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That Book PodcastThe Mafia of Extinct Countries | ep 4Welcome to the episode with our possibly most tantalizing title yet! We read some great books this week:
- Think Again by Adam Grant
- The Bomber Mafia by Malcolm Gladwell
- Dune by Frank Herbert
- Clockwork by Mike Michalowicz
Our in-depth book recap today is An Atlas of Extinct Countries by Gideon Defoe, which you may recognize from our previous episodes.
As always, you can find the full notes at thatbookpodcast.com/episode-4/
Now, let's get to the books!2023-04-0821 minThat Book PodcastI Will Teach You to Heist | ep 3Hey there! We're back with a tropical episode of That Book Podcast. We were on vacation for the week that we covered in this podcast, so our reading's a little different than normal.
Here's what we read this week:
An Atlas of Extinct Countries by Gideon Defoe
The Heist by Daniel Silva
The Bomber Mafia by Malcolm Gladwell
Our book recap of the week is I Will Teach You to be Rich by Ramit Sethi2023-04-0722 minThat Book PodcastA Minute to Finish | ep 2You can check out the full-length show notes here: https://thatbookpodcast.com/episode-2
Here’s what we read this past week:
- I Will Teach You to Be Rich by Ramit Sethi
- The Heist by Daniel Silva
- An Atlas of Extinct Countries by Gideon Defoe
- A Minute to Think by Juliet Funt
- Holier Than Thou by Jackie Hill Perry
- Grit by Angela Duckworth
- The Lazy Genius Way by Kendra Adachi
Book recap of the week: Finish by Jon Acuff
Happy reading!2023-04-0136 minThat Book PodcastThink You Have Atomic Habits? Think Again | ep 1You can check out the full-length show notes here: https://thatbookpodcast.com/episode-1/
Love books but feel like you don't have enough time to read?
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Why not dive into some GREAT books with Julianne and Andrew?
In each episode of That Book Podcast, we'll talk about what we've read this week, and recap one book in a little more detail. :)
(But not TOO MUCH detail- this isn't a book report!)
Here are the books we're talking about in this episode:
- Think Again by Adam Grant
- I Will Teach You To...2023-03-3056 min
Verbal DioramaThe Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists! / The Pirates! Band of MisfitsOne doesn't know why. Perhaps it's his luxuriant beard, or his gleaming teeth, or the way he smells faintly of coconuts, but we have taken a shine to this pirate.With different names depending on where you are in the English-speaking world, The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists! (or The Pirates! Band of Misfits) already feels like an anomaly in Aardman's stellar back catalogue.Based on the best-selling books by Gideon Defoe, who also writes the screenplay, The Pirates feels similar, yet also vastly (or should that be avastly?) different to the rest of...2023-02-0949 min
The Best Pick movie podcastThe Pirates! In An Adventure with Scientists!Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan and Tom Salinsky Episode 234: The Pirates! In An Adventure with Scientists! Released 30 November 2022 For this episode, we watched the 2012 stop-motion animated film The Pirates! In An Adventure with Scientists! adapted from his book by Gideon Defoe, directed by Peter Lord and starring the voices of Hugh Grant, David Tennant, Imelda Staunton, Martin Freeman and Russell Tovey. It cost $55 million to make and made $120 million at the box office. It has an 86% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. https://flixwatcher.tv/pisode-237-my-neighbor-totoro-with-carrie-morrion-and-jessica-regan-from-the-best-pick-movie-podcast https://www.rsc.org.uk...2022-11-301h 18
Take Me To Your ReaderRated Arrrr! The Pirates! In An Adventure With ScientistsFor International Talk Like a Pirate Day (2022), the guys do a quick episode on Gideon Defoe’s The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists, adapted into The Pirates! Band of Misfits (it was retitled in the U.S.). Rankings!: Colin: Movie Book James: Book Movie Seth: Movie Book2022-09-1900 minTake Me To Your ReaderRated Arrrr! The Pirates! In An Adventure With ScientistsFor International Talk Like a Pirate Day (2022), the guys do a quick episode on Gideon Defoe’s The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists, adapted into The Pirates! Band of Misfits (it was retitled in the U.S.). Rankings!: Colin: Movie Book James: Book Movie Seth: Movie Book2022-09-1900 minTake Me To Your ReaderRated Arrrr! The Pirates! In An Adventure With ScientistsFor International Talk Like a Pirate Day (2022), the guys do a quick episode on Gideon Defoe’s The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists, adapted into The Pirates! Band of Misfits (it was retitled in the U.S.). Rankings!: Colin: Movie Book James: Book Movie Seth: Movie Book2022-09-1900 min
Working HistoriansWriting Local History: Joe Flickinger - High School Teacher and Local HistorianJoe Flickinger teaches high school history outside Cincinnati, Ohio, and is the Vice President of the Green Township Historical Association. In this episode, Rob, Jimmy, and Joe discuss how to research and write local history, with examples from Joe’s writings on the Bridgetown Cemetery, suburbanization in Colerain Township, and the bicentennial of Green Township.
Recommendations:
Joe Flickinger, A History of Bridgetown Cemetery: Quietly Serving Cincinnati’s Western Hills for over 50 Years (Berwyn Heights, MD: Heritage Books, 2021) - recommended by Rob
Alexis Coe, You Never Forget Your First: A Biography of Georg...2021-08-2043 min
Map CornerMC-19 An Atlas of Extinct Countries - Gideon DefoeThis month we are talking to author Gideon Defoe, about his book An Atlas of Extinct CountriesWe have an audio postcard from Andy Gladwin Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2020-12-161h 02
Mostly Books Meets...Gideon DefoeIn this episode of Mostly Books Meets, Sarah chats to author and screen writer, Gideon Defoe.
After graduating from what he refers to as a slightly pointless degree in Archaeology and Anthropology, Gideon worked in bars and at a range of temp jobs whilst he worked out what he wanted to do with his career.
His first book, ‘The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists’ was written to impress a girl and I hope that she was impressed because, not only did the book go on to be a huge success, four further books were published in the same series and...2020-09-1038 min
Listen to the Best Full Audiobooks in History, WorldAn Atlas of Extinct Countries: The Remarkable (and Occasionally Ridiculous) Stories of 48 Nations that Fell off the Map by Gideon DefoePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/423286 to listen full audiobooks. Title: An Atlas of Extinct Countries: The Remarkable (and Occasionally Ridiculous) Stories of 48 Nations that Fell off the Map Author: Gideon Defoe Narrator: Ben Allen Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 7 minutes Release date: September 3, 2020 Genres: World Publisher's Summary: Prisoners of Geography meets Bill Bryson: a funny, fascinating, beautifully illustrated – and timely – history of countries that, for myriad and often ludicrous reasons, no longer exist. ‘Countries are just daft stories we tell each other. They’re all equally implausible once you get up close’ Countries die. Sometimes it’s murder, sometimes it...2020-09-0305 min
Listen to the Best Full Audiobooks in History, WorldAn Atlas of Extinct Countries: The Remarkable (and Occasionally Ridiculous) Stories of 48 Nations that Fell off the Map by Gideon DefoePlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/423286to listen full audiobooks.
Title: An Atlas of Extinct Countries: The Remarkable (and Occasionally Ridiculous) Stories of 48 Nations that Fell off the Map
Author: Gideon Defoe
Narrator: Ben Allen
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 4 hours 7 minutes
Release date: September 3, 2020
Genres: World
Publisher's Summary:
Prisoners of Geography meets Bill Bryson: a funny, fascinating, beautifully illustrated – and timely – history of countries that, for myriad and often ludicrous reasons, no longer exist. ‘Countries are just daft stories we tell each other. They’re all equally implausible once you get up close’ Countries die. Sometimes it’s murder, sometimes it’s by acci...2020-09-034h 07Get New Full Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, ComedyAn Atlas of Extinct Countries: The Remarkable (and Occasionally Ridiculous) Stories of 48 Nations that Fell off the Map by Gideon DefoePlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/423286to listen full audiobooks.
Title: An Atlas of Extinct Countries: The Remarkable (and Occasionally Ridiculous) Stories of 48 Nations that Fell off the Map
Author: Gideon Defoe
Narrator: Ben Allen
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 4 hours 7 minutes
Release date: September 3, 2020
Genres: Comedy
Publisher's Summary:
Prisoners of Geography meets Bill Bryson: a funny, fascinating, beautifully illustrated – and timely – history of countries that, for myriad and often ludicrous reasons, no longer exist. ‘Countries are just daft stories we tell each other. They’re all equally implausible once you get up close’ Countries die. Sometimes it’s murder, sometimes it’s by acci...2020-09-034h 07
Get New Free Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, ComedyAn Atlas of Extinct Countries: The Remarkable (and Occasionally Ridiculous) Stories of 48 Nations that Fell off the Map by Gideon DefoePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/423286 to listen full audiobooks. Title: An Atlas of Extinct Countries: The Remarkable (and Occasionally Ridiculous) Stories of 48 Nations that Fell off the Map Author: Gideon Defoe Narrator: Ben Allen Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 7 minutes Release date: September 3, 2020 Genres: Comedy Publisher's Summary: Prisoners of Geography meets Bill Bryson: a funny, fascinating, beautifully illustrated – and timely – history of countries that, for myriad and often ludicrous reasons, no longer exist. ‘Countries are just daft stories we tell each other. They’re all equally implausible once you get up close’ Countries die. Sometimes it’s murder, sometimes it...2020-09-0305 minDownload Top Full Audiobooks in Literature, Comedy, Satire & ParodyAn Atlas of Extinct Countries: The Remarkable (and Occasionally Ridiculous) Stories of 48 Nations that Fell off the Map by Gideon DefoePlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/423286to listen full audiobooks.
Title: An Atlas of Extinct Countries: The Remarkable (and Occasionally Ridiculous) Stories of 48 Nations that Fell off the Map
Author: Gideon Defoe
Narrator: Ben Allen
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 4 hours 7 minutes
Release date: September 3, 2020
Genres: Comedy, Satire & Parody
Publisher's Summary:
Prisoners of Geography meets Bill Bryson: a funny, fascinating, beautifully illustrated – and timely – history of countries that, for myriad and often ludicrous reasons, no longer exist. ‘Countries are just daft stories we tell each other. They’re all equally implausible once you get up close’ Countries die. Sometimes it’s murder, some...2020-09-034h 07
Cracking the SpineEpisode Twenty and Three - Make Em LaughSean and Josh give Zane a much needed break from their stupidity this week and delve into a conversation about comedy. Two of the funniest living humans talk comedy. It literally cannot go wrong. Or can it?
Books discussed:
A Head Full of Ghosts by: Paul Tremblay
The Fold by: Peter Clines
The Name of the Wind by: Patrick Rothfuss
Bossypants by: Tina Fey
Not That Kind of Girl by: Lena Dunham
Born Standing Up by: Steve Martin
Modern...2015-07-0932 min
Lave Radio: an Elite Dangerous podcastWriters Interview 016Chris speaks to Gideon Defoe, author of the Pirates! series about his upcoming Elite novel, "Docking is Difficult2014-04-1429 min
Download High-Quality Full Audiobooks in Fiction, Action & AdventureThe Pirates!: In an Adventure with the Romantics by Gideon DefoePlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/135147to listen full audiobooks.
Title: The Pirates!: In an Adventure with the Romantics
Series: #5 of The Pirates! Series
Author: Gideon Defoe
Narrator: John Lee
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 4 hours 48 minutes
Release date: August 21, 2012
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2
Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1
Genres: Action & Adventure
Publisher's Summary:
In Gideon Defoe’s fifth Pirates! adventure, the dashing Pirate Captain and his intrepid crew encounter perhaps the most swashbuckling poets in history: Lord Byron, Percy Bysshe Shelley, and Shelley’s fiancée, Mary Godwin. While visiting the shores of Lake Geneva to restore their spirits...2012-08-214h 48
Download High-Quality Full Audiobooks in Fiction, Action & AdventureThe Pirates!: In an Adventure with the Romantics by Gideon DefoePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/135147 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Pirates!: In an Adventure with the Romantics Series: #5 of The Pirates! Series Author: Gideon Defoe Narrator: John Lee Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 48 minutes Release date: August 21, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Action & Adventure Publisher's Summary: In Gideon Defoe’s fifth Pirates! adventure, the dashing Pirate Captain and his intrepid crew encounter perhaps the most swashbuckling poets in history: Lord Byron, Percy Bysshe Shelley, and Shelley’s fiancée, Mary Godwin. While visiting the shores of Lake Geneva to restore their s...2012-08-2110 min
Transform Your Downtime With the Magic of Full AudiobookPirates!: In an Adventure with the Romantics Audiobook by Gideon DefoeListen to this audiobook in full for free onhttps://hotaudiobook.com/freeID: 135147
Title: Pirates!: In an Adventure with the Romantics
Author: Gideon Defoe
Narrator: John Lee
Format: Unabridged
Length: 04:48:00
Language: English
Release date: 08-21-12
Publisher: Random House (Audio)
Genres: Fiction & Literature, Action & Adventure
Summary:
In Gideon Defoe’s fifth Pirates! adventure, the dashing Pirate Captain and his intrepid crew encounter perhaps the most swashbuckling poets in history: Lord Byron, Percy Bysshe Shelley, and Shelley’s fiancée, Mary Godwin.
While visiting the shores of Lake Geneva to restore their spirits and their finances, the Pirate Captain and his crew encount...2012-08-214h 48
Audiobook in Fiction, HumorThe Pirates! Band of Misfits (Movie Tie-in Edition) by Gideon Defoe | Free AudiobookListen to full audiobooks for free on :https://hotaudiobook.com/freeTitle: The Pirates! Band of Misfits (Movie Tie-in Edition)
Author: Gideon Defoe
Narrator: John Lee
Format: Unabridged
Length: 6 hrs and 26 mins
Language: English
Release date: 04-03-12
Publisher: Random House Audio
Genres: Fiction, Humor
Summary:
Now a major motion picture.
Adventure? Yes, more than one! Derring-do? Yes! Storms? Sea monsters? Rival pirates? Of course! Cameos by frequently anachronistic historical figures? You betcha! All that and more.
Not since Moby-Dick.... No, not since Treasure Island.... Actually, not since Jonah and the Whale has there been a group of seafarers to rival...2012-04-036h 26
Download High-Quality Full Audiobooks in Fiction, Action & AdventureThe Pirates! Band of Misfits (Movie Tie-in Edition): An Adventure with Scientists & An Adventure with Ahab by Gideon DefoePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/125357 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Pirates! Band of Misfits (Movie Tie-in Edition): An Adventure with Scientists & An Adventure with Ahab Author: Gideon Defoe Narrator: John Lee Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 24 minutes Release date: April 3, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Action & Adventure Publisher's Summary: NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE Adventure? Yes, more than one! Derring-do? Yes! Storms? Sea monsters? Rival pirates? Of course! Cameos by frequently anachronistic historical figures? You betcha! All that and more. Not since Moby-Dick. . . . No, not since Treasure Island. . . . Actually, not since Jonah and the Whale has t...2012-04-0310 min
Download High-Quality Full Audiobooks in Fiction, Action & AdventureThe Pirates! Band of Misfits (Movie Tie-in Edition): An Adventure with Scientists & An Adventure with Ahab by Gideon DefoePlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/125357to listen full audiobooks.
Title: The Pirates! Band of Misfits (Movie Tie-in Edition): An Adventure with Scientists & An Adventure with Ahab
Author: Gideon Defoe
Narrator: John Lee
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 6 hours 24 minutes
Release date: April 3, 2012
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1
Genres: Action & Adventure
Publisher's Summary:
NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE Adventure? Yes, more than one! Derring-do? Yes! Storms? Sea monsters? Rival pirates? Of course! Cameos by frequently anachronistic historical figures? You betcha! All that and more. Not since Moby-Dick. . . . No, not since Treasure Island. . . . Actually, not since Jonah and the Whale has there...2012-04-036h 24
Audiobook in Fiction, HumorThe Pirates! In an Adventure with Ahab by Gideon DeFoe | Free AudiobookListen to full audiobooks for free on :https://hotaudiobook.com/freeTitle: The Pirates! In an Adventure with Ahab
Author: Gideon DeFoe
Narrator: John Lee
Format: Unabridged
Length: 3 hrs and 23 mins
Language: English
Release date: 02-28-12
Publisher: Random House Audio
Genres: Fiction, Humor
Summary:
Theyre back!!! The Pirate Captain and his irascible crew of scoundrels return in their soggiest saga yet.
Fresh from their mishaps with Charles Darwin and the evil Bishop of Oxford, the Pirates set sail in a bouncy new vessel - purchased on credit. In order to repay his debts, the Pirate Captain is determined to capture...2012-02-283h 23
Download High-Quality Full Audiobooks in Fiction, Action & AdventureThe Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists: A Novel by Gideon DefoePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/122828 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists: A Novel Author: Gideon Defoe Narrator: John Lee Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 0 minutes Release date: February 28, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Action & Adventure Publisher's Summary: Not since Moby-Dick...No, not since Treasure Island...Actually, not since Jonah and the Whale has there been a sea saga to rival The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists, featuring the greatest sea-faring hero of all time, the immortal Pirate Captain, who, although he lives for months...2012-02-2810 min
Download High-Quality Full Audiobooks in Fiction, Action & AdventureThe Pirates! In an Adventure with Ahab: A Novel by Gideon DefoePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/122835 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Pirates! In an Adventure with Ahab: A Novel Author: Gideon Defoe Narrator: John Lee Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 21 minutes Release date: February 28, 2012 Genres: Action & Adventure Publisher's Summary: They’re back!!! The Pirate Captain and his irascible crew of scoundrels return in their soggiest saga yet.Fresh from their mishaps with Charles Darwin and the evil Bishop of Oxford, the Pirates set sail in a bouncy new vessel——purchased on credit. In order to repay his debts, the Pirate Captain is determined to capture the enigmatic White Whale...2012-02-2810 min
Download High-Quality Full Audiobooks in Fiction, Action & AdventureThe Pirates! In an Adventure with Ahab: A Novel by Gideon DefoePlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/122835to listen full audiobooks.
Title: The Pirates! In an Adventure with Ahab: A Novel
Author: Gideon Defoe
Narrator: John Lee
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 3 hours 21 minutes
Release date: February 28, 2012
Genres: Action & Adventure
Publisher's Summary:
They’re back!!! The Pirate Captain and his irascible crew of scoundrels return in their soggiest saga yet.Fresh from their mishaps with Charles Darwin and the evil Bishop of Oxford, the Pirates set sail in a bouncy new vessel——purchased on credit. In order to repay his debts, the Pirate Captain is determined to capture the enigmatic White Whale, hunted...2012-02-283h 21
Download High-Quality Full Audiobooks in Fiction, Action & AdventureThe Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists: A Novel by Gideon DefoePlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/122828to listen full audiobooks.
Title: The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists: A Novel
Author: Gideon Defoe
Narrator: John Lee
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 3 hours 0 minutes
Release date: February 28, 2012
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1
Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1
Genres: Action & Adventure
Publisher's Summary:
Not since Moby-Dick...No, not since Treasure Island...Actually, not since Jonah and the Whale has there been a sea saga to rival The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists, featuring the greatest sea-faring hero of all time, the immortal Pirate Captain, who, although he lives for months at...2012-02-283h 00Download Top 100 Full Audiobooks in Fiction, HumorThe Pirates! In an Adventure with Ahab Audiobook by Gideon DeFoeListen to this audiobook free with a 30-day trial. Go tohttp://hotaudiobook.com/freeTitle: The Pirates! In an Adventure with Ahab
Subtitle: A Novel
Author: Gideon DeFoe
Narrator: John Lee
Format: Unabridged
Length: 3 hrs and 23 mins
Language: English
Release date: 02-28-12
Publisher: Random House Audio
Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 2 votes
Genres: Fiction, Humor
Publisher's Summary:
Theyre back!!! The Pirate Captain and his irascible crew of scoundrels return in their soggiest saga yet.
Fresh from their mishaps with Charles Darwin and the evil Bishop of Oxford, the Pirates set sail in a bouncy new vessel - purchased on credit. In...2012-02-283h 23
OSU Libraries ReadAloud - 2011ReadAloud, February 17, 2011Erin Reilly-Sanders, a PhD graduate assistant teaching Children’s Literature in the School of Teaching and Learning, read from The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists b y Gideon Defoe, a crazy Monty Python-esque romp through the high seas with Charles Darwin and the pirate captain's ragtag band, and Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians by Brandon Sanderson, a juvenile novel that spills the beans on the real role of librarians. She also included an interlude of It's a Book by Lane Smith, a hilarious picturebook about technology, books, and a variety of interesting characters.2011-02-1800 min