WRBH

1025 Results / Page 97 of 114

Background
WRBH Show Image

Blog

This Week In Books (9/14 – 9/20)

New and still going on WRBH! Up this week is...Best Selling Fiction (NEW!) - THE STORY OF LAND AND SEA by Katy Simpson Smith and read by Naomi Orlansky (M-F 11AM-12PM; 9:30PM-10:30PM)Best Seller Non- Fiction -  NEW ORLEANS BOOM & BLACKOUT: 100 DAYS IN AMERICA'S COOLEST HOTSPOT by Brian Boyles and read by Geoff Worden (M-F 9AM-10AM; 7PM-8PM)Book Off The Shelf - ONE PLUS ONE by Jojo Moyes and read […]

todaySeptember 14, 2015 10

WRBH Show Image

Blog

The Story of Land and Sea

FEATURED FICTION"Set in a small coastal town in North Carolina during the waning years of the American Revolution, this incandescent debut novel follows three generations of family—fathers and daughters, mother and son, master and slave, characters who yearn for redemption amidst a heady brew of war, kidnapping, slavery, and love.Drawn to the ocean, ten-year-old Tabitha wanders the marshes of her small coastal village and listens to her father’s stories about […]

todaySeptember 14, 2015 14

WRBH Show Image

Blog

A Letter From Peking

FEATURED GREAT LITERATURE"At the outbreak of war, a half-Chinese man sends his family back to America, beginning an absence punctuated only by his letters, and a son who must make sense of his mixed-race ancestry aloneElizabeth and Gerald MacLeod are happily married in China, bringing up their young son, Rennie. But when war breaks out with Japan, Gerald, who is half-Chinese, decides to send his wife and son back to […]

todaySeptember 10, 2015 14

WRBH Show Image

Blog

Pat’s Word of the Day: Eponymous

WRBH Volunteer and Resident Wordsmith Pat Ammon brings us a featured word of the day each Wednesday. Today's word is...Eponymousadj.:Of or relating to a person whose name is or is thought to be the source of the name of something such as a city, country or era.Example: Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre is a book about a woman of the same name. Another obvious example would be this very blog, which is named after […]

todaySeptember 9, 2015 8

WRBH Show Image

Blog

WRBH Reading Radio and Southern Rep Theatre To Begin Partnership

WRBH and Southern Rep Enter PartnershipWRBH Reading Radio to be the featured partner at Theatre’s preview performance of STAGE KISS(New Orleans) – On Wednesday, September 16th at 8PM, WRBH Reading Radio for the Blind and Print Handicapped will launch a new partnership with Southern Rep Theatre on the night of the first preview showing of their latest play, STAGE KISS. WRBH will be the evening’s featured community partner; $5 of […]

todaySeptember 9, 2015 10

WRBH Show Image

Blog

This Week in Original Programming (9/09 – 9/13): J. Ryan Stradal, author of Kitchens of the Great Midwest

What's new this week on WRBH's original programming? Check it out!PUBLIC AFFAIRS: Airs on Wednesday at 4PM and again on Sunday at 7:30AM. Lyn Koppel speaks with a representative from Community Coffee about their Cash For Schools program. Learn more about it here.NOLA BY MOUTH: Airs on Wednesday at 4:30PM and Saturday at 9:30PM. Chef Amy Sins sits down with Head Chef Nathan Richards of Kingfish. Find out more about […]

todaySeptember 9, 2015 12

WRBH Show Image

Blog

New Orleans Boom & Blackout: One Hundred Days In America’s Coolest Hotspot (One Book One New Orleans 2015 Choice)

FEATURED NON-FICTIONWRBH is happy to present this book to our listeners in collaboration with our partners, One Book One New Orleans. This is their 2015 book selection and we hope you enjoy."As the 2013 Super Bowl approached, New Orleans rushed to present its best face to the world. Politicians, business leaders and tourism officials declared the rise of the "new New Orleans," a thriving city brimming with hope and energy. […]

todaySeptember 9, 2015 9

WRBH Show Image

Blog

This Week In Books (9/7 – 9/13)

New and still going on WRBH! Up this week is...Best Selling Fiction (NEW!) - GO SET A WATCHMAN by Harper Lee and read by Charlotte Travioso (M-F 11AM-12PM; 9:30PM-10:30PM)Best Seller Non- Fiction - ALL THE TRUTH IS OUT THERE by Matt Bai and read by Peter Spera and then starting Wednesday, NEW ORLEANS BOOM & BLACKOUT: 100 DAYS IN AMERICA'S COOLEST HOTSPOT by Brian Boyles and read by Geoff Worden […]

todaySeptember 7, 2015 8

WRBH Show Image

Blog

Pat’s Word of the Day: Ersatz

Last week, we introduced our newest blog feature, Pat’s Word of the Day, brought to your by longtime WRBH reader Pat Ammon. Today’s word is…Ersatzadjective: being an imitation or substitute, usually an inferior one.

todaySeptember 2, 2015 7

About WRBH

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.

WRBH Show Image

Best-Selling Fiction

access_time9:00 am - 10:00 am
0%