Many observers including his biographers would say he’s the most famous artist in the world. Master of sunflowers and starry skies, Vincent Van Gogh is known by people who could not name another artist. And if you ever wondered how […]
Booktalk: UCLA Professor Peter Nabokov
“How the World Moves: The Odyssey of an American Indian Family” This is a biography about Edward Proctor Hunt, an American Indian, who was born in a New Mexican pueblo in 1861. He famously gave the Smithsonian in the 1920s […]
Booktalk: Civil rights lawyer & ordained minister Barry W Lynn, author of “God and Government”
A central player in every major church-state-separation battle for decades, the author describes political issues of the day, the new influence of evangelical millennials, and why churches don’t pay taxes. Top authors are interviewed on this 10-minute program that […]
Booktalk: Author Paul French and “Midnight in Peking”
A British author who has lived in China for decades tells a true crime story of the unsolved brutal murder of Pamela Werner, the young daughter of a former British consul, in 1937 in Peking (now Beijing).
Booktalk: Scottish Author Alexander McCall Smith & The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency
“The Handsome Man’s Deluxe Café” is the 15th installment in this popular series. The books feature the delightfully wise Mma Precious Ramotswe, a woman detective in Botswana–a country in southern Africa, her colleague Grace Makutsi, and Mr. JLB Matekoni, her […]
Booktalk: Mystery writer Neely Tucker: “The Ways Of The Dead”
Neely Tucker‘s popular first crime novel features a Washington, DC reporter, Sully Carter. The book is based on a true crime, the Princeton Place murders that occurred in DC in the 1990s. The author’s recently published second title, “Murder, DC,” […]
Booktalk: Suspense writer Mary Kubica, author of “Pretty Baby”
A chance encounter on a Chicago train platform in the pouring rain sparks the unrelenting web of lies in this psychological thriller from the author of the bestselling The Good Girl. Top authors are interviewed on this 10-minute program […]
Booktalk: “Fancy Nancy” children’s books- Robin Preiss Glasser & Jane O’Connor
“She’s every little girl you see walking down the aisle in the grocery store wearing her tutu and her tiara.” This year is the 10th anniversary of the first appearance of “Fancy Nancy,” the girl who believes more is always better. And […]