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Whose Side Was She On? 'American Heiress' Revisits Patty Hearst's Kidnapping

1:36pm April 28, 2017

Legal expert Jeffrey Toobin says Hearst, who was abducted in 1974 and declared allegiance to her captors, "responded rationally to the circumstances." Originally broadcast Aug. 3, 2016.

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Fortified dwelling and open air banquet, detail from a mosaic portraying a Nilotic landscape from El Alia, Tunisia. Roman Civilisation, 2nd century. Musée National Du Bardo (Archaeological Museum)

What Did Ancient Romans Eat? New Novel Serves Up Meals And Intrigue

10:10am April 28, 2017

by Kristen Hartke

In ancient Rome, food was a bargaining chip for position for slaves and nobles alike. At the center of Feast Of Sorrow is real-life nobleman Apicius, who inspired the oldest surviving cookbook.

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Paula Hawkins Prepares To Dive 'Into The Water'

9:24am April 28, 2017

by Petra Mayer

Author Paula Hawkins was down on her luck when her 2015 book The Girl on the Train became a smash hit. Now she's grappling with success and preparing to launch her followup, Into the Water.

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For 'New York Times' Obit Writers, 'Death Is Never Solicitous Of A Deadline'

1:52pm April 27, 2017

Bruce Weber and Margalit Fox have written obituaries for thousands of people, ranging from heads of state to the inventor of the Etch-a-Sketch. They are featured in the new documentary Obit.

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'The Radium Girls' Is Haunted By Glowing Ghosts

11:55am April 27, 2017

by Genevieve Valentine

Kate Moore's account of the sufferings and struggles of the Radium Girls — factory workers who were poisoned by the glowing radium paint they worked with — reads like a true crime narrative.

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In 'Walkaway,' A Blueprint For A New, Weird (But Better) World

7:00am April 27, 2017

by Jason Sheehan

Cory Doctorow's latest novel is set in a ripped-from-the-headlines near future dystopia, where the creative and the capable — and the lost — are walking into the wilderness to build a new world.

The few fertile women remaining in the oppressive Republic of Gilead must serve as reproductive surrogates for powerful leaders in the TV adaptation of Margaret Atwood's 1985 dystopian novel, The Handmaid's Tale.

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'Handmaid's Tale' Wants You To Feel Like 'This Could Happen Here'

6:26pm April 26, 2017

by Audie Cornish

Elisabeth Moss and Samira Wiley star in Hulu's TV adaptation of Margaret Atwood's 1985 dystopian novel — in which fertile women become reproductive surrogates for powerful men and their barren wives.

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The diary that John F. Kennedy wrote during the summer of 1945, in between his military service and first campaign for Congress, when he worked as a journalist for Hearst Newspapers.

Now You Can Own JFK's Personal Reflections On History, For A Hefty Price

4:49pm April 26, 2017

by Todd Bookman

As a young journalist seven decades ago, John F. Kennedy witnessed a bombed-out Berlin and Adolf Hitler's bunker. Bidding on his diary starts Wednesday and is expected to top $200,000 Wednesday.

Michael Bloomberg And Carl Pope On 'Climate Of Hope'

7:30am April 26, 2017

Rachel Martin speaks with former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and former chairman of the Sierra Club Carl Pope about how cities should respond to climate change. Their book is Climate of Hope.

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'Maud' Doesn't Quite Live Up To Its Heroine's Example

7:00am April 26, 2017

by Caitlyn Paxson

Lucy Maud Montgomery — creator of Anne of Green Gables — seems like the perfect subject for a work of young adult fiction. But Melanie Fishbane's Maud feels like a draft of a Montgomery story.