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| Books at the Berkshire features local authors
discussing their new works. Taped monthly before a live audience at the
Berkshire Grill in Seattle's Northgate neighborhood, Books at the Berkshire
offers an in-depth look at a book and insightful conversation with its author.
The program is hosted, in turn, by Walter Hudsick, Director of the Loft Writing
Center and Marilyn Smith Layton, faculty, English and Humanities at North
Seattle Community College. Books at the Berkshire is supported by the Berkshire
Grill, SCCtv as well as many other local businesses and individuals.
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Jonathan Raban
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BOOK: Waxwings
AUTHOR: Jonathan Raban
Host Marilyn Smith Layton talks with internationally celebrated guest Jonathan
Raban, who has made Seattle his home since 1989. Mr. Raban—a prolific
award-winning writer, editor, reviewer, and playwright—has traveled extensively
from his native England to distant places around the globe. Describing the
challenges of living as a writer in this fraught era, Mr. Raban shares his
compelling insights and analyses about the places he’s been and the work he
does. Waxwings—his latest book and second novel—is set in Seattle and
has been adapted by Book-It Repertory Theatre
for the stage.
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Richard Glaubman
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BOOK: Life Is So Good
AUTHOR: Richard Glaubman
Host Marilyn Smith Layton talks with Richard Glaubman, author of Life Is So Good—the
story of George Dawson, who told the story of his long life to Mr. Glaubman
when he was 101. Living in Texas, Mr. Dawson, the grandson of slaves, made
national news when he learned to read at age ninety-eight. This collaborative
book reflects the power of story not only through the life of George Dawson but
also in the life of Richard Glaubman. Mr. Glaubman explains the history of his
relationship with Dawson and the challenges they faced, coming from such
diverse backgrounds. Glaubman also tells the story of how he managed to combine
the writing of this book and the travel it entailed with teaching elementary
school on the Olympic peninsula in Washington State.
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Helen Thayer
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BOOK: Three Among the Wolves
AUTHOR: Helen Thayer
Host Marilyn Smith Layton talks with Helen Thayer, named by National Geographic
as one of the great explorers of the twentieth century, about her most recent
book, Three Among the Wolves. Spending most of a year observing wolves
in the Yukon Territory and the Arctic, Helen Thayer, her husband Bill, and
their beloved dog Charlie observed wolf families closely, bringing the lessons
they learned to our audience and to their ongoing Adventure Classroom in which
they share their experiences with millions of children. A lifetime of braving
conditions beyond imaginable endurance, Helen Thayer inspires people of all
ages with her determination and achievements.
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Kathrine Beck
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BOOK: Opal: A life of Enchantment, Mystery, and
Madness
AUTHOR: Kathrine Beck
Host Walter Hudsick talks with author Kathrine Beck about her new book Opal: A
Life of Enchantment, Mystery, and Madness. Beck, a Northwest native and
successful mystery writer, investigates the life of Opal Whitely, a celebrated
author and diarist who came of age almost a century ago. Beck follows the
twists and turns of Whitely's controversial - and some say dubious - history as
a purported member of French nobility switched at birth with a child in Cottage
Grove, a spiritual nature-lover, a literary sensation, an early
twentieth-century media darling and a twenty-first century internet phenomenon.
Beck explores the puzzles of Whitely's life with clear-eyed wit and canny
humor.
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Lis Wiehl
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BOOK: Winning Every Time: How to Use the Skills of
a Lawyer in the Trials of Your Life.
AUTHOR: Lis Wiehl
Host Walter Hudsick talks with University of Washington law professor and Fox
News legal analyst Lis Wiehl about her new book Winning Every Time: Using the
Skills of a Lawyer in the Trials of your Life. Wiehl presents an
eight-step plan that shows how to use the logical and verbal approaches of
trial lawyers in everyday situations: on the job, as a parent, as a consumer,
and more. Wiehl demonstrates how techniques such as having a clear objective
(Theory of the Case), doing your homework (Discovery), and staying focused
(Avoid the Seven Deadly Spins) have served her in the halls of cable
newscasting and as a single mom. |
Timothy Egan
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BOOK: The Winemaker's Daughter
AUTHOR: Timothy Egan
Host Marilyn Smith Layton talks with New York Times national enterprise
reporter Timothy Egan about his fourth book and first novel, The Winemaker's
Daughter. Mr. Egan, winner of a Pulitzer Prize for his exploration of
how race is lived in America, speaks about his year of preparation for that
work. He also describes living in Italy for a year with his family and the
influences that its culture had on him in the novel he wrote. A native of the
Pacific Northwest, he shares his passion for this region and its future.
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George W. Jarecke and Nancy K. Plant
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BOOK: Seeking Civility: Common Courtesy and the
Common Law
AUTHORS: George Jarecke and Nancy Plant
Host Walter Hudsick talks with Bainbridge Island authors and attorneys George
Jarecke and Nancy Plant about the increasing lack of civility in society today.
In their new book Seeking Civility: Common Courtesy and the Common Law the
authors highlight current trends of incivility and link them to historical
context through vignettes of actual cases addressing assault, battery,
trespass, nuisance and other forms of misbehavior. This spirited discussion
focuses on these sources of outbursts in our society and how formal laws as
well as common courtesies can provide solutions.
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