Monday, February 10, 2014, 12:30pm
Monday, February 10 through Friday, February 21, 2014. Read by Norman Gilliland.
Cabeza de Vaca was an early explorer of the New World in the 16th Century, one of four survivors of a Spanish expedition in 1527, he traveled across the American Southwest and in Mexico.
(University of New Mexico Press; ISBN-10: 082630656X)
Theme: "Calata ala spagnola" after Joan Ambrosio Dalza (fl. 1508) Piffaro Archiv 453441
Monday, January 13, 2014, 12:30pm
Monday January 13 through Friday February 7, 2014. Read by Susan Sweeney.
This is a compelling domestic story set in Miami. A young woman comes home with her husband and young son, hoping for a new life and finding it. Of course a new life means new and sometimes difficult choices.
(Harper; ISBN-10: 006221960X)
Theme: "Ten Day Interval" from the album "TNT" by Tortoise
Monday, December 16, 2013, 12:30pm
Monday, December 16, 2013 through Friday, January 10, 2014. Read by Jim Fleming.
When the choir director of Quebec's Saint-Gilbert-Entre-les-Loups is murdered, it's rarely opened doors must admit Chief Inspector Gamache.
(Minotaur; ISBN-10: 1250031125)
Theme: selections from "Voices of Ascension from Chant to Reanaissance," Dennis Keene, cond (Delos DE 3174)
Monday, December 2, 2013, 12:30pm
Monday, December 2 through Friday, December 13, 2013. Read by Karl Schmidt.
Shackleton's attempt to reach the South Pole is an unequaled adventure story.
(Avalon Publishing: ISBN: 0786706848)
Theme: Ligeti - 6 Bagatelles #s 2 and 5
Monday, November 18, 2013, 12:30pm
Monday, November 18 through Friday, November 29, 2013. Read by Jim Fleming.
It was perhaps the most famous bank robbery of all time, the end of the line for the James/Younger gang and a story of great bravery by the citizens of Northfield, MN.
(William Morrow; ISBN-10: 0061989479)
Theme: "Bonaparte's Retreat" by Jay Unger & Molly Mason
Monday, October 28, 2013, 12:30pm
Monday, October 28 through Friday, November 15, 2013. Read by Michele Good.
A debut novel about the two Janine Browns from Cedar Falls, Iowa. Only one of them won a house in Maine in a sweepstakes but both of them show up to claim it.
(Thomas Dunne Books; ISBN-10: 1250011388)
Theme: "Canned Goods" by Greg Brown from "Greg Brown: One Night" (Red House Records RHR CD 128)
Monday, October 21, 2013, 12:30pm
Monday, October 21 through Friday, October 18, 2013. Read by Norman Gilliland.
Rosalie MacKenzie finds and rescues Smokey, a Siberian husky suffering from neglect. Her simple act of kindness changes both their lives.
(Forge; ISBN-10: 0765332531)
Theme: Lemmink inen's Return from "Four Legends From The Kalevala, Op 22" by Jean Sibelius; Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra - Paavo Berglund, cond
Monday, October 14, 2013, 12:30pm
Monday, October 14 through Friday, October 18, 2013. Read by Susan Sweeney.
On Big Spider Lake near Hayward, Wisconsin is a cabin that has seen five generations of family visit, all of them fondly remembered by the author. (Pledge special)
(Wisconsin Historical Society Press ISBN-10: 0870204912) Also available as an unabridged Audiobook from The Radio Store at 800-747-7444.
Theme: Phil Cook & His Feat; from the Album: Hungry Mother Blues 1.Frazee, MN, 2. The Jensens 3. Lament & Lullaby
Monday, September 30, 2013, 12:30pm
Monday, September 30 through Friday, October 11, 2013. Read by Norman Gilliland.
Rosalie MacKenzie finds and rescues Smokey, a Siberian husky suffering from neglect. Her simple act of kindness changes both their lives.
(Forge; ISBN-10: 0765332531)
Theme: Lemmink inen's Return from "Four Legends From The Kalevala, Op 22" by Jean Sibelius; Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra - Paavo Berglund, cond
Monday, August 19, 2013, 12:30pm
Monday, August 19 through Friday, September 27, 2013. Read by Jim Fleming.
The author of "Driftless" takes us back to Words, Wisconsin and a new cast of characters who must take on the burdens of the past.
(Milkweed; ISBN-10: 1571311009)
Theme: Haydn: The Seven Last Words - introduction; Emerson Quartet (DG B0002053-02)
Monday, August 5, 2013, 12:30pm
Monday, August 5 through Friday, August 16, 2013. Read by Susan Sweeney.
On Big Spider Lake near Hayward, Wisconsin is a cabin that has seen five generations of family visit, all of them fondly remembered by the author.
(Wisconsin Historical Society Press; ISBN-10: 0870204912) Also available as an unabridged Audiobook from The Radio Store at 800-747-7444.
Theme: Phil Cook & His Feat; from the Album: Hungry Mother Blues 1.Frazee, MN, 2. The Jensens 3. Lament & Lullaby
Monday, July 22, 2013, 12:30pm
Monday July 22 through Friday August 2, 2013. Read by Karl Schmidt
Stories of life on a Beloit dairy farm from the early years of the 20th Century
(Beloit City Press; ISBN-10: 1881480100)
Theme: "In Formation" with the Kronos Quartet; Funky Chicken, When, Junk Food Blues OR Dark Razz, Enantio Dromia High"
Monday, June 24, 2013, 12:30pm
Monday, June 24 through Friday, July 19, 2013. Read by Jim Fleming
The true story of two deep-sea wreck divers who found a German U-boat off the coast of New Jersey in 1991.
(Random House; ISBN-10: 0375508589 )
Theme: "Allegro from Symphony Nr 2 in C, Op 42" by Anton Rubinstein; Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra - Stephen Gunzenhauser, cond. (Marco Polo 8.223001)
Monday, May 27, 2013, 12:30pm
Monday, May 27 through Friday, June 21, 2013. Read by Jim Fleming.
William Dodd was US ambassador to Hitler's Germany in 1933, a time when he and his family faced a changing world and the need for changing attitudes.
(Broadway; ISBN-10: 030740885X)
Theme: Weill: Mack The Knife / The Instead-of Song / The Ballad of the Easy Life from Threepenny Opera Suite; Orchestra of St. Luke's - Julius Rudel (MHS 512485Y)
Monday, April 1, 2013, 12:30pm
Monday, April 29 through Friday, May 24, 2013. Read by Karl Schmidt
A big story in the well-known style of one of America's major chroniclers, this is the story of Miami and what it means to the country as a whole.
(Little Brown; ISBN-10: 0316036315)
Theme: "Just Wait a Minute" The Uptown String Quartet
Monday, March 25, 2013, 12:30pm
Monday, March 25 through Friday, April 26, 2013. Read by Jim Fleming
If you don't love baseball you'll like this because it's a good story well told. If you do love baseball, well, same thing.
(Back Bay Books; ISBN 10: 0316126675)
Theme: "Um, Circles & Squares" from the album "The Lost Take" by Dosh
Monday, March 4, 2013, 12:30pm
Monday, March 4 through Friday, March 22, 2013. Read by Susan Sweeney.
A fascinating memoir by the owner and chef of a New York restaurant tracing her unorthodox trajectory to becoming a chef.
(Random House; ISBN 10: 0812980883)
Theme: "Just Wait a Minute" The Uptown String Quartet
Monday, February 4, 2013, 12:30pm
Monday, February 4 through Friday, March 1, 2013. Read by Jim Fleming.
In the autumn of 1929 a young man stumbles across the aftermath of murder.
(NEMO Productions; ISBN-10: 0971509352)
Theme: Trevor Stephenson: "Whispering"
Monday, January 7, 2013, 12:30pm
Monday, January 7 through Friday, February 1, 2013. Read by Jim Fleming.
Another of the special coming-of-age stories that Doig does so well, this one a loving tale of a son and father adjusting to a change to modern times in Gros Ventre, Montana.
(Riverhead; ISBN 10: 1594487359)
theme: selections from "Fiddle Fever" (Flying Fish FF 70303)
Monday, December 17, 2012, 12:30pm
Monday, December 17, 2012 through Friday, January 4, 2013. Read by Karl Schmidt.
The extraordinary novelist unveils English society in four short tales: "Christmas at Thompson Hall," "Christmas Day at Kirkby Cottage," "An Unprotected Female at the Pyramids," and "Father Giles of Ballymoy."
(Carroll & Graf; ISBN 0786700211)
theme: Mozart: Sonata for 2 Pianos in D K 448; Christine & Michelle Naughton, pianos; from their album "Piano Duets" (Orfeo C859 121A)
Monday, December 3, 2012, 12:30pm
Monday, December 3 through Friday, December 14, 2012. Read by Michele Good
The staff of the Spencer Library in a small Iowa community saved the kitten. Everyone agrees the kitten turned into a cat who would save the community.
(Grand Central; ISBN-10: 0446407429)
theme: "Summer's End" by Pat Donohue; "Simple Melody" by Todd Barneson
Monday, November 5, 2012, 12:30pm
Monday, November 5 through Friday, November 30, 2012. Read by Susan Sweeney
Dr. Marina Singh travels to the Amazon to find the remains of a colleague. Her experiences there are extraordinary, opening opportunities for the future and reviving travails from the past.
Theme: "ihu: todos os sons" by Marlui Miranda ("Blue Jackel" or "Pau Brasil", catalogue # BJAC 1505-2)
Monday, October 22, 2012, 12:30pm
Monday, October 22 through Friday, November 2, 2012. Read by Norman Gilliland.
A middle-aged man contends with a past he has largely forgotten until his closest childhood friends return with a vengeance.
(Vintage; ISBN-10: 0307947726 ISBN-13: 9780375724381)
Theme: "Honey Pie" and "Fool on the Hill" from ""Here, There and Everywhere: The Beatles for Guitar" - G ran S llscher, guitar (DG 447 104-2)
Monday, October 8, 2012, 12:30pm
Monday, October 8 through Friday, October 19, 2012. Read by Jim Fleming.
Baseball's unwritten rules, as clearly understood by those who play the game, are revealed in fascinating examples from the sport's history.
(Anchor Sports; ISBN-10: 030727862X ISBN-13: 978-0307278623)
Monday, September 24, 2012, 12:30pm
Monday, September 24 through Friday, October 5, 2012. Read by Jim Fleming.
The subtitle tells the story: how one dog and one woman rescued each other - and the lives they transformed along the way.
(Harlequin; ISBN-10: 037389256X)
Theme: Gershwin: Promenade, Two Waltzes; Leonard Pennario (EMI CDC 7 47418 2)
Monday, September 3, 2012, 12:30pm
Monday, September 3 through Friday, September 21, 2012. Read by Jim Fleming.
In 1950s Detroit, young Eugene leaves an orphanage hoping to go to college. First, however, he gets involved in a massive real estate boom and bust.
(El Leon Literary Arts; ISBN-10: 0983391939)
Theme: "Moanin" with Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, from "Bebop: The Sound That Transformed Jazz"
Monday, August 6, 2012, 12:30pm
Monday, August 6 through Friday, August 31, 2012. Read by Karl Schmidt.
The story of 80-year-old Edith Goodnough of Holt County, Colorado, as told by her somewhat unreliable neighbor, a farmer called Sanders Roscoe.
(Vintage; ISBN-10: 0375724389 ISBN-13: 978-0375724381)
Theme: Shostakovich Violin Sonata Op 134 - andante; Gidon Kremer & Kremerata Baltica (DG B0007622-02)
Monday, July 23, 2012, 12:30pm
Monday, July 23 through Friday August 3, 2012. Read by Cynthia Woodland.
The compelling memoir by Dr. Thornton reveals how she learned from her father's teachings how to overcome bias and rise to the top of her profession as the first African-American woman to be board certified in the obstetrical sub-specialty of maternal-fetal medicine.
(Kaplan; ISBN: 1607147246)
Theme: "But Not For Me" The Modern Jazz Quartet: Django (Original Jazz Classics OJCCD-05702)
Monday, July 9, 2012, 12:30pm
Monday, July 9 through Friday, July 20, 2012. Read by Jim Fleming.
We offer selections from Thoreau's classic about living in the woods near Concord, MA as we honor the 150th anniversary of his death.
(various publishers)
Theme: Edward MacDowell: Woodland Sketches, "To a Wild Rose, Will o' the wisp, At an Old Trysting Place"; James Barbagallo, piano (Marco Polo 8.223631)
Monday, June 18, 2012, 12:30pm
Monday June 18, through Friday, July 6, 2012. Read by Jim Fleming.
"The premier husband and wife team in American History" is brought to life by Joseph Ellis. It's part political history and part love story.
(Vintage ISBN-10: 0307389995 / ISBN-13: 978-0307389992)
Theme: Mozart: Rondo (Allegro) from the "Haffner" Sereande; Iona Brown, vln; Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Neville Marriner, cond. (Philips 416 154-2)