Focus 580 Booklist
Interviews on global affairs and daily life
Monday thru Friday, 10 am to noon on WILL-AM 580
Books and Authors on Focus 580: June 2009
Masters of Sex: The Life and Times of William Masters and Virginia Johnson, the Couple Who Taught America How to Love, by Thomas Maier (Basic Books)
interview date: Tuesday, June 30, 2009
American Pests: The Losing War on Insects from Colonial Times to DDT, by James E. McWilliams (Columbia University Press)
interview date: Monday, June 29, 2009
Family Properties: Race, Real Estate, and the Exploitation of Black Urban America, by Beryl Satter (Metropolitan Books)
interview date: Friday, June 26, 2009
The End of Overeating: Taking Control of the Insatiable American Appetite, by David A. Kessler (Rodale)
interview date: Friday, June 26, 2009
In the Valley of Mist Kashmir: One Family in a Changing World, by Justine Hardy (Free Press)
interview date: Thursday, June 25, 2009
Lake with No Name: A True Story of Love and Conflict in Modern China, by Diane Wei Liang (Simon & Schuster Paperbacks)
interview date: Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Ripped: How the Wired Generation Revolutionized Music, by Greg Kot (Scribner)
interview date: Thursday, June 18, 2009
One Supreme Court: Supremacy, Inferiority, and the Judicial Power of the United States, by James E. Pfander (Oxford University Press)
interview date: Tuesday, June 16, 2009
"Digital Cameras: Exclusive ratings of 77 Models, Plus All-Star Brands", by Consumer Reports July 2009 (Consumer Reports)
interview date: Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Fingerprints of God: The Search for the Science of Spirituality, by Barbara Bradley Hagerty (Riverhead Books)
interview date: Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Hysterical Men: The Hidden History of Male Nervous Illness, by Mark S. Micale (Harvard University Press)
interview date: Monday, June 15, 2009
Dad's Awesome Grilling Book: Techniques, Tips, Stories & More Than 100 Great Recipes, by Bob Sloan (Chronicle Books)
interview date: Friday, June 12, 2009
Travel As A Political Act, by Rick Steves (Nation Books)
interview date: Thursday, June 11, 2009
Originas of the Specious: Myths and Misconceptons of the English Language, by Patricia T. O'Conner and Stewart Kellerman (Random House)
interview date: Thursday, June 11, 2009
Flat Broke in the Free Market: How Globalization Fleeced Working People, by Jon Jeter (W. W. Norton & Company)
interview date: Wednesday, June 10, 2009
The Sacco-Vanzetti Affair: America on Trial, by Moshik Temkin (Yale University Press)
interview date: Tuesday, June 09, 2009
Bigfoot: The Life and Times of a Legend, by Joshua Blu Buhs (The University of Chicago Press)
interview date: Monday, June 08, 2009
The Silence and the Scorpion: The Coup Against Chavez and the Making of Modern Venezuela, by Brian A. Nelson (Nation Books)
interview date: Friday, June 05, 2009
War of Necessity War of Choice: A Memoir of Two Iraq Wars, by Richard N. Haass (Simon & Schuster)
interview date: Wednesday, June 03, 2009
Grand New Party: How Republicans Can Win the Working Class and Save the American Dream, by Ross douthat & Rehan Salam (Anchor Books)
interview date: Monday, June 01, 2009
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