Wordy Birds

Tony Horwitz

November 25, 2011 by lizhumes

Midnight Rising: John Brown
and the Raid That Sparked the Civil War

Original air date: November 25, 2011

“Plotted in secret, launched in the dark, John Brown’s raid on Harpers Ferry was a pivotal moment in U.S. history. But few Americans know the true story of the men and women who launched a desperate strike at the slaveholding South. Now, Midnight Rising portrays Brown’s uprising in vivid color, revealing a country on the brink of explosive conflict.”

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Noah Scalin

November 11, 2011 by lizhumes

Unstuck: 52 Ways to Get
(and Keep) Your Creativity
Flowing at Home, at Work
and in Your Studio

Original air date: November 11, 2011

“In this book are 52 inspiring project prompts designed for any field and any level of experience. The activities can be done randomly or one per week for an entire year of creativity building. With tasks divided by time commitment (from 30 seconds to several hours), pick one that fits your schedule and get started right now! There’s plenty of room to sketch, journal, and document your experiences. Along the way, peek inside the brains of 12 creative professionals and see exactly how they stay motivated. Unstuck is the ultimate DIY guide to regaining your creative flow!”

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Amy Stewart

October 28, 2011 by lizhumes

Wicked Bugs

Original air date: October 28, 2011

“In this darkly comical look at the sinister side of our relationship with the natural world, Stewart has tracked down over one hundred of our worst entomological foes—creatures that infest, infect, and generally wreak havoc on human affairs. From the world’s most painful hornet, to the flies that transmit deadly diseases, to millipedes that stop traffic, to the “bookworms” that devour libraries, to the Japanese beetles munching on your roses, Wicked Bugs delves into the extraordinary powers of six- and eight-legged creatures.”

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Broke Ass Stuart

October 21, 2011 by lizhumes

Young, Broke, and Beautiful: Broke Ass Stuart’s
Guide to Living Cheaply

Original air date: October 21, 2011

“This book isn’t simply a guide to living cheaply: it’s more than that. It’s a celebration of the fact that you don’t have to be rich to enjoy your life. You don’t have to have designer clothes and expensive things to prove you’re amazing. What makes life interesting is not the things that you own, but the sh*t that you do. Young, Broke, and Beautiful is a celebration of the fact that readers don’t have to be rich to enjoy life; it’s about using the resources they have around them to enrich their existence of “brokeitude.” Broke-Ass Stuart takes under his wing those readers seeking to live life to the fullest and provides, in his inimitable raw and frank way, how to do it on the cheap.”

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Victor Lodato

October 14, 2011 by lizhumes

Mathilda Savitch

Original air date: October 14, 2011

“I want to be awful. I want to do awful things and why not? Dull is dull is dull is my life. Like now, it’s night, not yet time for bed but too late to be outside, and the two of them reading reading reading with their eyes moving like the lights inside a copy machine. When I was helping put the dishes in the washer tonight, I broke a plate. I said sorry Ma it slipped. But it didn’t slip, that’s how I am sometimes, and I want to be worse.” – excerpt from Mathilda Savitch

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