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Classic Titles Narrated By Top Actors ~ Show July 18 and 19

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FEATURED BOOKS PREVIEWED

“Go Set A Watchman” by Harper Lee: performed by Reese Witherspoon
“To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee: performed by Sissy Spacek
“The Member of the Wedding” by Carson McCullers: performed by Susan Sarandon
“Being There” by Jerzy Kosinski: performed by Dustin Hoffman
“The Heart of Darkness” by Joseph Conrad: performed by Kenneth Branagh
“The Sheltering Sky” by Paul Bowles: performed by Jennifer Connelly
“The End of the Affair” by Graham Greene: performed by Colin Firth

INTERVIEW
Marja Mills, Author

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Elaine spotlights new performances of classic titles narrated by Hollywood’s top actors. Marja Mills shares her experiences as Harper Lee’s neighbor – timed to coincide with the Lee’s release of “Go Set a Watchman.”

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Cultural Icons ~ Show Oct 11 and 12

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FEATURED BOOKS PREVIEWED

“The Mockingbird Next Door: Life With Harper Lee” by Marja Mills
“The Romanov Sisters: The Lost Lives of the Daughters of Nicholas and Alexandra” by Helen Rappaport
“The Creation of Anne Boleyn” by Susan Bordo
“I Invented the Modern Age: The Rise of Henry Ford and the Most Important Car Ever Made” by Richard Snow
“Birdmen: The Wright Brothers, Glenn Curtiss and the Battle to Control the Skies” by Lawrence Goldstone
“Off the Edge of the Map: Marco Polo, Captain Cook and 9 Other Travelers and Explorers That Pushed the Boundaries of the Known World” by Michael Rank
“A Spy Among Friends: Kim Philby and the Great Betrayal” by Ben MacIntyre

INTERVIEW
Tom Tidwell, Chief of the U.S. Forest Service

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A spotlight on new titles that offer balanced factual accounts of people who have become cultural icons. Elaine speaks with Tom Tidwell, Chief of the U.S. Forest Service, about an icon who celebrates his 70th anniversary as a beloved figure in popular culture.

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