Books Archive
23 Nov 2012
A Gitmo Nation Christmas Carol
No Agenda Show Producer Scott McKenzie has written another No Agenda inspired novel - this time, it's the holiday themed story, A Gitmo Nation Christmas Carol.
27 Oct 2012
Frugal Gourmet
While discussing accused British pedophile and TV personality Jimmy Savile, John Dvorak mused about former PBS TV chef, pastor and cookbook author Jeff Smith, better known as the Frugal Gourmet in the 1990's.
20 Oct 2012
Bushido
While discussing the film Flowers of War, and the Japanese occupation of China, Dvorak recommended the book Bushido which said came out in the 1940's. There are many book with this title which translates to the Way of the Warrior
12 Sep 2012
Das Kapital
John brought up the great writings of Marx and Lenin during episode #442. Das Kapital by Karl Marx, was written to explain Marxist theory and critique capitalism.
07 Sep 2012
No Easy Day
No Easy Day is the controversial new book by a member of the US Navy's SEAL Team Six, which allegedly killed Osama Bin Laden during a raid of his Abbottabad compound.
03 Sep 2012
Life and Death in Shanghai
During NA 440 Adam was discussing how he purchased Gordon Sinclair's It Can Happen Here from Amazon. Dvorak then recommended Life and Death In Shanghai for another story about life in a totalitarian state
01 Sep 2012
John Dos Passos – U.S.A. Trilogy
Adam is surprised at the amount of flak he was receiving for his controversial moon landing theories. This led to a discussion on how everyone is expected to have certain beliefs or they'll be silenced. This in turn brought up a list of books, 1984, It Can Happen Here, then author John Dos Passos
01 Sep 2012
1984
John Dvorak briefly mentioned 1984 when he was discussing fascist, authoritarian societies where you have to have approved opinions.
01 Jul 2012
Global Hawk: Endless Possibilities
Dvorak reported during NA 420, that a show Producer sent him info on Grumman's new comic book entitled Global Hawk: Endless Possiblities. Dvorak says the comic book tells a story about a douchebag looking dad with his kids at an air show.
05 Jun 2012
The Amateur
During NA 413's discussion about Obama, drones and the "capture/kill mission" of Osama Bin Laden - Valerie Jarrett came up and the new book about her called Amateur...
29 Apr 2012
Criminal Profiling
This book was mentioned in n NA 396, during a discussion on autism, its causes and the drugging of kids. John compared the way these autistic kids are defined reminded him of the book, Criminal Profiling...
28 Apr 2012
DSM IV
According to Adam, DSM IV is the "manual for mental disease which the pharmaceutical industry uses to pay doctors to push crap on you, that you don't really need that will make you wig out!"
15 Apr 2012
Enemies: A History of the FBI
During NA 399 Adam brought up Tim Weiner's (author of Legacy of Ashes) appearance on the Jon Stewart show.
03 Apr 2012
Maphead
Maphead is a book by Ken Jennings. While discussing pipelines and northern European geography, Adam blurted out Maphead as a “great book!”. [NA 395]
27 Mar 2012
Enemies: A History of the F.B.I.
Adam is excited about reading the new book by Tim Weiner (Legacy of Ashes), about the FBI and J. Edgar Hoover. We're looking forward to Adam's book report!
12 Mar 2012
It Can’t Happen Here
As Adam was complaining about overweight, waddling TSA agents - Dvorak brought up Sinclair Lewis' book, It Can't Happen Here which describes our current police state.
08 Mar 2012
Tell To Win
During NA 387, Adam was explaining the douchey Facebook press event in NYC and how they were promoting it's new ad strategy of Ads as Stories. Dvorak chimed in that it is all based on Peter Guber's Tell to Win book which came out recently.
04 Mar 2012
A Century of War: Anglo-American Oil Politics and the New World Order
Get it at Amazon In the beginning of this morning’s show, Adam brought up A Century of War and how it relates to the current oil market that is “just one disaster” away from even higher prices.
16 Jan 2012
The Obamas
Adam wants his $14.95 back from Amazon after reading, The Obamas! During NA #373, Curry played an interview of the book's author by Oprah's friend, Gayle, which Adam labels "off brand Oprah" and seems to have no real talent of her own.
13 Nov 2011
The Technological Society
During NA 356's discussion on "technocrat" leaders in Europe, John Dvorak asked that The Technological Society be added to the No Agenda Book Club.