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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 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 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 September 29th, 2010%
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.
By dave, on September 28th, 2010%
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.
By dave, on September 17th, 2010%
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.
By dave, on September 16th, 2010%
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.
By dave, on September 16th, 2010%
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.
By dave, on September 14th, 2010%
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.
By dave, on September 14th, 2010%
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.
By dave, on September 11th, 2010%
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.
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