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The Lobotomy Of Patient H.M: A Personal Tragedy And Scientific Breakthrough

9:13pm August 14, 2016

by NPR Staff

Known as Patient H.M. to the medical community, Henry Molaison was lobotomized — and lost his ability to create memories in the process. His story is one of tragedy and scientific breakthrough.

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Counting The Cost Of Medical Advances In 'Patient H.M.'

10:00am August 14, 2016

by Annalisa Quinn

Luke Dittrich's new book is part pop science book, part medical ethics essay and part family history: His grandfather was the surgeon who originally cut into the brain of the celebrated Patient H.M.

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YA Author Wisdom: Sandra Cisneros

8:39am August 14, 2016

Sandra Cisneros is the author of "The House on Mango Street." For our series, "Next Chapter," she talks about how important it was for her as a Mexican-American woman to move into her first apartment.

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China Miéville Goes To War In 'New Paris.' Very, Very Weird War

7:00am August 14, 2016

by Jason Sheehan

Miéville's new novel is set in 1941 Paris, as occultists and philosophers attempt to fight the Nazi invaders with a surrealism bomb that accidentally unleashes hellish dreams onto the Paris streets.

In A Remote Vault In Norway, Repository Stores The World's Seeds

5:09pm August 13, 2016

Cary Fowler, senior adviser to the Global Crop Diversity Trust, talks about a giant vault of millions of seeds stored away in an icy mountain in Norway. Fowler is the author of Seeds on Ice.

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Words Of Wisdom From Young Adult Authors: John Corey Whaley

11:41am August 13, 2016

John Corey Whaley is the author of the YA novels Noggin and Highly Illogical Behavior. For our series "Next Chapter," he tells us about how he struggled with feeling isolated at college.

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It's Electric: Novel Re-Creates Charged Rivalry Between Edison And Westinghouse

8:57am August 13, 2016

by NPR Staff

In the 1880s, Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse battled over control of America's nascent electrical system. Graham Moore tells their story in The Last Days of Night.

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In 'Harmony,' Women Are Mysteries, Men Are Open Books

7:00am August 13, 2016

by Tasha Robinson

Carolyn Parkhurst's new novel is told entirely from female perspectives; a mother and two troubled daughters. But the book really revolves around what's going on in the head of one man.

L Is For Learning: A New Book On Proven Approaches And How Teachers Can Use Them

6:16pm August 12, 2016

by Eric Westervelt

We talk with the author of The ABCs of How We Learn. It's based on a popular Stanford course.

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An Alabama Booksmith Picks 3 Books To Read This Summer

4:35pm August 12, 2016

Jake Reiss, owner of Alabama Booksmith in Homewood, Ala., recommends James McBride's Kill 'Em and Leave, Don Keith's Mattie C.'s Boy and Joshua Hammer's The Bad-Ass Librarians Of Timbuktu.