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...
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...
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:...
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...
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 "...
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...
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...
Monday, August 1, 2011, 12:30pm
Monday, August 1 through Friday, August 19, 2011. Read by Karl Schmidt. A naive doctor just out of medical school is introduced to life in a small Irish village filled with eccentric residents. (Doherty; ISBN-10: 0765368242 / ISBN-13: 9780765368249) Theme: "The Precious Jewel" from "...
Monday, July 4, 2011, 12:30pm
Monday, July 4 through Friday, Friday July 29, 2011. Read by Jim Fleming. The quiet village life of Major Pettigrew changes forever with the unexpected friendship of Mrs. Jasmina Ali, the Pakistani shopkeeper from the village. (Random House; ISBN-10: 0812981227 / ISBN-13: 9780812981223) Theme:...
Monday, June 13, 2011, 12:30pm
Monday, June 13 through Friday, July 9, 2011. Read by Norman Gilliland. A novel of an American female combat photographer in the Vietnam War. (St. Martin's Press; ISBN-10: 0312674449 / ISBN-13: 9780312674441) Theme: "Little Wing" and "Purple Haze" by Jimi Hendrix Played by...
Monday, May 16, 2011, 12:30pm
Monday, May 16 through Friday, June 10, 2011. Read by Jim Fleming. The return of the characters from Once a Spy, heard on Chapter a Day last year, once again asks the question "What happens when a former CIA agent can no longer trust his own mind?" Charlie and Drummond Clark are hiding...
Monday, April 11, 2011, 12:30pm
Monday, April 11 through Friday, May 13, 2011. Read by Karl Schmidt. A story from the "driftless" area of Wisconsin, about a town apparently left out of time. It's an unforgettable slice of life in rural America (Milkweed; ISDN-10: 1571310592 / ISBN-13: 978-57131-059-0) Theme: Haydn...
Monday, March 28, 2011, 12:30pm
Monday, March 28, 2011 through Friday, April 8, 2011. Read by Jim Fleming. In 1950, the Crehores, 7-year-old Dave and his parents, moved from Ohio to Manitowoc, WI. His memoir is filled with the satisfying life and adventures of a Wisconsin in the middle of the 20th Century. (Terrace Books; ISBN-10...
Monday, March 14, 2011, 12:30pm
Monday, March 14, 2011 through Friday, March 25, 2011. Read by Norman Gilliland. If only your high school chemistry class had been this good. It's a fascinating account of two forensic pioneers in early 20th-century New York, and brings the art of chemistry to life. (Penguin; ISBN-10:...
Monday, February 28, 2011, 12:30pm
Monday, February 28, 2011 through Friday, March 11, 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. (Knopf; ISBN-10: 0307272087 / ISBN13:...
Wednesday, February 16, 2011, 12:30pm
Wednesday, February 16, 2011 through Friday, February 25, 2011. Read by Karl Schmidt. This is the third and final memoir detailing McMurtry's more than forty years in Hollywood. Though he's best known as a novelist, his story of the process of film making is compelling. (Simon and...
Monday, January 24, 2011, 12:30pm
Monday, January 24, 2011 through Tuesday, February 15, 2011. Read by Susan Sweeney. Inspired by the life of the author's great-grandmother, this is a moving story of two Iowa farm wives struggling to survive during the Depression. (Other Press; ISBN-10: 1590513460 / ISBN: 9781590513460) Theme...
Monday, January 3, 2011, 12:30pm
Monday, January 3, 2011 through Friday, January 21, 2011. Read by Jim Fleming. Morrie Morgan, the itinerant schoolteacher and charmer from Doig's "The Whistling Season" returns to Butte, Montana in 1919 and "the richest hill on earth." The story of copper mining and union/...
Thursday, December 23, 2010, 12:30pm
Thursday, December 23, 2010 through Friday, December 31, 2010. Read by Jim Fleming. The Chimes: A Goblin Story of Some Bells That Rang An Old Year Out and a New Year In . Theme: "Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day" & "Greensleeves" from "A Midnight Clear: A Celtic...
Monday, December 20, 2010, 12:30pm
Monday, December 20, 2010 through Wednesday, December 22, 2010. Read by Karl Schmidt. Playing "Christmas at Thompson Hall" is a Christmas tradition...
