Leonard Rogoff on North Carolina Bookwatch – October 29, 2010

On the October 29th episode of North Carolina Bookwatch, a guest was historian and professor Leonard Rogoff. His newest book is an examination of Jewish life in North Carolina as well as an examination of the role North Carolinian Jews have played in the states’ history.

Buy Down Home: Jewish Life in North Carolina by Leonard Rogoff from Amazon for the Kindle.


Kathy Reichs on North Carolina Bookwatch – October 22, 2010

On the October 22nd episode of North Carolina Bookwatch, the guest of honor was North Carolina based mystery writer Kathy Reichs. She is primarily known as the author of the books on which the TV show Bones is based.

Buy Virals by Kathy Reichs and Brendan Reichs from Amazon for the Kindle or from Barnes and Noble for the Nook.


Buy Spider Bones by Kathy Reichs from Amazon for the Kindle or from Barnes and Noble for the Nook.


Andrew Park on North Carolina Bookwatch – October 15, 2010

On the October 15 episode of North Carolina Bookwatch, North Carolina based author Andrew Park appeared to discuss his new book. It is an examination of his own atheism and struggles with faith while living in an area where evangelical Christianity is so common to be the assumed norm.

Buy Between a Church and a Hard Place: One Faith-Free Dad’s Struggle to Understand What It Means to Be Religious(or Not) by Andrew Park from Amazon for the Kindle or from Barnes and Noble for the Nook or from the Kobo store.


Michele Young-Stone on North Carolina Bookwatch – October 8, 2010

On the October 8th episode of North Carolina Bookwatch, this week was devoted to novelist Michele Young-Stone. Her new book is the story of a group of hard luck people trying to get through this life, including the protagonist who has repeatedly been hit by lightning.

Buy The Handbook for Lightning Strike Survivors: A Novel by Michele Young-Stone from Amazon for the Kindle or from Barnes and Noble for the Nook or from Powells for Nook, Sony Reader and more or from the Kobo store.


Nic Brown on North Carolina Bookwatch – October 1, 2010

On the October 1st episode of North Carolina Bookwatch, the program was devoted to NC based novelist Nic Brown. His new novel is based around a pair of tennis doubles partners who have dealt with difficult and painful events in their lives, and their return to tennis as a metaphor for healing and recovering from those difficulties.

Buy Doubles by Nic Brown from Amazon for the Kindle or from Barnes and Noble for the Nook or from Powells for Nook, Sony Reader and more.


Malinda Maynor Lowery on North Carolina Bookwatch – September 24, 2010

On the September 24 episode of North Carolina Bookwatch, a guest was North Carolina native and now Harvard historian Malinda Maynor Lowery. Her new book is an examination of how the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina maintained their distinct cultural identity through the discrimination of Jim Crow south of the mid 20th century.

Buy Lumbee Indians in the Jim Crow South: Race, Identity, and the Making of a Nation by Malinda Maynor Lowery from Amazon for the Kindle or from Barnes and Noble for the Nook.


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