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The Incredible Story Of Chilean Miners Rescued From The 'Deep Down Dark'
Hector Tobar had exclusive access to the 33 miners to report his new book detailing the claustrophobic horror they faced when they were trapped for 69 days in 2010. The result is a doozy.
Jacqueline Woodson On Growing Up, Coming Out And Saying Hi To Strangers
Woodson won the National Book Award for young people's literature for her memoir Brown Girl Dreaming. She says that growing up in South Carolina, she knew that the safest place was with her family.
Inventor Ralph Baer, The 'Father Of Video Games,' Dies At 92
Video games have become a ubiquitous, billion-dollar industry, but all of the Playstations, Xboxes and Wiis can be traced back to the work of Robert Baer and his "Brown Box." He died Saturday.
WWII By The Books: The Pocket-Size Editions That Kept Soldiers Reading
In the 1940s, U.S. publishers printed paperbacks — everything from romances to Westerns — that were designed for battle. Molly Guptill Manning explores their history in When Books Went to War.
Best Cookbooks Of 2014 Offer Tastes And Tales From Around The Globe
2014 was a year for faraway cuisines to take up residence in U.S. kitchens — cookbook authors cast their nets for flavors from Paris, the Middle East, Southeast Asia and points in between.
'Sons Of Anarchy' Ends As A Macho Soap Opera Often Anchored By Women
FX's biker drama Sons of Anarchy airs its final episode tonight, capping a seven-season run. NPR TV critic Eric Deggans says cable's most macho series succeeded by finding strong roles for women.
(Not) Eaten Alive: A Snake Tale, Made For TV
More than 20 million people watched Discovery's YouTube trailer for the special, in which naturalist Paul Rosolie said, "We're going to get me inside of a snake." But that didn't happen.
Eliza Coupe: Only Happy Endings
The comedic actress deconstructs a New Hampshire accent and talks about what it takes to star in the sitcom Benched before imagining some happy ending versions of famously depressing movies.