All About Books | NET Radio

podcast

Suscribirse

All About Books | NET Radio

"Ducks" by Kate Deaton and "Acting Class" by Nick Drnaso.

You’ll find realistic and interesting lives in two new graphic novels introduced by Traci Glass...

Añadir a ... 

“Constructing a Nervous System” by Margo Jefferson

Combining cultural examination and autobiography, Pulitzer-Prize winning author Margo Jefferson’s...

Añadir a ... 

An inverview with Ladette Randolph,author of "Private Way"

Online harassment forces a woman offline for a while. She heads to the place she felt safe as a...

Añadir a ... 

“Demon Copperhead” by Barbara Kingsolver

This novel is Charles Dicken’s Victorian epic of grim poverty, cruelty and survival brought to...

Añadir a ... 

“Prairie Up!” by Benjamin Vogt

Because of extreme weather and drought, landscaping your home with native plants has gone from a...

Añadir a ... 

“Sea of Tranquility” by Emily St John Mandel

With characters from the past and the distant future, the best-selling novel “Sea of Tranquility”...

Añadir a ... 

“Field Guide to a Hybrid Landscape” by Dana Fritz

The Nebraska National Forest at Halsey is the largest hand-planted forest in the Western...

Añadir a ... 

Guest Don Macke offers his ideas for the This is Nebraska series

Many of the books suggested by listeners which describe Nebraska best for them have been...

Añadir a ... 

“Bittersweet" by Susan Cain

If you’ve wondered why some people find pleasure in sad songs, this week’s program offers some...

Añadir a ... 

"The Marriage Portrait" by Maggie O’Farrell

Take a trip back to Renaissance Italy and into the family at the center of everything. A new...

Añadir a ... 

Clark Whitehorn of UNL Press on books that tell Nebraska's story

Pat Leach talks with Clark Whitehorn, Senior Editor with the University of Nebraska Press about...

Añadir a ... 

Holiday gift suggestions for younger readers

More holiday gift suggestions but this time aimed at younger readers. Vicky Wood, Youth Services...

Añadir a ... 

The annual Holiday Gift Guide for book lovers

The annual Holiday Gift Guide for book lovers airs this week on "All About Books." Special guest...

Añadir a ... 

"Confluence" a biography of John Gottschalk by George Ayoub

Nebraska journalist, George Ayoub, has written a biography of Omaha World Herald CEO John...

Añadir a ... 

A History / True Crime book, "Hell's Half Acre" by Susan Jonusas

In 1873, a small community in south eastern Kansas made a grisly discovery. Buried in the cabin...

Añadir a ... 

“The Evening Hero” by Marie Myung-Ok Lee

After the Korean War a medical doctor leaves his homeland for rural Minnesota where he works at a...

Añadir a ... 

Dan Nieman offers suggestions for One Book - One Nebraska

This week’s guest isn’t an author or reviewer but a listener. Dan Nieman from South Sioux City...

Añadir a ... 

“The Sweet Remnants of Summer” by Alexander McCall Smith

A good portion of the reading world always looks forward to the next novel from Alexander McCall...

Añadir a ... 

"Sleepwalk" by Dan Chaon

In the novel “Sleepwalk” the main character is a man who exists off the grid with no significant...

Añadir a ... 

“How the Word is Passed” by Clint Smith

Named the best book of 2021 by almost every outlet, “How the Word is Passed” by Clint Smith is a...

Añadir a ...