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A weekly book review and discussion program hosted by Pat Leach. Updated on Thursdays.
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16 SET 2026 · An awkward guest staying too long in your home seems an unlikely plot for a novel. But it’s best-selling author Hans Christian Anderson visiting Charles Dickens, his 9 children, and his estranged wife. Anderson barely speaks English. “Five Weeks in the Country” by Francine Prose.
9 SET 2026 · Because early Americans thought the resources of this new country were infinite, birds were hunted for food and fashion to the point of extinction. “The Feather Wars” by James McCommons is the history of an unlikely group of individuals and organizations who came together to protect American bird life.
2 SET 2026 · “Cherry Baby” is the latest novel from best-selling Omaha author Rainbow Rowell. It’s a story of relationships failing and arriving, it’s also about navigating weight issues in the era of GLP-1 weight loss drugs.
26 AGO 2026 · Host Pat Leach is joined by Dr. Maria Nazos who received her PhD in English at UNL. They’ll talk about her new book of poetry “Pulse”, how she and her editors put together 16 years’ worth of poems, and working with Ted Kooser.
19 AGO 2026 · This week on “All About Books” host Pat Leach picks a title far outside her normal reading routine. She reviews “The River Has Roots” by Amal El-Mohtar a Nebula Award-winning fantasy novella. Hear how she did with this magic-filled story.
12 AGO 2026 · “Ghost Town” by Tom Perrotta is a darkly nostalgic story. It's written from the viewpoint of a middle-aged writer looking back at his teenage friendships in 1970’s suburban New Jersey.
5 AGO 2026 · “Killer Potential” by Hannah Deitch is a debut novel that’s being called the “Thelma and Louise” of our times. This combination thriller and murder mystery follows two young women fleeing a bloody murder scene in the Hollywood Hills who become a runaway media sensation.
29 LUG 2026 · Kate Marvel is a climate scientist with a PhD in theoretical physics from Cambridge. But she still has an emotional reaction to the climate models she runs. In her book “Human Nature: 9 Ways to Feel About Our Changing Planet” Marvel explores the different emotions evoked by climate change.
22 LUG 2026 · In the brief period of hope after the Civil War and Reconstruction, Edward McCabe, a Black businessman and rising political star had an audacious dream. His plan was to create a state governed by and for Black people in Oklahoma. This mostly forgotten history is found in the biography, “Black Moses” by Caleb Gayle.
21 LUG 2026 · Jill Blaine’s job is to comfort the dying and usher them into the afterlife- something she’s done hundreds of times since her own death. “Vigil” by George Saunders is a playfully imaginative novel dealing with corporate greed along and absolution
A weekly book review and discussion program hosted by Pat Leach. Updated on Thursdays.
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| Autore | Nebraska Public Media |
| Organizzazione | Nebraska Public Media |
| Categorie | Libri |
| Sito | nebraskapublicmedia.org |
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