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Nancy's Bookshelf
Each week host Nancy Wiegman talks to local, regional and national writers about their latest projects. Nancy's Bookshelf airs on NSPR Fridays at 10 a.m.
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20 of 45 episodesNancy's Bookshelf: Two guests have each written several books about their passion
Following your passion is the theme. Two authors pursue what they love.
Best of Nancy's Bookshelf: Two worlds one with pets and one with a narcotics detective
NPR Weekend Edition host Scott Simon has authored a new book reflecting on his life through his various pets. Additionally, former Green Ber...
Nancy's Bookshelf: Retired Navy Captain takes off with political thriller
Retired Navy Captain Gary Carter drew on his experience as an aircraft carrier pilot in the Strait of Hormuz and in Washington, D.C., to wri...
Best of Nancy's Bookshelf: In the orchard
Retired professor Pamela Geisel Plemmons is an expert in home orchard management, sustainable landscape practices, and integrated pest manag...
Best Of Nancy's Bookshelf: Narratives from the emergency room
Author Echo Heron is an award-winning, New York Times bestselling author. Born in Troy, New York, her work tackles many genres, including fi...
Nancy's Bookshelf: KCHO Jazz director Daniel E. Atkinson returns
Former KCHO Jazz director Daniel E. Atkinson has written a book about the price of Black stardom in Jim Crow America.
Nancy's Bookshelf: Eight historical examples of American political turmoil
History professor Greg Jackson explores eight historical examples of American political turmoil, showing that today’s challenges aren’t unpr...
Nancy's Bookshelf: Cruising Chico's Esplanade in the 1960s
"Cruisin’ the ‘Nade" takes you back in time to Chico in the 1960s.
Nancy's Bookshelf: Poetry in Core Samples
Retired Butte College instructor Phillip Hemenway has published a collection of his poems, Core Samples
Nancy's Bookshelf: Four decades in broadcast + a trip to Italy
In a rebroadcast interview from thirteen years ago, Nancy’s Bookshelf honors NPR correspondent Don Gonyea’s forty-year career following his...
Nancy's Bookshelf: A day in America’s first World’s Fair
A history book about America’s first World’s Fair, which celebrated the nation’s 100th birthday.
Nancy's Bookshelf: Ask Google
Google data editor Simon Rogers tells stories with Google’s data using questions that we ask. “How can I help?” “How to ask politely“ “Why i...
Nancy's Bookshelf: Life after a university career
Two local authors wrote novels about family after university careers.
Nancy's Bookshelf: In search of a new life
In her memoir "Midstream: A Life Remade in 50 Swims," fourth-generation Chicoan Kate Washington chronicles diving feet first into a new life...
Nancy's Bookshelf: Love, loss, and the journey of self-discovery
Chico author Douglas Keister‘s 49th book explores love, loss, and self-exploration. This novel features a 15th-century painting, The Garden...
Nancy's Bookshelf: In the orchard
Retired professor Pamela Geisel Plemmons is an expert in home orchard management, sustainable landscape practices, and integrated pest manag...
Nancy's Bookshelf: An archaeologist turned OSS spy
Stephan Talty's new book tells the true story of American archaeologists turned OSS spies who protected relics from Nazis during WWII.
Nancy's Bookshelf: A dose of psychotherapy and satre
Two Chico authors— psychotherapist Natalie Stromberg and satirist Robyn Alana Engel.
Nancy's Bookshelf: Two Chico authors thrive with new work
Two Chico authors recently released books tackling different topics, from a sci-fi thriller to loss and grief.