WAMC BOOK PICKS
It is always so much fun to talk about books with the wonderful folks up at our regional NPR station, WAMC. Below see our book picks, most recent broadcasts first:
March 19,2013. This month, Jackie has some great women's titles! March is Women's History Month! Oh, and then there's a bio about Dennis Hopper, too! You can link to listen to her great reviews on a podcast on WAMC. Here are the titles:
- The Feminine Mystique by Betty Friedan
- Lean In: Women, Work, And The Will To Lead by Sheryl Sandberg
- In Praise of Messy Lives by Katie Rophie
- A Strange Stirring by The Feminine Mystique and American Women at The Dawn of the 1960s by Stephanie Coontz
- Her: A Memoir by Christa Parravani
- Hopper: A Journey Into an American Dream by Tom Folsom
January 22, 2013. We love to visit our friends at WAMC and talk about books! Here are today's picks and you can also listen to the podcast on WAMC:
- Tenth of December by George Saunders
- My Beloved World by Sonya Sotomayor
- Me And The Devil by Nick Tosches
- The Fourth Dimension of A Poem by M.H. Abrams
- Come All You Ghosts by Matthew Zapruder
- Next Stop Grand Central by Maira Kalman
- Grand Central Terminal: 100 Years of a New York Landmark by Anthony W. Robins
- Capt Underpants & the Revolting Revenge of the Radioactive Robo-Boxers by Dav Pilkey
December 4, 2012. Listen to our podcast on WAMC, or just click on the books to find out more about these titles and order!
- A Light That Never Goes Out: The Enduring Saga of The Smiths by Tony Fletcher
- Under The North Light: The Life and Work of Maud and Miska Petersham by Lawrence Webster
- Crazy, Sexy Kitchen: 150 Plant-Empowered Recipes To Ignite A Mouthwatering Revolution by Kris Carr
- NYPD Red by James Paterson and Marshall Karp
- True Nature: An Illustrated Journal of Four Seasons in Solitude by Barbara Bash
- Meet Me at the Art Museum: A Whimsical Look Behind the Scenes by David Goldin
- It's All About Me-Ow by Hudson Talbot
July 17, 2012. We are so grateful to our friends at WAMC for letting us come on the air
to talk about books! Here are today's picks and you can also listen to
the podcast on WAMC:
- 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami
- The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
- The Pocket Guide To Woodstock by Will Nixon and Michael Perkins
- Designing Houses: An Illustrated Guide to Building Your Own Home by Lester Walker
- The Receptionist by Janet Groth
- My Cross To Bear by Greg Allman
- Dragon Keepers #5: The Dragon in the Sea by Kate Klimo
January 10, 2012, WAMC broadcast book picks:
- Hedy's Folly by Richard Rhodes
- Fug You (An Informal History of the Peace Eye
Booksstore, The F*** You Press, the Fugs, and the Counterculture of The
Lower East Side) by Ed Sanders - Hope: A Tragedy by Shalom Auslander
- The Emporer of All Maladies by Siddhartha Mukherje
- The Hare With Amber Eyes by Edmund de Waal
- Beneath Cold Seas by David Hall
- The Beauty and the Sorrow by Peter Englund
- War Horse by Michael Morpur
November 1, 2011,WAMC broadcast books picks:
- THE STRANGER'S CHILD by Alan Hollinghurst
- FATHERMUCKER by Greg Olear
- THE DOORS: A LIFETIME OF LISTENING TO FIVE MEAN YEARS OF MUSIC by Greil Marcus
- EVERYTHING IS AN AFTERTHOUGHT: THE LIFE AND WRITINGS OF PAUL NELSON by Kevin Avery
- I WANT MY HAT BACK by Jon Klassen
- THE BUTCH BAKERY COOKBOOK by David Arrick, Janice Kollar
- THE FAMILY MEAL: HOME COOKING WITH FERRAN ADRIA
- FOOD RULES by Michael Pollan with illustrations by Maira Kalman
Come by the store and check them out or click above to peruse online!
