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'Hausfrau' Strips Down Its Modern-Day Madame Bovary

8:12pm March 23, 2015

by Lynn Neary

Debut novelist Jill Alexander Essbaum's heroine is a deeply unhappy married woman who seeks solace in sexual encounters. Essbaum says it's through those encounters that "we see where she's busted."

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In 13 Men journalist Sonia Faleiro chronicles the real-life case of "Baby" — a 20-year-old woman from the tribal village of Subalpur in West Bengal, India. Baby falls in love with a Muslim outsider and, she tells police, is gang-raped as punishment. Vil

'13 Men,' No Clear Answers: Digging Into An Indian Gang Rape Case

1:26pm March 23, 2015

by NPR Staff

Last year, a woman in rural India said that she'd been gang-raped on the orders of her tribal council. Journalist Sonia Faleiro traveled to her village and found competing narratives and few facts.

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Author: Kids Need Abundant Connection With Nature

9:19am March 22, 2015

NPR's Rachel Martin speaks with Scott Sampson about his book, How to Raise a Wild Child, a field guide for getting kids in touch with nature in a tech-centered world.

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Lamya Kaddor teaches Islamic studies in Germany. She's written a new book, Zum Toeten Bereit (Ready To Kill), about the experience of having five former students flee to Syria to join jihadist groups.

After Students Went To Wage Jihad, Teacher Highlights Youth Radicalization

7:41pm March 21, 2015

by NPR Staff

A German-Syrian religious studies teacher was shocked when she heard that five of her former students had left Germany to join jihadist groups in Syria. "It felt like a personal defeat," she says.

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The Beloved, Bickering Bridgertons Turn 15 This Year

7:03am March 21, 2015

by Bobbi Dumas

As part of our Time Machine series coverage, NPR romance guru Bobbi Dumas introduces readers to the rosy-hued Regency of Julia Quinn's Bridgerton family books, some of the most popular romances ever.

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NPR Bestsellers: Week Of March 19, 2015

4:03pm March 20, 2015

The lists are compiled from weekly surveys of close to 500 independent bookstores nationwide.

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NPR Bestsellers: Hardcover Fiction, Week Of March 19, 2015

4:03pm March 20, 2015

Former crime kingpin Joe Coughlin must confront the dark truth of his past in Dennis Lehane's World Gone By, which debuts at No. 7.

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NPR Bestsellers: Hardcover Nonfiction, Week Of March 19, 2015

4:03pm March 20, 2015

Erik Larson reexamines the sinking of the Lusitania in Dead Wake. It debuts at No. 1.

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NPR Bestsellers: Paperback Fiction, Week Of March 19, 2015

4:03pm March 20, 2015

In Peter Heller's The Painter, a famous artist paints to make sense of his violent actions. It appears at No. 12.

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NPR Bestsellers: Paperback Nonfiction, Week Of March 19, 2015

4:03pm March 20, 2015

Carmine Gallo offers a guide to public speaking centered around the successful TED method. Talk Like Ted appears at No. 12.