This week on the KPL Podcast we have bestselling author Shelley Noble telling us about The Sisters of Book Row. A historical fiction novel that explores Anthony Comstock and his ruthless campaign against Manhattan’s “Book Row.” Three sisters band together to challenge censorship and fight to preserve the heart of the city’s literary world.

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Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

1984 by George Orwell

Last Twilight In Paris by Pam Jenoff

A Founding Mother by Stephanie Dray and Laura Kamoie

Bestselling author Marie Benedict is back with another wonderful historical fiction, titled Daughter of Egypt. We are introduced to two remarkable women whom history nearly erased. One is Evelyn Herbert, who was present at the archaeological discovery of Tutankhamun’s burial site, and the other is Hatshepsut, a powerful woman who ruled as Pharaoh during the 18th dynasty

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What We Can Know by Ian McEwan

This week on the KPL Podcast we have local Missouri author and historian Sean Rost. We discuss his new book, Catching Hell from All Quarters: Anti-Klan Activists in Interwar Missouri. He's taken a deep dive into rebirth of the Ku Klux Klan during interwar Missouri. Rost will focus on several notable figures who comprised an interracial, interdenominational, and bipartisan anti-Klan coalition whose opposition to the hooded order largely stymied the Klan’s efforts to wield substantial influence and political power in Missouri.