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All About Books

All About Books

62 episodes

A weekly book review and discussion program hosted by Pat Leach. Updated on Thursdays.

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Guest reader Mary Kay Roth on sharing books with adult children.

Published: Nov. 15, 2023, 3 p.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 17 seconds

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An interview with John J Waters about his novel "River CIty One"

Published: Nov. 8, 2023, 3 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 15 seconds

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Nebraska State Peot Matt Mason on re-reading his favorite books.

Published: Nov. 1, 2023, 2 p.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 35 seconds

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“It Goes So Fast: the Year of No Do Overs.” by Mary Louise Kelly

Published: Oct. 25, 2023, 2 p.m.
Duration: 10 minutes 45 seconds

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Author Tosca Lee on her favorite books she returns to.

Published: Oct. 18, 2023, 2 p.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 30 seconds

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An interview with Bison rancher and writer Dan O'Brien

Published: Oct. 11, 2023, 2 p.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 30 seconds

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“In Old God’s Time” by Sebastian Barry.

Published: Oct. 4, 2023, 2:30 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 2 seconds

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Guest reader JoAnne Young talks about why she re-reads

Published: Sept. 27, 2023, 2:13 p.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 41 seconds

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“His Name is George Floyd" by Robert Samuels & Toluse Olorunnipa

Published: Sept. 20, 2023, 2 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 47 seconds

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“The Best Strangers in the World” by Ari Shapiro

Published: Sept. 13, 2023, 2 p.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 1 second

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"The Mystery of Hunting's End" by Mignon Eberhart

Published: Sept. 6, 2023, 2 p.m.
Duration: 19 minutes 17 seconds

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“The Crane Wife: a Memoir in Essays” by C.J. Hauser

Published: Aug. 30, 2023, 2 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 29 seconds

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“Nebraska Volleyball: The Origin Story” by John Mabry

Published: Aug. 23, 2023, 2 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 44 seconds

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“Bitch: On the Female of the Species” by Lucy Cooke

Published: Aug. 16, 2023, 2 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 21 seconds

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“Lessons in Chemistry” by Bonnie Garmus.

Published: Aug. 9, 2023, 2 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 49 seconds

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“Birding While Indian: a Mixed Blood Memoir” by Thomas Gannon

Published: Aug. 2, 2023, 2 p.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 2 seconds

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“Horse” by Geraldine Brooks

Published: July 26, 2023, 2 p.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 11 seconds

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An interview with Michael James about Alzheimer's caregiving.

Published: July 19, 2023, 2 p.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 57 seconds

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“Trust” by Hernan Diaz

Published: July 12, 2023, 2 p.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 41 seconds

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"Easy Beauty" by Chloe Cooper Jones

Published: July 5, 2023, 2 p.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 14 seconds

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"Elsewhere: a Novel" by Alexis Shaitkin

Published: June 28, 2023, 2 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 48 seconds

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An interview with Nebraska author Tosca Lee

Published: June 21, 2023, 2 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 39 seconds

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“Take All to Nebraska” by Sophus Keith Winter

Published: June 14, 2023, 2 p.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 36 seconds

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"The Rabbit Hutch" by Tess Gunty

Published: June 7, 2023, 2 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 14 seconds

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“Seeking Fortune Elsewhere: Stories” by Sindya Bhanoo.

Published: May 31, 2023, 2 p.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 54 seconds

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Rachel Olsen talks about the 68th Annual Cather Conference

Published: May 24, 2023, 2 p.m.
Duration: 18 minutes 50 seconds

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"The Maid" by Nita Prose

Published: May 17, 2023, 2 p.m.
Duration: 6 minutes 55 seconds

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“The Blue Window” by Suzanne Berne

Published: May 10, 2023, 2 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 16 seconds

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“Under the Skin” by Linda Villarosa

Published: May 3, 2023, 2 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 28 seconds

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An interview with history professor and author Jim Downs

Published: April 24, 2023, 7:16 p.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 10 seconds

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“The Escape Artist" by Jonathan Freeland

Published: April 19, 2023, 2 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 46 seconds

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“The Furrows” by Namwali Serpell

Published: April 12, 2023, 2 p.m.
Duration: 6 minutes 49 seconds

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"The Swimmers" by Julie Otsuka

Published: April 5, 2023, 2 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 3 seconds

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“Also a Poet” by Ada Calhoun

Published: March 29, 2023, 2 p.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 3 seconds

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"Bad Actors" by Mick Herron

Published: March 22, 2023, 2 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 43 seconds

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An interview with "My Nebraska" author Bob Wirz

Published: March 15, 2023, 2 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 1 second

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“Pickard County Atlas” by Chris Harding Thornton.

Published: March 8, 2023, 3 p.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 25 seconds

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"The Memory of Souls" by Cliff Taylor

Published: March 1, 2023, 3 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 51 seconds

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

Published: Feb. 22, 2023, 3 p.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 31 seconds

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“Constructing a Nervous System” by Margo Jefferson

Published: Feb. 15, 2023, 3 p.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 45 seconds

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

Published: Feb. 8, 2023, 3 p.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 38 seconds

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“Demon Copperhead” by Barbara Kingsolver

Published: Feb. 1, 2023, 3 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 18 seconds

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“Prairie Up!” by Benjamin Vogt

Published: Jan. 25, 2023, 3 p.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 40 seconds

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“Sea of Tranquility” by Emily St John Mandel

Published: Jan. 18, 2023, 3:12 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 35 seconds

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“Field Guide to a Hybrid Landscape” by Dana Fritz

Published: Jan. 11, 2023, 3 p.m.
Duration: 18 minutes 12 seconds

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

Published: Jan. 4, 2023, 3 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 49 seconds

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“Bittersweet" by Susan Cain

Published: Dec. 29, 2022, 7:30 p.m.
Duration: 10 minutes 27 seconds

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"The Marriage Portrait" by Maggie O’Farrell

Published: Dec. 21, 2022, 3 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 47 seconds

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

Published: Dec. 14, 2022, 3 p.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 42 seconds

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Holiday gift suggestions for younger readers

Published: Dec. 7, 2022, 3 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 33 seconds

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The annual Holiday Gift Guide for book lovers

Published: Nov. 30, 2022, 3 p.m.
Duration: 20 minutes 40 seconds

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"Confluence" a biography of John Gottschalk by George Ayoub

Published: Nov. 16, 2022, 3 p.m.
Duration: 20 minutes 54 seconds

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

Published: Nov. 9, 2022, 3 p.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 2 seconds

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“The Evening Hero” by Marie Myung-Ok Lee

Published: Nov. 2, 2022, 2 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 56 seconds

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Dan Nieman offers suggestions for One Book - One Nebraska

Published: Oct. 26, 2022, 2 p.m.
Duration: 12 minutes 48 seconds

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“The Sweet Remnants of Summer” by Alexander McCall Smith

Published: Oct. 19, 2022, 2 p.m.
Duration: 12 minutes 51 seconds

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"Sleepwalk" by Dan Chaon

Published: Oct. 12, 2022, 2 p.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 38 seconds

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“How the Word is Passed” by Clint Smith

Published: Oct. 5, 2022, 2 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 57 seconds

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"Accelerated" by Brian Ardinger

Published: Sept. 28, 2022, 2 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 54 seconds

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"French Braid" by Anne Tyler

Published: Sept. 21, 2022, 6 p.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 55 seconds

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“Lucy by the Sea” by Elizabeth Strout

Published: Sept. 9, 2022, 5 p.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 38 seconds

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“Cloud Cuckoo Land” by Anthony Doerr

Published: Sept. 7, 2022, 2 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 18 seconds

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“Trailed" by Kathryn Miles

Published: Aug. 31, 2022, 2 p.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 35 seconds

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Omaha writer Ted Wheeler on contemporary Nebraska authors

Published: Aug. 23, 2022, 7:58 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 20 seconds

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"Rebel with a Clause" by Ellen Jovin

Published: Aug. 17, 2022, 2 p.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 17 seconds

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"Deer Season" by Erin Flanagan

Published: Aug. 10, 2022, 2 p.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 57 seconds

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“This is Nebraska – Books that Tell Our Story”

Published: Aug. 3, 2022, 2 p.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 14 seconds

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A look back at Willa Cather's 1922 novel "One of Ours"

Published: July 27, 2022, 2 p.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 1 second

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"Poet Warrior: A Memoir" by Joy Harjo

Published: July 20, 2022, 2 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 55 seconds

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“The People of Lincoln” by Randy Bretz

Published: July 13, 2022, 2 p.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 38 seconds

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“The Five Wounds” by Kirstin Valdez-Quade

Published: July 6, 2022, 2 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 14 seconds

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“A Life in Light: Meditations on Impermanence” by Mary Pipher

Published: June 29, 2022, 2 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 52 seconds

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“75 Years on 4 Strings” by UNL Professor Hans Sturm

Published: June 22, 2022, 2 p.m.
Duration: 18 minutes 51 seconds

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“Pastoral Song” by James Rebanks

Published: June 15, 2022, 2 p.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 8 seconds

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“At the Corner of Fantasy and Main” by Matt Mason

Published: June 8, 2022, 2 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 36 seconds

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The One Book-One Lincoln finalists.

Published: June 1, 2022, 2 p.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 13 seconds

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“Matrix” by Lauren Groff

Published: May 25, 2022, 2 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 27 seconds

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“Shadow Migration: Mapping a Life.” by Suzanne Ohlmann

Published: May 18, 2022, 2 p.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 44 seconds

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"The Wrong End of the Telescope" by Rabih Alameddine

Published: May 11, 2022, 2 p.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 8 seconds

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“The Doctors Blackwell" by Janice Nimura

Published: May 4, 2022, 2 p.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 19 seconds

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“Now Is the Time for Trees" by Dan Lambe

Published: April 27, 2022, 2 p.m.
Duration: 11 minutes 56 seconds

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“Eat Your Woolly Mammoths!" by James Solheim

Published: April 20, 2022, 2 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 33 seconds

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An interview with author B.J. Hollars and his son Henry.

Published: April 13, 2022, 2 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 29 seconds

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A look at the epidemic of loneliness“Seek You” by Kristen Radtke

Published: April 6, 2022, 2 p.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 31 seconds

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"Lincoln" from the Postcard History Series. E. Zimmer & J. McKee

Published: March 30, 2022, 2 p.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 13 seconds

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“A World on the Wing" by Scott Weidensaul.

Published: March 23, 2022, 2 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 25 seconds

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“Painting Time” by Maylis de Kerengal

Published: March 16, 2022, 2 p.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 36 seconds

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“Oh William!” by Elizabeth Strout

Published: March 9, 2022, 3 p.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 54 seconds

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"Relcamation" by Lisa Tschauner

Published: March 2, 2022, 3 p.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 36 seconds

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“The Future We Choose" by Figueres and Rivett-Carnac

Published: Feb. 23, 2022, 3 p.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 50 seconds

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"Velvet Was the Night" by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Published: Feb. 17, 2022, 6:43 p.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 30 seconds

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"On Juneteenth" by Annette Gordon-Reed

Published: Feb. 9, 2022, 3 p.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 57 seconds

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“Red Comet” by Heather Clark

Published: Feb. 2, 2022, 3 p.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 45 seconds

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“Rhinos in Nebraska” by Alison Pearce Stevens

Published: Jan. 26, 2022, 3 p.m.
Duration: 12 minutes 27 seconds

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“Libertie” by Kaitlyn Greenidge.

Published: Jan. 19, 2022, 3 p.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 46 seconds

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“Last Night at the Telegraph Club” by Malinda Lo

Published: Jan. 12, 2022, 3 p.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 27 seconds

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“A Town Called Solace” by Mary Lawson

Published: Jan. 5, 2022, 3 p.m.
Duration: 6 minutes 18 seconds

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"Yellow Bird" by Sierra Crane Murdoch

Published: Dec. 29, 2021, 3 p.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 30 seconds

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“Zorrie” by Laird Hunt,

Published: Dec. 22, 2021, 3 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 18 seconds

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Holiday gift ideas for adult readers

Published: Dec. 15, 2021, 3 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 14 seconds

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Holiday Gift ideas for young readers with Vicky Wood

Published: Dec. 8, 2021, 3 p.m.
Duration: 12 minutes 33 seconds

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“The Lincoln Highway: a Novel” by Amor Towles

Published: Dec. 1, 2021, 3 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 59 seconds

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“China Room” by Sunjeev Sahota

Published: Nov. 17, 2021, 3 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 48 seconds

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“Cokie: A Life Well Lived.” by Steve Roberts

Published: Nov. 10, 2021, 3 p.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 21 seconds

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“The Splendid and the Vile” by Erik Larsen.

Published: Nov. 3, 2021, 2 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 35 seconds

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“The Secret to Super Human Strength” by Alison Bechdel

Published: Oct. 27, 2021, 2 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 1 second

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“Piranesi” by Susanna Clarke

Published: Oct. 20, 2021, 2 p.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 53 seconds

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"Nebraska History Moments" by David Bristow

Published: Oct. 13, 2021, 2 p.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 35 seconds

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"The Perfume Thief" by Timothy Schaffert

Published: Oct. 5, 2021, 7:08 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 17 seconds

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The Vanishing Half” by Brit Bennet

Published: Sept. 28, 2021, 9:11 p.m.
Duration: 6 minutes 18 seconds

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“The Only Wonderful Things" by Melissa Homestead

Published: Sept. 22, 2021, 2 p.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 31 seconds

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The “Friend Zone” series by Abby Jimenez.

Published: Sept. 15, 2021, 2 p.m.
Duration: 11 minutes 41 seconds

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“Carville's Cure: by Pam Fessler”

Published: Sept. 13, 2021, 2 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 17 seconds

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“Tomatoes for Neela” by Padma Lakshmi

Published: Sept. 1, 2021, 2 p.m.
Duration: 12 minutes 16 seconds

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“Temporary” by Hillary Leichter

Published: Aug. 25, 2021, 2 p.m.
Duration: 6 minutes 38 seconds

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"The Seed Keeper” by Diane Wilson

Published: Aug. 18, 2021, 2 p.m.
Duration: 11 minutes 45 seconds

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"A Knock at Midnight” by Brittany Barnett

Published: Aug. 11, 2021, 2 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 5 seconds

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Introduction to Nebraska author, Mari Sandoz

Published: Aug. 4, 2021, 2 p.m.
Duration: 12 minutes 56 seconds

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"Oak Flat" by Lauren Redniss.

Published: July 28, 2021, 2 p.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 15 seconds

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"Hamnet: the Story of a Plague" by Maggie O'Farrell

Published: July 21, 2021, 2 p.m.
Duration: 12 minutes 16 seconds

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UNL English Professor Stephen Buhler's summer reading list.

Published: July 14, 2021, 2 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 19 seconds

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“Leave the World Behind” by Rumaan Alam

Published: July 7, 2021, 2 p.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 10 seconds

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“Code Girls” by Liza Mundy.

Published: June 29, 2021, 2:28 p.m.
Duration: 15 minutes

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"Wilmington's Lie" by David Zucchino

Published: June 23, 2021, 2 p.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 27 seconds

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“Deacon King Kong” by James McBride.

Published: June 16, 2021, 2 p.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 49 seconds

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"Breasts and Eggs" by Mieko Kawakami.

Published: June 9, 2021, 2 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 5 seconds

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"Transcendent Kingdom" by Yaa Gyasi.

Published: June 2, 2021, 2 p.m.
Duration: 12 minutes 35 seconds

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“Children of the Land”, Marcelo Hernandez Castillo

Published: May 26, 2021, 2 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 5 seconds

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“Rural Rebellion" by Ross Benes

Published: May 19, 2021, 2 p.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 28 seconds

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“Interior Chinatown” by Charles Yu

Published: May 12, 2021, 3 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 12 seconds

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“Pickard County Atlas” by Chris Harding Thorton

Published: May 5, 2021, 3 p.m.
Duration: 12 minutes 58 seconds

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“Hidden Prairie" by Chris Helzer

Published: April 28, 2021, 3 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 2 seconds

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“Hidden Valley Road” by Robert Kolker.

Published: April 21, 2021, 3 p.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 26 seconds

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"The Least Interesting Place." by Matt Steinhousen

Published: April 14, 2021, 3 p.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 14 seconds

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“Run Me to Earth” by Paul Yoon

Published: April 7, 2021, 3 p.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 51 seconds

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"More in Time" a tribute to NE poet Ted Kooser

Published: March 24, 2021, 3 p.m.
Duration: 12 minutes 17 seconds

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“Becoming Wild” by Carl Safina

Published: March 17, 2021, 3 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 16 seconds

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“The Lives of Edie Pritchard” by Larry Watson

Published: March 10, 2021, 4 p.m.
Duration: 6 minutes 14 seconds

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The secret life of birds. "The Bird Way" by Jennifer Ackerman.

Published: March 3, 2021, 4 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 12 seconds

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Author Steven Wingate and his new novel "The Leave-Takers"

Published: Feb. 24, 2021, 4 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes

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“Afterlife” by Julia Alvarez

Published: Feb. 17, 2021, 4 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 5 seconds

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"Redhead by the Side of the Road: a Novel" by Anne Tyler.

Published: Feb. 10, 2021, 4 p.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 10 seconds

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. “The Confessions of Frannie Langton” by Sara Collins

Published: Feb. 3, 2021, 4 p.m.
Duration: 6 minutes 38 seconds

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“Minor Feelings” by Cathy Park Hong

Published: Jan. 27, 2021, 4 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 43 seconds

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“Here We Are” by Graham Swift

Published: Jan. 20, 2021, 4 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 1 second

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“Paper Bullets” by Jeffrey Jackson

Published: Jan. 13, 2021, 4 p.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 6 seconds

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“The Less You Know About Us” by Axton Betz-Hamilton

Published: Jan. 6, 2021, 4 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 34 seconds

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