Steve 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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Steve 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 Forbes discusses the life and career of the great comedian Bert Williams.
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This week we revisit this wonderful conversation with film historian Donald Spoto.
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William 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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Rock historian and journalist Sheila Weller discusses her latest book, a biography of Carole King, Joni Mitchell and Carly Simon.
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David Hajdu, author of “The Ten-Cent Plague: The Great Comic Book Scare and How it Changed America” returns for a discussion of hysteria caused by comics in the 1940’s and ‘50’s.
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David Kaufman has written the definitive biography of movie star and singer Doris Day. Kaufman discusses his extraordinary book this week on From the Bookshelf!
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Mark Harris has written an incisive book about the five films nominated for the Best Picture Oscar of 1967. Harris traces the making of these films and the revolution in Hollywood that they wrought.
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Former prosecutor Vincent Bugliosi returns to From the Bookshelf to discuss his new book, The Prosecution of George W. Bush for murder.
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The tragic tale of the great elephant Jumbo is recounted in an excellent new book whose author, Paul Chambers, is this week’s guest!
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