Chinese-American Lisa See’s 11th novel, The Island of Sea Women centers on the female friendship and family secrets of the Haenyeo. For centuries, these female divers […]
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Booktalk: British Novelist Fiona Barton’s “The Suspect”
Fiona Barton spent decades as a journalist for leading London newspapers before switching her keyboard to psychological thrillers. The Suspect, her third novel, finds series-character journalist […]
Booktalk: Colorado-based science writer Christie Aschwanden’s “Good To Go”
Christie Aschwanden is the author of GOOD TO GO: What The Athlete In All Of Us Can Learn From The Strange Science Of Recovery. Christie lives […]
Booktalk: Climber Tommy Caldwell’s “The Push”
In 2015 Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson made the first free ascent of the nearly vertical 3,000-foot piece of granite known as the Dawn Wall on […]
Booktalk: Maritime historian Andrew Jampoler’s “Congo”
After a long and adventurous naval career, Andrew Jampoler has authored 7 books that are often about obscure pieces of US Naval history. “Congo: The Miserable Expeditions […]
Booktalk: Photographer Jimmy Nelson’s “Homage To Humanity”
Homage To Humanity by Jimmy Nelson is a stunning coffee table book of more than 500 pages and photographs of indigenous tribes around the world. The author’s […]
Booktalk: The One & Only Gloria Steinem talking about “My Life on the Road”
Gloria Steinem, author of My Life on the Road, had an itinerant childhood. When she was a young girl, her father would pack the family in […]
Booktalk: Prolific mystery writer James Lee Burke and “The House of the Rising Sun”
James Lee Burkehas published 36 books over 50 years. He’s best known for his mysteries, particularly the Dave Robicheaux series and the Holland family stories. He’s […]