07/02/14 - On Wednesday’s Topical Currents we’ll sit for a spell with Mitchell Kaplan, founder of Books & Books and co-founder of the Miami Book Fair International. He’ll tell us how he has become one of the country’s most successful independent booksellers and about his plans to venture into publishing. We’ll also get his recommendations for a good summer read. Join us and call in with your own suggestions on the next Topical Currents, Wednesday at 1pm.
TITLE AUTHOR CONTENT Recomm
Bunny’s Dark Room Bunny Yeager
Architecture in Uniform Jean Louis Cohen WW II Building
A Storied Life of A.J. Fikry Gabrielle Zevin Account of bookseller in New England Mitchell
Lovers at the Chameleon Club, Paris 1932 Francine Prose How Nazis affect culture in pre-war Europe Listener
The Signature of All Things Elizabeth Gilbert Historical Fiction end of 1700’s (author of Eat/Pray/Love) Listener
Last Orders Graham Smith
Experience growing up in Mississippi Listener
Armadale Wilkie Collins Novel
Flying Shoes Lisa Howerth Unsolved murder in 1966 Mitchell
No Regrets Coyote John Dufresne Mystery
MaddAddam Margaret Atwood
100 years solitude Garcia Marquez
Fixione Naruda
Dance of the Reptiles Carl Hiassen Collection of columns Mitchell
The Shock Doctrine Naomi Klein How politics shocks systems into change Listener
The Good Spy-The Life and Death of Robt. Ames Kai Bird Compelling portrait of CIA Operative Mitchell
Flash Mob Robert O’Connell Comedy/Mystery (Local Author) Listener
The Last of the Just Andre Schwarz-Bart Chronicle of Jewish persecution - Novel Listener
TITLE AUTHOR CONTENT Recomm
Natchez Burning Greg Iles Broad history of Mississippi (tough read) Mitchell
The Luminaries Eleanor Catton Parody of 19th century novel Bonnie
Remains of the Day kazuo ishiguro Bonnie
One Summer, America 1927 Bill Bryson History of 1927 Listener
Inspirations Dr. Dwayne Dyer Listener
Thunderstruck Erik Larson Listener
The Silk Worm Robert Galbraith (aka J.K. Rowling)
The Rise and Fall of Great Powers Tom Rachman books at its center
Mr. Mercedes Stephen King
All the Light We Cannot See Anthony Doerr
Midnight in Europe Alan Furst WW II Atmospheric suspense
One Night in Winter Simon Sebag Montefiore
Fourth of July Creek Smith Henderson (like Cormac McCarthy’s The Road)
Lamb Christopher Moore
War of the Whales Joshua Horowitz True story; environmental atty.
California Edan Lepucki California a little into the future post-apocalyptic Mitchell
The Rosie Project Graeme Simsion Aspergers
The Orphan Masters Son Adam Johnson