Home for Sale by Leo Litwak
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"...
The Tie That Binds by Kent Haruf
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...
Walden by Henry David Thoreau
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...
First Family: Abigail and John Adams by Joseph Ellis
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...
The Girl in the Blue Beret by Bobbie Ann Mason
Monday, May 28, 2012, 12:30pm
Monday, May 28 through Friday, June 15, 2012. Read by Norman Gilliland. An unforgettable novel about an American World War II pilot shot down in Occupied Europe, and his memories of the people who helped him. (Random House; ISBN: 1400067189) Theme: Artie Shaw & his orchestra: Frenesi (as...
Patti LuPone: a memoir by Patti LuPone
Monday, May 7, 2012, 12:30pm
Monday, May 7 through Friday, May 25, 2012. Read by Michele Good. The Broadway legend and multiple award winner has been a huge success on stage. In this memoir she takes the reader backstage personally and professionally to explore her life. (Crown; ISBN: 0307460746) Theme: Patti Lupone Live -...
Rodin's Debutante: a novel by Ward Just
Monday, April 9, 2012, 12:30pm
Monday, April 9 through Friday, May 4, 2012. Read by Karl Schmidt. A coming of age story in mid 20th century Chicago. As Booklist says: "...in this mordantly funny yet profoundly mysterious novel, Just asks what divides and what unites us. What should be kept secret? Which teaches us more,...
The Eighty-Dollar Champion by Elizabeth Letts
Monday, March 19, 2012, 12:30pm
Monday, March 19 through Friday, April 6, 2012. Read by Jim Fleming. It's November 1958 and the National Horse Show at Madison Square Garden in New York City is about to begin. Into the rarefied atmosphere of wealth and tradition comes the most unlikely of horses - a drab white former plow...
Eventide by Kent Haruf
Monday, February 20, 2012, 12:30pm
Monday, February 20 through Friday, March 16, 2012. Read by Karl Schmidt. The author of Plainsong returns to the people of Holt, Colorado. This time the focus is on the brothers Harold and Raymond McPheron in a story that reveals the heart of the American West. (Knopf; ISBN-10: 0375411585) Theme:...
A Gate at the Stairs by Lorrie Moore
Thursday, February 2, 2012, 12:30pm
Thursday, February 2 through Friday, February 3, 2012. Read by Analiese Dickinson Moore is known for her incisive short fiction, and her new novel takes on the disconnection so many people feel in a post 9/11 world. This is the excerpted first chapter as published in The New Yorker Magazine (Knopf...
The Tiger: A True Story of Vengeance and Survival by John Vaillant
Monday, January 16, 2012, 12:30pm
Monday, January 16 through Wednesday, February 1, 2012. Read by Norman Gilliland In rural Russia a tiger is killing people. Vaillant brings the tiger, the people, and the conflict to life in this true story. (Vintage ISBN-10: 0307389049) Theme: Edward MacDowell: Lamia on Albany Troy 235 - Keith...
The Tiger's Wife by Téa Obreht
Monday, December 26, 2011, 12:30pm
Monday, December 26 through Friday, January 13, 2012. Read by Susan Sweeney. In a Balkan country mending from war, Natalia, a young doctor, is compelled to unravel the mysterious circumstances surrounding her beloved grandfather's recent death. Most extraordinary of all is the story her...
An Irish Country Christmas by Patrick Taylor
Monday, November 28, 2011, 12:30pm
Monday, November 28 through Friday, December 23, 2011. Read by Karl Schmidt. Taylor returns to Ballybucklebo, where doctors O'Reilly and Laverty are practicing country medicine. The holidays provide a different look at the eccentric village residents. (Doherty/Tom; ISBN-10: 0765366851 / ISBN...
American Boy by Larry Watson
Monday, October 24, 2011, 12:30pm
Monday, October 24 through Friday, November 11, 2011. Read by Jim Fleming. The author of Montana 1948 and Justice is back with coming of age story from the heartland of Minnesota in 1962 that will break your heart, and win you over. (Milkweed; ISBN-10: 1571310789 / ISBN-13: 978-1571310781 Theme:...
Summers: A True Love Story by Margot Peters
Monday, October 10, 2011, 12:30pm
Monday, October 10 through Friday, October 21, 2011. Read by Susan Sweeney and Jim Fleming. A story in letters between a boy and a girl, letters which span the years 1949-1960. (Xlibris; ISBN-10: 145689711X / ISBN-13: 9781456897116;) You can also order from Margot Peters at margot13.peters@charter...
Doc: a novel by Mary Doria Russell
Monday, September 12, 2011, 12:30pm
Monday, September 12 through Friday, October 7, 2011. Read by Karl Schmidt. A fresh, imaginative portrait of the legendary Doc Holliday. (Random House; ISBN-10: 1400068045 / ISBN-13: 978-1-4000-6804-3) Theme: Bill Frisell - "Gimme a Holler" and "Go Jake" from the album "...
The Mind's Eye by Oliver Sacks
Monday, September 5, 2011, 12:30pm
Monday, September 5, 2011 through Friday, September 9, 2011. Read by Jim Fleming. Oliver Sacks writes in his usual extraordinary manner about people who've lost what we think of as essential abilities, including reading, face recognition, and speech. Further excerpts not broadcast earlier this...
The Man Who Loved Books Too Much : The True Story of a Thief, a Detective, and a World of Literary Obsession by Allison Hoover Bartlett
Monday, August 22, 2011, 12:30pm
Monday, August 22 through Friday, September 2, 2011. Read by Jim Fleming. John Charles Gilkey steals rare books, but only for love-the love of books. Ken Sanders wants to catch him. For Bartlett it's a fascinating chase, but also a search to find out: What is it that makes some people stop at...
