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Bill Scheft Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Author. Letterman writer 1991-2015. Adrianne Tolsch husband 1990-2016. That will always be my best credit.

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Book Cover for: Just Can't Help Believing, John Paul James

Just Can't Help Believing

John Paul James
Bill ScheftBill Scheft

Today's slightly personal #AT40 factoid. We had BJ Thomas sit in with @paulshaffer and the band around 2012. He played his hits into commercial breaks. Paul and I got him to cut "I Just Can't Help Believing" so he could do our favorite, "The Eyes of a New York Woman."

Paperback, 2022

$12.46$6.23 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Greatest Love of All: Piano/Vocal/Chords, Sheet, Whitney Houston

The Greatest Love of All: Piano/Vocal/Chords, Sheet

Whitney Houston
Bill ScheftBill Scheft

George Benson was/is an other worldly jazz guitarist, but every singer I brought up at Catch a Rising Star from 1981-86 sang "The Greatest Love of All" better than this. #AT40

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Book Cover for: Hub Fans Bid Kid Adieu: John Updike on Ted Williams: A Library of America Special Publication, John Updike

Hub Fans Bid Kid Adieu: John Updike on Ted Williams: A Library of America Special Publication

John Updike
Bill ScheftBill Scheft

Ed Linn, by the way, who wrote a just as good, but much much less celebrated account of Ted Williams last game as the ballyhooed John Updike epic "Hub Fans Bid Kid Adieu." https://t.co/qcKNL7WDgc

Hardcover, 2010

$15.00$7.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Charts of Modern and Postmodern Church History: 3, John D. Hannah

Charts of Modern and Postmodern Church History: 3

John D. Hannah
Bill ScheftBill Scheft

Just off the top of my head: Stenerud (3), Hornung (5), Bubby Brister (6, just because), Ray Guy (8), John Hannah (73) https://t.co/XcV5ktOnm0

Paperback, 2015

$29.99$14.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Love Means Never Having To Say You're Sorry, Donald Gorbach

Love Means Never Having To Say You're Sorry

Donald Gorbach
Bill ScheftBill Scheft

#AT40 personal factoid. In 1970, "Love Story" premiered at the Harvard Sq Theater. Some guy who worked on the film was in audience. At one point, he stood up and started counting down from 10. Loud. When he hit 1, Ali McGraw said, "Love means never having to say you're sorry...."

Paperback, 2018

$12.95$6.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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