The Great Brain Race: How Global Universities Are Reshaping the World by Ben Wildavsky from Amazon for the Kindle or from Barnes and Noble for the Nook or from Powells for Nook, Sony Reader and more. On the September 9th episode of Charlie Rose, Charlie interviewed Professor of Islamic Studies at Oxford University Tariq Ramadan. He has two recently published books available electronically, both are broadly on the topics of the role of religion in modern life and why it is important to be tolerant of a wide diversity of religious outlooks. The video is not embeddable but you can watch it here.
 Buy The Quest for Meaning by Tariq Ramadan from Amazon for the Kindle.
 Buy What I Believe by Tariq Ramadan from Amazon for the Kindle or from Barnes and Noble for the Nook or from the Kobo store. On the September 8th episode of Tavis Smiley, one of the interviews was with tennis great Andre Agassi. His newest book is a frank memoir of his time at peak of his dominance of men’s tennis and the destructive lifestyle he led in secret.
 Buy Open by Andre Agassi 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. On the September 7th episode of Tavis Smiley, Tavis interviewed The New York Times’s chief mergers and acquisitions reporter Andrew Ross Sorkin about whether he sees more financial crisis in our near future. His most recent book is an examination of the recent meltdown of the banking system and the regulatory environment that allowed the systemic problems to occur.
Buy Too Big to Fail: The Inside Story of How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the FinancialSystem–and Themselves by Andrew Ross Sorkin from Amazon for the Kindle or from Barnes and Noble for the Nook or from the Kobo store. On the August 24 episode of Tavis Smiley, one of the guests was journalist David Finkel. He is a staff writer for The Washington Post and in 2006 won the Pulitzer Prize for reporting he did in Yemen. His new book is an account of the Iraq surge, reported while he was embedded with the 2-16 Rangers battalion.
 Buy The Good Soldiers by David Finkel from Amazon for the Kindle or from Barnes and Noble for the Nook, or from the Kobo store. On the August 23th episode of Charlie Rose they replayed past interviews with recently deceased British historian and author Tony Judt. His most recent book, the last published before his death, is an examination of the current state of world politics and the way the social contract that defined postwar life in Europe and America, the guarantee of a basal level of security, stability and fairness, is no longer guaranteed.
 Buy Ill Fares the Land by Tony Judt from Amazon for the Kindle or from Barnes and Noble for the Nook or from the Kobo store. On the August 18th episode of Charlie Rose, a panel was convened to discuss the state of the U.S. Senate. One of the participants was novelist, playwright and journalist George Packer. His most recent book in ebook format is his examination of the war in Iraq, written as both an overview of the politics that led into it and also from his time on the ground there during the war.
 Buy The Assassins’ Gate: America in Iraq by George Packer from Amazon for the Kindle or from Barnes and Noble for the Nook, or from the Kobo store. |
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