Books Sandwiched In Podcasts (2008-2009)


May 7, 2009

Free Lunch: How the Wealthiest Americans Enrich Themselves at Government Expense (and Stick You with the Bill), by David Cay Johnston, Local Pulitzer Prize winner’s analysis of corporate greed. Reviewed by the author.   

 

April 2, 2009

Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahiri

Sensitive stories about Bengali families and their emotional and social adjustments to life in America. Reviewed by: Sumati Devadutt, Professor of Sociology at Monroe Community College.

Time - 53:02 (24.8Mb)

 

December 4, 2008 They Poured Fire on Us from the Sky: The True Story of Three Lost Boys from Sudan by Alephonsion Deng., Benson Deng, Benjamin Ajak: with Judy A. Bernstein. Riveting memoir of three lost boys and their flight from the massacre of Sudan's civil war. Reviewed by: Angelique Stevens, Assistant Director of the Holocaust and Genocide Studies Project at Monroe Community College.

Time - 43:18 (19.8Mb)

 

November 6, 2008

A Thousand Splendid Suns by Jeffrey Khaled Hosseini

An engrossing novel that spans thirty years of Afghanistan's history and cultural changes Reviewed by: Lois Tucker, Retired Transition Program Coordinator of Alternatives for Battered Women.

Time - 48.43 (23.4Mb)

 

October 2, 2008

The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court. by Jeffrey Toobin.An absorbing look into the politics and personalities of the United States Supreme Court.Reviewed by: The Honorable Nancy E. Smith, Associate Justice, Appellate Division, Fourth Department.

Time - 47:50 (22.4Mb)

 

 

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