The On The Bookshelf Podcast

Legends of Film-Bogart & Huston, Clint Eastwood and Kung Fu!

Nat Segaloff tells of the successful partnership of star Humphrey Bogart and director-screenwriter John Huston in 6 classic films; Shawn Levy dives into the long career of actor/director Clint Eastwood; plus Grady Hendrix & Chris Poggliali bring the history and influence of Kung Fu movies on American cinema!

Alex Marlow on the new political battleground of "Lawfare"

New York Times Bestselling Author Alex Marlow, editor-in-chief of Breitbart News and two-time New York Times bestselling author of
"Breaking the News" and "Breaking Biden", returns with his third book: "BREAKING THE LAW: EXPOSING THE WEAPONIZATION OF AMERICA’S LEGAL SYSTEM AGAINST DONALD TRUMP (Threshold Editions) a fearless and thoroughly researched exposé on the new political battleground: the American legal system.
In this urgent and gripping book, Marlow turns his sharp investigative lens to the legal cases targeting President Donald Trump—and what they mean for the future of the conservative movement and the rule of law in America.
BREAKING THE LAW reveals how legal institutions are being repurposed as political weapons. Marlow not only exposes the players and tactics behind this unprecedented campaign but also makes bold predictions about
where this trend is heading—and what conservatives must do to fight back.
Hailed “a must read” by President Trump, Marlow’s book is both timely and timeless. It’s the first major retrospective on the 2024 election and how the legal war on Trump influenced voters, media narratives, and the
conservative base.

This is Alex Marlow at his most uncompromising and clear-eyed. With the same meticulous reporting and narrative drive that defined his previous works, BREAKING THE LAW offers a provocative and authoritative
response to one of the most consequential legal and political stories of our time.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Alexander Marlow is the New York Times bestselling author of BREAKING THE NEWS and BREAKING BIDEN.
He serves as editor in chief of Breitbart News Network, where he started as Andrew Breitbart’s first employee at
the age of twenty-one. He is also a national talk radio host and podcaster. Alex has been on the cover
of Time and Newsweek, named in Forbes’s 30 Under 30, and called “perhaps the most significant media figure
in America.”

Terry Heflin's "Nathez Shadow", 5th book in the "Scarlet Hem" series

Secret Service Agents Rebecca and Robert Harper travel up the Mississippi River from Natchez to St. Louis and onward to Sedalia, Missouri, on the trail of Classic Head gold half eagle coins presumably lost in a tragic maritime disaster. Along with the coins, counterfeit land deeds used to swindle settlers fall into a devious plot to sabotage Canada’s Charlottetown Conference.

Enter Adam Coulter, trusted by Secret Service Secretary William P. Wood, but whose deception and duplicity throw doubt on his intentions.

Can Rebecca and Robert entrust Adam Coulter with their lives?

Will the Harpers be able to uncover and stop the illicit use of funds procured within the United States from derailing Canada’s pursuit of sovereignty?

Dreama Denver celebrates her late husband with "Island to Icon"

Bob Denver would never in a million years have thought of himself as an icon, but on this 60th anniversary year of his most famous television series, "Gilligan's Island," his wife, Dreama Denver, begs to differ. The fact that "Gilligan's Island" is still airing somewhere on the planet 60 years after its 1964 debut proves that not only is the show iconic, but the man who played the title role is also. Anytime you see someone wearing a red shirt and a white hat, what's the first thought that comes to mind? If you're old enough, you think GILLIGAN!

She has compiled a Bob Denver memory album from their memorabilia and his mother's scrapbooks to honor her husband and his career. Bob Denver and Gilligan's Island are still loved and cherished by fans worldwide.

Actress, writer, radio station owner and personality Dreama Denver met her husband of almost 30 years, television icon Bob Denver (Gilligan of Gilligan's Island, Maynard G. Krebs of Dobie Gillis), when she was cast as his love interest in the Woody Allen play, "Play It Again, Sam". After marrying the popular television personality, Dreama continued her acting career, appearing in a Gilligan's Island reunion movie with Bob, co-starring with him in a TV pilot titled "Scamps" and touring the U.S. and Canada successfully and happily with her husband for over a decade.

The birth of the Denver's son Colin, diagnosed with severe autism, changed everything for Bob and Dreama, who retired from show business and moved back to West Virginia to devote the next two decades to Colin's full time care. During this time, the pair also founded The Denver Foundation, which honors their son and is dedicated to assisting special needs children and their families.

"The Denver Foundation and Little Buddy Radio, a nonprofit radio station owned and operated by the Foundation, were Bob's last and most important legacies," Dreama says, "and making these two entities as successful as possible became my mission after Bob passed away. His desire to give back to West Virginia was huge. He loved this area, considered himself an adopted West Virginian and was a tireless ambassador for the state. Regardless of how important and far reaching his television legacy was, and is, his love for our son and his desire to help other families like ours trumped even that."

Since Bob's death in 2005, Dreama has discovered new passions and new directions in which to take the foundation. Founding Always Free Honor Flight, WV's first Honor Flight program, honoring WV veterans with free trips to Washington, DC to visit the memorials built to honor their service is especially close to Dreama's heart, as is the Denver Foundation's Always Free Walk of Honor, installed and dedicated as a poignant addition to the War Memorial and Museum in Princeton.

Leading the effort to have John Denver's "Take Me Home Country Roads" adopted, successfully and unanimously, as an official WV state song ranks as one of the proudest days of her life, rivaled only by being chosen one of West Virginia's Wonder Women by WV Living magazine. The American Legion Riley-Vest Post #9 honored Dreama with their Outstanding Citizen Award in 2014 and in January 2015, the Princeton Mercer County Chamber of Commerce chose her as Citizen of the Year. In March of the same year, Dreama was honored once again with the Sons of the American Revolution's Outstanding Female Citizen of the Year.

Dreama's memoir, "Gilligan's Dreams", recounting her almost 30 year marriage to Bob, received the prestigious Ella Dickey Literacy Award, given to authors who've preserved history through their written work. Her memoir is her love letter to Bob and her gift to Bob's fans. In detailing the Denver's Hollywood years, their journey through autism with their son and Bob's courage during the last 6 months of his life, Dreama allows Bob's fans a personal glimpse of the man behind the iconic television characters he created.

Becoming a children's book author was an aspiration Bob had for Dreama 20 years ago and she made his dream a reality when her new award-winning book, "Four Bears in a Box" was published in March of 2020, receiving the Mom's Choice Award, the Book Excellence Award and a 5-star Reader's Favorite Award.

"Bob would be proud," Dreama says. "The life I had known for close to thirty years changed dramatically when Bob passed away, but I came to understand that honoring his memory, as well as the memory of the love we shared, meant living a full and happy life, carrying on the work we started with a heart as big as his

 

John Leake on "Vaccines: Mythology, Ideology & Reality"

Vaccines: Mythology, Ideology and Reality New Book by Bestselling Authors of The Courage to Face Covid-19   In their new book, “Vaccines: Mythology, Ideology, and Reality,” John Leake and Dr. Peter McCullough tell the history of humanity’s extraordinary veneration of vaccines, starting with an 18th century smallpox inoculation procedure called variolation.  “Vaccines” is the story of man’s ambition to overcome the suffering and death that nature had always inflicted on him. The development of this technology is a monument of human ingenuity — but also of folly, hubris, and greed.  Today, the most celebrated vaccine developers are revered for their achievements. Rarely if ever are their significant failures mentioned in most of the literature on vaccines. Even after evidence emerged that the new generation of experimental mRNA COVID shots did not prevent infection, governments continued to insist that everyone receive them. The injection was portrayed as the Savior and Liberator of humanity. Astute observers perceived that the vaccine — and the global movement to get all of humanity to receive it — resembled a proselytizing religion. The gospel of this new religion was that the new shot offered salvation. Those who rejected it were doomed to ostracism, disease, and death. Vaccine propagandists often proclaim that they “follow the science,” but most vaccine development has been a matter of guesses, gambles, and wild experimentation. Its key figures have been biased by religious faith, wishful thinking, ideology, and a desire for recognition and money. Though credit is due to some vaccines for reducing infectious disease morbidity and mortality, their contribution to public health in developed nations has been grossly exaggerated by propagandists. Dramatic improvements in nutrition, sanitation, and housing were the primary drivers of the reduction of infectious disease morbidity and mortality. The authors do not dismiss the concept of vaccination but seek to promote a more informed and less dogmatic discussion about its risks and benefits. Critical evaluation can only make the technology safer and more effective.