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All the Books!

All the Backlist! July 21, 2017

All the Books!

Book Riot

Fiction, Arts, Society & Culture, Books

4.61.2K Ratings

🗓️ 21 July 2017

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

This week, Liberty discusses The Devil’s Teeth, Cinnamon and Gunpowder, Nigerians in Space, and more great older books. Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS or Apple Podcasts and never miss a beat book. Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books discussed on the show: Demon Fish: Travels Through the Hidden World of Sharks by Juliet Eilperin The Devil’s Teeth: A True Story of Obsession and Survival Among America’s Great White Sharks by Susan Casey Close to Shore: The Terrifying Shark Attacks of 1916 by Michael Capuzzo In Harm’s Way: The Sinking of the U.S.S. Indianapolis and the Extraordinary Story of Its Survivors by Doug Stanton  Pocket Genius: Sharks by DK  The Jaws of Death: Shark as Predator, Man as Prey by Xavier Maniguet, David A. Christie (Translator) Jaws by Peter Benchley MEG by Steve Alten Cinnamon and Gunpowder by Eli Brown High Wind in Jamaica by Richard Hughes The Dust of 100 Dogs by A.S. King Pirate Hunters: Treasure, Obsession, and the Search for a Legendary Pirate Ship by Robert Kurson Shadow Divers: The True Adventure of Two Americans Who Risked Everything to Solve One of the Last Mysteries of World War II by Robert Kurson  Sag Harbor by Colson Whitehead Orient by Christopher Bollen Djinn City by Saad Hossain Escape from Baghdad by Saad Hossain After the Flare by Deji Bryce Olukotun Nigerians in Space by Deji Bryce Olukotun Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

Whether it's an under the radar genre or a proper out there podcast, sometimes it's better when you get weird, especially when it comes to switching up your soft drink, introducing new Dr Pepper Zero

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with the same blend of 23 unique flavors,

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it tastes just as weird as regular Dr Pepper,

0:18.9

but with zero sugar and zero calories.

0:21.7

It's a taste you can't quite put your finger on.

0:24.0

Weird. But in a surprisingly good way, try more weird with Dr Pepper Zero. You're listening to all the backlist, a weekly show about books that are not new.

0:45.0

I'm your host, Liberty Hardy, and I'm little in the middle, but I've got much backlist.

0:49.0

This is episode 5, and today I'm going to talk about a few great titles related to the week's new releases and more.

0:55.0

So hi, hello everyone.

0:56.6

I was looking at the list of books that came out on Tuesday.

0:59.8

Wasn't a huge new release day.

1:01.3

Wasn't feeling super inspired, so I actually have a list of books related to summery, oceany, beachy stuff.

1:08.0

But first, I want to tell you about today's sponsor.

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This episode has been sponsored by Book Riot's new

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podcast Annotated. Annotated is sort of like this American life or planet

1:19.1

money but about books and reading and language. Basically they're the like 20 minute

1:24.9

episodes that it's an auto documentary about interesting corners of the bookish

1:28.7

world. The first two episodes are already up. The first one was about George Orwell in 1984 and how it became

1:35.4

a bestseller again in 2017. And the second episode is a deep dive into independent bookstores

1:41.0

and how they are thriving after being declared on the verge of extinction.

1:44.4

So you can go to bookriot.com slash annotated to find out more or you can find the show

1:49.2

by searching Apple Podcasts or in the podcast player of choice. So now back to books. I have so many to tell you about

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