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In Paradise: A Novel

FEATURED FICTION:"The bestselling final novel by a writer of incomparable range, power, and achievement, a three-time winner of the National Book Award. Peter Matthiessen was a literary legend, the author of more than thirty acclaimed books. In this, his final novel, he confronts the legacy of evil, and our unquenchable desire to wrest good from it. One week in late autumn of 1996, a group gathers at the site of a former […]

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This Week In Books (02/29 – 03/06):

New and still going on WRBH! Up this week is...Best Selling Fiction  -   THE CHILDREN ACT by Ian McEwan and read by Kathleen Langan (M-F 11AM-12PM; 9:30PM-10:30PM)Best Seller Non- Fiction  -  THE BIG SHORT: INSIDE THE DOOMSDAY MACHINE by Michael Lewis and read by Jed Horne (M-F 9AM-10AM; 7PM-8PM)Book Off The Shelf (NEW!)  -   DOWNSTREAM TOWARDS HOME: A BOOK OF RIVERS by Oliver Houck and read by Cameron Gamble and, […]

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Downstream Towards Home: A Book Of Rivers

FEATURED BOOK OFF THE SHELF:"American rivers are among the most diverse and challenging in the world, and for many the excitement and escape they offer develops into a lifelong pursuit. In Downstream Toward Home, Oliver A. Houck recounts his six decades exploring America's waterways,from unnamed creeks and Louisiana swamps to the rivers of western canyons and the Alaskan tundra. This engaging travelogue leads readers down over thirty-two rivers found across […]

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This Week In Books (02/01 – 02/07):

New and still going on WRBH! Up this week is...Best Selling Fiction -  THE STORY HOUR by Thrity Umrigar and read by Pamela Franco (M-F 11AM-12PM; 9:30PM-10:30PM)Best Seller Non- Fiction (NEW!) -  MODERN ROMANCE: AN INVESTIGATION by Aziz Ansari and read by Ray Lang and, starting Tuesday, NEW ORLEANS CARNIVAL KREWES: THE HISTORY, SPIRIT AND SECRETS OF NEW ORLEANS by RosaryO'Neill and read by Rosanna Shepard (M-F 9AM-10AM; 7PM-8PM)Book Off The Shelf […]

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The Last Duel: A True Story of Crime, Scandal, and Trial by Combat in Medieval France

FEATURED NON-FICTION"As the huge crowd seethed with pent-up excitement, the two deadly enemies studied each other intently, their breath hot behind their visors. Each sought the other’s death as fire and water seek each other’s annihilation. The walled field, at first a prison, now became a crucible where one man would be destroyed and the other purged in the name of justice. They would fight not only without quarter, but […]

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This Week In Books (10/26 – 11/01)

New and still going on WRBH! Up this week is...Best Selling Fiction - A TALE FOR THE TIME BEING by Ruth Ozeki and read by Ellen Hazzard and, starting Wednesday, THE GOLDFINCH by Donna Tartt and read by Shawn Hollahan (M-F 11AM-12PM; 9:30PM-10:30PM)Best Seller Non- Fiction -  A DEADLY WANDERING by Matt Richtel and read by Maureen Heaslip and, starting Thursday, THE LAST DUEL: A TRUE STORY OF CRIME, SCANDAL, […]

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