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The dark story of Adolf Hitler's life in 1924--the year that made a monster Before Adolf Hitler's rise to power in Germany, there was 1924. This was the year of Hitler's final transformation into the self-proclaimed savior and infallible leader who would interpret and distort Germany's historical traditions to support his vision for the Third Reich. -Amazon The Avid Reader Show is sponsored by Wel...

Raymie Clarke has come to realize that everything, absolutely everything, depends on her. And she has a plan. If Raymie can win the Little Miss Central Florida Tire competition, then her father, who left town two days ago with a dental hygienist, will see Raymie's picture in the paper and (maybe) come home. The Avid Reader Show is sponsored and produced by Wellington Square Bookshop in Chester Cou...

Before Helen Macdonald rose to international acclaim with her "beautiful and nearly feral" (New York Times) bestselling memoir H Is for Hawk, she wrote a collection of poetry, Shaler's Fish. In robust, lyrical verse, Shaler's Fish roams both the outer and inner landscapes of the poet's universe, seamlessly fusing reflections on language, science, and literature, with the loamy environments of the...

"Brilliant, troubling...superbly suspenseful...Mr. Mahajan’s writing is acrid and bracing, tightly packed with dissonant imagery...The sharpest passages examine the terrorist mind-set and the demented rationales for mass murder with such acid-etched clarity that it’s possible to feel the deadly magnetism of the arguments...The finest [novel] I’ve read at capturing the seduction and force of the mu...

The little known story of perhaps the most productive Congress in US history, the First Federal Congress of 1789–1791. The First Congress was the most important in US history, says prizewinning author and historian Fergus Bordewich, because it established how our government would actually function. Had it failed—as many at the time feared it would—it’s possible that the United States as we know it...

"An elegant page-turner....Charges forward with the momentum of a bullet." --New York Times Book Review For fans of Robin Sloan's Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore and Maria Semple's Where'd You Go, Bernadette, an inventive, brilliant debut novel about the disappearance of a famous Brazilian novelist and the young translator who turns her life upside down to follow her author's trail. The Avid Read...

The author of the critically admired, award-winning A Replacement Life turns to a different kind of story—an evocative, nuanced portrait of marriage and family, a woman reckoning with what she’s given up to make both work, and the universal question of how we reconcile who we are and whom the world wants us to be. - Amazon Review The Avid Reader Show is sponsored by Wellington Square Bookshop in C...

Internationally best-selling author Lawrence Hill returns with an extraordinary, resonant novel about a man on the run. Lawrence Hill spellbound readers with Someone Knows My Name (made into the television mini-series, The Book of Negroes), hailed as “transporting” (Entertainment Weekly) and “completely engrossing” (Washington Post). The Illegal is the gripping story of Keita Ali, a refugee―like t...

AMAZON'S 2015 BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A FINALIST FOR THE 2015 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD NPR MORNING EDITION BOOK CLUB PICK NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY: THE WASHINGTON POST, NPR, TIME, THE SEATTLE TIMES, MINNEAPOLIS STAR-TRIBUNE, SLATE, LIBRARY JOURNAL, KIRKUS, AND MANY MORE “Lauren Groff is a writer of rare gifts, and Fates and Furies is an unabashedly ambitious novel that d...

The author of the best-selling The Gates of the Alamo now gives us a galvanizing portrait of Abraham Lincoln during a crucially revealing period of his life, the early Springfield years, when he risked both his sanity and his ethical bearings as he searched for the great destiny he believed to be his. - Amazon The Avid Reader Show airs Mondays at 5PM EST on WCHE AM 1520. Please visit our website a...

An Indie Next pick and an Okra 2016 Winter Selection! Fallen Land is Taylor Brown's debut novel set in the final year of the Civil War, as a young couple on horseback flees a dangerous band of marauders who seek a bounty reward. - From Amazon The Avid Reader Show is sponsored and produced by Wellington Square Bookshop in Chester County, PA. The Show airs Mondays at 5PM EST on WCHE AM 1520. Please...

In her most accessible, commercial novel yet, the “supremely perceptive writer of formidable skill and intelligence (New York Times Book Review) turns her astute eye to a dramatic family reunion, where simmering tensions and secrets come to a head over three long, hot summer weeks. The Avid Reader Show is sponsored and produced by Wellington Square Bookshop. The Show airs Mondays at 5PM on WCHE AM...

Janice Y. K. Lee’s New York Times bestselling debut, The Piano Teacher, was called “immensely satisfying” by People, “intensely readable” by O, The Oprah Magazine, and “a rare and exquisite story” by Elizabeth Gilbert. Now, in her long-awaited new novel, Lee explores with devastating poignancy the emotions, identities, and relationships of three very different American women living in the same sma...

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A new book by Pulitzer Prize winner Elizabeth Strout is cause for celebration. Her bestselling novels, including Olive Kitteridge and The Burgess Boys, have illuminated our most tender relationships. Now, in My Name Is Lucy Barton, this extraordinary writer shows how a simple hospital visit becomes a portal to the most tender relationship of all—the one between mothe...

One Question, One Answer is a mini-interview series with leading authors sponsored and produced by Wellington Square Bookshop in conjunction with The Avid Reader Show. Please visit our website at www.wellingtonsquarebooks.com

One Question, One Answer is a mini-interview series with leading authors sponsored and produced by Wellington Square Bookshop in Chester County, PA. in conjunction with the Avid Reader Show. Please visit our website at www.wellingtonsquarebooks.com

1Q1A is a mini-interview series with leading authors sponsored and produced by Wellington Square Bookshop. Please visit our website at www.wellingtonsquarebooks.com

“A page turner. . .Brooks is a master at bringing the past alive. . .in her skillful hands the issues of the past echo our own deepest concerns: love and loss, drama and tragedy, chaos and brutality.” – Alice Hoffman, The Washington Post A rich and utterly absorbing novel about the life of King David, from the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of People of the Book and March. - Amazon The Avid Reader...

The first installment in Giles Milton's outrageously entertaining series, History's Unknown Chapters: colorful and accessible, intelligent and illuminating, Milton shows his customary historical flair as he delves into the little-known stories from the past. - Macmillan Review The Avid Reader Show is sponsored by Wellington Square Bookshop in Chester County, PA. The Show airs Mondays at 5PM on WCH...

In 1843, fragile naturalist Zadock Thomas must leave his beloved in Chicago to deliver a secret letter to an infamous general on the front lines of the war over Texas. The fate of the volatile republic, along with Zadock’s future, depends on his mission. When a cloud of bats leads him off the trail, he happens upon something impossible... - Amazon Review The Avid Reader Show is sponsored and produ...

“Your Heart is a Muscle the Size of a Fist is a stunningly orchestrated, symphonic work of narrative power. This novel marshals all the vital forces of our existence—from the domestic to the political—and offers them to the reader with equal doses of compassion and beauty.” –Dinaw Mengestu, author of All Our Names The Avid Reader Show is sponsored and produced by Wellington Square Bookshop in Ches...

From the author of the New York Times bestseller The Art Forger comes a thrilling new novel of art, history, love, and politics that traces the life and mysterious disappearance of a brilliant young artist on the eve of World War II. The Avid Reader Show is sponsored and produced by Wellington Square Bookshop in Chester County, PA. The Show airs Mondays at 5 PM EST on WCHE AM 1520. Please visit ou...

“Belfoure’s sly, roguish writing opens a window to those living both gilded and tarnished lives... a most memorable, evocative read.” — Publishers Weekly, Starred Review The Avid Reader Show is sponsored by Wellington Square Bookshop in Chester County, PA. The Show airs Monday's at 5PM on WCHE AM 1520. Please visit our website at www.wellingtonsquarebooks.com

The Staff of Wellington Square Bookshop talk about the best books of 2015 and why they rank among the top books of the year. The Avid Reader Show is sponsored by Wellington Square Bookshop in Chester County, PA. The show airs on Monday's at 5PM on WCHE AM 1520. Please visit our website at www.wellingtonsquarebooks.com

One Question, One Answer is a mini series with leading authors. It is sponsored and produced by Wellington Square Bookshop and available on PodOmatic, iTunes and YouTube channels. Please visit our website at www.wellingtonsquarebooks.com