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Fall Books

'Tis the season for great new books. IPR's Charity Nebbe will talk to three of Iowa's independent booksellers about the books they're most excited about this fall: Jan Weismiller and Paul Ingram of Prairie Lights Bookstore in Iowa City and Alice Meyer of Beaverdale Books in Des Moines.Among the selections discussed:Non-fiction:The Made Up Self Carl KlausThe Sound of a Wild Snail Eating Elizabeth Tova BaileyAt Home: A History of Private Life Bill BrysonGrowing Roots: The New Generation of Sustainable Farmers, Cooks, and Food Activists Katherine LeinerThe Mind's Eye Oliver SacksMemories of a Farm Kitchen Bob and Rob ArtleySelf Comes to Mind: Constructing the Conscious Brain Antonio DamasioPacking for Mars Mary RoachDeadly Kingdom: The Book of Dangerous Animals Gordon GriceVintage Notions: An Inspirational Guide to Needlework, Cooking, Sewing, Fashion and Fun Amy BarickmanBiography/ Autobiography:Grant Wood: A Life R. Tripp EvansLife Keith RichardsAutobiography of Mark Twain Mark TwainFiction:Possum Trot J. Harley McIlrathCity of Tranquil Light Bo CaldwellBy Nightfall Michael CunninghamThe Quickening Michelle HooverNemesis Philip RothThe She-Devil in the Mirror Horacio Castellanos MoyaStork Wendy Delsol (Young adult fiction)The Squirrel and the Chipmunk David SedarisMy Hollywood Mona SimpsonCutting For Stone Abraham VergheseFreedom Jonathan FranzenThe Reversal Michael ConnellyPoetry: On Tact and The Made Up Word Michele Glazer

Charity Nebbe is the host of IPR's Talk of Iowa