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The Other Slavery: The Uncovered Story of Indian Slavery in America

Featured Non-Fiction: "“Beautifully written . . . A tour de force.”—Chronicle of Higher Education" Since the time of Columbus, Indian slavery was illegal in much of the American continent. Yet, as Andrés Reséndez illuminates in his myth-shattering The Other Slavery, it was practiced for centuries as an open secret. There was no abolitionist movement to protect the tens of thousands of Natives who were kidnapped and enslaved by the conquistadors. Reséndez builds […]

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The Talented Ribkins

Featured Fiction:  "“For sheer reading pleasure Ladee Hubbard’s original and wildly inventive novel is in a class by itself.” —Toni Morrison  At seventy-two, Johnny Ribkins shouldn’t have such problems: He’s got one week to come up with the money he stole from his mobster boss or it’s curtains.  What may or may not be useful to Johnny as he flees is that he comes from an African-American family that has […]

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A Farewell To Arms

Featured Great Literature: "Written when Ernest Hemingway was thirty years old and lauded as the best American novel to emerge from World War I, A Farewell to Arms is the unforgettable story of an American ambulance driver on the Italian front and his passion for a beautiful English nurse. Set against the looming horrors of the battlefield—weary, demoralized men marching in the rain during the German attack on Caporetto; the profound struggle […]

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This Week in WRBH (07/30 – 08/05)

Best Seller Fiction  -   ONLY LOVE CAN BREAK YOUR HEART by Ed Tarkington and read by John Deal and, starting Wednesday, THE TALENTED RIBKINS by Ladee Hubbard and read by Pamela Franco (M-F 9AM-10AM; 10-11PM) Best Seller Non- Fiction  -   NEW ORLEANS: A FOOD BIOGRAPHY written and read by Elizabeth M. Williams and, starting Tuesday, THE OTHER SLAVERY: THE UNCOVERED STORY OF INDIAN SLAVERY IN AMERICA by Andres Resendez and […]

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This Week in WRBH (07/23 – 07/29)

Best Seller Fiction  -   ONLY LOVE CAN BREAK YOUR HEART by Ed Tarkington and read by John Deal (M-F 9AM-10AM; 10-11PM) Best Seller Non- Fiction  -   NEW ORLEANS: A FOOD BIOGRAPHY written and read by Elizabeth M. Williams (M-F 6AM-7AM; 4PM-5PM) Book Off The Shelf -  ANATOMY OF A SONG: AN ORAL HISTORY OF 45 SONGS THAT CHANGED ROCK, R&B, AND POP by Marc Myers and read by Jane Trucksis […]

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Anatomy of a Song: An Oral History of 45 Songs That Changed Rock, R&B, and Pop

FEATURED BOOK OFF THE SHELF: "Writer and music historian Marc Myers brings to life five decades of music in Anatomy of a Song, based on the popular ongoing Wall Street Journal column, through oral histories of forty-five transformative songs woven from interviews with the artists who created them. Taking readers inside the making of a hit, Anatomy of a Song includes Led Zeppelin’s “Whole Lotta Love,” Janis Joplin’s “Mercedes Benz,” Rod Stewart’s “Maggie May,” and […]

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Only Love Can Break Your Heart

FEATURED FICTION: "A lush mystery-within-a-coming-of-age-tale-within-a-Southern-Gothic.” -NPR Books "A richly textured portrait of small-town dysfunction and murder . . . Secrets abound, imaginations run wild.” -The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Welcome to Spencerville, Virginia, 1977. Eight-year-old Rocky worships his older brother, Paul. Sixteen and full of rebel cool, Paul spends his days cruising in his Chevy Nova blasting Neil Young, cigarette dangling from his lips, arm slung around his beautiful, troubled girlfriend. P aul […]

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This Week in WRBH (07/16 – 07/22)

Best Seller Fiction  -   ONLY LOVE CAN BREAK YOUR HEART by Ed Tarkington and read by John Deal (M-F 9AM-10AM; 10-11PM) Best Seller Non- Fiction  -  THE HERO OF THE EMPIRE: THE BOER WAR, A DARING MISTAKE, AND THE MAKING OF WINSTON CHURCHILL by Candice Millard and read by Jillian Richman and, starting Wednesday, the One Book One New Orleans 2018 selection NEW ORLEANS: A FOOD BIOGRAPHY written and read […]

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Hero of the Empire: The Boer War, A Daring Escape, and the Making of Winston Churchill

FEATURED NON-FICTION: ""A thrilling account.... This book is an awesome nail-biter and top-notch character study rolled into one." —New York Times Critic Jennifer Senior's Top Ten Books of 2016 At the age of twenty-four, Winston Churchill was utterly convinced it was his destiny to become prime minister of England.  He arrived in South Africa in 1899, valet and crates of vintage wine in tow, to cover the brutal colonial war the British were […]

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