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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 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 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 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.
By dave, on September 30th, 2010%
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.
By dave, on September 29th, 2010%
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.
By dave, on September 28th, 2010%
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.
By dave, on September 25th, 2010%
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.
By dave, on September 16th, 2010%
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.
By dave, on September 13th, 2010%
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.
By dave, on September 8th, 2010%
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.
By dave, on September 8th, 2010%
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.
By dave, on August 25th, 2010%
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.
By dave, on August 17th, 2010%
On the August 17th episode of Tavis Smiley, Tavis interviewed author of historical and thriller novels Ken Follett. His new novel is a historical epic that follows the fates of five interrelated families of different nationalities as they move through the world-shaking dramas of the First World War, the Russian Revolution, and the struggle for women’s suffrage.
Buy Fall of Giants by Ken Follett from Amazon for the Kindle or from Barnes and Noble for the Nook.
Buy The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett from Amazon for the Kindle or from Barnes and Noble for the Nook, or from the Kobo store.
By dave, on August 10th, 2010%
On August 10th episode of Tavis Smiley Tavis interviewed screenwriter and novelist Ian McEwan. His most recent novel is a satire about a climate change researcher.
Buy Solar by Ian McEwan from Amazon for the Kindle or from Barnes and Noble for the Nook, or from Powells for Nook, Sony Reader and more.
By dave, on August 10th, 2010%
On the August 9 episode of Tavis Smiley, a guest was science writer Rebecca Skloot. She works primarily as a freelance author specializing in scientific topics, but she also is a contributing editor to Popular Science and has been a correspondent for radio and television programs. Her debut book is the story of a poor female tobacco farmer whose cells were cultured and live to this day, and the breakthroughs in medicine and industry that these cells helped to bring about.
Buy The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot from Amazon for the Kindle or from Barnes and Noble for the Nook, or from Powells for Nook, Sony Reader and more.
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