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All About Books
A weekly book review and discussion program hosted by Pat Leach. Updated on Thursdays.
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“Wilder Weather" by Dr. Barbara Boustead.
The Little House on the Prairie books by Laura Ingalls Wilder painted a vivid sense of place with the weather on the Great Plains playing an important...
“Challenger" by Adam Higginbotham.
On January 28, 1986, a little over a minute into flight, the space shuttle Challenger broke apart over the Atlantic Ocean, killing all seven people on...
“I’ll Be Right Here". by Amy Bloom
Beginning with flight from post-World War II North Africa and Paris, right up to our own time; a multi-generational found-family struggles, lives and...
“Good Soil:The Education of an Accidental Farmhand” by Jeff Chu
In mid-life, Jeff Chu left his job as a magazine writer for grad school at Princeton Theological Seminary. The school had a 21-acre farm, the “Farmina...
“James” by Percival Everett
Winner of the 2025 Pulitzer Prize for Literature, “James” by Percival Everett is a retelling of Twain’s Huckelberry Finn from the perspective of the e...
“The Unauthorized Biography of Lincoln, NE” by Matt Steinhausen
No matter how long you’ve lived in your hometown, there's still more to learn. While some of the things you thought were local history, may in fact be...
“On the Hippie Trail" by Rick Steves
The backpacker’s journey from Istanbul to Kathmandu was once known as the “Hippie Trail” A 23-year old Rick Steves made that trip and documented every...
“Clutch” An Education at Work”.by Linda Pawlenty
Having a job during school to help ends meet is pretty typical, but UNL PhD student Linda Pawlenty’s side job was on a different level of different. P...
"The Hidden Life of Trees" by Peter Wohlleben
Peter Wohlleben is a forester and author whose book, "The Hidden Life of Trees" was a best-seller. Now, that title has been given a graphical makeover...
“Becoming Earth” by Ferris Jabr
The ancient idea that the world is alive was long ridiculed by some scientists, but that’s changing. The view of Earth as a vast interconnected living...
“Tell Me Everything” by Elizabeth Strout
Award-winning author Elizabeth Strout returns to Crosby, Maine in her latest novel about new friendships, old loves, and to ask the question- what doe...
“Martyr!” by Kaveh Akbar
Cyrus is a newly sober son of Iranian immigrants. Guided by the voices of artists, poets, and kings, he embarks on a quest to uncover a family secret....
“Robert F. Kennedy:The Road Not Taken” by Dennis &Laura Crawford
Nebraska was one of only 15 states that held primaries in 1968. Robert F. Kennedy and Eugene McCarthy campaigned hard in the state. “Robert F. Kennedy...
“Feeding Ghosts” by Tessa Hulls
In the graphic novel “Feeding Ghosts”, artist Tessa Hulls traces Chinese history across three generations of women in her family. Growing up, Hulls wa...
An introduction to Nebraska author, Loren Eiseley
His writing combined keen scientific observation with mystery and wonder. This week on “All About Books” a look at the life and writing of Lincoln nat...
“A Refiner’s Fire” by Donna Leon
Set in Venice, the popular detective series featuring Commissario Guido Brunetti has a new mystery to solve. In “A Refiner’s Fire” by Donna Leon, Brun...
“Mrs Dalloway” by Virginia Woolf
Pat Leach invited her good friend Susan Millar to talk about the classic novel, “Mrs Dalloway” by Virginia Woolf. It’s one of Susan’s favorite novels...
“Inside Nebraska Courthouses" by Settle & Grossbart
Dean Settle and his wife Harriet Grossbart, went on an 11-month, 28-thousand mile journey across Nebraska documenting the interiors of all 93 county c...
Guest reviewer Richard Graham on new graphic novels
Graphic novels expert, UNL professor Richard Graham joins host Pat Leach to talk about two new titles, “Insectopolis: A Natural History” by Peter Kupe...
“Wandering Stars” by Tommy Orange
“Wandering Stars” by Tommy Orange is a follow up to his acclaimed debut novel, “There There”. Orange traces the legacies of the Sand Creek Massacre in...
Guest reviewer Kiersten Hill on the current Romance genre.
Kiersten Hill dropped by “All About Books” this week to help host Pat Leach catch up on current trends in Romance fiction. She recommended the new rel...
Bill Kelly on the "Once Again" podcast series
Nebraska Public Media’s senior producer Bill Kelly joins Pat Leach this week’s on “All About Books” to talk about his adventures in researching Nebras...
“Why We Remember” by Dr. Charan Ranganath
From recalling names and faces to trauma and healing- memory plays an important role in nearly every aspect of life. Dr. Charan Ranganath is a leadin...
“1999: The Year Low Culture Conquered America" by Ross Benes
From pro wrestling and Pokémon to Insane Clown Posse and Jerry Springer, a new book looks at the low culture of the late ’90s revealing a continuing i...
PBS documentary film maker Dawn Logsdon on "Free for All"
An interview with Dawn Logsdon, one of the film makers behind the new PBS documentary, “Free For All: The Public Library”. A films exploring how libra...
“Meditations for Mortals" by Oliver Burkeman
There are only so many hours in a day, as the saying goes. That’s the focus of a new book that addresses fundamental questions about how we live. On t...
“Anita de Monte Laughs Last: a Novel” by Xochitl Gonzalez
A Latina woman attending an ivy league college feels a connection to an artist who died under mysterious circumstances in New York years before. “Anit...
The AI technology race. "Supremacy" by Parmy Olson.
Two pioneering tech companies and their CEOs are competing over the development of artificial intelligence: Sam Altman of OpenAI and Demis Hassabis of...
“Black Woods, Blue Sky" by Eowyn Ivey
A mother struggling with sobriety moves herself and young daughter to live with a reclusive mountain man of Alaska’s wilds. Author Eowyn Ivey’s new n...
“The Golden Gate” by Amy Chua
A presidential candidate is assassinated at San Francisco’s swanky Claremont Hotel in 1944. Homicide detective Al Sullivan was having a drink in the b...
“Reagan: His Life and Legend” by Max Boot
Political columnist Max Boot took on the task of writing a monumental biography of conservative icon Ronald Regan. Combining interviews with the Presi...
“Whale Fall” by Elizabeth O’Connor
On a harsh but beautiful island off the coast of Wales, a young woman looks after the home for her father and younger sister after their mother dies....
“Book and Dagger” by Elyse Graham.
At the start of WWII, the U.S. found itself in desperate need of an intelligence agency. To hire the experts needed,the government looked to academia...
“The Mighty Red”, a novel by Louise Erdrich,
Set in a starkly beautiful North Dakota community, “The Mighty Red”, a novel by Louise Erdrich, reveals ordinary people who are complicated and contra...
“A Different Metaphor” by Kevin Shinn
This week on All About Books” Pat Leach talks with author Kevin Shinn a former collegiate pastor, chef and restaurateur. His lifelong spiritual journe...
“Orbital: a Novel” by Samantha Harvey,
It’s a day in the lives of a team of 6 international astronauts as they orbit the earth. There are mundane daily tasks, solitude, as well as profoundl...
“The Safe Keep” by Yael van der Wouden
Two women with opposite personalities share a house in the Dutch countryside during the summer of 1961. Suspicion between them becomes obsession in th...
“The House of Doors” by Tan Twan Eng
It’s 1921 in Panang Malaysia where the novel “The House of Doors” introduces real events and people, like the writer Somerset Maugham, along with fict...
“How to Read a Book: a Novel” by Monica Wood
“How to Read a Book: a Novel” by Monica Wood is an honest and hopeful story of struggling with guilt, second chances, and how books can change a life.
“Hidden Libraries" by Diana Helmuth
Most towns have a library of some sort, but did you know there’s a library at the South Pole? Some libraries are hidden in remote deserts, in phone bo...