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Daughter's 17-second TikTok attracts millions to her dad's mystery 'Stone Maidens'

7:56am February 21, 2023

A novel by attorney Lloyd Devereux Richards languished in obscurity until his daughter posted on TikTok: "I'd love for him to get some sales." It's now a best-seller.

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5 new mysteries and thrillers to help get you through winter

6:01am February 21, 2023

by Bethanne Patrick

The long days of January and February usually herald some great reads featuring crime, suspense and — everyone's favorite — murder.

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Damour's guide to helping parents understand teenagers' intense emotional lives

5:00am February 21, 2023

NPR's Rachel Martin speaks with phycologist Lisa Damour about her book: The Emotional Lives of Teenagers: Raising Connected, Capable and Compassionate Adolescents.

Books by Roald Dahl are displayed in New York in 2011. New editions are being altered to remove words deemed offensive.

Changes to new editions of Roald Dahl books have readers up in arms

5:00am February 21, 2023

by Jaclyn Diaz

Books by Roald Dahl are being edited to remove words that could be deemed offensive. Dahl wrote Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Matilda, James and the Giant Peach and Fantastic Mr. Fox.

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LBJ biographer Robert Caro reflects on fame, power and the presidency

12:55pm February 20, 2023

by Dave Davies

Caro isn't solely interested in telling the stories of famous men. Instead, he says, "I wanted to use their lives to show how political power worked." Originally broadcast in 2013 and 2019.

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Former President Jimmy Carter, 98, is in hospice care at his Georgia home

5:09am February 20, 2023

NPR's Leila Fadel talks to biographer E. Stanly Godbold, Jr. about Jimmy Carter's influence both in and after the White House. Godbold has written two biographies on Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter.

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Author Malcom Harris' version of Palo Alto: a microcosm of a capitalist system

5:27pm February 19, 2023

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Malcolm Harris about his new book, Palo Alto: A History of California, Capitalism, and the World.

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Beth Moore on her memoir 'All My Knotted-Up Life'

7:59am February 19, 2023

by Ayesha Rascoe

Beth Moore made headlines when she left the Southern Baptist church. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks her about that and about surviving sexual abuse. Moore's memoir is "All My Knotted-Up Life."

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Rebecca Makkai on her novel 'I Have Some Questions For You'

8:02am February 18, 2023

by Scott Simon

A podcaster returns to her boarding school decades after a classmate was murdered to rehash the crime. NPR's Scott Simon talks with Rebecca Makkai about her novel, "I Have Some Questions For You."

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Jac Jemc on her new novel 'Empty Theatre'

8:02am February 18, 2023

by Scott Simon

NPR's Scott Simon speaks to author Jac Jemc bout her new novel, "Empty Theatre." It's a satirical re-imagining of the relationship between King Ludwig of Bavaria and Empress Sisi of Hungary.