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Book Nook episodes

July 30, 2019 Best of the Book Nook: David Allen Sibley And Neal Loving
"The Sibley Guide to Birds" David Allen Sibley (original recording made in 2000) David Allen Sibley is one of our leading ornithologists. He spent years working on his masterful guide to American birds. He created thousands of paintings to illustrate it and he drew almost every single bird from real life. This book became an instant best-seller and has sold hundreds of thousands of copies. Loving's Love: A Black American's Experiences in Aviation" Neal Loving (original recording made in 1996) We
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July 28, 2019 Book Nook: The Stories You Tell, by Kristen Lepionka
Kristen Lepionka is an ascendant star in the crime fiction genre. Her third novel "The Stories You Tell" is another installment in her series which features the private detective Roxane Weary. Lepionka sets these stories in her hometown of Columbus and with each successive book the author is building her audience of enthusiastic readers. Roxane Weary is the real deal. She's an old school gumshoe who navigates the rather baffling trends in modern society. She understands how to plumb the on-line
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July 26, 2019 Book Nook: Never Look Back, by Alison Gaylin
Alison Gaylin had been on my list. Frequently I will ask authors I am interviewing for suggestions of some books that I might enjoy. It is a great way to discover books and authors previously unfamiliar to me. And I know that listeners love it, too. Over the past few years I have had half a dozen authors mention Alison Gaylin. They said I had to read her, that she's a fabulous writer. I made a note of that each time her name was mentioned and I took the hint and tried to interview Alison for a
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July 22, 2019 Book Nook: Stone Mothers, by Erin Kelly
There are some really wonderful people who work in the publishing industry. I deal with publicists who help me to book interviews with authors and many of them are quite passionate about the books and authors they are trying to promote. I have one publicist who has arranged many interviews for me over the years and he has a good sense of which books to suggest and authors who I might wish to interview. He thought that I might want to talk to an English author named Erin Kelly. She has a new
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July 16, 2019 Book Nook: The Burning Chambers, by Kate Mosse
In 2006 an English writer named Kate Mosse published her book "Labyrinth." It was the first book in what became known as her Languedoc Trilogy. That work of historical fiction created a worldwide sensation. I really enjoyed the book and I tried to get an interview with her but she got so famous so fast that it was never possible for me to schedule her. She has put out a number of books since and recently released "The Burning Chambers" which is the first book in a planned quartet of books which
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July 13, 2019 Book Nook: Angel in the Fog, by T.J. Turner
T.J. Turner returned to the program to discuss his third novel in a series that is set in the 1860's and 1870's. The first two books were works of alternative history. Try to imagine that our Civil War had a very different ending, that President Abraham Lincoln was never assassinated, and take it from there. That's what Turner did in his first two books. For this third one he has gone back before the other two stories to write a prequel that tells the story of Molly Ferguson and how she became
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July 10, 2019 Best of the Book Nook: War is a Force That Gives Us Meaning, by Chris Hedges
The first time Chris Hedges appeared on the program I interviewed him for his book "War is a Force That Gives Us Meaning." Hedges was formerly a war correspondent. He has covered conflicts all over the globe. He knows about war and he doesn't like it. During this interview he described how war can become addictive for the combatants and for the journalists who are reporting about it. Hedges has made numerous appearances on the program since this interview. "War is a Force That Gives Us Meaning"
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July 08, 2019 Book Nook: The Middleman, by Olen Steinhauer
If I really like a book I'll try to interview the author twice; once for the hardcover release and once again when it comes out in paperback. I really liked "The Middleman" by Olen Steinhauer. It was my favorite novel of 2018. Olen did something unusual in this one because he rarely sets his stories in the United States. In "The Middleman" a shadowy group is plotting to disrupt our society and our government. This one takes place during our current times; Donald Trump is the president. One day
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July 03, 2019 Best of the Book Nook: Helen Fielding and Andrea Dworkin
"Bridget Jones: the Edge Of Reason" by Helen Fielding (original recording made in 1999) In 1996 Helen Fielding published "Bridget Jones's Diary." That book came seemingly out of nowhere. Twenty years ago Helen Fielding passed through Dayton to publicize her second book "Bridget Jones: the Edge Of Reason" and she came out to Yellow Springs to do an interview. She explained how that first book originated as a series of newspaper columns she wrote anonymously just for fun. She got such a response
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June 30, 2019 Best of the Book Nook: Casualty of War-a Childhood Remembered, by Luisa Lang Owen
In 1945 as World War Two was ending German concentration camps were being liberated. Meanwhile in Yugoslavia the German speaking population was being incarcerated in new concentration camps. Luisa Lang Owen was a young girl who along with her family was imprisoned in these new camps for several years. This little known chapter in history has been mostly forgotten. Luisa Lang Owen could not allow those memories to be lost. In her memoir "Casualty of War-a Childhood Remembered" Owen recalls how
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Listen to the Book Nook with Vick Mickunas for intimate conversations about books with the writers who create them.Vick Mickunas introduced the Book Nook author interview program for WYSO in 1994.…