Nancy Pearl is here to help with your holiday gift list
The prominent librarian comes to the rescue on your holiday gifting needs. Digital mindfulness, and Bob Ferguson’s winning streak.
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Book recommendations from Nancy Pearl
Last-minute gift shopping? We’ve got you covered. Librarian Nancy Pearl shares six favorites that would make excellent presents – because, she says, “a book is a gift you can open again and again.”
The Yellow House, by Sarah Broom
Prairie Fever, by Michael Parker
Claire DeWitt and the City of the Dead, Sara Gran
Out of Darkness, Shining Light, Petina Gappah
Our Man: Richard Holbrooke and the End of the American Century, by George Packer
Ma'am Darling: 99 Glimpses of Princess Margaret, by Craig Brown
Digital mindfulness retreats
Do you ever wonder whether you might be happier if you used your devices less? Christina Malecka is a mental health counselor who leads digital mindfulness retreats – phones off.
State Attorney General Bob Ferguson
Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson just launched his 53rd lawsuit against the Trump administration: this one to stop immigration officials from arresting undocumented immigrants in or near courthouses. We spoke with him about his lawsuits as well as other issues before him, from assault weapons to vaping.
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Bill hosts Week In Review and Words in Review. After starting with KUOW as a University of Washington student in 1985, Bill was KUOW's morning host in the '90s and the creator of past show, Rewind, a news-satire show heard on KUOW and nationwide on NPR. Bill moved away to Southern California to host American Public Media's Weekend America and Marketplace Morning Report and returned to KUOW in 2012.
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