ANGELS OF THE PACIFIC by Elise Hooper (her fourth novel) tells the powerful story of American military nurses kept as prisoners for nearly three years during the Japanese occupation of the Philippines during World War II. Many of them had […]
Booktalk: Novelist Brit Bennett’s “The Vanishing Half”
Brit Bennett’s “The Vanishing Half”, like her first book, “The Mothers,” has been a smash hit in the world of books. At age 16, Desiree and Stella ran off to New Orleans, two hours away, but “after a year, the […]
Booktalk: Journalist Mark Bowden’s “The Steal. The Attempt to Overturn the 2020 Election and the People Who Stopped It”
“The Steal” co-authored by Mark Bowden in week-by-week, state-by-state fashion concentrates on the 64 days between Election Day, November 3 and January 5th. All the judges in the 61 election lawsuits during this period made their unanimous decisions against Trump’s […]
Booktalk: Sarah Vogel’s The Farmer’s Lawyer: The North Dakota Nine and the Fight to Save the Family Farm
The Farmer’s Lawyer by North Dakota attorney and advocate Sarah Vogel is a memoir about her successful landmark class action lawsuit against the federal government. She did it on behalf of 240,000 family farmers facing illegal foreclosures during the 1980s […]
Booktalk: British novelist Ken Follett’s “NEVER”
Prolific (36 books) storyteller Ken Follett, author of the contemporary thriller, “NEVER,” says, “When I was doing the research for “Fall of Giants” I was shocked to realize that the First World War was a war that nobody wanted…I came […]
Booktalk: Debut author & publishing executive Todd Doughty’s “Little Pieces of Hope. Happy-Making Things in a Difficult World”
Need a little pandemic-times cheering up? Dip into Todd Doughty’s “Little Pieces of Hope. Happy-Making Things in a Difficult World.” It’s already worked its magic for thousands of readers. It’s a charming collection of lists, musings, prompts, and illustrations—from the […]
Booktalk: Novelist Anthony Doerr’s “Cloud Cuckoo Land”
“Cloud Cuckoo Land” by Anthony Doerr takes readers on a 600-year epic journey. There are three storylines: Anna and Omeir, on opposite sides of the formidable city wall during the 1453 siege of Constantinople; teenage idealist Seymour and gentle octogenarian […]