READING WITH THE STARS A Celebration of Books and Libraries

This audio collection offers speeches, essays, and interviews celebrating reading and libraries from some of the biggest names in politics, business, sports, and entertainment today. Narrators Marguerite Vine and Eric Pollins add their skills to the enterprise by wisely avoiding any attempts to imitate these well-known voices, choosing instead uncluttered, crisp deliveries that allow the personalities and messages to take center stage. It's fascinating to hear President Obama, Oprah Winfrey, Bill Gates, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and the other celebrities tell of the huge influence that access to books and our system of free libraries had on their personal successes. Vine and Pollins keep up the pace throughout this celebration of the written word and the essential role libraries have as treasuries of history and culture. M.O.B. © AudioFile 2014, Portland, Maine [Published: MAY 2014]