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Y: A Novel

FEATURED BOOK OFF THE SHELF:"“Y. That perfect letter. The wishbone, fork in the road, empty wineglass. The question we ask over and over. Why? . . . My life begins at the Y.” So opens Marjorie Celona’s highly acclaimed and exquisitely rendered debut about a wise-beyond-her-years foster child abandoned as a newborn on the doorstep of the local YMCA. Swaddled in a dirty gray sweatshirt with nothing but a Swiss […]

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This Week on WRBH: Books (6/22 – 6/28)

          New and still going on WRBH! Up this week is...Best Selling Fiction - LILA by Marilynne Robinson; starting Wednesday, NATCHEZ BURNING by Greg Iles (M-F 11AM-12PM; 9:30PM-10:30PM)Best Seller Non- Fiction - THE INNOVATORS by Walter Isaacson (M-F 9AM-10AM; 7PM-8PM)Book Off The Shelf - THE FAULT IN OUR STARS by John Green (M-F 2:30PM-3PM; 10:30PM-11PM)Great Literature - IN COLD BLOOD by Truman Capote (M-F 8PM-9PM)Midday Short Story - NEW STORIES FROM THE SOUTH […]

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The Fault In Our Stars

FEATURED BOOK OFF THE SHELF"Despite the tumor-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years, Hazel has never been anything but terminal, her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosis. But when a gorgeous plot twist named Augustus Waters suddenly appears at Cancer Kid Support Group, Hazel’s story is about to be completely rewritten. Insightful, bold, irreverent, and raw, The Fault in Our Stars is award-winning-author John Green’s most ambitious and […]

todayJune 18, 2015 6

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This Week on WRBH: Books (6/15 – 6/21)

         Starting with this post, we'll be announcing our books for the coming week every Monday morning. Feel free to leave comments and let us know your thoughts! Best Selling Fiction - LILA by Marilynne Robinson (M-F 11AM-12PM; 9:30PM-10:30PM)Best Seller Non- Fiction - THE INNOVATORS by Walter Isaacson (M-F 9AM-10AM; 7PM-8PM)Book Off The Shelf - TELL THE WOLVES I'M HOME by Carol Rifka Brunt and starting Thursday, THE FAULT IN OUR […]

todayJune 15, 2015 5

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On Immunity: An Inoculation

FEATURED BOOK OFF THE SHELF "Why do we fear vaccines? A provocative examination by Eula Biss, the author of Notes from No Man’s Land, winner of the National Book Critics Circle AwardUpon becoming a new mother, Eula Biss addresses a chronic condition of fear—fear of the government, the medical establishment, and what is in your child’s air, food, mattress, medicine, and vaccines. She finds that you cannot immunize your child, […]

todayMarch 16, 2015 8

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Next Up on Book Off The Shelf: Men We Reaped

FEATURED BOOK OFF THE SHELF: Finalist for the National Book Critics' Circle Award Nominee for the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award A New York Times Notable Book   “We saw the lightning and that was the guns; and then we heard the thunder and that was the big guns; and then we heard the rain falling and that was the blood falling; and when we came to get in the crops, it […]

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