In today's short Roxanne sits down with The Book Maven Bethanne Patrick. She is a podcaster, author, and book critic for the LA times, The Washington Post, NPR, and Lit Hub.

Bethanne's book Life B: Overcoming Double Depression

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Roxanne Coady talks with Gretchen Morgenson author of These Are the Plunderers: How Private Equity Runs—and Wrecks—America

Pulitzer Prize­­­–winning and New York Times bestselling financial journalist Gretchen Morgenson investigate the insidious world of private equity and reveal how it puts our entire economy and us at risk.

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How Private Equity Runs and Wrecks America - Gretchen Morgenson

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A look at what's new: Roxanne Coady and Bill Goldstein talk about some new books.

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Possession - A. S. Byatt

Rubyfruit Jungle - Rita Mae Brown

My Name is Barbra - Barbra Streisand

Democracy Awakening - Heather Cox Richardson

Prequel: An American Fight Against Fascism - Rachel Maddow

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Hear from the booksellers themselves as RJ Julia Bookseller staff Lori Fazio and Andrew Brennan join Roxanne Coady to explore the best books to give as gifts to the readers in your life.  

2023 RJ Julia Holiday Book Selection

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Gilbert Cruz editor of the New York Times Book Review talks about the Top 10 books of 2023 and how they get on the list.

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The Bee Sting - Paul Murray

Chain-Gang All-Stars - Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

Eastbound - Maylis De Kerangal

The Fraud - Zadie Smith

North Woods - Daniel Mason

The Best Minds - Jonathan Rosen

Bottoms Up and the Devil Laughs - Kerry Howley

Fire Weather - John Vaillant

Master Slave Husband Wife - Ilyon Woo

Some People Need Killing - Patricia Evangelista

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Roxanne Coady talks with Heather Cox Richardson the bestselling author of Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America   

Historian and author of the newsletter Letters From An American explores the roots and complexities of American democracy, the challenges we face in the present, and the potential paths forward.

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Democracy Awakening - Heather Cox Richardson

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A look at what's new: Roxanne Coady and Bill Goldstein talk about some new books that can help keep you distracted with all that's going on in the world.

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Signal Fires - Dani Shapiro

Edith Holler - Edward Carey

Heaven and Earth Grocery Store - James McBride

I Must Be Dreaming - Roz Chast

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Roxanne Coady talks with Cassidy Hutchinson about her new book Enough. Cassidy’s desk was mere steps from the most controversial president in recent American history. Now, she provides a riveting account of her extraordinary experiences as an idealistic young woman thrust into the middle of a national crisis, where she risked everything to tell the truth about some of the most powerful people in Washington.

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Enough - Cassidy Hutchinson

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A look at what's new: Roxanne Coady and Bill Goldstein talk about new books that are educating about the facts about the crisis in the Middle East. For a complete list of books the RJ Julia recommends you can go to rjjulia.com/podcast.

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A Peace to End All Peace: The Fall of the Ottoman Empire and the Creation of the Modern Middle East - David Fromkin

A Day in the Life of Abed Salama: Anatomy of a Jerusalem Tragedy - Nathan Thrall

The Iron Cage: The Story of the Palestinian Struggle for Statehood - Rashid Khalidi

Daniel Deronda - George Eliot

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Roxanne Coady talks with John Sargent about his many adventures in book publishing at a time when the industry met many challenges and some of the authors and other characters he worked with along the way.

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Turning Pages: The Adventures and Misadventures of a Publisher - John Sargent

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