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Faith Middleton Archive
Digging to America
By Anne Tyler
Anne Tyler's richest, most deeply searching novel-a story about what it is to be an American, and about Iranian-born Maryam Yazdan, who, after 35 years in this country, must finally come to terms with her "outsiderness."
Lee Jacobus's pick on the January 16, 2009 Faith Middleton NPR Radio Show.
Lee Jacobus's pick on the January 16, 2009 Faith Middleton NPR Radio Show.
Digital Fortress
By Dan Brown
Our Shelf Talker
This thriller, by Dan Brown author of The Da Vinci Code, about cyberspace intrigue, sabotage and spying provides a great diversion - the perfect book to take to the beach or on the plane.- Faith's pick on the April, 11, 2008 Faith Middleton Radio Show.
Disquiet, Please!: More Humor Writing from the New Yorker
By David Remnick
More hysterical musings from writers at the New Yorker.
Distracted: The Erosion of Attention and the Coming Dark Age
By Maggie Jackson
Jackson explores the erosion of deep, sustained attention--the building block of intimacy, wisdom, and cultural progress--and offers the cutting-edge solutions needed to cure, not just live with, an epidemic of inattention.
Don Quixote: Abridged
By Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
Our Shelf Talker
Lee Jacobus' pick on the Oct. 10, 2008 Faith Middleton Radio ShowDoubt: A Parable
By John Patrick Stanley
Chosen as the best play of the year by over 10 newspapers and magazines, Doubt is set in a Bronx Catholic school in 1964, where a strong-minded woman wrestles with conscience and uncertainty as she is faced with concerns about one of her male colleagues.
Rose Quiello's pick on the January 16, 2009 Faith Middleton NPR Radio Show.
Rose Quiello's pick on the January 16, 2009 Faith Middleton NPR Radio Show.
Embracing the Wide Sky: A Tour Across the Horizons of the Mind
By Daniel Tammet
Embracing the Wide Sky is a unique and brilliantly imaginative portrait of how we think, learn, remember and create, brimming with personal insights and anecdotes, and explanations of the most up-to-date, mind-bending discoveries from fields ranging from neuroscience to psychology and linguistics. This is a profound and provocative book that will transform our understanding and respect for every kind of mind.
England's Child: The Carillon and the Casting of Big Bells
By Jill Johnston
Our Shelf Talker
Faith's pick on the Oct. 10, 2008 Faith Middleton Radio Show
Essential Pleasures: A New Anthology of Poems to Read Aloud
By Robert Pinsky
This lively, abundant book is distinguished by its focus on hearing poetry read aloud. Robert Pinsky, beloved for his ability to bring poetry to life as spoken language, has collected poems that sound marvelous in a reader's actual or imagined voice. Pinsky has organized the book into sections with brief introductions that emphasize the attentive, intuitive, and reflective process of listening to poetry.



