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Shelf Discovery: A Very Merry Hockey Holiday by Toni Aleo
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
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On this week's Shelf Discovery, Kristin takes to the ice with author Toni Aleo's A Very Merry Hockey Holiday.

  • Added: Dec 06, 2016
  • Length: 03:00
Shelf Discovery: The Fat Man by Ken Harmon
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Shelf Discovery
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On this week's Shelf Discovery, Kristin travels to Kringle Town for a hard-boiled holiday whodunit, Ken Harmon's The Fat Man.

Bought by KKRN, GCR (Global Community Radio), and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Nov 29, 2016
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 3
Shelf Discovery: Choose Your Own Misery: The Holidays by Mike MacDonald and Jilly Gagnon
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Shelf Discovery
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On this week's Shelf Discovery, Kristin makes some difficult choices in Choose Your Own Misery: The Holidays by Mike MacDonald and Jilly Gagnon.

Bought by KKRN, WMUU-LP, and WLPR


  • Added: Oct 11, 2016
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 3
A Christmas Carol
From: Rob MacClanahan
Series: The Time Traveler
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Jacob Marley, Ebenezer Scrooge and company -- and several spirits -- tell a tale of redemption...

  • Added: Dec 20, 2015
  • Length: 02:51:09
Shelf Discovery: Bella's Christmas Bake Off by Sue Watson
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Shelf Discovery
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On this week's Shelf Discovery, Kristin cooks up some holiday heart and humor with Bella's Christmas Bake Off by Sue Watson.

Bought by KKRN


  • Added: Dec 15, 2015
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 1
A Christmas Carol (adaptation)
From: WNIJ
Caption: Artists' Ensemble performs in Studio A, Credit: Carl Nelson
An adaptation of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol", as performed by Rockford, IL's Artists' Ensemble, recorded live at Northern Public Radio's (...

Bought by Interlochen Public Radio, KUNR, and KMUD


  • Added: Dec 14, 2015
  • Length: 59:30
  • Purchases: 3
Shelf Discovery: Lord of the Wings by Donna Andrews
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Shelf Discovery
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On this week's Shelf Discovery, Kristin joins the Halloween festivities of Donna Andrews's latest Meg Langslow mystery, Lord of the Wings.

  • Added: Oct 20, 2015
  • Length: 03:00
Shelf Discovery: Candy Corn Murder by Leslie Meier
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Shelf Discovery
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On this week's Shelf Discovery, Kristin gears up for Halloween with Lucy Stone in the audio edition of Leslie Meier's Candy Corn Murder.

Bought by KKRN


  • Added: Oct 13, 2015
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 1
Mysterious Thrillers, Wine Time, Holiday Entertaining, Aging Gracefully, Eating Healthy and Active Lifestyles
From: 2BoomerBabes Radio Hour
Series: 2 Boomer Babes Radio Hour
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First, Mary Higgins Clark, the "Queen of Suspense," discusses her latest work, The Cinderella Murder, written with best-selling author Alafair Burk...

Bought by WCWP


  • Added: Dec 23, 2014
  • Length: 54:51
  • Purchases: 1
Give War and Peace a Chance (Hour Long Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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January 2015 marks the 150th anniversary of the first publication of Tolstoy’s War and Peace. A new book offers Tolstoyan wisdom for troubled times...

Bought by WCNY, KPVL, CHSR-FM 97.9, KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA, WFHB and more


  • Added: Dec 12, 2014
  • Length: 53:56
  • Purchases: 8
Shelf Discovery: The Nightingale Before Christmas by Donna Andrews
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Shelf Discovery
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On this week's Shelf Discovery, Kristin cozies up to The Nightingale Before Christmas by Donna Andrews.

Bought by KKRN and KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Dec 02, 2014
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 2
America the Beautiful (Hour Long Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
Caption: Marian Anderson Sings at Lincoln Memorial: 1939 # 3, Credit: Smithsonian Institution
A stirring collection of patriotic music performed throughout U.S. history by African Americans, sometimes in the face of public hostility. Also, s...

Bought by WILL, WCNY, WTJU, and KMXT


  • Added: Jun 21, 2014
  • Length: 53:55
  • Purchases: 4
"My Brunch with A"
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: Joe Bev Shorts
Caption: Joe Bev & Lorie Kellogg read "My Brunch with A", Credit: Lorie B. Kellogg
A short fiction by Daws Butler, read by Joe Bev and Lorie Kellogg. Great for Wallace Shawn's birthday, the anniversary of "My Dinner with Andre", ...

  • Added: Mar 11, 2013
  • Length: 09:31
The Night Before Christmas
From: Youth Spin - KOOP 91.7 FM
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Spinner Jackson reads us the timeless winter classic, "The Night Before Christmas", just in time for the holidays.

  • Added: Dec 28, 2011
  • Length: 03:05
Hungry Valentine, with Julia Child
From: Leet and Litwin
Series: HUNGRY: The Literary Julia Child
Caption: Julia and Paul's Valentine, Credit: Julia Child Foundation for Gastronomy and the Culinary Arts
Happy Valentine's from Julia Child! This one-hour special was started years ago but never aired till now. She presents two love stories that have t...

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WYAP, KAAD-LP, 'The Sea' and more


  • Added: Jan 26, 2011
  • Length: 54:51
  • Purchases: 28
"Christmas Eve at the Mermaid" by David Dodge and Loyall McLaren
From: Camino Real Productions, LLC
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Christmas Eve, 1597, in the favorite haunt of impecunious Elizabethan playwrights and actors, The Mermaid Tavern.

Bought by KUPR low power FM, KUNM, and KUNM


  • Added: Dec 19, 2010
  • Length: 41:01
  • Purchases: 3
Brothers All
From: Ted Fink
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A holiday story. Six college Jewish fraternity brothers make Christmas special for a family that has just moved to town.

Bought by Prairie Public


  • Added: Dec 10, 2010
  • Length: 05:33
  • Purchases: 1
Hungry for the Holidays, with Julia Child
From: Leet and Litwin
Series: HUNGRY: The Literary Julia Child
Caption: Julia Child, Credit: Christopher Hirscheimer
Julia Child takes us back in time, presenting 2 stories -- "A Christmas Carol," read by the actor Peter Donat; and "I Was Really Very Hungry," writ...

Bought by KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA, Troy Public Radio, KAAD-LP, KWIT, Boise State Public Radio and more


  • Added: Dec 01, 2010
  • Length: 54:49
  • Purchases: 41
HUNGRY: Julia Child Presents "A Dickens Holiday Feast"
From: Leet and Litwin
Series: HUNGRY: The Literary Julia Child
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Julia says, "'A Christmas Carol' is a lovely story to read during the holidays, because it has a happy ending." The actor Peter Donat takes us to V...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, WNMU-FM, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., KMUD, KMUN and more


  • Added: Sep 21, 2010
  • Length: 25:44
  • Purchases: 19
Joanna Wolper, author of "The Man Who Could Be Santa"
From: Conversations with Allan Wolper
Series: Conversations with Allan Wolper, WBGO.ORG
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Joanna Wolper, an Emmy Award winning writer and documentary filmmaker, has uncovered the true identity of Santa Claus.

  • Added: Dec 08, 2009
  • Length: 32:54
The Gift of Thanks
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Caption: The Gift of Thanks
Cultural anthropologist Margaret Visser about her book The Gift of Thanks.

Bought by Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), KTXK, KWMR, and WRVO Public Media


  • Added: Nov 06, 2009
  • Length: 54:35
  • Purchases: 4
Dead and Gone
From: Chatterbox Audio Theater
Caption: Dead and Gone, 2009 - Ink on paper, Credit: Samantha Sherry
A Southern retelling of James Joyce's classic story "The Dead." In early-20th-century Memphis, an insecure schoolteacher struggles to navigate the ...

  • Added: Nov 01, 2009
  • Length: 01:03:20
The Drama Hour Christmas Carol Redux
From: The Drama Hour
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An original comedic adaptation of the Charles Dickens classic.

Bought by WEZU and KDUR


  • Added: Dec 24, 2008
  • Length: 59:09
  • Purchases: 2
THE BLUE CARBUNCLE (A Christmas Adventure of Sherlock Holmes)
From: Craig Wichman
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During Yuletide, Holmes and Watson face several Dickensian Londoners, a dusty hat, a famous gem - and a goose! (One of Arthur Conan Doyle’s rare co...

Bought by KGOU, KRPS, KTXK, KRPS, KREV-LP and more


  • Added: Nov 28, 2008
  • Length: 54:58
  • Purchases: 16
Thanksgiving- Gratitude
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
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Two words: Thank you. They sound simple enough. But there is always more to a topic, phrase, or ritual than one might think.

Bought by WABE, KOSU, Michigan Radio, KTSW 89.9, Prairie Public and more


  • Added: Nov 18, 2008
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 29