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Radio Talking Book Radio News April 2008 |
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Minnesota Connections
The Minnesota Radio Talking Book brings a wide variety of publications to you. Though we are constantly looking for a wide representation of genres for our books, we also look for any books that have a Minnesota connection. This month, there are three books airing whose authors have Minnesota connections.
Nicholas Sparks, author of The Choice (Bookworm, beginning on April 10), currently lives in North Carolina, but he was born in Omaha, and spent some of his childhood years living in Minnesota while his father was attending graduate school.
Ruth F. Brin, author of The Most Beautiful Monday of 1961 (Choice Reading, beginning on April 22), is a well-known Minneapolis poet and memoirist. Now in her 80s, The Most Beautiful Monday of 1961 is her first novel.
David Housewright, author of Dead Boyfriends (Night Journey, beginning on April 2), has spent his entire life and career in Minnesota. He grew up in the Desnoyer Park area of St. Paul, and went to Cretin High and the University of St. Thomas. His first job was writing for the Minneapolis Tribune. In addition to writing mysteries, Housewright teaches writing at the Loft Literary Center in Minneapolis. He and his family live in Roseville.
Books Available Through Faribault
All books broadcast on the Minnesota Radio Talking Book Network are available through the Minnesota Braille and Talking Book Library in Faribault. Their phone is 1-800-722-0550 and hours are 7:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. Their catalog is also online, and you can access it at the main website, http://education.state.mn.us and clicking on the link, or go to http://education.state.mn.us/mde/Learning_Support/MN_Braille_Talking_Book_Library/index
.html. If you live outside of Minnesota, you may obtain copies of books by contacting your own state's Network Library for the National Library Service.
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Chautauqua
Tuesday - Saturday 4 a.m.
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All the Money in the World
Nonfiction by Peter W. Bernstein & Annalyn Swan, 2007. Who are the wealthiest Americans? Sometimes fortunes are made and saved; sometimes they are squandered.
Read by Ray Christensen.
12 broadcasts. Began March 25.
One Kind of Everything
Nonfiction by Dan Chiasson, 2007.
Poetry has become increasingly polarized into the confessional and the experimental. Can that chasm be bridged? L -
Read by Stuart Holland.
8 broadcasts. Begins April 10.
Proust and the Squid
Nonfiction by Maryanne Wolf, 2007.
Cognitive neuroscientist Maryanne Wolf says the pre-literate brain is configured differently than the brain of readers. And the brain of those literate in today’s technology will be even more different. Read by Leila Poullada.
9 broadcasts. Begins April 22.
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Past is Prologue
Monday - Friday 9 a.m.
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Taj Mahal
Nonfiction by Diana and Michael Preston, 2007. Shah Jahan began work on the structure as a memorial to his wife, but it became one of the seven wonders of the world.
Read by Leila Poullada.
11 broadcasts. Began March 24.
Empire of Blue Water
Nonfiction by Stephan Talty, 2007.
Henry Morgan was 20 when he crossed the Atlantic in 1655 to make his fortune. For three decades, he was a pirate working for the English, shaping the destiny of the New World.
Read by Barbara Struyk.
12 broadcasts. Begins April 8.
Billy the Kid: the Endless Ride
Nonfiction by Michael Wallis, 2007.
Billy the Kid has been portrayed for over 125 years as one of the most savage killers in American folklore. But his legend was manu-factured to divert attention from larger societal corruption.
Read by Ray Christensen.
10 broadcasts. Begins April 24.
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Bookworm
Monday - Friday 11 a.m.
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Father Knows Less
Nonfiction by Wendell Jamieson, 2007.
Jamieson’s son has always had a knack for asking odd questions. As a newspaperman, Jamieson decided to seek out the answers.
Read by John Hagman.
7 broadcasts. Begins April 1.
The Choice
Fiction by Nicholas Sparks, 2007.
Travis has everything a man could want: good job, friends, and home. He thinks a relationship with a woman would cramp his style - until Gabby moves in next door.
Read by Ann Hoedeman.
8 broadcasts. Begins April 10.
Dog Days: Dispatches from Bedlam Farm
Nonfiction by Jon Katz, 2007.
There are days when Bedlam Farm lives up to its name. Katz writes, “The perfect life is like the perfect dog: Neither exists. And joy is a fraction of the experience of owning a farm.”
Read by Bert Gardner.
8 broadcasts. Begins April 22.
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Potpourri
Monday - Friday 2 p.m.
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Leaving Church
Nonfiction by Barbara Brown Taylor, 2007.
After much reflection, Episcopal priest Taylor left her 20-year career, conflicted over church inclusiveness controversies. Hers is not a story of faith lost, but faith questioned, re-found, and regained.
Read by Barbara Morison.
8 broadcasts. Begins April 2.
Kabul Beauty School
Nonfiction by Deborah Rodriguez, 2007.
After the fall of the Taliban, Rodriguez went to Afghanistan offering humanitarian aid. But surrounded by more skilled people, she soon found that Westerners and Afghan women wanted her real skills: hairdressing. In 2003, she set up a school to teach the skill to Afghan women.
Read by Sally Browne.
13 broadcasts. Begins April 12.
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Choice Reading
Monday - Friday 4 p.m.
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Love in Black and White
Nonfiction by William S. Cohen with Janet Langhart Cohen, 2007. They are opposites in many ways - color, religion, culture, political leanings - but husband and wife, Bill Cohen and Janet Langhart Cohen, believe in the transcendent power of love, and the ideals of justice and equality.
Read by Malcolm McLean.
13 broadcasts. Begins April 3.
The Most Beautiful Day in 1961
Fiction by Ruth F. Brin, 2007.
On a beautiful Monday, six friends decide to take an outing on a cabin cruiser on the Mississippi River. But the mix of people has potential tension, as it includes two women who have loved the same man, and two men who are contentious business partners. L -
Read by Judy Woodward.
4 broadcasts. Begins April 22.
Dreaming in Libro
Nonfiction by Louise Bernikow, 2007.
Louise was an independent woman who had little time for pets. Then she adopted a dog and her character changed. Officially, she rescued Libro; the reality was the other way around.
Read by Laura Rohlik.
6 broadcasts. Begins April 28.
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PM Report
Monday - Friday 8 p.m.
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Maxed Out
Nonfiction by James D. Scurlock, 2007.
Foreclosures are hitting record highs, and Americans are declaring bankruptcy at a huge rate. It’s a great time to be in banking!
Read by Susan Niefeld.
9 broadcasts. Began March 26.
Inside the Red Mansion
Nonfiction by Oliver August, 2007.
On a reporting assignment in China, and to understand the new China, August tried to find China’s most wanted man, a tycoon running from corruption charges.
Read by June Prange.
11 broadcasts. Begins April 8.
Deep Economy
Nonfiction by Bill McKibben, 2007.
For the first time in human history, “more” is no longer synonymous with “better.” We need to move beyond “growth” as the paramount economic ideal.
Read by Doug Hartford.
10 broadcasts. Begins April 23.
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Night Journey
Monday - Friday 9 p.m.
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Dead Boyfriends
Fiction by David Housewright, 2007.
Mac gets jailed for stopping a rookie cop from roughing up a woman. He’s going to have to get his nose into a crime investigation that ends up being anything but straightforward. V,L -
Read by Del Adamson.
8 broadcasts. Begins April 2.
Interred with Their Bones
Fiction by Jennifer Lee Carrell, 2007.
Before a production of Hamlet, Shakespeare scholar Kate Stanley is told of a new discovery. Before it is revealed, the theater is burned and a body found. L -
Read by Nancy Felknor.
16 broadcasts. Began March 18.
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Off the Shelf
Monday - Friday 10 p.m.
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Out Stealing Horses
Fiction by Per Petterson, 2007.
A day when Trond was fifteen marks the beginning of a series of vital losses for both Trond and his friend, Jon. L -
Read by Scott Brush.
9 broadcasts. Begins April 3.
The Sabotage Cafe
Fiction by Joshua Furst, 2007.
When Julia’s daughter Cheryl is sixteen, she reenacts her mother’s coming-of-age in her own rebellion. L -
Read by Sherri Afryl.
8 broadcasts. Begins April 16.
The Indian Clerk
Fiction by David Leavitt, 2007.
In 1913, mathematician G.H. Hardy received a letter from an Indian claiming to be on the brink of solving the most important mathematical problem of all time.
Read by John Schmidt.
17 broadcasts. Begins April 28.
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Evening Odyssey
Monday - Friday 11 p.m.
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The Exception
Fiction by Christian Jungersen, 2007.
Two women who disseminate information on genocide receive death threats. Their first thought is that they are from a subject of their work. V,L,S -
Read by Neil Bright.
22 broadcasts. Begins April 2.
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Good Night Owl
Monday - Friday midnight
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Blaze
Fiction by Richard Bachman, 2007.
Blaze escapes an abusive institution for boys, hooks up with a seasoned criminal, then on his own, survives with more crime.
Read by Neil Bright.
11 broadcasts. Began March 24.
Five Skies
Fiction by Ron Carlson, 2007.
Three men are in the Rocky Mountains for a dangerous summer construction project. The men are strangers to each other, each bringing aspects of his past into the mix. One man will triumph against his nature; another will not. L -
Read by John Mandeville.
9 broadcasts. Begins April 8.
The Spanish Bow
Fiction by Andromeda Roman-Lax, 2007.
Feliu, studying cello, meets piano prodigy Justo and begins a lifelong friendship and rivalry. Through the Spanish Civil War and the World Wars, they clash over women, politics, and everything else. Read by Laura Rohlik.
22 broadcasts. Begins April 21.
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After Midnight
Tuesday - Saturday 1 a.m.
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Making Money
Fiction by Terry Pratchett, 2007.
Postmaster General Moist von Lipwig has exceeded all expectations with how well the Post Office is running. So it is disconcerting when Lord Vetinari asks him to try to organize and run the Royal Mint, which has run for centuries on hereditary employment.
Read by Kim Miller.
14 broadcasts. Began March 31.
Peony in Love
Fiction by Lisa See, 2007.
Peony is the cloistered daughter of a wealthy family, raised to be obedient. But she has ideas of her own. When she watches an opera with other women from behind a screen, she sees an elegant handsome man, and she is overcome with emotion. S -
Read by Sue McDonald.
13 broadcasts. Begins April 21.
Abbreviations: V - violence, L - offensive, language, S - sexual situations