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Best Seller Fiction - THE TALENTED RIBKINS by Ladee Hubbard and read by Pamela Franco and starting on Wednesday, HEROES OF THE FRONTIER by Dave Eggers and read by Jane Trucksis (M-F 9AM-10AM; 10-11PM) Best Seller Non- Fiction - THE OTHER SLAVERY: THE UNCOVERED STORY OF INDIAN SLAVERY IN AMERICA by Andres Resendez and read by Ellen Hazard (M-F 6AM-7AM; 4PM-5PM) Book Off The Shelf - TOUSSAINT LOUVERTURE: A REVOLUTIONARY […]
Featured Book Off The Shelf: "The definitive biography of the Haitian revolutionary Toussaint Louverture, leader of the only successful slave revolt in world history Toussaint Louverture's life was one of hardship, triumph, and contradiction. Born into bondage in Saint-Domingue (present-day Haiti), the richest colony in the Western Hemisphere, he witnessed first-hand the torture of the enslaved population. Yet he managed to secure his freedom and establish himself as a […]
Best Seller Fiction - THE TALENTED RIBKINS by Ladee Hubbard and read by Pamela Franco (M-F 9AM-10AM; 10-11PM) Best Seller Non- Fiction - THE OTHER SLAVERY: THE UNCOVERED STORY OF INDIAN SLAVERY IN AMERICA by Andres Resendez and read by Ellen Hazard (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 […]
Featured Great Literature: "Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read. The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s third book, stands as the supreme achievement of his career. First published in 1925, this quintessential novel of the Jazz Age has been acclaimed by generations of readers. The story of the mysteriously wealthy Jay Gatsby and his love for the beautiful Daisy Buchanan, of lavish parties on Long […]
Featured Non-Fiction: "“Beautifully written . . . A tour de force.”—Chronicle of Higher Education" Since the time of Columbus, Indian slavery was illegal in much of the American continent. Yet, as Andrés Reséndez illuminates in his myth-shattering The Other Slavery, it was practiced for centuries as an open secret. There was no abolitionist movement to protect the tens of thousands of Natives who were kidnapped and enslaved by the conquistadors. Reséndez builds […]
Featured Fiction: "“For sheer reading pleasure Ladee Hubbard’s original and wildly inventive novel is in a class by itself.” —Toni Morrison At seventy-two, Johnny Ribkins shouldn’t have such problems: He’s got one week to come up with the money he stole from his mobster boss or it’s curtains. What may or may not be useful to Johnny as he flees is that he comes from an African-American family that has […]
Featured Great Literature: "Written when Ernest Hemingway was thirty years old and lauded as the best American novel to emerge from World War I, A Farewell to Arms is the unforgettable story of an American ambulance driver on the Italian front and his passion for a beautiful English nurse. Set against the looming horrors of the battlefield—weary, demoralized men marching in the rain during the German attack on Caporetto; the profound struggle […]
Best Seller Fiction - ONLY LOVE CAN BREAK YOUR HEART by Ed Tarkington and read by John Deal and, starting Wednesday, THE TALENTED RIBKINS by Ladee Hubbard and read by Pamela Franco (M-F 9AM-10AM; 10-11PM) Best Seller Non- Fiction - NEW ORLEANS: A FOOD BIOGRAPHY written and read by Elizabeth M. Williams and, starting Tuesday, THE OTHER SLAVERY: THE UNCOVERED STORY OF INDIAN SLAVERY IN AMERICA by Andres Resendez and […]
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 - 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 […]
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