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August 12, 2022
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 | Happy Birthday Julia Monday, Aug. 15, is Julia Child's 110th birthday. She is credited with the distinction of bringing the love of French cooking to America. Her husband Paul's work took them to Paris, where Julia enrolled in Le Cordon Bleu cooking school at the age of 37. In 1952, she worked with various chefs and established a cooking school in Paris with Louisette Bertholle and Simone Beck. In 1961, her cookbook, ‘Mastering the Art of French Cooking' was published. This has become the bible for French cooking. Learn more and check out these titles Photo Credit: Schlesinger Library/Radcliffe Institute/Harvard University |
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 | Books on the Air An overview of talked-about books and authors. This weekly update, published every Friday, provides descriptions of recent TV and radio appearances by authors and their recently released books. See the hot titles from the media this week. |
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 | In Memoriam-David McCullough David McCullough was a bravura historian and public intellectual whose biographies of Harry Truman and John Adams won Pulitzer Prizes, and whose best-selling stories of American accomplishment were complemented by his work as a public television host and narrator for popular movies and documentaries, including Ken Burns' The Civil War. McCullough died Sunday at his home in Hingham, Mass. He was 89 years old. The subjects McCullough tackled were massive. The building of the Brooklyn Bridge and the Panama Canal. The shaping of the Declaration of Independence in 1776. He wrote about epic figures, from Theodore Roosevelt to the Wright Brothers. McCullough seemed undaunted by his topics; they were fun for him and he made the subjects enchanting for readers. Perhaps only a McCullough treatment of Truman could've topped the New York Times best-seller list for nearly a year; the biography was a publishing sensation in 1992. Check out his books here. |
 | Indie Next August The Indie Next List epitomizes the heart and soul of passionate bookselling. Independent booksellers are and have always been discoverers of the next big thing, the next great read, the next bestseller, and the next undiscovered gem. Check out the August picks here |
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| Nothing ever invented provides such sustenance, such infinite reward for time spent, as a good book.-David McCullough
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