Former Associated Press Mexico City Bureau Chief Katherine Corcoran‘s IN THE MOUTH OF THE WOLF A Murder, A Cover-up, and The True Cost of Silencing the Press reports some of the facts why 85 Mexican journalists have been killed in […]
Booktalk
Booktalk: Psychologist Marc Schultz’s THE GOOD LIFE. Lessons From the World’s Longest Scientific Study of Happiness
In co-author Marc Schultz’s THE GOOD LIFE what makes for a happy life, a fulfilling life? A good life? The simple but surprising answer is: relationships. The stronger our relationships, the more likely we are to live happy, satisfying, and […]
Elaine Weiss’s “The Woman’s Hour: The Great Fight to Win the Vote”
Elaine Weiss’s The Woman’s Hour: The Great Fight to Win the Vote is the true story of the suffragettes. These are the female leaders who—in the face of enormous opposition—fought for and won American women’s right to vote in 1920. […]
Booktalk: Jennifer Herrera’s THE HUNTER
Jennifer Herrera’s debut thriller and first in a series is THE HUNTER. After reckless behavior costs NYPD detective Leigh O’Donnell her job and her marriage, she returns with her four-year-old daughter to her beautiful hometown of Copper Falls, Ohio in […]
Booktalk: Movie star Paul Newman’s memoir–PAUL NEWMAN, The Extraordinary Life of an Ordinary Man
My guest is artist and singer Melissa Newman, one of the 5 daughters of actor Paul Newman who died in 2008. She spoke with me about her dad’s posthumous memoir, “PAUL NEWMAN, The Extraordinary Life of an Ordinary Man.” It […]
Booktalk: Futurist Ari Wallach’s “LONGPATH. Becoming the Great Ancestors Our Future Needs”
LONGPATH by futurist Ari Wallach is about a mindset that looks at the future where new ways aren’t quite here yet and the old ways don’t work anymore. Drawing on history, theology, neuroscience, evolutionary psychology, and social technologies, Wallach teaches […]
Journalist Ted Conover’s “CHEAP LAND COLORADO: Off-Gridders at America’s Edge”
“I feel lucky to do what I do. I write about real people, often by living their lives for a while—visiting their lives, you might say. Trying them on for size. Though there are easier ways to make a living, […]
Longtime Runner-Author Writes A Book For Runners About Running (And An Incredible, Running Donkey)
Chris McDougall’s “Running with Sherman: The Donkey with the Heart of a Hero” introduces us to a small farm in rural Pennsylvania and the McDougall family and their menagerie (donkeys, rams, chickens, fainting goats) who live there. The author’s new […]