GARY SHAPIRO’S FROM THE BOOKSHELF

From the Bookshelf is produced with support from radio station KSQD in Santa Cruz California.  Host Gary Shapiro brings you interviews with best selling authors of fiction and nonfiction, graphic novelists, actors, photographers, and singer-songwriters discussing their works.  Visit us on Facebook! Your comments are welcome. Email us at gary@rattlebrain.com.

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  • Barry Day on Raymond Chandler

    Barry Day on Raymond Chandler
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    Gary Shapiro’s From the Bookshelf
    Barry Day on Raymond Chandler
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    Barry Day discusses his latest book, The World Of Raymond Chandler In His Own Words.

  • Cary Elwes

    Cary Elwes
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    Gary Shapiro’s From the Bookshelf
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    Actor Cary Elwes discusses his new book As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales From The Making Of The Princess Bride

  • Barbara Leaming on Jacqueline Kennedy

    Barbara Leaming on Jacqueline Kennedy
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    Gary Shapiro’s From the Bookshelf
    Barbara Leaming on Jacqueline Kennedy
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    Biographer Barbara Leaming tells the Untold Story of Mrs. Kennedy’s life after November 22, 1963.

  • Novelist Lisa See

    Novelist Lisa See
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    Gary Shapiro’s From the Bookshelf
    Novelist Lisa See
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    Lisa See’s most recent novel China Dolls was named #8 on The Washington Post’s top 50 novels of 2014! Listen to our conversation from last August.

  • Richard Zoglin on Bob Hope

    Richard Zoglin on Bob Hope
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    Gary Shapiro’s From the Bookshelf
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    Richard Zoglin discusses his extraordinary new biography of Bob Hope

  • New York Times Book Review’s Pamela Paul

    New York Times Book Review’s Pamela Paul
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    Gary Shapiro’s From the Bookshelf
    New York Times Book Review’s Pamela Paul
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    Editor of the New York Times Book Review, Pamela Paul talks about the new book of interviews from the pages of the Book Review, By The Book

  • Marc Eliot on John Wayne

    Marc Eliot on John Wayne
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    Gary Shapiro’s From the Bookshelf
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    Cinema historian Marc Eliot turns his sights on Duke and makes an argument for the actor as auteur on this week’s show!

  • Philip Ziegler on Lord Olivier

    Philip Ziegler on Lord Olivier
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    Gary Shapiro’s From the Bookshelf
    Philip Ziegler on Lord Olivier
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    Philip Ziegler is the guest. His latest book is Olivier, the definitive biographer of the great actor.

  • Dialect Coach Jessica Drake

    Dialect Coach Jessica Drake
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    Gary Shapiro’s From the Bookshelf
    Dialect Coach Jessica Drake
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    Dialect coach, actress and teacher Jessica Drake discusses her work in films and television.

  • Mark Harris

    Mark Harris
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    Gary Shapiro’s From the Bookshelf
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    Mark Harris returns to discuss hid latest book, Five Came Back: A Story Of Hollywood and The Second World War