Book ExcerptHere & Now's bookshelf, which includes excerpts of books that we cover on our show.'Hidden Folk' book explores whether belief in elves and mythical creatures can save the environment"Looking for Hidden Folk: How Iceland's Elves Can Save the Earth" by author Nancy Marie Brown maintains that looking at myths and how various cultures think about the planet can...Play09:3710 hours ago'Waco Rising' explores how the siege in Waco continues to reverberate 30 years laterThis year marks the 30th anniversary of Waco, the shorthand for the fiery deadly stand-off between federal officials and members of the religious cult, the Branch Davidians.Play10:59Jan 31, 2023Advertisement 'My Selma' tells kids what it was like to grow up Black in 1960's SouthWhen Selma, Alabama, was recently torn apart by that tornado, it was hard not to think of another time when it was torn asunder by racism.Play10:43Jan 24, 2023In 'Until Someone Listens,' 13-year-old Estela Juarez speaks up for her mother, immigration issuesWhen Estela Juarez was 11, her video letter to then-President Donald Trump made headlines when it was shown at the 2020 Democratic National Convention. Estela wrote on behalf of her...Play09:35Jan 23, 2023Jill Schlesinger explores making a life change without breaking the bank in new bookDuring the pandemic a lot of people changed jobs or addresses, started a business or quit one.Play09:33Jan 23, 2023Travel writer Pico Iyer reflects on looking for paradise in troubled placesIyer looks back on almost five decades of travel and what that time has taught him about the nature of paradise.Play10:59Jan 18, 2023'The Oppermanns' has lessons for today — almost a century laterLion Feuchtwanger's 1933 novel tells the story of a wealthy Jewish family in Berlin, Germany. who fall victim to the rise of the Nazis. It was reissued in the fall.Play09:36Jan 10, 2023'Song of Silver, Flame Like Night': New fantasy novel examines the cost of power and imperialismThe new Chinese history-inspired fantasy novel by Amélie Wen Zhao lands on bookshelves Tuesday.Play05:49Jan 3, 2023From Brooklyn upbringing to meticulous notetaking, 'Yellen' gives insight into treasury secretaryA new book looks at Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen — her upbringing, her economic thinking and her career.Play11:04Dec 27, 2022'Gilded Mountain' novel is a wild adventure through the mines, unions and racism of 1900s ColoradoIt's a place where the rich mine owners' annual budget for strawberries totals more than the workers' pay; where a local newspaper, run by women, dares to reveal injustice.Play10:53Dec 21, 2022Best selling author Neil Pasricha continues to look for the awesomeNeil Pasricha has amassed a new collection of small things that can make life brighter.Play05:33Dec 9, 2022New book dives deep into the lives and work of 'The Ransomware Hunting Team'Corporations, cities and hospitals around the world have been victims of cyber extortionists who hold data hostage, extorting millions of dollars.Play10:57Dec 7, 2022Barbara Kingsolver takes a Dickensian journey through Appalachia for new novel 'Demon Copperhead'Kingsolver takes Charles Dickens's "David Copperfield" and sets it in modern-day southern Appalachia.Play08:57Nov 18, 2022'All This Could Be Different' explores the immigrant experienceThe National Book Award fiction finalist centers around Sneha, a recent college graduate from India who's making her way in Milwaukee in 2013.Play09:32Nov 16, 2022How to make the best corn tortillas at home, according to 'Masa' author Jorge Gaviria"Masa: Techniques, Recipes, and Reflections on a Timeless Staple" tells the history and science behind masa — the corn dough used to create tortillas, tamales, and many other foods —...Play09:42Nov 11, 2022'In Sickness' details how a prominent cancer doc concealed her own illness — even from her husbandBarrett Rollins only discovered his wife's football-sized breast tumor when she collapsed walking to lunch at the Dana Farber Cancer Center where they both worked.Play11:03Nov 10, 2022'Listen World!' profiles Elsie Robinson, the most well-read woman you've probably never heard ofElsie Robinson was one of the most widely read journalists of the early twentieth century, her work reached millions of readers around the country.Play05:52Nov 3, 2022Music legend Julie Andrews and daughter Emma Walton Hamilton note history of 'Do Re Mi' in new book"The First Notes: The Story of Do, Re, Mi" tells the story of the 11th-century monk who invented a system of musical notation that we use today.Play11:07Nov 1, 2022Chelsea Manning's memoir reflects on tormented childhood, gender and value of freedom of informationManning's is the tale of someone who believed in truth and freedom of information.Play10:51Oct 31, 2022'Somewhere Sisters' explores identity and the nature-nurture debateThe book tells the story of identical twins who were born in Vietnam. One was adopted by a well-to-do white American family, the other was raised by her maternal aunt.Play09:43Oct 28, 2022Next Page
'Hidden Folk' book explores whether belief in elves and mythical creatures can save the environment"Looking for Hidden Folk: How Iceland's Elves Can Save the Earth" by author Nancy Marie Brown maintains that looking at myths and how various cultures think about the planet can...Play09:3710 hours ago
'Waco Rising' explores how the siege in Waco continues to reverberate 30 years laterThis year marks the 30th anniversary of Waco, the shorthand for the fiery deadly stand-off between federal officials and members of the religious cult, the Branch Davidians.Play10:59Jan 31, 2023
'My Selma' tells kids what it was like to grow up Black in 1960's SouthWhen Selma, Alabama, was recently torn apart by that tornado, it was hard not to think of another time when it was torn asunder by racism.Play10:43Jan 24, 2023
In 'Until Someone Listens,' 13-year-old Estela Juarez speaks up for her mother, immigration issuesWhen Estela Juarez was 11, her video letter to then-President Donald Trump made headlines when it was shown at the 2020 Democratic National Convention. Estela wrote on behalf of her...Play09:35Jan 23, 2023
Jill Schlesinger explores making a life change without breaking the bank in new bookDuring the pandemic a lot of people changed jobs or addresses, started a business or quit one.Play09:33Jan 23, 2023
Travel writer Pico Iyer reflects on looking for paradise in troubled placesIyer looks back on almost five decades of travel and what that time has taught him about the nature of paradise.Play10:59Jan 18, 2023
'The Oppermanns' has lessons for today — almost a century laterLion Feuchtwanger's 1933 novel tells the story of a wealthy Jewish family in Berlin, Germany. who fall victim to the rise of the Nazis. It was reissued in the fall.Play09:36Jan 10, 2023
'Song of Silver, Flame Like Night': New fantasy novel examines the cost of power and imperialismThe new Chinese history-inspired fantasy novel by Amélie Wen Zhao lands on bookshelves Tuesday.Play05:49Jan 3, 2023
From Brooklyn upbringing to meticulous notetaking, 'Yellen' gives insight into treasury secretaryA new book looks at Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen — her upbringing, her economic thinking and her career.Play11:04Dec 27, 2022
'Gilded Mountain' novel is a wild adventure through the mines, unions and racism of 1900s ColoradoIt's a place where the rich mine owners' annual budget for strawberries totals more than the workers' pay; where a local newspaper, run by women, dares to reveal injustice.Play10:53Dec 21, 2022
Best selling author Neil Pasricha continues to look for the awesomeNeil Pasricha has amassed a new collection of small things that can make life brighter.Play05:33Dec 9, 2022
New book dives deep into the lives and work of 'The Ransomware Hunting Team'Corporations, cities and hospitals around the world have been victims of cyber extortionists who hold data hostage, extorting millions of dollars.Play10:57Dec 7, 2022
Barbara Kingsolver takes a Dickensian journey through Appalachia for new novel 'Demon Copperhead'Kingsolver takes Charles Dickens's "David Copperfield" and sets it in modern-day southern Appalachia.Play08:57Nov 18, 2022
'All This Could Be Different' explores the immigrant experienceThe National Book Award fiction finalist centers around Sneha, a recent college graduate from India who's making her way in Milwaukee in 2013.Play09:32Nov 16, 2022
How to make the best corn tortillas at home, according to 'Masa' author Jorge Gaviria"Masa: Techniques, Recipes, and Reflections on a Timeless Staple" tells the history and science behind masa — the corn dough used to create tortillas, tamales, and many other foods —...Play09:42Nov 11, 2022
'In Sickness' details how a prominent cancer doc concealed her own illness — even from her husbandBarrett Rollins only discovered his wife's football-sized breast tumor when she collapsed walking to lunch at the Dana Farber Cancer Center where they both worked.Play11:03Nov 10, 2022
'Listen World!' profiles Elsie Robinson, the most well-read woman you've probably never heard ofElsie Robinson was one of the most widely read journalists of the early twentieth century, her work reached millions of readers around the country.Play05:52Nov 3, 2022
Music legend Julie Andrews and daughter Emma Walton Hamilton note history of 'Do Re Mi' in new book"The First Notes: The Story of Do, Re, Mi" tells the story of the 11th-century monk who invented a system of musical notation that we use today.Play11:07Nov 1, 2022
Chelsea Manning's memoir reflects on tormented childhood, gender and value of freedom of informationManning's is the tale of someone who believed in truth and freedom of information.Play10:51Oct 31, 2022
'Somewhere Sisters' explores identity and the nature-nurture debateThe book tells the story of identical twins who were born in Vietnam. One was adopted by a well-to-do white American family, the other was raised by her maternal aunt.Play09:43Oct 28, 2022
