Talking to strangers from one of my favorite authors, Malcolm Gladwell. I was so jealous last week my husband and son attended a breakfast where he was speaking and of course i Read Everything that he has written and followed his cones for years. Along with blink, out wires, whats a dog saw, the others i have now downloaded on my kindle talking to strangers. Just a little bit into it, not that far but totally intrigued. Ive also made certain that i have my 2020 farmers almanac downloaded and looking at that. You cant be good reading when it comes to the farmers almanac. Its just, i love it. I keep track of it, im a gardener i love being outdoors. So you got to have the farmers almanac. What kind of information can you get from that . By the mac s it the sickness acorn swelling of the trees or the hickory nuts, you will find all sorts of things and that farmer almanac. Before he got to back to other books i want to go back to Malcolm Gladwell for a second. He so counterintuitive and a lot of his approach, does that interest you . I find it incredibly interesting because what he does he doesnt take anything at face value. Or what you see on the surface. And probably outliers is one of my favorite books that he wrote because what he does is to say here is the promise and this is why you should be curious about this premise and this is how it becomes different then you may have thought it was going to be. Talking to strangers im just a little bit into that but for someone who likes to communicate and considers communication to be vital i think talking to strangers is something very instructive there. Words that change minds shelley survey has written, i think this is like her third book this is another of those communication books. You look at being someone that comes from the sales and marketing side of things going back to my first jobs selling figuring out what motivates people, words to use, how you use language, her latest book is one that i just downloaded. I thought it would be a good companion read as i read talking to strangers i have those two i will be working through. I hear the word downloaded quite a bit. Yes. I love the fact that i can put it on my kindle and especially if there is a hard copy book that i have then put it on my kindle then i can read at spare moments and not have to carry the book around with me. There was one book i wanted to hold in my hands when i read it because i wanted to make notes and it and that is the fabulous fabulous a number one work from the line weiss. The womans hour. Its all about womens suffrage. Of course that started in new york at seneca falls, it finished in nashville august 18, 1920 in our state had a wonderful presence in the passage of the 19th amendment. The Susan B Anthony amendment. 72 year fight and the way elaine wise lays out what happened in nashville and she does it so beautifully. Having been in the state senate and knowing the capital and knowing the Hermitage Hotel thats across from the capital i could just see and envision this. To me it was a great book to read and ive actually read it twice because its so easy just to put yourself in that moment. Is the hermitage still hotel. Yes its gorgeous. When you walk into the lobby do you see the suffrages and the north suffragettes . Yes. Absolutely. Its terrific. Weve talked to you before about books and often history comes up. History books. Any others on your list are that you read recently . One thing im doing this year as many people do ive read the bible through and ive done the King James Version in the niv and a friend recommended using a contemporary version and reading it through and it reads like a novel. Which is just fascinating that it reads more like a novel when you read a contemporary version. So im doing that i will finished at the end of the year. Maybe a little ahead of time. Its something i do want a big daily basis. And ive enjoyed that. I like reading cookbooks a variety of those have gone through. And continue do leaf do cookbooks. I find it is a tremendous way to learn about history of communities and customs in different communities. Cookbooks are always on my list. To get recommendations over in the senate. I know in the house when you are a member of the house he used to share books with other members. Have you, yet here . I have not found that over here yet but i still get recommendations from friends who know about them a voracious reader and ive always got something im looking on to. One of the things i enjoy with being able to download is i can download a sample if somebody says. If somebody says you ought to read this i can download a sample and get a taste of it and figure out if its something you want to keep or put on your kindle and read and then you can decide if its something you want a hard copy of. A lot of polemicals coming up current contemporary books on the trust administration, it do those or any administration that happens to be in power does attract your attention . Im living it every day. I am working through Public Policy every single day step i dont need a pundit to tell me. To see what other members of congress are reading visit book tv. Org and search what are you reading at the top of the page. You are watching booktv on cspan2 with top nonfiction books and authors every weekend. Booktv, television for serious readers. Here are some programs to watch out for this weekend on booktv on cspan2, former New York Times labor reporter Steven Greenhouse is our guest on after words. 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Click to welcome back salena zito the book is called the great revolt inside the populist coalition reshaping american politics. Good sunday morning, thank you for being with us. Thank you for having me. A lot to talk about in your book but overall the message is what . The message is, what brad and i wanted to