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"The crowds chasing us in A Hard Day's Night were based on moments like this," McCartney writes. "Taken out of the back of our car on West Fifty-Eighth, crossing the Avenue of the Americas."

For the Beatles-obsessed, here are 3 never-before-seen photos from 1964

1:46pm January 25, 2023

by Stephen Thompson

When the Beatles embarked on the tour that helped launch the British Invasion in 1964, Paul McCartney had a 35mm camera on hand to help document the history-making mayhem.

The Texas and the ATF flags fly at half staff April 23, 1993, over the only structure left standing after a fire destroyed the the Branch Davidian compound in Waco, Texas on April 19.

30 years after the siege, 'Waco' examines what led to the catastrophe

1:24pm January 25, 2023

by Dave Davies

Writer Jeff Guinn draws on new interviews with federal agents and surviving Branch Davidians in his account of the confrontation, which left scores of people dead, including more than 20 children.

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'Children of the State' examines the American juvenile justice system

6:59am January 25, 2023

by Martha Anne Toll

In a new book, Jeff Hobbs, author of The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace, looks at the evolution of the juvenile justice system in America — primarily through people, not statistics.

Pamela Anderson tells her story in her own words with a new memoir

5:08pm January 24, 2023

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with actor and writer Pamela Anderson about her autobiography Love, Pamela.

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Ilyon Woo, the author of Master Slave Husband Wife: An Epic Journey from Slavery to Freedom.

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Ilyon Woo's new book explores the relentless pursuit of freedom

1:01pm January 24, 2023

by Reena Advani

In "Master Slave Husband Wife," Ilyon Woo describes the story of Ellen and William Craft escaping slavery.

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In new book, Haass explores the obligations we have to one another and the country

5:09am January 24, 2023

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with author and veteran diplomat Richard Haass about what it means to be a responsible citizen. Haass' new book is called: The Bill of Obligations.

These workers were promised green cards following Hurricane Katrina. Instead they were issued temporary visas that bound them to a single employer.

Sold an American Dream, these workers from India wound up living a nightmare

12:39pm January 23, 2023

by Dave Davies

After Hurricane Katrina in 2006, hundreds of workers from India were promised jobs in what labor organizer Saket Soni calls "one of the largest cases of forced labor in modern U.S. history."

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Each story in 'The Faraway World' features characters searching for something more

5:05am January 23, 2023

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Patricia Engel about her book of short stories: The Faraway World.

The Stinky Cheese Man, written by Jon Scieszka and illustrated by Lane Smith

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After 30+ years, 'The Stinky Cheese Man' is aging well

10:31am January 22, 2023

by Samantha Balaban

Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith created The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales in 1992. They remember their work on the classic children's book and how their partnership began.

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Elizabeth Colomba and Aurélie Lévy's new graphic novel Queenie: Godmother of Harlem revives the forgotten story of Harlem mob boss Stephanie Saint Clair AKA Queenie in the form of a mafia thriller.

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New graphic novel explores the life of 'Queenie,' Harlem Renaissance mob boss

5:00am January 22, 2023

by Seyma Bayram

Queenie: Godmother of Harlem tells the overlooked story of Stephanie Saint Clair, or "Queenie," a Black female mob boss and fashion icon who lived during the height of the Harlem Renaissance.