In her book, The Goddess Pose , New York Times best-selling author Michelle Goldberg tells the globetrotting story of the audacious life of Indra Devi, the woman who helped bring yoga to the west. Devi was born Eugenia Peterson in Russia in 1899, was an early feminist who traveled from the cabarets of Berlin, to the Mysore palace in India, to China and Hollywood, and lived to be almost 103 years old.

Retired English instructor Cathy Chase spent her career teaching troubled adults as a way to give voice to their sense of powerlessness. Her novel Jump is aimed at the middle school reader. Photographer Douglas Keister recounts how 60 photographs of people and places in his hometown of Lincoln, Nebraska were accepted in the newly opened Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington DC. These photographs were published in Lincoln in black-and-white 1910–1925.

In Book Two: The Tribe and Book Three: Journeys of her trilogy, A Nation of Mystics , author Pamela Johnson resumes her exploration of the late 1960s and the counterculture as seen through the eyes of a communal family living in the San Francisco Bay Area.

On this reading-themed episode of Nancy's Bookshelf, Reading Pals' Community Outreach Coordinator Michelle Curran invites volunteers to help elementary school students improve their reading skills. Then, local writers read from their books: Emily Gallo reads from her newest novel, Ruby & Kate . And author of the children's book Tina the Ballerina , Carol Gray, describes the bedtime story she created for her daughters when they were young. Her now grown daughters, Gail and Carol Stone, read

Two members of the California Writers Club will be signing books at the Thursday farmers market in Chico on Tuesday, September 15. Douglas Keister writes about growing up as a middle child in the middle of the country, in the middle of the century. The title of his 41st book is Heart-Land: Growing Up in the Middle of Everything . Emily Gallo has written a sequel to her previous novel, The Columbarium . Her new novel, Kate & Ruby , continues the story of two characters introduced in The

Today's guests focus on mid 20th-century events that changed the world. September 2, 2016 marks the end of World War II 71 years ago. Local author Neal Snidow's mother became a young war widow during that war. He tells her story and that of other family members in his memoir, Vista Del Mar . Former clinical psychologist Harry Keshet is a peer leader with Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, whose classes start Tuesday, September 6. He has taught classes on the influence of Mahatma Gandhi.

This week Nancy talks with a couple mystery writers. First up is Ken McGorry with his haunted tale in Ghost Hampton . Then, Redding author Robert Seago tells us about his combat-hardened private detective and German Shepherd partner Joker in Tears of the Innocent . And we end with a change of pace from North State author and entertainer, Shane Weissman.

This week Nancy talks with a couple mystery writers. First up is Ken McGorry with his haunted tale in Ghost Hampton. Then, Redding author Robert Seago tells us about his combat-hardened private detective and German Shepherd partner Joker in Tears of the Innocent. And we end with a change of pace from North State author and entertainer, Shane Weissmann.

Grass Valley author Dodie Johnston is a licensed educational psychologist who taught English as a foreign language at a private women's college in China. Her book, How Was China? puts a human face on a China we've never seen before. The author describes the dreams and realities of the young women who were her students.

This week Nancy speaks with two adventurous authors. Orland travel writer Martin Burrows traveled to Africa for his book, The Final Safari . Oroville author and musician Bob Harrison moved to the mountains of southern Oregon and lived 15 years without electricity or running water. His book is Hippie Tales of the Northwest Woods .