Book Off The Shelf
Rediscover literary treasures with readings from a diverse selection of books pulled right off the shelf, offering timeless stories and hidden gems across all genres
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Best Seller Fiction – ONLY LOVE CAN BREAK YOUR HEART by Ed Tarkington and read by John Deal (M-F 9AM-10AM; 10-11PM)
Best Seller Non- Fiction – THE HERO OF THE EMPIRE: THE BOER WAR, A DARING MISTAKE, AND THE MAKING OF WINSTON CHURCHILL by Candice Millard and read by Jillian Richman and, starting Wednesday, the One Book One New Orleans 2018 selection NEW ORLEANS: A FOOD BIOGRAPHY written and read by Elizabeth M. Williams (M-F 6AM-7AM; 4PM-5PM)
Book Off The Shelf – ANATOMY OF A SONG: AN ORAL HISTORY OF 45 SONGS THAT CHANGED ROCK, R&B, AND POP by Marc Myers and read by Jane Trucksis (M-F 1:30PM-2PM; 3AM-3:30AM)
Great Literature – THE TOWN by Conrad Richter and read by Lynn Lonsdale (M-F 10AM-11AM; 1AM-2AM)
Short Stories – Stories from the New Yorker archive (Sat 8PM-9PM;Thurs 3AM-4AM)
Biographies – THE SILENCE OF WAR: AN OLD MARINE IN A YOUNG MARINE’S WAR by Terry McGowan (M-F 9:30PM-10PM)
YA Literature – DEFY THE STARS by Claudia Gray (M-F 7:30PM-8PM)
Crescent City Chronicles – THE BEST OF PETER FINNEY, LEGENDARY NEW ORLEANS SPORTS WRITER by Peter Finney, followed by SWAMP RAT: THE STORY OF DIXIE’S NUTRIA INVASION by Theodore G. Mano (Sat-Sun 1:30PM-2:30PM)
Weird & Wonderful – SCIENCE FICTION HALL OF FAME: SHORT STORIES (Fri 11PM-12AM; Mon 1:30M-2:30AM)
Tales of Terror – PET SEMETARY by Stephen King (Tues 11PM-12AM)
Monday Mystery – THE HEAVENS MAY FALL by Allen Eskins (Mon 11PM-12AM)
Thrilling Thursday – THE LIFE WE BURY by Allen Eskins (Thurs 11PM-12AM)
WRBH: After Dark – AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN by Elizabeth Darrell (Sat 11PM-12PM; Wed 2AM-3AM)
Children’s Stories – TREASURE ISLAND by Robert Louis Stevenson (8AM-8:30AM)
Spanish – THE SAVAGE DETECTIVES by Roberto Bolano and read by Elizabeth Bobo (Sun 6PM-7PM)
Margie’s Science Fiction Hour – Various stories from across Sci-Fi history. Read by Margie Kollis (Wed 11PM-12AM; Fri 2AM-3AM; Sat 10PM-11PM)
Military History – Battles, Wars, and History from across the years. Read by Pat Huntley (Sun 8PM-9PM)
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Rediscover literary treasures with readings from a diverse selection of books pulled right off the shelf, offering timeless stories and hidden gems across all genres
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Mon-Fri 7am-8am, replays at 3pm and 2am
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WRBH 88.3 FM, Radio for the Blind and Print Handicapped, is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization and is the only full-time reading service on the FM dial in the United States. At WRBH, our mission is to turn the printed word into the spoken word so that the blind and print handicapped receive the same ease of access to current information as their sighted peers.