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Oct 26: 1] Eulogy 2] Bestseller Katherine Neville

Creative writing teacher Ken Murray’s powerful debut novel, Eulogy, explores an unusual, Rapture-obsessed fundamentalist Christian family that places all of its hopes on catastrophic destruction.

Katherine Neville’s immensely popular historical quest novels The Eight, A Calculated Risk and The Magic Circle are available digitally for the first time. People Magazine says “With alchemical skill, Neville blends modern romance, historical fiction, and medieval mystery…and comes up with gold.”

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Ken Murray’s debut novel Eulogy follows the controlled and calm life of William Oaks after it is shattered when his parents suddenly die in a car crash. Now he must face the obsessions and denials that have formed him. threatening to derail his life as he feverishly prepares for one of the most important moments in his career. Murray is a teacher of creative writing whose works have appeared in numerous periodicals, and he has numerous awards such as the inaugural Marina Nemat Award and the Random House Award.

Katherine Neville’s immensely popular historical quest novels The Eight, A Calculated Risk and The Magic Circle are available as eBooks for the first time from Open Road Media. A #1 international bestseller in 40 languages, The Eight made edge-of-your-seat historical thrillers popular long before Dan Brown’s Da Vinci Code. The Washington Post declared The Eight “a feminist answer to Raiders of the Lost Ark” and has captivated readers since its publication in 1988. Neville’s novels have been published in more than 80 countries, enriched by her 20 year career as an international computer executive and consultant, which took her to live in six countries on three continents and 26 of the United States.

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Dec 01: 1-Best Selling Novelist Katherine Neville. 2-Rev Maria Dancing Heart

Twenty years after her hit novel, The Eight, Katherine Neville’s sequel, The Fire, hits the stands. Find out what motivates this author and drove her to set the literary stage for the epic novel. Also today, learn why Reverend Maria Dancing Heart believes that opening our hearts to change during times of grief can lead us to live more courageously each and every moment.

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Conservation, Environment, Lifestyle

Nov 28: 1] The Deepest Roots 2] Adopt A Book

In The Deepest Roots: Finding Food and Community on a Pacific Northwest Island, Kathleen Alcalá walks, wades, picks, pokes, digs, cooks, and cans, getting to know her neighbors on a much deeper level. She learns to better understand how we once fed ourselves, acknowledging that there may be a future in which we could need to do so again. Combining memoir, historical records, and a blueprint for sustainability, Kathleen shows us how an island population can mature into responsible food stewards.

Also today, best-selling author and returning guest Katherine Neville joins us to talk about Smithsonian Libraries Adopt-A-Book Program.

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As friends began “going back to the land” at the same time that a health issue emerged, Kathleen Alcalá set out to re-examine her relationship with food at the most local level. Remembering her parents, Mexican immigrants who grew up during the Depression, and the memory of planting, growing, and harvesting fresh food with them as a child, she decided to explore the history of the Pacific Northwest island she calls home. The result was The Deepest Roots: Finding Food and Community on a Pacific Northwest Island, written to remind the reader that innovation, adaptation, diversity, and common sense will help us make wise decisions about our future. Kathleen is the author of a collection of essays, The Desert Remembers My Name: On Family and Writing; three novels, including Treasures in Heaven; and a collection of short stories. She lives on Bainbridge Island.

Katherine Neville is a best-selling author and public speaker who had the honor of being the first author chosen to become a member the Advisory Board of the Smithsonian Libraries in Washington, DC. As a great devotee of reading and research herself, Neville has co-created several awards and grants presented by the Smithsonian Libraries.

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