Focus Booklist
Interviews on global affairs and daily life
Monday thru Friday, 10 am to noon on WILL-AM 580
Books and Authors on Focus
Born Losers: A History Of Failure In America, by Scott A. Sandage (Harvard University Press)
interview date: Thursday, March 31, 2005
Terry Jones's War On The War On Terror: Observations And Denunciations By A Founding Member Of The Monty Python, by Terry Jones (Thunder's Mouth, Nation Books)
interview date: Friday, March 25, 2005
Science Friction: Where The Known Meets The Unknown, by Michael Shermer (Henry Holt And Company)
interview date: Wednesday, March 23, 2005
Consumer Reports April 2005, by Consumers Union of the U.S., Inc. (Consumers Union of the U.S., Inc.)
interview date: Monday, March 21, 2005
The Future of Music: Manifesto for the Digital Music Revolution, by David Kusek, Gerd Leonhard (Berklee Press)
interview date: Friday, March 18, 2005
Powerful Medicines: The Benefits, Risks, And Costs Of Prescription Drugs, by Jerry Avorn (Alfred A. Knopf)
interview date: Tuesday, March 15, 2005
It's My Party Too: The Battle For The Heart Of The GOP And The Future Of America, by Christine Todd Whitman (The Penguin Press)
interview date: Tuesday, March 15, 2005
Drugs And The Athlete, by Gary I. Wadler, Brian Hainline (F. A. Davis Company)
interview date: Monday, March 14, 2005
Boarding School Seasons: American Indian Families, 1900-1940, by Brenda J. Child (University of Nebraska Press)
interview date: Friday, March 11, 2005
God In The Machine: What Robots Teach Us About Humanity And God, by Anne Foerst (Dutton)
interview date: Thursday, March 10, 2005
Wrigley Field: The Unauthorized Biography, by Stuart Shea (Brassey's, Inc.)
interview date: Wednesday, March 09, 2005
The Obesity Myth: Why America's Obsession With Weight Is Hazardous To Your Health, by Paul Campos (Gotham Books)
interview date: Tuesday, March 08, 2005
Blink: The Power Of Thinking Without Thinking, by Malcolm Gladwell (Little, Brown And Company)
interview date: Monday, March 07, 2005
Without Apology: Girls, Women, And The Desire To Fight, by Leah Hager Cohen (Random House)
interview date: Tuesday, March 01, 2005
The Making of Environmental Law, by Richard J. Lazarus (University of Chicago Press)
interview date: Friday, February 25, 2005
Racial Culture: A Critique, by Richard T. Ford (Princeton University Press)
interview date: Thursday, February 24, 2005
The Rapture Exposed: The Message of Hope in the Book of Revelation, by Barbara Rossing (Westview Press)
interview date: Wednesday, February 23, 2005
The Price Of Smoking, by Frank A. Sloan, et. al. (The MIT Press)
interview date: Wednesday, February 23, 2005
American Mania: When More Is Not Enough, by Peter C. Whybrow (W. W. Norton & Company)
interview date: Tuesday, February 22, 2005
The Fearless Man: A Novel Of Vietnam, by Donald Pfarrer (Random House)
interview date: Friday, February 18, 2005
Election 2004: How Bush Won And What You Can Expect In The Future, by Evan Thomas and the Staff of Newsweek (Public Affairs)
interview date: Wednesday, February 16, 2005
You Remind Me Of Me, by Dan Chaon (Ballentine Books)
interview date: Tuesday, February 15, 2005
The Manhattan Beach Project, by Peter Lefcourt (Simon & Schuster)
interview date: Friday, February 11, 2005
Happiness: Lessons From A New Science, by Richard Layard (The Penguin Press)
interview date: Friday, February 11, 2005
BlockBuster: How Hollywood Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Summer, by Tom Shone (Free Press)
interview date: Wednesday, February 09, 2005
A Cow's Life: The Surprising History Of Cattle And How The Black Angus Came To Be Home On The Range, by M. R. Montgomery (Walker & Company)
interview date: Wednesday, February 09, 2005
Ken Druse The Passion For Gardening: Inspiration For A Lifetime, by Ken Druse with Adam Levine (Clarkson Potter/Publishers)
interview date: Tuesday, February 08, 2005
Untamed, by Steve Bloom (Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers)
interview date: Monday, February 07, 2005
How Dogs Think: Understanding The Canine Mind, by Stanly Coren (Free Press)
interview date: Monday, February 07, 2005
Wrong About Japan: A Father's Journey With His Son, by Peter Carey (Alfred A. Knopf)
interview date: Friday, February 04, 2005
Postcards From The Brain Museum: The Improbable Search For Meaning In The Matter Of Famous Brains, by Brian Burrell (Broadway Books)
interview date: Thursday, February 03, 2005
Imperial Hubris: Why the West is Losing the War on Terror, by Michael Scheuer (Brassy's, Inc.)
interview date: Monday, January 31, 2005
Pocahontas: Medicine Woman, Spy, Entrepreneur, Diplomat, by Paula Gunn Allen (HarperCollins)
interview date: Thursday, January 27, 2005
Wedding Of The Waters: The Erie Canal And The Making Of A Great Nation, by Peter L. Bernstein (W. W. Norton & Company)
interview date: Wednesday, January 26, 2005
Big Cotton: How A Humble Fiber Created Fortunes, Wrecked Civilizations, And Put America On The Map, by Stephen Yafa (Viking)
interview date: Tuesday, January 25, 2005
At Risk, by Stella Rimington (Alfred A. Knopf)
interview date: Monday, January 24, 2005
Death Of Innocence: The Story Of The Hate Crime That Changed America, by Mamie Till-Mobley, Christopher Benson (Random House)
interview date: Wednesday, January 19, 2005
Leave No Child Behind: Preparing Today's Youth For Tomorrow's World, by James P. Comer (Yale University Press)
interview date: Tuesday, January 18, 2005
Dream Catchers: How Mainstream America Discovered Native Spirituality, by Philip Jenkins (Oxford University Press)
interview date: Monday, January 17, 2005
Though The Heavens May Fall: The Landmark Trial That Led To The End Of Human Slavery, by Steven M. Wise (Da Capo Press)
interview date: Friday, January 14, 2005
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise And Fall Of Jack Johnson, by Geoffrey C. Ward (Alfred A. Knopf)
interview date: Wednesday, January 12, 2005
In Memory Of Running, by Ron McLarty (Viking)
interview date: Tuesday, January 11, 2005
On Intelligence, by Jeff Hawkins with Sandra Bakeslee (Times Books)
interview date: Monday, January 10, 2005
Envy Of The Gods: Alexander The Great's Ill-Fated Journey Across Asia, by John Prevas (Da Capo Press)
interview date: Thursday, January 06, 2005
Optical Illusions: Lucent and the Crash of Telecom, by Lisa Endlich (Simon & Schuster)
interview date: Wednesday, January 05, 2005
What We Owe Iraq: War And The Ethics Of Nation Building, by Noah Feldman (Princeton University Press)
interview date: Tuesday, January 04, 2005
His Excellency George Washington, by Joseph J. Ellis (Alfred A. Knopf)
interview date: Thursday, December 16, 2004
Wodehouse: A Life, by Robert McCrum (W.W. Norton & Company)
interview date: Wednesday, December 15, 2004
Rum: The Epic Story of the Drink that Conquered the World,, by Charles A. Coulombe (Citadel Press)
interview date: Tuesday, December 14, 2004
Mirror, Mirror, by Gregory Maguire (Regan Books)
interview date: Monday, December 13, 2004
Blood and Oil, by Michael T. Klare (Metropolitan Books)
interview date: Friday, December 10, 2004
John James Audubon: The Making Of An American, by Richard Rhodes (Alfred A. Knopf)
interview date: Friday, December 10, 2004
Up From Zero: Politics, Architecture, And The Rebuilding Of New York, by Paul Goldberger (Random House)
interview date: Thursday, December 09, 2004
Medicines And Your Family: National Treatment Guidelines, by James J. Rybacki (The Medicine Information Institute)
interview date: Tuesday, December 07, 2004
The Essential Guide To Prescription Drugs 2005 Edition, by James J. Rybacki (HarperResource)
interview date: Tuesday, December 07, 2004
Greater America: A New Partnership For The Americas In The Twenty-First Century, by L. Ronald Scheman (New York University Press)
interview date: Tuesday, December 07, 2004
The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes, by edited with a forward and notes by Leslie S. Klinger (W. W. Norton & Company)
interview date: Monday, December 06, 2004
On Foot: A History Of Walking, by Joseph A. Amato (NYU Press)
interview date: Thursday, December 02, 2004
Frank Lloyd Wright, by Ada Louise Huxtable (A Lipper/Viking Book)
interview date: Thursday, December 02, 2004
Help The Original Human Dilemma, by Garret Keizer (HarperSanFrancisco)
interview date: Wednesday, December 01, 2004









