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Speaking of Writers

Speaking of Writers

著者: Steve Richards
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Welcome to Speaking of Writers. Veteran broadcaster Steve Richards interviews local, regional and best selling authors. For more info email steve @ sval622@sbcglobal.net. https://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/speakingofwriters/subscribe Cover art photo provided by Janko Ferlič on Unsplash: https://unsplash.com/@thepootphotographerSteve Richards アート 文学史・文学批評
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  • Martin Dugard-TAKING MIDWAY: Naval Warfare, Secret Codes, and the Battle that Turned the Tide of World War II
    2025/08/10

    1942. Everywhere around the world, the Allies are losing the war. Nowhere is this felt more completely than in thePacific, where Japanese sea and ground forces claim victory after victory. Singapore falls. Then the Philippines. The vaunted American Navy fights to a draw with the Japanese at the Battle of Coral Sea. America's lone moral victory is ColonelJimmy Doolittle's bombing raid on Tokyo—though even that is tinged with tragedy as two crew members are shot down and beheaded.

    Meanwhile in Honolulu, a brilliant young naval officer isdetermined to break Japan's top secret communication codes. Lt. Commander Joseph Rochefort is inches away from cracking the code by April. He is then startled to learn that the Japanese are planning yet another major invasionsomewhere in the Pacific. Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto is planning to send four aircraft carriers to complete this task, in a bold attack that will be even larger than the December 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor.

    About the Author | Martin Dugard is the New York Times bestselling author of several books of history, among them Taking London, Taking Paris, Taking Berlin, the Killing series, and The Explorers.

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    21 分
  • Brian Anderson-LOUD AND CLEAR The Grateful Dead’s Wall of Sound and the Quest for Audio Perfection
    2025/08/05

    In LOUD AND CLEAR: The Grateful Dead’s Wall of Sound and the Quest for Audio Perfection (St. Martin’s Press) journalist Brian Anderson interviewed hundreds of people associated with the band and the construction of the Grateful Dead’s Wall of Sound itself, including band members, roadies, tech wizards, fans and many more, to tell the full story of the unprecedented and since unparalleled speaker system that was as tall as a school bus is long and more than a hundred feet wide.ABOUT THE AUTHOR: BRIAN ANDERSON has been a Webby Award-winning senior features editor, writer, and producer at VICE in New York City (2011-2019). More recently, Anderson did a stint running the Science desk at The Atlantic (2020), where he was part of the Pulitzer Prize-winning team for early pandemic coverage, and was later a senior editor at Vox (2021-2022). His 2015 VICE feature on "The Wall of Sound” served as the jumping off point for his first book Loud and Clear. He currently lives and works in Chicago, where a piece of the Wall of Sound sits in his living room.#gratefuldead #braandersonian

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    26 分
  • Edward L. Jones III-Medication, Mental Illness, and Murder: What Really Killed the Crespi Twins,
    2025/07/31

    In 2005, Kim Crespi had what she later described as “the perfect life.” She and her husband, David—a gentle giant of a man, devoutly religious, a loving father, and a proven star in the world of finance—had five healthy, happy children. No one, least of all Kim, ever suspected that the life the Crespis had lovingly woven together could bedestroyed in less than forty minutes.

    In January of 2006, while Kim was getting a haircut, Davidmurdered their five-year-old twin daughters during a game of hide and seek. In the aftermath, family, friends, and even David had more questions than answers.

    In Medication, Mental Illness, and Murder, Edward L.Jones III chronicles David Crespi’s struggles with insomnia and depression, the role SSRI antidepressants may have played in the killings, and Kim’s unimaginable journey of trauma, suffering, and eventual forgiveness as documented by her journal entries.

    Using letters and other forms of personal communications with David, plus excerpts from scholarly articles and more, Jones takes readers on a journey into the dark heart of psychosis, of North Carolina’s penal and mentalhealth systems, and of Big Pharma.

    EDWARD L. JONES III has been an award-winning writer in advertising and higher education. During his ad career, he won more than 350 awards for creativity. In his time away from advertising, Ed served as a community columnist for the Charlotte Observer. He lives in the Winston-Salem, North Carolina area. This is his first book.

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    20 分
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