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"Roxanne Coady of R.J. Julia Booksellers in Madison, CT, appears with other book buddies for my book show. We tell you about the books we've enjoyed recently, and listeners are invited to tell us about their favorite books on line. "
- Faith Middleton
The books listed here are from a few of the more recent shows, and will be updated after the next book show with Roxanne Coady.
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Every Little Thing: Reflections on Family, Faith and Friendship
By Tracey O’ Shaunnessy
Every Little Thing contains a collection of some of her finest writing, as well as columns that many of her loyal readers have proclaimed as their favorites of her work. Her Sunday Reflections column - many installments of which appear in Every Little Thing - was singled out for the prestigious Wilbur Award by the Religion Communicators Council in both 2001 and 2003; and earned awards in 2005 and 2006 for Best Opinion Writing on Religion Award from the American Academy of Religion. She has won a Clarion Award for her writing on women, and her work has also won numerous top honors from the New England Associated Press News Executives. Most recently, she received the 2008 Missouri Lifestyle Journalism Award. Every Little Thing is dedicated to the author's grandmother, Hazel Lynch O'Shaughnessy, who always wanted to hear every little thing about her granddaughter's life.
Cancer Vixen
By Marisa Acocella Marchetto
Marchetto tells the story of her 11-month, ultimately triumphant, bout with breast cancer--from diagnosis to cure and every challenging step in between. This graphic memoir is a portrait of one woman's supercharged life in Manhattan and a wonderful love story.
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.
Appetizers
By Cindy Pawlcyn
Cindy Pawlcyn's legions of fans have long made meals of her restaurants' sampler-size starters. Bringing home the biggest trend in eating out, Cindy Pawlcyn's Appetizers offers a tempting collection of recipes designed to satisfy big appetites as well as grazers--from Grilled Oysters to Gougères and Pepper Garlic Wings to Mustards' Famous Onion Rings. Mouthwatering photographs of finished dishes and sun-kissed wine country ingredients and a kitchen-friendly easel format make this portable Pawlcyn an appealing gift package.
Sister Bernadette's Barking Dog: The Quirky History and Lost Art of Diagramming Sentences
By Kitty Burns Florey
A veteran copyeditor studies the practice of diagramming sentences in a charming and funny look back at its odd history, its elegant method, and its rich, ongoing possibilities.
Oxygen: A Novel
By Carol Cassella
With the compassion of Jodi Picoult and the medical realism of Atul Gawande, "Oxygen" combines an intimate story of relationships and family with a high-stakes medical drama.
The Reluctant Mr. Darwin: An Intimate Portrait of Charles Darwin and the Making of His Theory of Evolution
By David Quammen
Charles Darwin took 20 years to write his theory of natural selection: he produced On the Origin of Species only on learning that he was about to be scooped. Was he a chronic procrastinator? Or was he afraid of the reaction of his peers, who had scorned earlier books on the "transmutation" of species? A bit of both came into play, but as acclaimed science journalist Quammen ( Song of the Dodo ) shows, during those two decades, Darwin was busy conducting scientific research that would bolster his observations of the finches and mockingbirds of the Galápagos Islands. He raised pigeons and theorized that domestic varieties could be traced back to a species of wild dove. He floated asparagus seeds in saltwater to explain how plants moved from one continent to another. Quammen commences his portrait with Darwin's homecoming from his five-year trip on the Beagle and then focuses on how he gained enough confidence and evidence to publish a book that would displace humankind from its privileged position as a special creation. This often slyly witty book stands out among the flood of books being published for Darwin's bicentenary.
Tyranny of Email
By John Freeman
Our Shelf Talker
John Freeman does a couple of things in the book. First he establishes the negative impact of email by using the example that by depriving ourselves of facial expressions when we communicate we are missing out on the human component. “Nothing, especially LOL can quite convey the sound of a friend’s laughter.” Then he’s quite practical about how to use email politely. This is a good resource for our tech times.Roxanne
Zeitoun
By Dave Eggers
Our Shelf Talker
This book is about a family who has lived in New Orleans for thirty years.They are of Islamic origins. The father is a painter. When Hurricane Katrina struck, the wife and kids left but the father stayed. This is his story about the damage and awful things done to a handful of people. The combination of physically being in the “Third world” and maybe criminally being in the
“Third world” is how Eggers chooses to define this story. It is engaging from beginning to end.
Roxanne
The Wasted Vigil
By Nadeem Aslam
Our Shelf Talker
This is not for the faint of heart, but it is one of the most beautifully written books about an astonishing and devastatingly sad tale of what it means to be in Afghanistan right this minute. This is a story of what its like to be boots on the ground—to know the lives that are lost, to see the bodies that are damaged, to meet the minds that are unraveled. You've read about the war, and you know about what happens, but you can't quite understand it until you pick up The Wasted Vigil.-Roxanne
The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court
By Jeffrey Toobin
An absorbing profile on the Supreme Court.
Overcoming Dyslexia: A New and Complete Science-Based Program for Reading Problems at Any Level
By Sally Shaywitz, MD
One of the world's leading experts on reading and dyslexia delivers this comprehensive, up-to-date book to help readers understand, identify, and overcome reading problems. Dr. Shaywitz translates cutting-edge research into an easy-to-follow plan of action offering help and hope. High school & older.
Kids' Letters to President Obama
By edited by Bill Adler
Barack Obama has inspired millions of people around the world–and an unwavering chorus of those admirers are children. This delightfully charming collection includes more than two hundred letters that kids have written to President Obama. Some of these messages are humorous, some are heartwarming, all of them are sincere–making this volume the perfect gift for any occasion.
Jetpack Dreams: One Man's Up and Down (But Mostly Down) Search for the Greatest Invention That Never Was
By Mac Montandan
A hilarious pop-socio-cultural history of the greatest invention that never was, the jetpack, and a participatory journey through the bizarre subculture of jetpack enthusiasts in search of a working model.
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