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Writers Share Recommendations Of Books All About Nature

May 21, 2020 - 5:40am

Looking for a good book? Wildlife writers share some of their favorites.

'The Hilarious World Of Depression' Podcast Host Gets Frank About Depression

May 13, 2020 - 6:50am

Every week, John Moe sits down with a famous comedian or writer to have a frank, serious — and often funny — conversation about experiencing depression.

Truffula Trees And Gangsta Rap: A Contagious Combination For This Milwaukee Rapper

May 6, 2020 - 4:00pm

Popular Dr. Seuss books such as "Fox in Socks" and "Green Eggs and Ham" have been paraded out to a YouTube audience, with the tongue-twisters rapped by Wes Tank to head-nodding beats courtesy of 2000s-era gangsta rap and hip-hop heavyweights like Dr. Dre and Dr. Octagon.

Seabiscuit: an American Legend by Laura Hillenbrand

April 27, 2020 - 12:30pm

Monday, April 27 through Friday, May 22, 2020. Read by Jim Fleming.

With knobby knees and crooked legs, Seabiscuit was no one's idea of a race horse, but looks aren't everything. His quality, an admirer once wrote, "was mostly in his heart." Laura Hillenbrand tells the story of the horse who...

Pandemic Reading Recommendations From Bestselling Author Ann Patchett

April 17, 2020 - 3:10pm

In times of uncertainty, books can be both a source of comfort and escape. But during a pandemic, when there’s a good chance you’re spending more time indoors than ever before, it’s not an uncommon feeling to have difficulty concentrating on a new book.

Walden by Henry David Thoreau

April 13, 2020 - 12:30pm

Monday, April 13 through Friday, April 24, 2020. Read by Jim Fleming.

Selections from Thoreau's classic about living in the woods near Concord, MA. Walden is part personal declaration of independence, social experiment, voyage of spiritual discovery, satire, and manual for self-reliance.

(Project Gutenberg and other publishers. CreateSpace ISBN-10: 1505297729)...

In The Time Of Coronavirus Distancing, A Wisconsin Teen Moves His Daily Storytime Session Online

March 30, 2020 - 6:45am

Oscar Telschow wants to be a teacher and was reading to preschoolers in person every day until the coronavirus closed schools. Instead of discontinuing storytime, he moved it online.

Laurentian Divide: A Novel by Sarah Stonich

March 23, 2020 - 12:30pm

Monday, March 23 through Friday, April 10, 2020. Read by Jim Fleming

Bitter winters are nothing new in Hatchet Inlet, hard up against the ridge of the Laurentian Divide, but the advent of spring can’t thaw the community’s collective grief, lingering since a senseless tragedy the previous fall. What is...

The Empire Writes Back: Author Discusses Explorer David Livingstone's Complicated Legacy

March 13, 2020 - 5:15pm

Nineteenth century European explorer David Livingstone died of malaria nearly 150 years ago, but as author Petina Gappah explains, Africans are still debating his legacy today as they assess the impact of European colonialism.

The Woman Who Smashed Codes by Jason Fagone

March 2, 2020 - 12:30pm

Monday, March 2 through Friday, March 20, 2020. Read by Norman Gilliland

The incredible true story of the greatest codebreaking duo that ever lived, an American woman and her husband who invented the modern science of cryptology together and used it to confront the evils of their time, solving puzzles...

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Writers Share Recommendations Of Books All About Nature

'The Hilarious World Of Depression' Podcast Host Gets Frank About Depression

Truffula Trees And Gangsta Rap: A Contagious Combination For This Milwaukee Rapper

Seabiscuit: an American Legend by Laura Hillenbrand

Pandemic Reading Recommendations From Bestselling Author Ann Patchett

Walden by Henry David Thoreau

In The Time Of Coronavirus Distancing, A Wisconsin Teen Moves His Daily Storytime Session Online

Laurentian Divide: A Novel by Sarah Stonich

The Empire Writes Back: Author Discusses Explorer David Livingstone's Complicated Legacy

The Woman Who Smashed Codes by Jason Fagone

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