From the Bookshelf

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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  • Jeff Shesol and Supreme Power

    Jeff Shesol and Supreme Power
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    Gary Shapiro’s From the Bookshelf
    Jeff Shesol and Supreme Power
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    Jeff Shesol discusses his new book Supreme Power, his time in the Clinton White House and more on this week’s From The Bookshelf

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  • Aram Goudsouzian’s King Of The Court

    Aram Goudsouzian’s King Of The Court
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    Gary Shapiro’s From the Bookshelf
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    Aram Goudsouzian discusses the thrilling story of the winningest player in Basketball, Bill Russell.

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  • Songwriter Phil Galdston

    Songwriter Phil Galdston
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    Gary Shapiro’s From the Bookshelf
    Songwriter Phil Galdston
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    Songwriter and record producer Phil Galdston joins me this week to talk about the craft of songwriting and the music business. You know Phil Galdston from his song Save The Best For Last, the hit by Vanessa Williams!

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  • Alix Strauss on Celebrity Suicide

    Alix Strauss on Celebrity Suicide
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    Gary Shapiro’s From the Bookshelf
    Alix Strauss on Celebrity Suicide
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    Alix Strauss , author of The Joy of Funerals, brings us her new book, a serious study of those rich and famous who decided to end it all. It’s Death Becomes Them on this week’s From the Bookshelf.

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  • Charles R. Cross and Led Zeppelin

    Charles R. Cross and Led Zeppelin
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    Gary Shapiro’s From the Bookshelf
    Charles R. Cross and Led Zeppelin
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    This week Charles R. Cross returns to show us his Led Zeppelin ticket stubs and other memorabilia collected in his groovy new book: Led Zeppelin: Shadows Taller Than Our Souls

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  • Susannah Charleson

    Susannah Charleson
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    Gary Shapiro’s From the Bookshelf
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    Susannah Charleson discusses her dog Puzzle and their experiences as a search & rescue team. Her book is Scent Of The Missing.

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  • Willie Mays by James S. Hirsch

    Willie Mays by James S. Hirsch
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    Gary Shapiro’s From the Bookshelf
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    James S. Hirsch discusses his fine biography of the great Willie Mays.

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  • James McGrath Morris on Joseph Pulitzer

    James McGrath Morris on Joseph Pulitzer
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    Gary Shapiro’s From the Bookshelf
    James McGrath Morris on Joseph Pulitzer
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    James McGrath Morris discusses his book on Pulitzer and the birth of modern media.

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  • Melange Art and Recipes with Robynn Smith

    Melange Art and Recipes with Robynn Smith
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    Gary Shapiro’s From the Bookshelf
    Melange Art and Recipes with Robynn Smith
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    Artist Robynn Smith drops by to talk about art, eating and her latest project: Melange , an art and recipe book!

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  • Hal Erickson on Laugh-In

    Hal Erickson on Laugh-In
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    Gary Shapiro’s From the Bookshelf
    Hal Erickson on Laugh-In
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    Hal Erickson tells the story of the revolution in television that was Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In. You will find it verrrrry interesting!

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