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'Impeachment: A Handbook': How A Watergate-Era Essay Can Guide Us Today

5:43pm December 18, 2019

by Rose Friedman

Originally published in 1974, the barely 60-page essay by Charles L. Black Jr. is considered one of the reference works on the subject — and it's getting renewed attention.

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Adage: Cheaters Never Win. Fenster's Book: 'Cheaters Always Win'

6:14am December 18, 2019

NPR's Noel King talks to Julie Fenster about the pervasiveness of cheating in America. Fenster is the author of the book, Cheaters Always Win: The Story of America.

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A Book Of Poetry For Everyone

5:34pm December 17, 2019

Poet Tess Taylor shares some of her favorite poetry collections from the year — good for both savoring alone or gifting to others.

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Julie Andrews poses with baby Emma in November 1962. Andrews began filming Mary Poppins a few months after Emma's birth.

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When Mom Is Mary Poppins: Julie Andrews Writes Memoir With Her Daughter

2:21pm December 17, 2019

by Terry Gross

"It was sometimes difficult to share her," Emma Walton Hamilton says of life with her famous mom. Hamilton and Andrews have written 32 books together; their latest is Home Work.

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"We're in a golden age of picture books," says author Matt de la Peña. "There are books tackling so many different subjects that were never explored in the past."

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Kids' Books To Read Again, And Again, And Again, And Again, And Again, And ...

4:33pm December 16, 2019

by Audie Cornish

Kids almost never want to read a book just once. So we asked children's author (and dad) Matt de la Peña to share recommendations for books that stand up — even on their 10,000th reading.

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Book Concierge: Jacqueline Woodson's Novel 'Red At The Bone'

6:12am December 16, 2019

by Lynn Neary

Red at the Bone is the story of three generations of two African American families. The novel takes the reader from the race massacre in Tulsa, Okla., to contemporary Brooklyn.

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This Book Teaches Kids The Concept Of 'Boonoonoonous' (It's A Good Thing)

8:03am December 15, 2019

by Samantha Balaban

Olive Senior, author of Boonoonoonous Hair, says the Jamaican word has fallen out of fashion, but it's time to bring it back. "If you're told you're boonoonoonous that's a great compliment," she says.

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'Imagine Pleasant Nonsense' With 'Strange Planet' Creator Nathan Pyle

7:00am December 15, 2019

by Liz Metzger

Nathan Pyle has amassed an Instagram following for his gently pastel-hued comics about aliens who narrate their everyday lives in a hilariously stilted manner. Now, the comics are out in book form.

Van Cliburn moves through difficult passage in the final round of Tchaikovsky International Piano & Violin competition on April 11, 1958 in Moscow.

'Dangerous Melodies' Examines Classical Music And American Foreign Relations

10:40am December 14, 2019

A new book explores the relation between a few key figures in American classical music and U.S. foreign policy in the 20th century.

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Kids These Days ... Are Reading Nietzsche In The 'Burbs'

7:00am December 14, 2019

by Michael Schaub

It's easy to make fun of disgruntled teenagers, but in his funny new Nietzsche and the Burbs, author Lars Iyer depicts them accurately and with real sensitivity, never mocking or condescending.