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Hero of the Empire: The Boer War, A Daring Escape, and the Making of Winston Churchill

FEATURED NON-FICTION: ""A thrilling account.... This book is an awesome nail-biter and top-notch character study rolled into one." —New York Times Critic Jennifer Senior's Top Ten Books of 2016 At the age of twenty-four, Winston Churchill was utterly convinced it was his destiny to become prime minister of England.  He arrived in South Africa in 1899, valet and crates of vintage wine in tow, to cover the brutal colonial war the British were […]

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The Awakening Land Trilogy: The Town

FEATURED GREAT LITERATURE: "In this superb novel—the longest Mr. Richter has written—Sayward, the eldest daughter of Worth and Jary Luckett, completes her mission and lives to see the transition of her family and her friends, American pioneers, from the ways of the wilderness to the ways of civilization. Here is the tumultuous story of the Lucketts, an American family born in the wilderness, grown to face the changing ways of […]

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Hiddensee: A Tale of the Once and Future Nutcracker

FEATURED FICTION: "From the author of the beloved #1 New York Times bestseller Wicked, the magical story of a toymaker, a nutcracker, and a legend remade . . . Gregory Maguire returns with an inventive novel inspired by a timeless holiday legend, intertwining the story of the famous Nutcracker with the life of the mysterious toy maker named Drosselmeier who carves him. Hiddensee: An island of white sandy beaches, salt marshes, steep cliffs, and […]

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This Week in WRBH (07/09 – 07/15)

Best Seller Fiction  -   HIDDENSEE: A TALE OF THE ONCE AND FUTURE NUTCRACKER by Gregory McGuire and read by Lisa Houck (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 (M-F 6AM-7AM; 4PM-5PM) Book Off The Shelf -  AT THE EXISTENTIALISM CAFE: FREEDOM, BEING, AND APRICOT […]

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New Orleans: A Food Biography (One Book One New Orleans 2018 Selection)

FEATURED NON-FICTION: "Named One Book One New Orleans's 2018 Selection  Beignets, Po’ Boys, gumbo, jambalaya, Antoine’s. New Orleans’ celebrated status derives in large measure from its incredibly rich food culture, based mainly on Creole and Cajun traditions. At last, this world-class destination has its own food biography. Elizabeth M. Williams, a New Orleans native and founder of the Southern Food and Beverage Museum there, takes readers through the history of […]

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The Catcher In The Rye

FEATURED GREAT LITERATURE: "Anyone who has read J.D. Salinger's New Yorker stories, particularly A Perfect Day for Bananafish, Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut, The Laughing Man, and For Esme--With Love and Squalor, will not be surprised by the fact that his first novel is full of children.  The hero-narrator of THE CATCHER IN THE RYE is an ancient child of sixteen, a native New Yorker named Holden Caulfield. Through circumstances that tend to preclude adult, […]

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This Week in WRBH (07/02 – 07/08)

Books Best Seller Fiction  -   HIDDENSEE: A TALE OF THE ONCE AND FUTURE NUTCRACKER by Gregory McGuire and read by Lisa Houck (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 (M-F 6AM-7AM; 4PM-5PM) Book Off The Shelf -  AT THE EXISTENTIALISM CAFE: FREEDOM, BEING, AND […]

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Book Week 4.0 Comes to WRBH on Monday, June 25th!

Starting Monday, June 25th to Friday, June 29th, WRBH will begin our fourth annual Book Week! During that time, we’ll be switching from our regular schedule to play some of our favorite books from the last few years so that our staff can do some organizing and housekeeping.  The Newspaper of the Air will remain at its regularly scheduled time of 7AM to 9AM-- as will our airing of The […]

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Another Day in the Death of America: A Chronicle of Ten Short Lives

FEATURED NON-FICTION:  "Winner of the 2017 J. Anthony Lukas Prize   Shortlisted for the 2017 Hurston/Wright Foundation Award   Finalist for the 2017 Helen Bernstein Book Award for Excellence in Journalism   Longlisted for the 2017 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Non Fiction   On an average day in America, seven children and teens will be shot dead. In Another Day in the Death of America, award-winning journalist Gary Younge […]

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