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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin embarks on a balloon race around the world with an adventurous girl, an old woman, and a bunch of monkeys i...

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  • Added: Sep 11, 2023
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 6
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin sets out to find stardom with a young girl in Hollywood’s Silent Film Era in From Dust to Stardust by Kathl...

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  • Added: Sep 05, 2023
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 5
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin follows a young woman as she uncovers the secrets in her mother’s past in the audio edition of Gone Tonight...

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  • Added: Aug 28, 2023
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 7
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On this episode of the Polley Music Library Show, we talked about composer and multi-instrumentalist Henry Threadgill's new autobiography "Easily S...

  • Added: Aug 26, 2023
  • Length: 28:30
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin joins two parents on a quest to keep their troubled son safe in Saving Myles by Carl Vonderau.

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  • Added: Aug 21, 2023
  • Length: 03:00
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin joins a young girl’s quest to save her favorite horror movie director’s home from creepy creatures in Peril...

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  • Added: Aug 14, 2023
  • Length: 03:00
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On this episode, we talked about "Switched On," the great new biography of Bob Moog that documents his life and work. We would have a very differen...

  • Added: Aug 12, 2023
  • Length: 28:30
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin sets off on a high-flying crime-fighting adventure with a sleuth in the making in S.O.S., the second Curiou...

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  • Added: Aug 07, 2023
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 5
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On this episode, we talked about "The Names of Minimalism," a new music history book that approaches the genre from the perspective of rivalries an...

  • Added: Aug 05, 2023
  • Length: 28:00
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin catches up with a bunch of old classmates as they reminisce about shared pain in Speech Team by Tim Murphy.

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  • Added: Jul 31, 2023
  • Length: 03:00
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On this episode, we talked about the music of Toby Driver, and his essay in the book Arcana Volume IV, which you can borrow from the library. Drive...

  • Added: Jul 29, 2023
  • Length: 28:19
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin follows a group of neighbors through a year of scandal and suspicion in the audio edition of The Block Part...

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  • Added: Jul 24, 2023
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 5
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin follows a former US Marshall on a quest to find a missing woman in Fearless by M. W. Craven.

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  • Added: Jul 17, 2023
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 5
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On this episode of the Polley Music Library show, we talked about the book "Recombo DNA," an in-depth biography of the band Devo that focuses on th...

  • Added: Jul 15, 2023
  • Length: 28:31
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin joins a portrait painter as she adjusts to a new way of seeing her subjects in Hello Stranger by Katherine ...

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  • Added: Jul 10, 2023
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 4
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On this episode of the Polley Music Library show, we discussed the book "Who Cares Anyway: Post-Punk San Francisco and the End of the Analog Age" b...

  • Added: Jul 08, 2023
  • Length: 28:23
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin follows a middle-aged woman as life takes her through some unexpected twists in The Better Half by Alli Fra...

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  • Added: Jul 03, 2023
  • Length: 03:00
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On this episode of the Polley Music Library show, we talked about "Beautiful Dreamer," the first biography of guitarist and composer Bill Frisell, ...

  • Added: Jul 01, 2023
  • Length: 28:30
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin joins a mom-to-be in reminiscing about her turbulent early 20s in The Rachel Incident by Caroline O’Donoghue.

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  • Added: Jun 26, 2023
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 5
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On this episode of the Polley Music Library Show, we talked about "The Mandorla Letters," the new book by flautist and composer Nicole Mitchell Gan...

  • Added: Jun 24, 2023
  • Length: 27:30
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin follows one woman’s fight for freedom in The Quiet Tenant by Clémence Michallon.

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  • Added: Jun 19, 2023
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 3
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin travels to the Greek Islands as a young woman reminisces about a life-changing summer in The Girls of Summe...

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  • Added: Jun 12, 2023
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 5
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin searches for a killer with a food stand owner and her cousin in Hot Pot Murder by Jennifer J. Chow.

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  • Added: Jun 05, 2023
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 4
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin travels back to the early days of movies to meet 12 influential women in The Women Who Built Hollywood by S...

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  • Added: May 29, 2023
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 5
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin explores life in an eerily utopian community in The Ferryman by Justin Cronin.

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  • Added: May 22, 2023
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 4