Books

Former FBI Agent Ali Soufan, shown here in New York in 2018, interrogated many al-Qaida suspects after the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks. Soufan's 2011 book on that topic, The Black Banners, included many redactions. A new version was released this week without

For Ex-FBI Interrogator Ali Soufan, Sept. 11 Still Frames His Life

12:30pm September 11, 2020

by Greg Myre

Soufan has just released the uncensored version of his book on interrogating al-Qaida suspects. And U.S. officials recently told Soufan that the terrorist group was plotting an attack against him.

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Esther Perel: How Can We Develop Resilience In Our Relationships?

9:15am September 11, 2020

by NPR/TED Staff

How do we build more trusting and empathetic relationships, even during a crisis? This hour, therapist Esther Perel shares ideas on creating lasting bonds in romance, family, and at work.

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Author Traces What Happened To WWII's 'Last Million' Displaced People

4:56pm September 10, 2020

by Dave Davies

Historian David Nasaw tells the story of the concentration camp survivors, POWs and other displaced people who remained in Germany following the war. Many had no home to return to.

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Before the Ever After, by Jacqueline Woodson

Jacqueline Woodson Wants Kids To Know The Beauty — And The Danger — Of Football

4:26pm September 10, 2020

by Sacha Pfeiffer

Woodson's new novel in verse Before the Ever After follows a 12-year-old boy whose football star father is beginning to show the damaging effects of too many blows to the head.

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Trump Tells Woodward He Deliberately Downplayed Coronavirus Threat

1:28pm September 10, 2020

A new book by Bob Woodward reveals that President Trump thought the threat posed by the coronavirus was much worse than what he revealed publicly. Woodward's book Rage is due out next week.

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Raz's Book Tracks How Inspiring Entrepreneurs Created Paths To Success

6:24am September 10, 2020

NPR's Rachel Martin speaks with NPR's Guy Raz about his book on successful entrepreneurs: How I Built This: The Unexpected Paths to Success from the World's Most Inspiring Entrepreneurs.

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News Brief: Oregon Wildfire, Bob Woodward Book, DHS Whistleblower,

6:02am September 10, 2020

Wildfires burn in every region of Oregon. New book says President Trump downplayed seriousness of COVID-19. And, whistleblower says Homeland Security told him to stop reporting on Russia threat.

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President Trump addresses a campaign rally Tuesday in Winston-Salem, N.C.

Trump Consistently Bends Reality, Sells His Narrative In Interviews For Woodward Book

6:05pm September 09, 2020

by Ron Elving

"I still like playing it down, because I don't want to create a panic," Bob Woodward quotes Trump as saying of COVID-19 in his book "Rage." The author concludes: "Trump is the wrong man for the job."

The Revelations In Bob Woodward's Book 'Rage'

4:28pm September 09, 2020

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Robert Costa, The Washington Post reporter and host of PBS' Washington Week, about the revelations in journalist Bob Woodward's book Rage.

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Yaa Gyasi On 'Transcendent Kingdom' And Communing With Our Childhood Selves

4:24pm September 09, 2020

by Bethany Chafin

The award-winning author of Homegoing, Yaa Gyasi, has just published her second novel titled&nbsp

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