Podcast appearances and mentions of Derek B Miller

In this episode, we're excited about two new books: Broughtupsy by Christina Cooke and The Curse of Pietro Houdini by Derek B. Miller. Then Mel celebrates the birthday and work of author Judith Viorst. This episode is brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/StrongSense and get on your way to being your best self. Links Broughtupsy by Christina Cooke The Curse of Pietro Houdini by Derek B. Miller Podcast: Jamaica: Let's Get Together and Feel All Right Video: Christina Cooke reads from Broughtupsy Christina Cooke website SSoP review: Butter Honey Pig Bread by Francesca Ekwuyasi Video: Alexander 1990 animated special NPR: For 50 years, Alexander's been having terrible, horrible, no good, very bad days NPR: ‘Nearing 90,' Judith Viorst Says She's Never Been Happier Video: Scholastic interview with Judith Viorst Judith Viorst's Decades Podcast: The Other F Word with Judith Viorst Transcript of this episode. The Library of Lost Time is a Strong Sense of Place Production! https://strongsenseofplace.com Do you enjoy our show? Want access to fun bonus content? Please support our work on Patreon. Every little bit helps us keep the show going and makes us feel warm and fuzzy inside - https://www.patreon.com/strongsenseofplace As always, you can find us at: Our site Instagram Patreon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

From the Dagger Award–winning author of Norwegian by Night comes a vivid, thrilling, and moving World War II art-heist-adventure tale where enemies become heroes, allies become villains, and a child learns what it means to become an adult—for fans of All the Light We Cannot See.  August, 1943. Fourteen-year-old Massimo is all alone. Newly orphaned and fleeing from Rome after surviving the American bombing raid that killed his parents, Massimo is attacked by thugs and finds himself bloodied at the base of the Montecassino. It is there in the Benedictine abbey's shadow that a charismatic and cryptic man calling himself Pietro Houdini, the self-proclaimed “Master Artist and confidante of the Vatican,” rescues Massimo and brings him up the mountain to serve as his assistant in preserving the treasures that lay within the monastery walls. But can Massimo believe what Pietro is saying, particularly when Massimo has secrets too? Who is this extraordinary man? When it becomes evident that Montecassino will soon become the front line in the war, Pietro Houdini and Massimo execute a plan to smuggle three priceless Titian paintings to safety down the mountain. They are joined by a nurse concealing a nefarious past, a café owner turned murderer, a wounded but chipper German soldier, and a pair of lovers along with their injured mule, Ferrari. Together they will lie, cheat, steal, fight, kill, and sin their way through battlefields to survive, all while smuggling the Renaissance masterpieces and the bag full of ancient Greek gold they have rescued from the “safe keeping” of the Germans.  Heartfelt, powerfully engaging, and in the tradition of City of Thieves by David Benioff, Derek B. Miller's novel The Curse of Pietro Houdini (Simon and Schuster, 2024) is a work of storytelling bravado: a thrilling action-packed adventure heist, an imaginative chronicle of forgotten history, and a philosophical coming-of-age epic where a child navigates one of the most enigmatic and morally complex fronts of World War II and lives to tell the tale. AJ Woodhams hosts the "War Books" podcast. You can subscribe on Apple here and on Spotify here. War Books is on YouTube, Facebook and Instagram. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

From the Dagger Award–winning author of Norwegian by Night comes a vivid, thrilling, and moving World War II art-heist-adventure tale where enemies become heroes, allies become villains, and a child learns what it means to become an adult—for fans of All the Light We Cannot See.  August, 1943. Fourteen-year-old Massimo is all alone. Newly orphaned and fleeing from Rome after surviving the American bombing raid that killed his parents, Massimo is attacked by thugs and finds himself bloodied at the base of the Montecassino. It is there in the Benedictine abbey's shadow that a charismatic and cryptic man calling himself Pietro Houdini, the self-proclaimed “Master Artist and confidante of the Vatican,” rescues Massimo and brings him up the mountain to serve as his assistant in preserving the treasures that lay within the monastery walls. But can Massimo believe what Pietro is saying, particularly when Massimo has secrets too? Who is this extraordinary man? When it becomes evident that Montecassino will soon become the front line in the war, Pietro Houdini and Massimo execute a plan to smuggle three priceless Titian paintings to safety down the mountain. They are joined by a nurse concealing a nefarious past, a café owner turned murderer, a wounded but chipper German soldier, and a pair of lovers along with their injured mule, Ferrari. Together they will lie, cheat, steal, fight, kill, and sin their way through battlefields to survive, all while smuggling the Renaissance masterpieces and the bag full of ancient Greek gold they have rescued from the “safe keeping” of the Germans.  Heartfelt, powerfully engaging, and in the tradition of City of Thieves by David Benioff, Derek B. Miller's novel The Curse of Pietro Houdini (Simon and Schuster, 2024) is a work of storytelling bravado: a thrilling action-packed adventure heist, an imaginative chronicle of forgotten history, and a philosophical coming-of-age epic where a child navigates one of the most enigmatic and morally complex fronts of World War II and lives to tell the tale. AJ Woodhams hosts the "War Books" podcast. You can subscribe on Apple here and on Spotify here. War Books is on YouTube, Facebook and Instagram. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/literature

A fun show today as we recap our trip to New York, Laura is witness to a Nair emegency, and Andrew hurts his back putting together Christmas presents. Our book recommendations are: Once There Were Wolves by Charlotte McConaghy, How To Find Your Way in the Dark by Derek B. Miller, and Voyagers by Ben … Continue reading Ep. 151 Driving and Crying

Derek B. Miller, award-winning author of the new novel "Finding Your Way in the Dark"

This week, Liberty and Patricia discuss Not a Happy Family, Summer Fun, A Song Everlasting, and more great books. Pick up an All the Books! shirt, sticker, and more right here. Follow All the Books! using RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify and never miss a beat book. Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW: Not a Happy Family by Shari Lapena  Summer Fun by Jeanne Thornton A Song Everlasting by Ha Jin I Am Not Starfire by Mariko Tamaki with art by Yoshi Yoshitani Fierce Little Thing by Miranda Beverly-Whittemore Red Wolf by Rachel Vincent The Accursed Vampire by Madeline McGrane  While We Were Dating by Jasmine Guillory WHAT WE'RE READING: Belly of the Beast: The Politics of Anti-Fatness as Anti-Blackness by Da'Shaun Harrison Grimm's Complete Fairy Tales by Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer ‘Salem's Lot by Stephen King An Arrow to the Moon by Emily X.R. Pan MORE BOOKS OUT THIS WEEK: Radar Girls by Sara Ackerman The Rocky Road to Ruin: An Ice Cream Shop Mystery by Meri Allen Breathing Fire: Female Inmate Firefighters on the Front Line of California's Wildfires by Jaime Lowe When We Were Strangers by Alex Richards The Breakup Monologues: The Unexpected Joy of Heartbreak by Rosie Wilby  Rhode Island Red (A Nanette Hayes Mystery) by Charlotte Carter  A Farewell to Gabo and Mercedes: A Son's Memoir of Gabriel García Márquez and Mercedes Barcha by Rodrigo Garcia  Weird Kid by Greg van Eekhout Three Words for Goodbye by Hazel Gaynor and Heather Webb The Man Ban by Nicola Marsh How to Find Your Way in the Dark by Derek B. Miller The Silver Blonde by Elizabeth Ross They'll Never Catch Us by Jessica Goodman The Minister Primarily by John Oliver Killens  The Great Peace: A Memoir by Mena Suvari Safe in My Arms by Sara Shepard Swan Dive: The Making of a Rogue Ballerina by Georgina Pazcoguin The Perfect Ruin by Shanora Williams Star Wars The High Republic: Out of the Shadows by Justina Ireland  New Teeth: Stories by Simon Rich  Walls by L.M. Elliott Queer Stepfamilies: The Path to Social and Legal Recognition by Katie L. Acosta Always Crashing in the Same Car: On Art, Crisis, and Los Angeles, California by Matthew Specktor The Second Season by Emily Adrian  The Runaway Heiress by Meg Tilly The Life-Changing Science of Detecting Bullshit by John V. Petrocelli World in Between: Based on a True Refugee Story by Kenan Trebincevic and Susan Shapiro Shooting Out the Lights: A Memoir by Kim Fairley  Much Ado about Nauticaling (A Whit and Whiskers Mystery Book 1) by Gabby Allan We Want What We Want: Stories by Alix Ohlin  Just One Look by Lindsay Cameron Rovers by Richard Lange  Small Favors by Erin A. Craig  Goldenrod: Poems by Maggie Smith  The Women's March: A Novel of the 1913 Woman Suffrage Procession by Jennifer Chiaverini  Nadiya Bakes: Over 100 Must-Try Recipes for Breads, Cakes, Biscuits, Pies, and More by Nadiya Hussain Godspeed by Nickolas Butler Heartbreak For Hire by Sonia Hartl A Good Day for Chardonnay (Sunshine Vicram #2) by Darynda Jones  Below the Edge of Darkness: A Memoir of Exploring Light and Life in the Deep Sea by Edith Widder, Ph.D See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Nordic Noir 03:40 Flickorna som sprang av Simon Häggström 07:43 En blå död av Mikko Porvali 10:53 Norwegian by night av Derek B. Miller

What can a story do in the face of intolerance? Author Rachel Kadish speaks about the legacy of her family’s WWII refugee experience and about the bridges art can build. Kadish discusses her own historical novel The Weight of Ink as well as the larger role of historical fiction in shifting the way we view distant times and communities, and sparking the kind of empathy that changes our actions in the world.

Can we ever bridge the void between the generations when it comes to the legacy of war? What price must Jews pay to become accepted as Americans or Europeans? How do war and peace affect our perceptions of the relationship between the US and Europe? Author and activist Julie Lindahl talks with novelist Derek B. Miller. storiesforsociety.com Voices Between: an initiative by storytellers to innovate learning about war and peace.

This week, Jeff and Rebecca look ahead to 2017 in books and reading.    This episode is sponsored by: Third Love The Girl in Green by Derek B. Miller Penguin Random House Audio

Sheldon Horowitz is a retired watch repairman and wise-cracker from New York City and a Korean War veteran relocated to Oslo, where he lives with his granddaughter and her Norwegian husband. In mourning over the recent death of his wife, Sheldon is in near constant anguish too over the loss years before of his only son—killed in Vietnam. That loss causes him to question continually the virtue of the patriotism and sense of civic responsibility that defined him and that he imparted to his child. When his Serbian immigrant neighbor is killed, Sheldon is forced to confront what is going on around him in the present and takes it upon himself to ferry his neighbor’s young child to safety. But what safety is and how to get there is unclear. Derek B. Miller’s debut novel Norwegian by Night is a literary thriller that explores grief, memory, aging, and identity as it follows Horowitz and the boy from Oslo to the countryside. Though heady, the novel is also funny, laced with sardonic wit. Based... See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Herm Pol bespreekt Nacht in Noorwegen, het romandebuut van de Amerikaanse schrijver Derek B. Miller over een oude man, een kleine jongen en een vlucht door de wildernis. Een bijdrage van Botte Jellema vanaf Oerol. Ester Naomi Perquin leest een kort prozafragment voor. Kijk voor meer informatie op vpro.nl/avonden