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In The Price We Pay, published this fall, author Marty Makary shows how rising costs are eroding trust in medicine.

'The Price We Pay' Argues Rising Health Care Costs Undermine Public Trust In Medicine

9:26pm October 22, 2019

by Mara Gordon

Surgeon and researcher Marty Makary traveled the country talking to people about their experiences with health care. He learned that costs are poisoning Americans' relationships with medicine.

In this Oct. 23, 2018 file photo, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis speaks beside President Donald Trump, during a briefing with senior military leaders in the Cabinet Room at the White House in Washington.

Top Aide To Former Defense Chief James Mattis Recounts What The General Has Not

8:50pm October 22, 2019

by David Welna

Holding the Line is the tell-all many wished Mattis' own Call Sign Chaos had been. But for all of Guy Snodgrass' in-the-room accounts, there are some unverifiable elements and inaccuracies.

The author of The New York Times' op-ed "I Am Part of the Resistance Inside the Trump Administration" has written a new book called A Warning, scheduled to be published Nov. 19.

Anonymous Author of Explosive Trump Administration Insider Op-Ed To Publish Book

5:39pm October 22, 2019

by Rose Friedman

The book will be called A Warning. The author will be identified as A Senior Trump Administration Official. It will be published by Twelve Books on Nov. 19.

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Supa Dupa Fly: The History Of Women In Hip-Hop

2:41pm October 22, 2019

From Monie Love to Megan Thee Stallion, we trace the evolution of women in the game.

Brittany Kaiser, former employee of Cambridge Analytica, stands near the Capitol building in Washington, D.C. on July 31.

Former Cambridge Analytica Director Says She Saw Company Techniques 'As Savvy'

12:31pm October 22, 2019

by Andrew Limbong

There's a victim-blamey tone in Brittany Kaiser's memoir Targeted, but what it offers over other look-backs is a more in-the-room account of what exactly, she alleges, was in the company's pitch deck.

Cover detail of Ecstasy and Terror: From the Greeks to Game of Thrones by Daniel Mendelsohn

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Essayist Ventures 'From The Greeks To Game Of Thrones' — And Back Again

12:14pm October 22, 2019

by Maureen Corrigan

Daniel Mendelsohn is a living answer to the question, "What will a degree in Classics do for you?" His new essay collection, Ecstasy and Terror, "cross-pollinates" the classics with popular culture.

Then-Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin speaks at a news conference on March 7, 2018.

Trump's Former VA Secretary Describes 'Toxic' Washington Culture In New Book

9:25am October 22, 2019

by Brian Naylor

David Shulkin's memoir, It Shouldn't Be This Hard to Serve Your Country, focuses on his time as veterans affairs secretary, tells of his fights against privatizing the VA — and settles some scores.

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'Last Of Her Name' Urges Readers: Only Connect

7:00am October 22, 2019

by Michael Schaub

Mimi Lok's debut story collection — a perceptive look at the connections we make and fail to make — doesn't read like a debut. Lok writes with the self-assuredness of a literary veteran.

Biographer Holly George-Warren describes rock star Janis Joplin (shown here in 1969) as an introspective person who didn't always like her own thoughts.

New Janis Joplin Biography Reveals The Hard Work Behind The Heart

1:58pm October 21, 2019

by Terry Gross

Onstage, Joplin oozed confidence, sexuality and exuberance, but biographer Holly George-Warren describes the singer as a bookworm who worked hard to create her "blues feelin' mama" musical persona.

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In Cixin Liu's 'Supernova Era,' The Children Really Are The Future

10:00am October 21, 2019

by Jason Heller

In this early work from the Hugo Award-winning author, a supernova near Earth kills off everyone over the age of 13 — and the remaining kids turn increasingly to violence as they struggle to rebuild.