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Book review: Bradshaw fans will eat this up

By Terri Schlichenmeyer The Bookworm Sez LLC “Looking for Terry: A Memoir” (c.2026, HarperCollins Leadership) is by Terry Bradshaw with David Fisher. The 272-page book is $29.99. Less than two minutes left, the quarterback has the ball. Will he pass it? He runs down the field, avoiding every opposing player who’s chasing him. You’re out of your chair, screaming, as he cradles the ball next to his ribs, full-out sprinting. Will he make the touchdown? Will he get hit, or fumble? Argh, or will he play, then find a new career, as in the new book “Looking for Terry: A ...

Writers to host storytelling workshop

STATE COLLEGE — The Nittany Valley Writers’ Network will meet at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 13, in the Schlow Library Community Room, 211 S. Allen St. Doors open at 6 p.m. Local storytellers and writers Beth McLaughlin and Ned Balzer will present an interactive session on how to adapt short written pieces into unscripted oral performances for organizations like State College’s State of the Story. Attendees are encouraged to bring their own writing to evaluate for stage adaptation. The event is free and open to the public. For more information, email ...

Audible audiobook US best sellers

Nonfiction 1. A Great Book with Barack Obama by Barack Obama and Higher Ground, narrated by Tom Hanks, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Jill Lepore, Ben Rhodes, Percival L. Everett, Lauren Groff and Barack Obama (Audible Originals) 2. The Steps by Sylvester Stallone, narrated by the author (William Morrow) 3. Protocols by Andrew D. Huberman, Ph.D., narrated by the author (Simon & Schuster Audio) 4. The American Way of Killing by Malcolm Gladwell, narrated by the author (Recorded Books) 5. Swan Song by Charles Spencer, narrated by the author (Penguin Audio) 6. The Let Them Theory by Mel Robbins, ...

Publisher’s Weekly US best sellers

HARDCOVER FICTION 1. “Threshing Day (Wing and Claw ed.)” by Rebecca Yarros (Red Tower) 2. “The French Illusion” by John Grisham (Doubleday) 3. “American Hagwon” by Min Jin Lee (Cardinal) 4. “The Calamity Club” by Kathryn Stockett (Spiegel & Grau) 5. “Hollywood, Ending” by John Green (Dutton) 6. “Astarion (Baldur’s Gate 3)” by T. Kingfisher (Random House Worlds) 7. “Dawn of the Cursed Queen (deluxe ed.)” by Amber V. Nicole (Kensington) 8. “Hollow Bones” by Jodi Picoult (Ballantine) 9. “Sometimes I Scare Myself” by Jeneva Rose ...

Out this month, ‘Rush’ gives good history of Gold Rush, Civil War

The dirt under your fingernails puts a smile on your face. That soil represents a lot for you: a project finished or a problem solved, future flowers or dinner, a treasure hunt or a fun day with the kids just digging in the soil. You never know what you’ll find beneath the sod. As in the new book “The Rush” (Viking, $38, 464 pages) by Nathaniel Phlbrick, the right discovery could change the world. At first, a place called “California” was just an imagined thing, the fabrication of a novelist in 1510. His story included brave knights and lots of gold, and Spanish ...

Publisher’s Weekly US best sellers

HARDCOVER FICTION 1. "Hollywood, Ending (signed ed.)" by John Green (Dutton) 2. "Sometimes I Scare Myself" by Jeneva Rose (Blackstone) 3. "Hollow Bones" by Jodi Picoult (Ballantine) 4. "The Calamity Club" by Kathryn Stockett (Spiegel & Grau) 5. "Murder at the Grand Alpine Hotel" by Lucy Foley (Morrow) 6. "Vince Flynn: Double Tap" by Don Bentley (Atria/Bestler) 7. "Hollywood, Ending" by John Green (Dutton) 8. "The Munich Affair" by Patterson/Ellis (Little, Brown) 9. "The Sweetest Fiend (deluxe ed.)" by Raven Kennedy (Avon) 10. "Yesteryear" by Caro Claire Burke (Knopf) 11. ...