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In 'Trust,' A Selfish, Unlikeable Family Makes For A Compelling Read

7:00am November 03, 2018

by Mariya Karimjee

Kathy Wang's new novel centers around a dying patriarch who's been hinting for years that he's sitting on a fortune, and the gleefully selfish, myopic family that's jockeying for the money.

The avid runner and author of The Incomplete Book of Running moonlights as Peter Sagal, host of NPR's Wait Wait ... Don't Tell Me!

Not His Job: 'Wait Wait' Host Peter Sagal Writes A Book About Running

5:58pm November 02, 2018

by Ari Shapiro

He's the voice of NPR's comedy news quiz. He has also run a marathon in under 3:10. And now he has collected his thoughts about his avocation in The Incomplete Book of Running.

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10 Years Since 'The Hunger Games' Began

5:42am November 02, 2018

by Lynn Neary

It's been 10 years since the The Hunger Games, the first book in the popular trilogy that became a blockbuster film series, published. We look at how the current political climate is reflected.

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Sir Michael Caine attends the European Film Award ceremony in Berlin in 2015, when he won the best actor prize for his work on the movie Youth.

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Actor Michael Caine, 85, On His Long Career: 'The Alternative Was A Factory'

6:44pm November 01, 2018

by Ari Shapiro

From the title heartthrob in Alfie to the fatherly butler of a Batman franchise, the actor has been filling movie screens for a half-century. His new memoir is Blowing The Bloody Doors Off.

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'Punks Not Dead,' And Neither Is This Intrepid Granny

11:48am November 01, 2018

by Etelka Lehoczky

David Barnett and Martin Simmonds' comic about a troubled teen haunted by the ghost of Sid Vicious really gets going when it introduces centenarian (but immortal) ghost-buster Dorothy Culpepper.

Is The Supreme Court The 'Most Dangerous Branch' Of Government?

1:22pm October 31, 2018

by Terry Gross

Author David A. Kaplan warns that the court is becoming increasingly polarized — and influential: "Why should nine unelected, unaccountable judges dictate so much policy in the country?"

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Novelist Jin Yong — the pen name for writer and journalist Louis Cha — has died, triggering tributes and mourning from his fans. Here, a customer reads a book at a memorial section at a bookstore in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province.

Louis Cha, Who Wrote Beloved Chinese Martial Arts Novels As Jin Yong, Dies

12:58pm October 31, 2018

by Bill Chappell

He's been called China's Tolkien, its Martin, its Rowling — all in one. With his adventure stories rooted in ancient China, Louis Cha gave life to decades' worth of martial arts films.

In England, Southampton Community Rallies To Help Bookstore Move Locations

9:55am October 31, 2018

October Books in Southampton, England, threatened by rising rents, managed to buy its own property. When it came time to move, more than 200 supporters created a human chain to move the books.

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Fierce And Mysterious, 'The Naked Woman' Walks In Dark Dreams

7:00am October 31, 2018

by Lily Meyer

The Uruguayan writer Armonía Somers was part of a generation of talented artists — but she stood out, so wild, surreal and uncompromising that she scared critics and other authors alike.

People pass books down a chain to help the bookstore October Books move to a new location on Sunday in Southampton, England.

How Do You Move A Bookstore? With A Human Chain, Book By Book

2:51pm October 30, 2018

by Laurel Wamsley

Shoulder to shoulder, they formed a line 500 feet long: from the stockroom of the old shop, down the sidewalk, and onto the shop floor of the new store.