Books & Authors

http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2012-02-08/hal-weitzman-latin-lessons
Hal Weitzman: "Latin Lessons"

Hal Weitzman: "Latin Lessons"

February 8, 2012

Diane talks to Hal Weitzman, Financial Times correspondent and author of "Latin Lessons: How South America Stopped Listening to the United States and Started Prospering" about the mistakes the U.S. has made in Latin America, and the high price he says we will pay for them.

http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2012-02-06/eric-klinenberg-going-solo-extraordinary-rise-and-surprising-appeal-living-alone
Eric Klinenberg: "Going Solo: The Extraordinary Rise and Surprising Appeal of Living Alone"

Eric Klinenberg: "Going Solo: The Extraordinary Rise and Surprising Appeal of Living Alone"

February 6, 2012

A sociologist examines the cultural, business and political effects of the biggest demographic shift since the baby boom: living alone.

http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2012-02-02/john-horgan-end-war
John Horgan: "The End of War"

John Horgan: "The End of War"

February 2, 2012

A science journalist debunks the idea that war is a fact of human nature. He describes why people are equally predisposed to peace as violence.

http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2012-01-31/adam-johnson-orphan-masters-son
Adam Johnson: "The Orphan Master's Son"

Adam Johnson: "The Orphan Master's Son"

January 31, 2012

Diane talks to author Adam Johnson about his new novel, "The Orphan Master's Son" which follows a young man's journey through the icy waters, dark tunnels, and eerie spy chambers of the world's most mysterious dictatorship, North Korea.

Books & Authors

Readers' Review

http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2012-01-18/readers-review-day-jackal-frederick-forsyth
Readers' Review: "The Day of the Jackal" by Frederick Forsyth

Readers' Review: "The Day of the Jackal" by Frederick Forsyth

January 18, 2012

For our January Readers' Review, Diane selected a classic thriller by Frederick Forsyth. "The Day of the Jackal" traces the preparations of a professional assassin hired to kill French President Charles De Gaulle.

http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2011-12-27/readers-review-girl-dragon-tattoo-stieg-larsson-rebroadcast
Readers' Review: "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" by Stieg Larsson (Rebroadcast)

Readers' Review: "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" by Stieg Larsson (Rebroadcast)

December 27, 2011

"The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" features a middle-aged investigative journalist and a youthful computer hacker struggling with personal demons. It is the first book of a Scandinavian crime fiction trilogy by Stieg Larsson. He died four...

http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2011-11-25/readers-review-home-marilynne-robinson-rebroadcast

Readers' Review: "Home" by Marilynne Robinson (Rebroadcast)

November 25, 2011

"Home" by Marilynne Robinson is a companion piece to her Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, "Gilead." Set in the same time and place, it also tackles questions of faith and family -- but from a different perspective: the youngest daughter of an old minister and her ne'er-do-well older brother.

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