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NPR book reviews, news and author interviews -- for people who love to read. The best of Morning Edition, All Things Considered and other award-winning NPR programs.


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NPR Books: July 3, 2008
1) Author Jonathan Raban says you must read Evelyn Waugh's "Put Out More Flags" - a comedic novel set in the early days of the second World War ; 2) A duel between rival actors portraying Hamlet leads to "The Shakespeare Riots"; 3) Maureen Corrigan reviews Joseph O'Neill's "Netherland"; 4) "Rome 1960" by David Maraniss looks at the Olympics games that 'changed the world'; 5) Benjamin Wittes looks at "Law and the Long War" - what the role of the courts will and should be in fighting terr...

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[ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:35:15 -0400 ]


NPR Books: June 30, 2008
1) "Three Books" about the Suburban Housewife; 2) Paolo Bacigalupi writes environmentally-themed Sci-Fi short stories in his debut collection "Pump Six"; 3) "Dear American Airlines" by Jonathan Miles stretches a stranded customer's rant to novel length; 4) Jessica Abel and Matt Madden teach the art of creating comics in "Drawing Words & Writing Pictures"; 5) Ernest Hemingway's son Patrick turns 80...

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[ Mon, 30 Jun 2008 11:15:44 -0400 ]


NPR Books: June 26, 2008
1) "The Candy Bombers" by Andrei Cherny tells the story of pilot Hal Halvorsen, who dropped candy for German children in the Berlin Airlift; 2) Chinese fiction writers are using the Internet as a way to reach and entertain their readers - staying away from politics; 3) Rare book detectives try to re-create Thomas Jefferson's library at the Library of Congress; 4) Librarian Loriene Roy recommends books to celebrate Gay Pride month; 5) Author Rivka Galchen's "Atmospheric Disturbances" is a...

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[ Thu, 26 Jun 2008 12:59:03 -0400 ]


NPR Books: June 24, 2008
1) "Three Books" about weddings, both serious and light-hearted; 2) Ace girl-detective Nancy Drew is the subject of the latest installment of "In Character"; 3) "Laughing Without an Accent", a memoir by Iranian-American author Firoozeh Dumas; 4) A fictional family tree unites gunslingers (Frank and Jesse) with intellectual giants (William and Henry) in "The James Boys" by Richard Liebmann-Smith....

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[ Tue, 24 Jun 2008 11:28:53 -0400 ]


NPR Books: June 19, 2008
1) A roundup of books about the economic influence of China and India with Vishakha Desai, president of the Asia Society; 2) Dartmouth professor Gretchen Holbrook Gerzina recommends the novel "The Street" by Ann Petry, a powerful exploration of race and class published in 1946; 3) "Three Books" for teens who hate to read; 4) For Bloomsday, Scott Huler's "No Man's Lands" retraces the path of Odysseus instead of Leopold Bloom's....

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[ Thu, 19 Jun 2008 14:28:40 -0400 ]


NPR Books: June 16, 2008
1) "Pennsylvania Avenue" authors John Harwood and Gerald F. Seib look at how Washington works, and how the next president might change it; 2) Trucker Steve Brosnan reviews some audiobook thrillers; 3) A Father's Day chat with poet E. Ethelbert Miller; 4) Author Jen Lancaster's Father's Day recommendation for "You Must Read This"; 5) "You Are a Miserable Excuse for a Hero" by Bob Powers is a new, adult take on the 'Choose Your Own Adventure' series....

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[ Mon, 16 Jun 2008 11:59:28 -0400 ]


NPR Books: June 12, 2008
1) Jo March from Louisa May Alcott's "Little Women" is part of the series "In Character"; 2) David Sedaris, getting personal as he discusses his new book "When You Are Engulfed in Flames" with Terry Gross; 3) Ursula K. Le Guin recommends "Doctor Zhivago"; 4) Writing "The Blue Zones" took Dan Buettner to places where people live the longest; 5) J.K. Rowling gives a commencement address at Harvard...

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[ Thu, 12 Jun 2008 14:26:08 -0400 ]


NPR Books: June 5, 2008
1) Alan Cheuse's extended summer reading list blends fiction - novels and stories both - with memoir, essays and poetry; 2) Writer and journalist Pete Hamill remembers his friend Robert F. Kennedy; 3) "The Brooklyn Superhero Supply Co." is really a front for the non-profit 826NYC, which encourages young writers; 4) Three books recommended by writer and teacher Emily Wylie about "Cowboys and Indians"....

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[ Thu, 05 Jun 2008 12:43:17 -0400 ]


NPR Books: June 3, 2008
1) "What Happened" to the sales embargo of Scott McClellan's memoir? Human error had copies on the shelf before their time; 2) Novelist Richard Russo, editor of "A Healing Touch," a collection of stories about Alzheimers' and hospice; 3) In "Mean and Lowly Things" Canadian biologist Kate Jackson describes her pursuit of snakes in Central Africa; 4) "The House on Fortune Street," Margot Livesey's novel of secrets and choices; 5) Looking at Ian Fleming at 100, with biographer Simon Winde...

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[ Tue, 03 Jun 2008 15:22:55 -0400 ]


NPR Books: May 29, 2008
1) "The Boat" is a debut collection of stories by Vietnamese-born and Australia-raised author Nam Le; 2) Salman Rushdie blurs imagination and historical reality in "The Enchantress of Florence; 3) An Indiana law with some unintended consequences for the state's bookstores; 4) On the 100th anniversary of Ian Fleming's birth, Sebastian Faulks continues the James Bond series with "Devil May Care"...

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[ Thu, 29 May 2008 04:54:19 -0400 ]


NPR Books: May 27, 2008
1) Susan Stamberg surveys independent booksellers for their Summer reading recommendations; 2) In "George Washington on Leadership" Richard Brookhiser says our first president was the leader of "the biggest start-up in history." 3) Frances Richey wrote the poetry in her book "The Warrior" while her son was deployed in Iraq; 4) Author Tony Horwitz thinks you should read "Old Glory" by Jonathan Raban; 5) Three 'beach' books set on beaches....

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[ Tue, 27 May 2008 11:49:49 -0400 ]


NPR Books: May 22, 2008
1) "Bright Shiny Morning" is James Frey's attempt at recovering his writing career after the scandal surrounding "A Million Little Pieces"; 2) Dudley Clendinen's mother moved into "A Place Called Canterbury" — a continuing care residence with the average age of 86. He writes of the current state of old age in America; 3) Accidental author William P. Young credits God for the phenomenal success of the novel "The Shack." The spiritually-themed book has made it to the top of many bests...

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[ Thu, 22 May 2008 11:44:48 -0400 ]


NPR Books: May 19, 2008
1) Senator Jim Webb thinks it's "A Time to Fight"; 2) The novel "The White Tiger" by Aravind Adiga takes a wry but dark look at the Indian caste system; 3) "Truancy" by teenage author Isamu Fukui critiques the educational system in a dystopian tale of bullies and overbearing teachers; 4) First authors using elaborate websites to extend their reach; 5) "The Hakawati" by Rabih Alameddine is a novel about storytelling; 6) Alan Cheuse reviews "The Conversion" by Joseph Olshan...

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[ Thu, 22 May 2008 10:33:33 -0400 ]


NPR Books: May 15, 2008
1) Bertie Bowman's memoir tells his story "Step By Step" - after he left his home in South Carolina, he started in Washington DC sweeping the stairs of the Capitol building. Six decades later, he schedules hearings for the Senate Foreign Relations committee; 2) Simone de Beauvoir's centenary is celebrated this year with a re-examination of her works, including her famed "The Second Sex"...

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[ Thu, 15 May 2008 12:25:53 -0400 ]


NPR Books: May 12, 2008
1) Author of "The Host" Stephenie Meyer, whose "Twilight" series has replaced Harry Potter at the top of bestseller lists; 2) Kate Christensen, winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award for her novel "The Great Man"; 3) In "The New Paradigm for Financial Markets," financier George Soros looks at the current financial crisis; 4) Save species by eating them? Author Gary Nabhan's "Renewing America's Food Traditions: Saving and Savoring the Continent's Most Endangered Foods"....

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[ Mon, 12 May 2008 10:43:51 -0400 ]


NPR Books: May 8, 2008
1) Barbara Walters on her new memoir "Audition"; 2) Alan Cheuse looks at a trio of imaginative new novels by Joyce Carol Oates, Jeanette Winterson, and Ursula K. Le Guin; 3) A West Virginia college must decide whether or not to accept a million dollar grant to teach author Ayn Rand's economic philosophy; 4) "Boots on the Ground by Dusk: My Tribute to Pat Tillman" by the mother of the football star turned soldier....

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[ Thu, 08 May 2008 11:51:09 -0400 ]


NPR Books: May 5, 2008
1) Beloved independent bookstore Dutton's closes its doors in Los Angeles; 2) Louise Erdrich's new novel "A Plague of Doves" blends actual historical events of North Dakota with the intertwined lives of her characters; 3) "The Girl With No Shadow" by Joanne Harris continues the story begun in her best-selling book "Chocolat"; 4) Raymond Chandler's private detective Philip Marlowe "In Character"...

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[ Mon, 05 May 2008 14:13:48 -0400 ]


NPR Books: May 1, 2008
1) Vladimir Nabokov's son decides to publish rather than to destroy his father's final novel "The Original of Laura"; 2) Senator Harry Reid's memoir "The Good Fight" shines a light on the Senate's workings; 3) The Poetry Out Loud national recitation competition; 4) The winning Poetry Out Loud recitation by Shantay A. Henry; 5) "A Voyage Long and Strange" by Tony Horwitz explores American history from Columbus to the Jamestown colonists....

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[ Thu, 01 May 2008 11:03:41 -0400 ]


NPR Books: April 28, 2008
1) Joyce Carol Oates reimagines the final days of past American authors in "Wild Nights"; 2) Reviewer Alan Cheuse on two coming-of-age novels: "Looking for Salvation at the Dairy Queen" by Susan Gregg Gilmore, and "The Flowers" by Dagoberto Gilb; 3) Ursula K. Le Guin extends Virgil's "Aeneid" with "Lavinia"; 4) "My Beautiful Mommy," a book for children of plastic surgery patients....

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[ Mon, 28 Apr 2008 12:13:13 -0400 ]


NPR Books: April 21, 2008
1) "Dear First Lady" - Dwight Young and Margaret Johnson's collection of letters written to presidential wives; 2) E. Ethelbert Miller and Liane Hansen celebrate National Poetry Month; 3) "Story of Forgetting" is a first novel by Stefan Merrill Block exploring Alzheimer's Disease and imagination; 4) Parenting advice from Rose Rock, author of "Mama Rock's Rule" (and mother of Chris Rock)...

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[ Tue, 22 Apr 2008 17:19:18 -0400 ]


NPR Books: April 17, 2008
1) Harry Potter in the courtroom - the author of an encyclopedia of the characters and events from the novels of J.K. Rowling faces a copyright battle; 2) In "Bad Money" Kevin Phillips warns that the enormous influence of the credit industry threatens the U.S. economy; 3) Richard Price discusses the "Lush Life" of the Lower East Side of New York on the Bryant Park Project....

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[ Thu, 17 Apr 2008 17:05:05 -0400 ]


NPR Books: April 15, 2008
1) In Memoir, Isabelle Allende Reveals Life to Late Daughter; 2) "Knockemstiff" Writer Donald Ray Pollock Pulls No Punches; 3) In "Bonk," Mary Roach Explores Science of Sex; 4) William Safire: 'Change' and Other Old Political Phrases...

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[ Thu, 17 Apr 2008 17:04:38 -0400 ]


NPR Books: April 15, 2008
1) In Memoir, Isabelle Allende Reveals Life to Late Daughter; 2) "Knockemstiff" Writer Donald Ray Pollock Pulls No Punches; 3) In "Bonk," Mary Roach Explores Science of Sex; 4) William Safire: 'Change' and Other Old Political Phrases...

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[ Wed, 16 Apr 2008 17:25:44 -0400 ]


NPR: 04-13-2008 Books
Stories: 1) In Memoir, Allende Reveals Life to Late Daughter 2) 'Knockemstiff' Writer Pulls No Punches 3) Cooking Contest Winner Offers 'Ungarnished Truth' 4) Finding a Familiar Loneliness in 'The Yearling' 5) Safire: 'Change' and Other Old Political Phrases 6) In 'Bonk,' Mary Roach Explores Science of Sex...

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[ Sun, 13 Apr 2008 23:09:23 -0400 ]


NPR: 04-07-2008 Books
Stories: 1) At 80, Maya Angelou Reflects on a 'Glorious' Life 2) Forgotten Americans' 15 Pages of Fame 3) 'BPP' Book Club Announces Its April Selection 4) 'Parenting Inc.' Charts Rising Costs of Baby Gear 5) The Myths of 'Mortal Syntax' 6) Welcome! The 'Bryant Park' Book Club Meets Today...

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[ Mon, 07 Apr 2008 03:35:02 EDT ]


NPR: 03-30-2008 Books
Stories: 1) Alton Brown: 'Feasting on Asphalt,' Town by Town 2) The Advent of Podcast Novels 3) A Man and His Mitt: A Love Story 4) From Busy to Business: Exploring 'Semantic Antics' 5) Biographer Tracks Mugabe's Decline 6) Author Confronts Religious Stereotypes in New Book...

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[ Sun, 30 Mar 2008 23:03:24 EDT ]


NPR: 03-23-2008 Books
Stories: 1) 'Sharp Teeth' Gives Werewolves an Epic Treatment 2) Dogs Are Publishers' Best Friend 3) 'Sundays in America' Traces Yearlong Pilgrimage 4) In 'Dracula,' a Metaphor for Faith and Rebirth 5) Baseball: From Child's Play to America's Pastime 6) Cooking Gourmet with 99ยข Food...

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[ Sun, 23 Mar 2008 23:03:10 EDT ]


NPR: 03-16-2008 Books
Stories: 1) Fresh Foods Ring in Persian New Year of Nowruz 2) 'Buzzard' Sings Glory of Radio Station's Heyday 3) Racism and Family Secrets in 'Mudbound' 4) An Artist's How-To for Graphic Novels 5) Author Spends a Year with the Cheerleaders 6) Dovey's 'Blood Kin' a Study of Human Behavior...

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[ Sun, 16 Mar 2008 23:05:48 EDT ]


NPR: 03-09-2008 Books
Stories: 1) Eccentric Mom Colors Childhood of a 'Beautiful Boy' 2) Tracking the Violent Life of Milosevic's 'Tiger' 3) Author Wright Surveys Middle East Politics 4) Poet's Intimate Stanzas Explore Grief and Salvation 5) A Tale of Starting Over: 'The Outcast' 6) Former Mob Enforcer Takes on Boston in Novel...

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[ Sun, 09 Mar 2008 23:06:23 EDT ]


NPR: 03-02-2008 Books
Stories: 1) Hester Prynne: Sinner, Victim, Object, Winner 2) 'New Cold War' Examines Russia's Threat to U.S. 3) Breslin Finds Star 'Rat' in a New York Mafia Tale 4) 'Bryant Park' Book Club: 'In the Country of Men' 5) 'Remembering the Bones' 6) Listeners Talk More on Kosovo, Closing of Popular Bookstore...

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[ Sun, 02 Mar 2008 23:01:12 EST ]


NPR: 02-24-2008 Books
Stories: 1) Book Examines Connection Between Humans, Birds 2) Documenting a Diplomat's Quest in 'Flame' 3) Rehabbing a Villain from Henry VIII's Court 4) 'Commoner' Peeks Past Japan's Royal Walls 5) Dissecting People's 'Predictably Irrational' Behavior 6) Darkness and Light in 'The Secret Garden'...

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[ Sun, 24 Feb 2008 23:03:18 EST ]


NPR: 02-17-2008 Books
Stories: 1) 'Covert' Mob Infiltrator Still Blows the Whistle 2) Book Chronicles Amateur's Year in a Winery 3) A 'Father's Heart' Leaves Enduring Legacy for Son 4) American Dream Tracked Down the Hard Way 5) Ted Kooser Shares the Poetry of Valentine's Day 6) 'My Mistress's Sparrow' Gives Love a Bad Name...

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[ Sun, 17 Feb 2008 23:03:17 EST ]


NPR: 02-10-2008 Books
Stories: 1) Guppy to Guillotin: The Namesakes of Words 2) Reporter Hunts for Author of Bogus Saddam Book 3) Book Scrutinizes U.S. Ideas That Led to Iraq War 4) Six-Word Memoirs: Life Stories Distilled 5) Real Estate Downturn Doesn't Diminish 'House Lust' 6) Sudhir Venkatesh Becomes 'Gang Leader for a Day'...

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[ Sun, 10 Feb 2008 23:04:17 EST ]


NPR: 02-03-2008 Books
Stories: 1) Passion, Privilege Fuel Russell Banks' 'Reserve' 2) 'Wimpy Kid' Keeps Kids of All Ages in Stitches 3) Michael Chabon: Charmed by a Dashing Brigadier 4) A Famous Hallucination: Ahab's Phantom Leg 5) Shrewd, Selfish Scarlett: A Complicated Heroine 6) Book Details the Defection of 'Comrade J'...

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[ Sun, 03 Feb 2008 23:05:25 EST ]


NPR: 01-27-2008 Books
Stories: 1) Grisham's 'Appeal' Tackles Down-and-Dirty Politics 2) From Cannoli to Chapati: A Baker's Culinary Journey 3) From Law to Cold Cases to Chicago Crime World 4) Pollyanna: Spirit of Optimism Born Out of War 5) Fate of Nabokov's Last Novel Lies with Son 6) Book Picks from London Cabbie Will Grozier...

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[ Sun, 27 Jan 2008 23:05:05 EST ]


NPR: 01-20-2008 Books
Stories: 1) 'Hitman' Shares Secrets of Negative Campaigning 2) Quirky Poetry Collection a Salute to Silly Stanzas 3) Melodrama, Terror Propel New Grisham, King Books 4) Pulp Fiction Murdered Long Sentences 5) Stories of Magic, Medieval Times Win Book Awards 6) The Lone Ranger: Justice from Outside the Law...

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[ Sun, 20 Jan 2008 23:04:09 EST ]


NPR: 01-13-2008 Books
Stories: 1) Nobel Winner Rethinks Business from Ground Up 2) Museum of Masterpieces Made for a Coffee Table 3) 'In the Beginning' a Guide for the Curious 4) Gilligan Turns to Fictional Love Story in 'Kyra' 5) Foreign Policy Experts Ponder Geopolitical Future 6) At Home, at War: Tahmima Anam's 'Golden Age'...

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[ Sun, 13 Jan 2008 23:03:15 EST ]


NPR: 01-06-2008 Books
Stories: 1) 'The Science of Leonardo' 2) 'Bliss' Follows Globetrotting Grump's Search for Joy 3) Secrets of the Ultimate Vegan Cookbook 4) Dr. Fang the Dentist and 'Other Funny Names' 5) In Dark Winter, Chekhov Brings Comfort and Joy 6) 'Max and Pinky' an Adorable Dynamic Duo...

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[ Sun, 06 Jan 2008 23:05:11 EST ]


NPR: 12-30-2007 Books
Stories: 1) Author Attempts to Make Speaking Latin Hip 2) Former '60s Radical Recalls Days of Rage 3) Celebrating Dirty and Divine Travel Experiences 4) 'Mister Pip' Brings Dickens Tale to the South Pacific 5) A Brutal British Mystery Novel for Boxing Day 6) The Ones That Got Away: Books Not to Miss...

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[ Sun, 30 Dec 2007 23:03:55 EST ]


NPR: 12-23-2007 Books
Stories: 1) Wine Made Across the U.S.A. 2) A Slave's Passage in 'God of Luck' 3) Nashville's WSM Chronicled in 'Air Castle'...

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[ Sun, 23 Dec 2007 23:05:29 EST ]


NPR: 12-16-2007 Books
Stories: 1) Book Reflects on Overlooked Role of Aunts 2) Independent Booksellers' Picks: Fiction and Food...

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[ Sun, 16 Dec 2007 23:01:31 EST ]


NPR: 12-09-2007 Books
Stories: 1) In the Winter Cold, Warmth and Light on the Page 2) Examining the Tragedy within 'Opium Season' 3) Taking 'Atonement' from the Page to the Screen 4) Michael Knight Explores Families in 'Holiday Season' 5) Author Recommends a Sherwood Anderson Classic 6) Search for Authentic Ravioli Forges Family Bonds...

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[ Sun, 09 Dec 2007 23:02:55 EST ]


NPR: 12-02-2007 Books
Stories: 1) Alaska Trip Helps Heal Father and Son in 'Backcast' 2) Girls Get Their Guide to Adventure 3) Muldoon Is New Poetry Editor for 'New Yorker' 4) A 'Fear and Loathing' for the '08 Campaign 5) Afghan Bookseller Disputes Book About Him 6) Steve Martin: 'Born Standing Up'...

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[ Sun, 02 Dec 2007 23:05:54 EST ]


NPR: 11-25-2007 Books
Stories: 1) Looking Back on Shuttles Facing 'Final Countdown' 2) Mitford Sisters' Letters Collected in New Book 3) "High Fidelity" Author Has New Young Adult Book 4) Naomi Wolf Likens Bush to Hitler...

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[ Sun, 25 Nov 2007 23:06:52 EST ]


NPR: 11-18-2007 Books
Stories: 1) Remembering the Turbulent Life of a 'Gonzo' Writer 2) 'Tenth Muse' Recounts an American Food Revolution 3) The 'Dirt on Clean' in an Oversanitized World 4) Alan Cheuse: 'The Fires' 5) Harvard for the Home-Schooled, Christian Crowd 6) Guy de Maupassant, a Jeweler of Language...

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[ Sun, 18 Nov 2007 23:02:57 EST ]


NPR: 11-11-2007 Books
Stories: 1) Finding Music in 'Finnegan's Wake' 2) Screenwriter Adapts 'Love' for the Silver Screen 3) Norman Mailer, Author and Social Critic, Dies at 84 4) Author Ken Wells on 'Crawfish Mountain' 5) U.S. Airmen and Tribe Face Enemy in Survival Story 6) Newly Released Photos Reveal Lennon's Final Days...

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[ Sun, 11 Nov 2007 23:02:10 EST ]


NPR: 11-04-2007 Books
Stories: 1) Immigrant Struggles to Find Meaning in 'A Free Life' 2) New Biography of Roosevelt Daughter 3) West Point and War Transform English Teacher 4) Cue Ready, Kid Delicious Finds Calling on 'the Felt' 5) Large Women in the Lens of Leonard Nimoy 6) 'Abstinence Teacher' Might Be Better on Screen...

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[ Sun, 04 Nov 2007 23:08:08 EST ]


NPR: 11-04-2007 Books
Stories: 1) Immigrant Struggles to Find Meaning in 'A Free Life' 2) New Biography of Roosevelt Daughter 3) West Point and War Transform English Teacher 4) Cue Ready, Kid Delicious Finds Calling on 'the Felt' 5) Large Women in the Lens of Leonard Nimoy 6) 'Abstinence Teacher' Might Be Better on Screen...

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[ Sun, 04 Nov 2007 20:36:26 EST ]


NPR: 10-28-2007 Books
Stories: 1) Digging Into the History of the Humble Toothpick 2) 'Dog Whisperer' Implores Owners to Reclaim Pack 3) Millard Kaufman Writes First Novel at 90 4) In 'Quarantine,' a Great Story Mercilessly Retold 5) Steve Martin's Wild and Crazy Alphabet Book 6) New 'Letters from Mississippi' Addresses Omissions...

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[ Sun, 28 Oct 2007 23:03:07 EDT ]


NPR: 10-21-2007 Books
Stories: 1) Via 'Musicophilia,' Sacks Studies Music and the Brain 2) 'Soldiers' Looks at Children of War 3) Faulks Follows a Disturbed Life in 'Engleby' 4) Sex, Drugs and Rock 'N' Roll: Clapton After 'Cocaine' 5) Trudeau Compiles Dispatches from 'The Sandbox' 6) Disease, Politics Permeate 'The Air We Breathe'...

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[ Sun, 21 Oct 2007 23:04:27 EDT ]


NPR: 10-14-2007 Books
Stories: 1) Novel Explores a 'Dominican-American Sci-Fi Geek' 2) 'The Indian Clerk' Who Changed Mathematics 3) Unconventional Education Fuels Author's First Novel 4) The Many Faces of Dracula 5) Sagal Explains How to be Naughty in 'Vice' 6) Haiku Poet Documented Life in Japanese Camps...

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[ Sun, 14 Oct 2007 23:02:31 EDT ]


NPR: 10-07-2007 Books
Stories: 1) Bringing 'The King' to the 8-to-12-Year-Old Set 2) U.S. Revolution Inspired Imitators, Fleetingly 3) The Art of War: An Illustrated '1776' 4) Movie Boosts Traffic to 'Into the Wild' Shrine 5) Clarence Thomas Takes a Chance on Memoir 6) Bush Daughter Begins Book Tour...

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[ Sun, 07 Oct 2007 23:05:41 EDT ]


NPR: 09-30-2007 Books
Stories: 1) Reclusive Philanthropist Steps into Spotlight 2) Grisham Tackles Football Tale in 'Playing for Pizza' 3) 'Sputnik: The Shock of the Century' 4) Justice Clarence Thomas' Memoir Unveils Bitterness 5) Banned Writers Find Refuge in U.S. Cities 6) Prinicipal Takes on the Summer Reading List...

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[ Sun, 30 Sep 2007 23:03:09 EDT ]


NPR: 09-23-2007 Books
Stories: 1) 'Dough' Tells Story of a Bakery with a Secret 2) Did 'Siege of Mecca' Give Birth to Al-Qaida? 3) Hamill's New Novel Set in Depression-Era N.Y. 4) Holocaust Victim's Lost Novels Help Daughter Heal 5) Author Sherman Alexie Targets Young Readers 6) Tracking How Consumers Use 'Inner Economist'...

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[ Sun, 23 Sep 2007 23:02:09 EDT ]


NPR: 09-16-2007 Books
Stories: 1) Haitian Immigrant's Memoir Honors Two Fathers 2) Famous Authors' Rejection Letters Surface 3) Surviving Deafness and Deprivation in Remote Africa 4) Sen. Dodd Recalls Father's Role at Nuremberg Trials 5) Toobin's 'The Nine' Reveals Politics of High Court 6) Pollster's Book IDs Society's 'Microtrends'...

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[ Sun, 16 Sep 2007 23:02:10 EDT ]


NPR: 09-09-2007 Books
Stories: 1) Novel's Mind-Bending Plot Clones Grandma 2) New Book Sheds Light on Explorer Vespucci 3) Auster Novel's Ancillary Tale Gets New Life on Film 4) L'Engle's Fiction Inspired Real Science 5) L'Engle, Author of 'A Wrinkle in Time,' Dies at 88 6) Nobody Home: Earth Without Man Would Recover...

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[ Sun, 09 Sep 2007 23:02:03 EDT ]


NPR: 09-02-2007 Books
Stories: 1) Discovering the Man Behind a Boy's Protest 2) Summer Readers Weigh In with Favorites 3) Breaking Down the, Uh, Blunders of Speech 4) A Spy Tale, Fully Revealed in 'ZigZag' 5) 'On the Road' at 50 6) Documenting the Duke Rush to Judgment...

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[ Sun, 02 Sep 2007 23:02:54 EDT ]


NPR: 08-26-2007 Books
Stories: 1) Retired Athlete Writes Children's Novel 2) 'Mary Smith' Wakes Up Village Sleepyheads 3) Real People Inhabit Michael Connelly's Fictional L.A. 4) Modern Girls and the Modesty Movement 5) Grace Paley, Writer and Activist, Dies at Age 84 6) This 'Lovely Wife' Has a Voice that Carries...

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[ Sun, 26 Aug 2007 23:02:24 EDT ]


NPR: 08-19-2007 Books
Stories: 1) An 'Americano' Revolutionary in Castro's Cuba 2) In Science Fiction Novel, Present Feels Like Future 3) Blogger Picks Classic Novels, Modern Short Stories 4) 'The Wall' Brings a Grim World Back to Life 5) Try, Try Again: A Guitarist's Second Time Around 6) Running for President Through the Bookstore...

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[ Sun, 19 Aug 2007 23:07:06 EDT ]


NPR: 08-12-2007 Books
Stories: 1) Navajo Poet Turns to Fiction of Her Peers 2) Debut Book Explores History of Software 3) Novel Tells Sad Tale of 'It Girl' in 1970s SoHo...

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[ Sun, 19 Aug 2007 22:25:37 EDT ]


NPR: 08-12-2007 Books
Stories: 1) Navajo Poet Turns to Fiction of Her Peers 2) Debut Book Explores History of Software 3) Novel Tells Sad Tale of 'It Girl' in 1970s SoHo 4) The Origin of 'Dog Days,' And Dealing with the Heat 5) A Summer Thriller, Smartly Turned Out in 'White' 6) Lessing's 'The Cleft' Ponders Origins of Life...

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[ Sun, 12 Aug 2007 23:00:55 EDT ]


NPR: 08-05-2007 Books
Stories: 1) Education Secretary Prefers Summer Escapist Fare 2) Novelist Gordon's Personal Memoir of Her Mother 3) 'Penelopiad' Opens on Stage 4) Tony Blair's Spokesman Has Stories to Tell 5) Unhappy Paradise in 'The Descendants' 6) A Tenuous Transition to Paradise Lost...

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[ Sun, 05 Aug 2007 23:01:10 EDT ]


NPR: 07-29-2007 Books
Stories: 1) Tween Series Marks Fresh Start for Popular Author 2) Philip K. Dick Collection Aimed at New Generation 3) Annie Dillard's Tale of Bohemian Love by the Sea 4) Poppa Neutrino, Still Sailing Along 5) A Summer in Suspension, Waiting for Life's Start 6) Final 'Harry Potter' Answers Mystifying Questions...

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[ Sun, 29 Jul 2007 23:00:53 EDT ]


NPR: 07-22-2007 Books
Stories: 1) Saddam's Past with U.S. Has Implications for Iraq 2) Spy Novelist Silva's 'Secret Servant' 3) Mysteries' Colorful Characters Reel in Readers 4) Elevating the World's Oldest Profession in Chicago 5) Nancy Cunard: Rebellious Heiress, Inspired Life 6) Series to Keep Kids (and Adults) Under Books' Spell...

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[ Sun, 22 Jul 2007 23:00:55 EDT ]


NPR: 07-15-2007 Books
Stories: 1) A 'Redemption Song' for The Clash's Frontman 2) A Promising Playwright's Summer Authors 3) Potter Publisher Predicted Literary Magic 4) Tracking a Vanished Civilization in the Southwest 5) Frank Deford's 'The Entitled:' A Baseball Novel 6) Wizard Rock: Harry Potter Goes Punk...

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[ Sun, 15 Jul 2007 23:00:50 EDT ]


NPR: 07-08-2007 Books
Stories: 1) A History of the Pentagon Building 2) Hailing the History of New York's Yellow Cabs 3) Book Argues America Is Defined by Its Limits 4) Maine Guide Intrigued by the Civil War, Koran 5) Literary Detective Details Sousa's Other Talent 6) Jack Kerouac's Famous Scroll, 'On the Road' Again...

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[ Sun, 08 Jul 2007 23:01:19 EDT ]


NPR: 07-01-2007 Books
Stories: 1) Lost Pearl Buck Manuscript Recovered 2) Freedom Fabric: A History of the Stars and Stripes 3) 'Peony in Love' Explores Chinese Women's Lives 4) Honoring the Very Best of the Worst in Fiction 5) Writing the Story of Huck Finn's Father 6) Landscapes Join Cast of Literary Characters ...

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[ Sun, 01 Jul 2007 23:01:05 EDT ]


NPR: 06-24-2007 Books
Stories: 1) A Busy Brewmaster's Summer Book Stack 2) Flirting with Fiction and Fantasy in 'Austenland' 3) Michael Parker: Writing That Really Sings 4) How Monkey's Eyebrow, Ky., Got Its Name 5) Don't Believe the (Organic) Hype 6) 'Right Livelihoods' Offers Top-Notch Short Fiction...

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[ Sun, 24 Jun 2007 23:01:02 EDT ]


NPR: 06-17-2007 Books
Stories: 1) Behind a Nazi Plot to Seize the Pope 2) Book: Falling Through the Earth 3) Summer Book Shelf 4) Popes, Piazzas and Parenthood in the Eternal City 5) Sen. Webb on Military Sons and Fathers 6) It Took a Sisterhood to Create Nancy Drew...

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[ Sun, 17 Jun 2007 23:01:29 EDT ]


NPR: 06-10-2007 Books
Stories: 1) Tunnel to Terminus: The Story of Penn Station 2) Booksellers' Picks for the Beach -- or the Backyard 3) Coelho Explores Goddesses in 'Witch of Portobello' 4) Essayist Fadiman Revives Familiar Literary Art 5) Szymborska's 'View': Small Truths Sharply Etched 6) Origin of 'No Jack Kennedy' Comment Disputed...

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[ Sun, 10 Jun 2007 23:00:57 EDT ]


NPR: 06-03-2007 Books
Stories: 1) The Thrill of the Trill: Capturing an Insect Symphony 2) Recalling a Summer at Tiffany 3) The Many Layers of Michael Ondaatje's 'Divisadero' 4) Try This at Home: Book Captures Boyhood Nostalgia 5) Subjects of 'Kabul Beauty School' Face New Risks 6) Latest Nixon Biography Portrays an Isolated Leader...

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