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Stefan Kanfer’s biography Somebody: The Reckless Life and Remarkable Career of Marlon Brando is the topic this week.
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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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Philip Norman on John Lennon
/RSS FeedPhilip Norman, whose Beatles biography SHOUT! is a classic, joins Gary to discuss his new book on John Lennon.
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Spoto on Hitchcock
/RSS FeedDonald Spoto returns to the life of the master of suspense for the third time. His new book, Spellbound By Beauty is his acclaimed new look at Alfred Hitchcock’s obsessions.
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Patty’s Got A Gun
/RSS FeedWilliam Graebner examines the Patty Hearst case. Gary asks about Steven Weed’s moustache.
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Simon Baatz on Leopold and Loeb
/RSS FeedSimon Baatz sheds new light on the bizarre case of Leopold and Loeb on this week’s From the Bookshelf.
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Diana Spechler’s Who By Fire
/RSS FeedDiana Spechler returns to From the Bookshelf to discuss her impressive debut novel, Who By Fire .
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Blake Bell on Steve Ditko
/RSS FeedSteve Ditko, whose comic book creations include Spider-man and Doctor Strange is the subject of this program with guest Blake Bell.
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Camille F. Forbes on Bert Williams
/RSS FeedCamille Forbes discusses the life and career of the great comedian Bert Williams.
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Donald Spoto
/RSS FeedThis week we revisit this wonderful conversation with film historian Donald Spoto.
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The Life of Harry Houdini
/RSS FeedWilliam Kalush and Larry Sloman join Gary to discuss their great biography of the great showman, The Secret Life of Houdini: The Making of America’s First Superhero
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