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Book Picks - The Bookstore in Lenox

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Today's Book Picks come from Matt Tannenbaum from The Bookstore in Lenox, Massachusetts.

List:

  • Bewilderment by Richard Powers
  • Silverview by John le Carré
  • Justice on the Brink: The Death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the Rise of Amy Coney Barrett, and Twelve Months That Transformed the Supreme Court by Linda Greenhouse
  • Madam: The Biography of Polly Adler, Icon of the Jazz Age by Debby Applegate
  • On Tyranny Graphic Edition: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century by Timothy Snyder, Illustrated by Nora Krug
  • A Christmas Journey: Sixteen Stories by Kevin O'Hara
  • If You Want to Know How I Got Brainwashed by Betsy Dovydenas
  • Half a Whole: My Fight for a Separate Life by Marilyn Haus
  • The Night Belongs to the Maquis: A WWII Novel by Carolyn Brancato
  • April in Paris: A Novel by John Healey
  • The Gem of Richmond: A History of Richmond Pond

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Joe talks to people on the radio for a living. In addition to countless impressive human "gets" - he has talked to a lot of Muppets. Joe grew up in Philadelphia, has been on the area airwaves for more than 25 years and currently lives in Washington County, NY with his wife, Kelly, and their dog, Brady. And yes, he reads every single book.