“A Different Metaphor” by Kevin Shinn
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by Nebraska Public Media
6h ago
This week on All About Books” Pat Leach talks with author Kevin Shinn a former collegiate pastor, chef and restaurateur. His lifelong spiritual journey eventually led him to his typewriter where he worked out his latest book, “A Different Metaphor: Faith That Imagines The Impossible ..read more
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“Orbital: a Novel” by Samantha Harvey,
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by Nebraska Public Media
1w ago
It’s a day in the lives of a team of 6 international astronauts as they orbit the earth. There are mundane daily tasks, solitude, as well as profoundly moving vistas of the fragile earth below. “Orbital: a Novel” by Samantha Harvey, winner of the 2004 Booker Prize, is reviewed on this week's "All About Books ..read more
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“The Safe Keep” by Yael van der Wouden
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by Nebraska Public Media
2w ago
Two women with opposite personalities share a house in the Dutch countryside during the summer of 1961. Suspicion between them becomes obsession in the novel “The Safe Keep” by Yael van der Wouden, a tale about the legacy of World War 2 and the darker corners of the past ..read more
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“The House of Doors” by Tan Twan Eng
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by Nebraska Public Media
3w ago
It’s 1921 in Panang Malaysia where the novel “The House of Doors” introduces real events and people, like the writer Somerset Maugham, along with fictional characters. The sunset of British Empire is the backdrop for this tale about the complicated nature of love and friendship ..read more
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“How to Read a Book: a Novel” by Monica Wood
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by Nebraska Public Media
1M ago
“How to Read a Book: a Novel” by Monica Wood is an honest and hopeful story of struggling with guilt, second chances, and how books can change a life ..read more
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“Hidden Libraries" by Diana Helmuth
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by Nebraska Public Media
1M ago
Most towns have a library of some sort, but did you know there’s a library at the South Pole? Some libraries are hidden in remote deserts, in phone booths and trees. “All About Books” host Pat Leach talked with author Diana Helmuth about her new book, “Hidden Libraries: The World’s Most Unusual Book Depositories ..read more
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"Long Island" by Colm Toibin
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by Nebraska Public Media
2M ago
Irish novelist Colm Toibin’s latest book is “Long Island” which continues the life story of Eilis Lacey, the complex and enigmatic heroine from his previous best-seller, “Brooklyn ..read more
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“The Wren, The Wren” by Anne Enright
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by Nebraska Public Media
2M ago
In her award-winning novel “The Wren, The Wren” author Anne Enright creates 3 generations of Irish women who contend with their inheritances- which includes charismatic, poetic men and sometimes ill treatment ..read more
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The annual holiday gift guide for readers.
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by Nebraska Public Media
2M ago
If you need gift ideas this holiday season, “All About Books” has great suggestions. Tory Hall of Sower Books has ideas for book lovers into history, nature, mysteries, romance and horror. It’s the annual gift guide for the holiday shopping season ..read more
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An Interview with James Locklear. “In the Country of the Kaw"
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by Nebraska Public Media
2M ago
The Kaw River runs from the high plains of Colorado, through Nebraska, all the way to Kansas City. The prairie environment and the life the river sustains is the focus of the book “In the Country of the Kaw: A Personal Natural History of the American Plains” by James H. Locklear, director of conservation at Lauritzen Gardens ..read more
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