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NPR BooksBacardi Biography Details The 'Fight For Cuba'Tom Gjelten's new book, Bacardi and the Long Fight For Cuba, threads the history of the family-owned Bacardi Rum Co. together with that of the nation in which it was founded. Categories: NPR Books
New Book Collects Copp Children StoriesScott Simon speaks with Weekend Edition's Daniel Pinkwater, about a new book called Jim Copp, Will You Tell Me A Story? The book is a collection of three of Copp and Ed Brown's stories for children, put in book form for the first time. Categories: NPR Books
Palin Autobiography ReissuedScott Simon takes a moment to note that a biography of Sarah Palin, Republican vice presidential nominee, has been quickly reissued. The book reveals Palin's favorite meal: moose stew. Categories: NPR Books
Novel's Young Narrator Tells Family's StoryAuthor Matthew Kneale discusses his new book When We Were Romans, the story of a mother and her two young children who flee London to stay with friends in Rome. Kneale wrote the book from the point of view of a nine-year-old. » E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us Categories: NPR Books
Novel On Islam's Prophet Finds New PublisherIndependent publisher Beaufort Books agrees to publish The Jewel of Medina after Random House backs out. Random House had feared Sherry Jones' historical novel about the Prophet Mohammed and his wife, Aisha, could be offensive to Muslims. Categories: NPR Books
Shaw's Graphic Take On Ordinary Family DramaBottomless Belly Button, Dash Shaw's portrait of good people with a desperate, bourgeois dignity, is a welcome break from the comic genre's usual angst-ridden post-modernity. Categories: NPR Books
'Scattershot' A Bipolar Family PortraitIn his memoir, Scattershot, David Lovelace chronicles what he calls "the family sickness." Terri Cheney joins the discussion and shares details from Manic, a chronicle of her own struggle with bipolar disorder. Categories: NPR Books
Whodunits Pack Literary PunchTwo new novels take on the same theme: murder. Donald Pfarrer's A Common Ordinary Murder is at once both harrowing and exultant. John Darnton's Black & White and Dead All Over is for those who like a little satire with their blood. Categories: NPR Books
Russian Literary Boom Linked To AuthoritarianismLiterary critics feared that after the Soviet collapse, the easy availability of popular romance novels and thrillers would seduce Russian readers away from deeper works. Now they attribute a literary revival to the country's new authoritarianism. » E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us Categories: NPR Books
New Biography Takes 'Heat' Off Dickinson EditorBrenda Wineapple's highly engaging biography White Heat examines the poet's enduring friendship with editor Thomas Wentworth Higginson. Categories: NPR Books
'One Party Country' Dissects Why Republicans WinIn One Party Country, journalists Tom Hamburger and Peter Wallsten explain what they call "The Republican plan for dominance in the 21st century." The Republicans, they argue, are "firmly in the lead when it comes to the science and strategy of attaining power — and keeping it." Categories: NPR Books
'Book Of Lies' Examines Superman's StoryBrad Meltzer's new novel threads together the biblical story of Cain and Abel with the actual details of Superman creator Jerry Siegel's life. Categories: NPR Books
An Imperfect But Epic 'America'A young man enters a world of power and privilege when he is summoned to live on the estate of the local industrial baron in Ethan Canin's epic America America. Categories: NPR Books
Poking Fun At The 'Stuff White People Like'In a new book based on his popular blog, Christian Lander tracks the trends and tendencies of white people, from fair-trade organic coffee to vintage T-shirts. Categories: NPR Books
A Breezy, 'Contrarian' View Of MarriageIn a delightful new book, journalist Susan Squire traces the first 5,000 years of marital behavior and reveals just how much of a historical odd couple love and marriage are. » E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us Categories: NPR Books
Unraveling A Father's Secrets And 'Sorrows'Siri Hustvedt's new novel, The Sorrows of an American, begins one winter day when two adult children uncover a mysterious letter among their late father's papers. Hustvedt tells Jacki Lyden that the book draws from her own father's unpublished memoir. Categories: NPR Books
Novelist Found Inspiration In New JerseyJacqueline Carey talks about her new novel, It's a Crime. The novelist found inspiration in affluent New Jersey suburbs, just outside of Manhattan, and in the white-collar crimes of corporate CEOs. » E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us Categories: NPR Books
'Glazed America:' For The Love Of DoughnutsAnthropologist Paul Mullins considers the history of the doughnut in his new book, Glazed America. Mullins uses the doughnut to trace America's consumer culture. Categories: NPR Books
Karaoke MurdersA new book, Murderoke! by writer and karaoke host Terry O'Brien tells the story of a serial killer on the loose in Cape May, N.J. The victims in the book all loved to sing karaoke. Categories: NPR Books
Moving Beyond 'Catcher' On School Reading ListsOberlin English professor Anne Trubek argues that J.D. Salinger's coming-of-age novel Catcher In The Rye should be replaced in high school reading lists. She recently wrote a list of new recommendations for GOOD magazine. Categories: NPR Books
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