Gary Shapiro’s From the Bookshelf

Tobin Smith is a 14 year Fox News contributor and guest anchor. His new book is Foxocracy: Inside The Network’s Playbook of Tribal Warfare.

Sheila Weller discusses her new book, Carrie Fisher: A Life On The Edge.

Educator, author and comic book creator Danny Fingeroth discusses he new book, A Marvelous Life: The Amazing Story Of Stan Lee.

James Kaplan discusses his new book, Irving Berlin: New York Genius.

The brilliant record producer and recording artist Peter Asher discusses his career with Peter And Gordon, producing James Taylor and Linda Ronstadt, and his new book, The Beatles From A To Zed: An Alphabetical Mystery Tour.

With The Adventure Of The Peculiar Protocols, Nicholas Meyer returns to Sherlock Holmes, the subject of Meyer’s 1974 Bestseller The Seven-Per-Cent Solution. We discuss Meyer’s new book as well as his career as a film director of such films as Star Trek II and Time After Time.

A conversation with artist Annabeth Rosen, whose work is currently on exhibition at The Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco.

Burt Kearns shares stories from the book he co-authored with Jeff Abraham, The Show Won’t Go On: The Most Shocking, Bizarre, And Historic Deaths Of Performers Onstage.

Bestselling author Linwood Barclay discusses his new novel, Elevator Pitch.

Carol A. Stabile discusses her book The Broadcast 41: Women and the Anti-Communist Blacklist.