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In 'Citizen,' Poet Strips Bare The Realities Of Everyday Racism

11:59am January 03, 2015

by NPR Staff

For her latest collection, Claudia Rankine mined her and her friends' encounters with racism. She says she wanted to talk about "what happens when we fail each other as people."

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For The New Year, Ray Bradbury's Buoyant Vision Of The Future

6:23pm January 02, 2015

by Jason Sheehan

We saw a lot of dystopias in both films and books this year. Author Jason Sheehan has had enough. He plans to celebrate the new year with some science fiction that's actually hopeful about the future.

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For Working Moms, Key To Balance May Lie In Elusive Leisure Time

4:12pm January 02, 2015

If waiting for help when your car breaks down doesn't strike you as a leisurely activity, it may be time to reconsider. A new book looks at time management challenges of being a working parent.

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NPR Bestsellers: Week Of January 1, 2015

4:03pm January 02, 2015

The lists are compiled from weekly surveys of close to 500 independent bookstores nationwide.

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NPR Bestsellers: Hardcover Fiction, Week Of January 1, 2015

4:03pm January 02, 2015

In The Narrow Road To The Deep North, Richard Flanagan tells the story of an Australian surgeon who becomes a World War II prisoner of war. It appears at No. 14.

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NPR Bestsellers: Hardcover Nonfiction, Week Of January 1, 2015

4:03pm January 02, 2015

Roz Chast celebrates the final years of her aging parents' lives in Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant?, which appears at No. 15.

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NPR Bestsellers: Paperback Fiction, Week Of January 1, 2015

4:03pm January 02, 2015

Andy Weir's The Martian follows an astronaut who has been stranded on Mars. It appears at No. 3.

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NPR Bestsellers: Paperback Nonfiction, Week Of January 1, 2015

4:03pm January 02, 2015

Business writer Charles Duhigg explores the science behind why we do what we do in The Power of Habit. It appears at No. 6.

Book Review: 'Waking Up: A Guide To Spirituality Without Religion'

4:36pm December 31, 2014

by Adam Frank

Astrophysicist Adam Frank reviews Sam Harris' Book, Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality without Religion.

The Midtown area of Manhattan, looking east toward Long Island, circa 1935.

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In 'Death By Pastrami,' Charming Stories Of New York's Garment District

2:58pm December 31, 2014

by Maureen Corrigan

Leonard S. Bernstein — the writer, not the composer — once owned and managed a garment factory. In his first work of fiction the octogenarian crafts quaint parables about the comic futility of life.

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