WBUR Newsroom Election 2008 CommonHealth Blog Radio Boston Blog Boston Weather Climate Connections BBC World News NPR Top Stories NPR's Morning Edition NPR Topics: Books NPR Topics: Movies Fresh Air All Things Considered Marketplace Submit a News Tip RSS Feeds Podcasts  Topics: Books Announcing the June 'BPP' Book Club Fri, 09 May 2008 07:00:00 -0400 The Bryant Park Project book club moderator, Sarah Goodyear, announces the latest selection. Real | Windows Queen's Brian May Rocks an Astrophysics Rhapsody Thu, 08 May 2008 08:06:00 -0400 As a member of the glam rock band Queen, May wrote "We Will Rock You" and played that guitar solo on "We Are the Champions." But the curly haired musician also dreamed of a career in astrophysics. Three decades later, he's gotten his doctorate and written a book about the history of the universe. Real | Windows Ricardo Sanchez: 'Wiser' in Hindsight on Iraq, Politics Wed, 07 May 2008 15:09:00 -0400 Retired U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez commanded ground troops in Iraq from 2003 to 2004; it was on his watch that the Abu Ghraib prison scandal took place. Subsequently, Sanchez has vocally criticized the conduct of the Iraq war — especially the Bush administration's "catastrophically flawed, unrealistically optimistic war plan." His new book is Wiser in Battle: A Soldier's Story. Real | Windows Exhuming a Real-Life British Murder Mystery Wed, 07 May 2008 10:52:00 -0400 In her new book, The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher: Murder and the Undoing of A Great Victorian Detective, Kate Summerscale revisits the gruesome 150-year-old murder that helped catapult British mystery fiction into being. Fresh Air book critic Maureen Corrigan offers a review. Real | Windows Tillman's Mother Honors Him with Questions Wed, 07 May 2008 07:00:00 -0400 Pat Tillman, the former NFL player who signed up for the Army Rangers after 9-11, died under friendly fire in Afghanistan. In Boots on the Ground by Dusk: My Tribute to Pat Tillman, his mother, Mary Tillman, continues to demand the truth. Real | Windows Barbara Walters' Lifelong 'Audition' Wed, 07 May 2008 13:58:00 -0400 The veteran television journalist reflects on her glamorous — but unhappy — childhood, and her storied career interviewing notable celebrities, presidents and even murderers. Real | Windows Strained Connections in 'Unaccustomed Earth' Tue, 06 May 2008 20:53:00 -0400 Jhumpa Lahiri offers a new collection of stories exploring the rich terrain of Bengali-American life. The book is the third from the Pulitzer Prize winner. Real | Windows Father-Son 'Film Club' Keeps Teen on Track Tue, 06 May 2008 13:55:00 -0400 When David Gilmour's 16-year-old son was failing out of school, Gilmour offered him a deal: Jesse could drop out, but only if he watched three movies a week with his dad. David and Jesse Gilmour tell their story of unconventional home-schooling in a new memoir, Film Club. Real | Windows