Books on Saturday Morning, February 2012
This page lists books by writers interviewed on the programme by Kim Hill, or books discussed by Kim and a guest. Books usually have a 2012 or 2011 publication date, except where noted. The most recent programme is at the top.
25 February
Rin Tin Tin: the Life and Legend of the World’s Most Famous
Dog
by Susan Orlean
(Atlantic Books, ISBN: 978-0857896292).
Symptoms of Withdrawal: a Memoir of Snapshots and Redemption
by Christopher Kennedy Lawford
(2005, William Morrow, ISBN. 978-0060732486)
The Origin of Our Species
by Chris Stringer
(Allen Lane, ISBN: 978-1-846-14140-9)
Ruan Ling-Yu: The Goddess of Shanghai
by Richard J Meyer
(Hong Kong University Press, ISBN: 978-9622093959)
Jin Yan: The Rudolph Valentino of Shanghai
by Richard J Meyer
(Hong Kong University Press, ISBN: 9789622095861)
18 February
The Bicycle Book
by Bella Bathurst
(Harper Press, ISBN: 978-0-00-730588-9)
11 February
Unquenchable: America’s Water Crisis and What To Do About It
by Robert Glennon
(2009, Island Press, ISBN: 978-1-59726-436-5)
Robert is also author of Water Follies: Groundwater Pumping and the
Fate of America’s Fresh Waters (2002)
The Stranger’s Child
by Alan Hollinghurst
(Pan Macmillan, ISBN: 9780330513968)
To Get to the Other Side: a Personal Encounter with Some
Bridges Around the World
by Bob Norman
(Slide Rule Press, ISBN: 978-047-319363-8)
Bob is also the author of the 1997 memoir, You Can’t Win ‘Em All (Slide
Rule Press, ISBN: 0-473-04659-8)
4 February
Revolution 2.0
by Wael Ghonim
(Fourth Estate, ISBN: 978-0-00-745436)
Nobel's Will (2008, ISBN: 978-82-7990-074-0)
The Nobel Peace Prize: What Nobel Really Wanted (2010, Praeger, ISBN:
978-0-313-38744-9)
both by Fredrick Heffermehl
In the Absence of Heroes (Vintage, ISBN:
978-1-86979-723-2)
Death of a Superhero (2005, Vintage, ISBN: 978-1-86941-696-1)
both by Anthony McCarten
Ruan Ling-Yu: The Goddess of Shanghai (Hong Kong
University Press, ISBN: 978-9622093959)
Jin Yan: The Rudolph Valentino of Shanghai (Hong Kong University Press, ISBN:
9789622095861)
both by Richard J Meyer
Children’s Books with Kate de Goldi
(four books from the New York Review Children's Collection)
The Sorely Trying Day, by Russell and Lillian Hoban (NYRB; ISBN: 978-159017-343-5);
The Mousewife, by Rumer Godden, illustrated by William Pene du Bois (NYRB; ISBN
978-1-59017-310-7);
D'Aulaire's Book of Animals, by Ingri and Edgar Parin D'Aulaire (NYRB; ISBN
978-1-59017-226-1); and
Ounce, Dice, Trice, by Alastair Reid, illustrated by Ben Shahn (NYRB; ISBN
978-1-59017-320-6).