Gary Shapiro’s From the Bookshelf

Biographer Bob Spitz discusses his latest book, The Rolling Stones: The Biography.

Film historian Terry Chester Shulman discusses his new book Barrymore: The Spectacular, Tumultuous Life of America’s Prince of Players

Alexandra Natapoff, Professor of Law, discusses the book she co edited, America Unfinished: 250 Years of Law and Governance, An Essay Collection from Harvard Law School Faculty.

Former Carolco Pictures president and Yale-trained attorney Peter M. Hoffman, the man behind blockbuster independent films like Terminator 2 and Basic Instinct, discusses his new book Karmic Winds: Reflections from the “Smartest Guy in Hollywood”

Bestselling author Tess Gerritsen discusses her latest book, The Shadow Friends. Then From The Bookshelf remembers Monty Roberts: The Man Who Can Talk To Horses

Emmy winning director and producer of daytime television drama discusses her career in the soaps.

David Thomson discusses his latest book, A Sudden Flicker of Light: A Revisionist History of Movies

David King Dunaway discusses his new book, A Four-Eyed World: How Glasses Changed the Way We See. Then an archive interview with the late great comedian Ronnie Schell.

A.M. Gittlitz discusses his new book, Metropolitans: New York Baseball, Class Struggle, and the People’s Team

Jim Windolf discusses his new book, Where the Music Had to Go: How Bob Dylan and the Beatles Changed Each Other—and the World.