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Nancy"s Bookshelf

Nancy Wiegman, Matt Fidler

Each week host Nancy Wiegman talks to local, regional and national writers about their latest projects. Nancy"s Bookshelf airs on NSPR Fridays at 10 a.m.

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Best of Nancy's Bookshelf: Jennifer Jewell takes us...

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2024/07/03

Cultivating Place Host Jennifer Jewell's book "What We Sow" brings readers on a year-long journey exploring the impact of one of nature's most miniature manifestations—the simple seed.

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Nancy's Bookshelf: Chico authors who have written...

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2024/06/26

Two Chico authors share the Bay Area as their location for their latest mystery novels.

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Nancy's Bookshelf: Experiencing the Temple of Man...

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2024/06/12

Chico author Anyextee spent two years in Egypt researching his book, "The Adept Initiate's Guide to Luxor Temple: Experiencing the Temple of Man Using the Esoteric Symbolist Approach."

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Nancy's Bookshelf: Wealth, love and the battle for a...

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2024/06/05

Liz Brown's book Twilight Man is a biography and mystery that tells the story of her ancestors.

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Nancy's Bookshelf: Two authors who wrote books based...

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2024/05/29

Health coach Daniella Forest helps readers tailor their wellness path to their unique bodies' needs. Chico State grad Terry Richardson was in the military and held a variety of jobs before becoming a college student. He emphasizes living by your optimistic future rather than that of others.

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Nancy's Bookshelf: The history of the Yahi & a summer...

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2024/05/22

Steve Schoonover writes a history of the Northern California Yahi tribe. Also, Chico State University creative writing professor Sarah Pape facilitates a summer camp for young writers.

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Nancy's Bookshelf: Recipes from a Chico health coach...

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2024/05/15

Healthy food tips from a Chico health coach and exploring the services available at your county library.

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Best of Nancy's Bookshelf: Two Chico State grads who...

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2024/05/08

Two Chico State alumni tackle different territories and perspectives with their writing.

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Nancy's Bookshelf: Two former Chico State faculty...

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2024/05/01

Former Chico State faculty members provide two very different militia tales.

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Nancy's Bookshelf: True stories of men who since...

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2024/04/24

A Chico advocate for the mentally ill tells her son’s story. Also, the final chapter in Rex Ogle’s memoir trilogy tells his struggle of being unhoused after his father discovered he was gay.

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Best of Nancy's Bookshelf: Butte College history...

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2024/04/17

Dillon Carroll pens Invisible Wounds: Mental Illness and Civil War Soldiers (Conflicting Worlds: New Dimensions of the American Civil War), a book that examines the effects of military service, particularly combat, on the psyches and emotional well-being of Civil War soldiers.

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Nancy's Bookshelf: Wild raptors and the birds of...

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2024/04/10

Bruce Haak has spent 50 years studying wild raptors. Chico ornithologist Roger Lederer tells us about the birds of Bidwell Park.

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Best of Nancy's Bookshelf: Chico coach Chuck Sheley...

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2024/04/03

Chico coach Chuck Sheley published a book, "Smokejumpers and the CIA," which contains stories not found in the history books.

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Nancy's Bookshelf: An hour of critical thinking and...

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2024/03/28

Now more than ever we need critical thinking. Retired professor Richard Parker gives us tips on thinking critically. Then New York Post journalist Reuven Fenton writes with humor.

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Nancy's Bookshelf: Actor, PBS documentary narrator,...

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2024/03/20

Award-winning actor and Zen Buddhist priest Peter Coyote helps readers discover the Buddha's fundamental teachings and shows how they can be applied to contemporary daily life.

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Nancy's Bookshelf: Former CIA officer's new spy...

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2024/03/13

Former CIA officer writes a spy thriller, and NPR Morning Edition host Steve Inskeep describes the role of John C. Fremont’s wife.

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Best of Nancy's Bookshelf: The trial of the century

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2024/03/06

Stephen Arrington is an award-winning author and a motivational and drug education speaker. In his latest, "In DeLorean's Shadow: The Drug Trial of The Century by The Sole Surviving Defendant," he walks you through the trials and tribulations of his past from utter darkness to the shining light.

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Nancy's Bookshelf: Feng shui for personal...

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2024/02/28

Chico, feng shui consultant Valerie Althoff helps you gain a new awareness that you are the interior designer of your own life.

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Nancy's Bookshelf: Eden, Indeed recalls the gentle...

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2024/02/21

Author David A. Delgardo recounts his boyhood growing up in Chico, Calif.

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Best of Nancy's Bookshelf: Wildfires, COVID-19 & Sex

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2024/02/14

Local author and poet Joan Goodreau presents her work, “Where to Next?" which explores everything from the personal effects of the California wildfires to the current COVID-19 pandemic. Also, author and medical journalist Michael Castleman dives into his latest, Sizzling Sex for Life: Everything You Need to Know to Maximize Erotic Pleasure at Any Age.

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