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Anatomy of a Song: An Oral History of 45 Songs That Changed Rock, R&B, and Pop

FEATURED BOOK OFF THE SHELF: "Writer and music historian Marc Myers brings to life five decades of music in Anatomy of a Song, based on the popular ongoing Wall Street Journal column, through oral histories of forty-five transformative songs woven from interviews with the artists who created them. Taking readers inside the making of a hit, Anatomy of a Song includes Led Zeppelin’s “Whole Lotta Love,” Janis Joplin’s “Mercedes Benz,” Rod Stewart’s “Maggie May,” and […]

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Only Love Can Break Your Heart

FEATURED FICTION: "A lush mystery-within-a-coming-of-age-tale-within-a-Southern-Gothic.” -NPR Books "A richly textured portrait of small-town dysfunction and murder . . . Secrets abound, imaginations run wild.” -The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Welcome to Spencerville, Virginia, 1977. Eight-year-old Rocky worships his older brother, Paul. Sixteen and full of rebel cool, Paul spends his days cruising in his Chevy Nova blasting Neil Young, cigarette dangling from his lips, arm slung around his beautiful, troubled girlfriend. P aul […]

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This Week in WRBH (07/16 – 07/22)

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 […]

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Defy The Stars: A Novel

FEATURED YA LITERATURE: "From the New York Times bestselling author of Star Wars: Lost Stars and Bloodline comes a thrilling sci-fi adventure that Kass Morgan, bestselling author of The 100 series, calls "startlingly original and achingly romantic...nothing short of masterful."   She's a soldier--Noemi Vidal is willing to risk anything to protect her planet, Genesis, including her own life. To their enemies on Earth, she's a rebel.   He's a machine--Abandoned in space for years, utterly […]

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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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