Gary Shapiro’s From the Bookshelf

Historian Charles Rappleye discusses his new book Herbert Hoover in The White House: The Ordeal of the Presidency

Investigative journalist Scott Woolley discusses his new book, The Network: The Battle For The Airwaves And The Birth Of The Communications Age

Grammy winner Toni Tennille discusses her new memoir.

Biographer Barbara Leaming tells the story of JFK’s sister in the new book Kick Kennedy: The Charmed Life and Tragic Death of the Favorite Kennedy Daughter

Former prosecutor Marcia Clark discusses her work as a novelist and her reaction to the recent television dramatization of her most famous case.

Owen Gleiberman, longtime film critic for Entertainment Weekly, has written a frank and fascinating memoir called Movie Freak: My Life Watching Movies. We talk about it on this week’s From The Bookshelf.

Lisa Reisman, author of the extraordinary memoir 5 Months 10 Years 2 Hours, is the guest.

Biographer Donald Spoto returns to discuss his latest book, a biography of one of the great actresses, A Girl’s Got To Breath: The Life Of Teresa Wright.

Science Fiction writer Alan Dean Foster discusses his career and his new bestseller Star Wars: The Force Awakens!