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Crime novelist T Jefferson Parker takes to the slopes with “Crazy Blood”

From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk

In Parker’s 22nd book, it’s high noon up in the Sierra Nevada Mountains in Mammoth Falls, 7880 feet above sea level. The air smells like snow, memo...

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and KCMJ Community Radio

Added: Mar 17, 2016
Length: 09:58
Purchases: 2

Novelist James Lee Burke and “The House of the Rising Sun”

From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk

JLB has published 36 books over 50 years. He’s best known for his mysteries, particularly the Dave Robicheaux series and the Holland family storie...

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and KCMJ Community Radio

Added: Feb 24, 2016
Length: 09:57
Purchases: 2

North Carolina Novelist David Joy, “Where All Light Tends To Go”

From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk

This southern noir tale is the intimate story of 18-year-old Jacob McNeely whose daddy controls the crystal meth business in a small town in rural ...

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and KCMJ Community Radio

Added: Feb 20, 2016
Length: 09:37
Purchases: 2

Gregory White Smith, co-author of “Van Gogh: The Life”

From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk

Many observers including his biographers would say he’s the most famous artist in the world. Master of sunflowers and starry skies, Vincent Van Gog...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio

Added: Oct 29, 2015
Length: 09:58
Purchases: 1

"The River of Doubt" by Candace Millard

From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk

This river is a tributary of the mighty Amazon. It snakes through one of the world’s most treacherous jungles and it’s where President Teddy Roosev...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio

Added: Oct 29, 2015
Length: 09:59
Purchases: 1

Crayons have feelings? Drew Daywalt and "The Day the Crayons Came Home"

From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk

His box of crayons on his desk inspired Drew's first book, "The Day the Crayons Quit." His parents' generosity served as the bedrock for his latest...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio

Added: Sep 18, 2015
Length: 09:59
Purchases: 1

Romance, dating, sex and - Muslim women? Nura Maznavi’s book “Love, InshAllah: The Secret Love Lives of American Muslim Women”

From: Joseph Sr Dobzynski
Series: We All Live Here For What It's Worth

Romance, dating, sex and - Muslim women? Nura Maznavi’s book “Love, InshAllah: The Secret Love Lives of American Muslim Women”

Added: Mar 03, 2015
Length: 22:46

Ilan Stavans, The United States of Mestizo

From: Joseph Sr Dobzynski
Series: We All Live Here For What It's Worth

Ilan Stavans is a Mexican-American essayist, lexicographer, cultural commentator, translator, short-story author, TV personality, and teacher known...

Added: Mar 03, 2015
Length: 23:33

Gary Segura, Latino America: How America's Most Dynamic Population will Transform the Politics of the Nation

From: Joseph Sr Dobzynski
Series: We All Live Here For What It's Worth

Gary Segura, Latino America: How America's Most Dynamic Population Is Poised to Transform the Politics of the Nation Gary M. Segura is a Professor...

Bought by KRZA

Added: Mar 03, 2015
Length: 25:35
Purchases: 1

Author Cary Elwes aka Westley with "As You Wish"

From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk

"Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride” is the subtitle of this book that includes stories from all the movie's main characters...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio and KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio

Added: Dec 20, 2014
Length: 10:01
Purchases: 2

Author Redmond O’Hanlon travels a mile deep in “Trawler"

From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk

British naturalist and jungle survivor of Borneo, Amazonia and the Congo, O’Hanlon sets off this time on a commercial fishing ship in the harsh wat...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio and KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio

Added: Dec 02, 2014
Length: 09:56
Purchases: 2

Author Alexander McCall Smith and The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency Series

From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk

“The Handsome Man’s De Luxe Café” is the 15th installment in this series. Mma Ramotswe needs all of her problem solving talents to help her friend ...

Bought by WABE and KCMJ Community Radio

Added: Nov 22, 2014
Length: 09:56
Purchases: 2

Crime novelist Neely Tucker and "The Ways of the Dead"

From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk

This first in a new mystery series is written by a veteran Washington Post reporter and is based on a true crime, the Princeton Place Murders, that...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio and KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio

Added: Aug 18, 2014
Length: 09:53
Purchases: 2

Lonely Planet Founders: Authors Tony & Maureen Wheeler

From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk

This European-born couple who have called Australia home for many decades created the first in the Lonely Planet series of guide books more than 40...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio and KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio

Added: Jul 11, 2014
Length: 09:48
Purchases: 2

Author Sister Madonna Buder a.k.a. the Iron Nun

From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk

A Roman Catholic Sister in her 80s who wrote “The Grace to Race, “ she’s the oldest person ever (man or woman) to finish an Ironman Triathlon. This...

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and KCMJ Community Radio

Added: May 08, 2014
Length: 09:40
Purchases: 2

Middle Ground Pilot 2

From: Middle Ground
Series: Middle Ground

The second pilot episode for the new show, Middle Ground, which focuses on news, politics and culture from middle America.

Bought by NPR Illinois

Added: Oct 08, 2013
Length: 56:30
Purchases: 1

THE TILLMAN STORY - Amir Bar-Lev talks about his documentary

From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes

Filmmaker Amir Bar-Lev talks about truth, propaganda, and cover-ups in the life and death of Pat Tillman

Added: Sep 01, 2010
Length: 14:18

From Thoreau's rural journal to the future of farming - on ThoughtCast!

From: Jenny Attiyeh

Caption: Lovejoy Brook Farm, Credit: Jenny Attiyeh

From Thoreau's rural journal to the science of the mind to 36 arguments for the existence of God to classical music to the future of farming (whew!...

Bought by WGBH Radio Boston