Books Archive
20 Aug 2013
Vanderbilt: The First Tycoon
The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt was mentioned by John Dvorak in NA 539. It's author, T.J. Stiles is on the lecture circuit where he discusses his exhaustively researched biography.
28 Jun 2013
Secret Life of Pronouns
Adam is brushing up for an upcoming dinner party where University of Texas Professor James Pennebaker will be a guest.
17 Jun 2013
The Anarchist Cookbook
Get it at Amazon. During NA 518’s discussion on Obama warning about homegrown terrorists being trained and radicalized on the Internet, John Dvorak mentioned there were many popular books in the 60s which accomplished the same thing. One of the most infamous was The Anarchist Cookbook.
17 Jun 2013
Steal This Book
In NA 518, Adam was playing a clip of Obama's speech warning about the Internet's ability to inform and train local terrorists. Adam said this is nothing new, you could get a book and read it at home. Dvorak added that these books were available in the 60s. One of the most famous is Abbie
17 Jun 2013
Andrew Jackson and the Vampires
New listener, James Prohaska has just released a new book called Andrew Jackson and the Vampires. Written like a script, Adam declared it "pretty funny".
07 Jun 2013
The Ominous Parallels
Written by Leonard Peikoff, whom Adam reported from the Book of Knowledge as Ayn Rand's chosen heir to her estate.
07 Jun 2013
Hitlerland
Recommended by John Dvorak as it's similar to the book Garden of the Beasts (Erik Larson). This book helps answer the question that's been asked recently on No Agenda - what was it like sitting around the dinner table during the rise of Nazi Germany? Are there similarities to our current situation?
07 Jun 2013
Dirty Wars
Jeremy Scahill's Dirty Wars was recommended addition to the No Agenda Book Club by a show producer.
07 Jun 2013
The Gulag Archipelago
Dvorak describes it as a typical Russian book that depresses the reader. Written by the great Russian novelist, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn.
02 Jun 2013
The People’s History of the United States
Recommended by a show producer but labeled slanted propaganda by John Dvorak. Adam thinks this book should be taken off the list! [NA518]
26 May 2013
In the Garden of the Beasts
Adam mentioned he started reading In the Garden of the Beasts in NA 516. Adam drew parallels between the authors descriptions of life in Hitler's Germany and how opposition is shouted down in present day America.
21 Apr 2013
State of Fear
During NA 506, Adam read an excerpt from the Michael Crichton book State of Fear. Outstanding book!
This book was first mentioned on NA 504 when John Dvorak played a Charlie Rose clip of him interviewing the book's author. Crichton expressed it was the worse experience of his life as he was shouted down for writing
27 Mar 2013
The Free Press (1918)
Media assasination from the 1890s? An anonymous producer from New South Wales has reported a forerunner for the No Agenda show!
17 Mar 2013
State of War
During a discussion on national security letters in NA 496, John Dvorak played several clips from a NSA whistleblower who was discussing the risks to political figures talking to the press and how the government covers up classified information.
10 Feb 2013
Kill Decision: Kill Decision
Kill Decision is a techno-thriller novel by Daniel Suarez that centers around unmanned drones that seek out and kill human targets. Recommended by Adam Curry while he was discussing Japans's complaint about China locking a drone radar on one of their planes.
21 Jan 2013
The Patriarch: The Remarkable Life and Turbulent Times of Joseph P. Kennedy
For an End of the Show clip, Dvorak played an interview of Professor David Nasaw explaining Joe Kennedy's decision to have his daughter Rosemary receive a lobotomy.
22 Dec 2012
We Need to Talk About Kevin
In NA 471, Adam played a BBC interview with Lionel Shriver the author of We Need to Talk About Kevin.
09 Dec 2012
End of Marvelous
In NA 467, Adam read a donation message from Andrew Jones which announced his new “trashy epic novel using memes to unite instead of divide us and as much NLP that a novice can muster” called the End of Marvelous.
09 Dec 2012
Thinking Mom’s Revolution
During NA 467’s producer donation segment, a producer thanked Adam for the Karma and now his wife’s book, Thinking Mom’s Revolution was picked up and will be published next year. Look out for it!
26 Nov 2012
War Is a Racket
During NA 462, John Dvorak mentioned Smedley Butler and his book, War Is a Racket. John didn't quite get the title right, instead calling it War is Bunk, then Adam started coming up with humorous variations like War is Bogative...