Book ExcerptNew Young Adult Novel By C.J. Farley Illustrates Kids' Eye View Of The Pandemic"Zero O'Clock" focuses on a high school senior in New Rochelle whose preoccupation with college admissions, her father's death and the K-pop group BTS becomes overshadowed by the Covid-19 outbreak.PlayHere & Now11:09Sep 16, 2021Singer-Songwriter Josh Ritter's New Novel Is The Rollicking Rodeo He Wanted To Read"The Great Glorious Goddamn of It All" is about a young boy coming of age among lumberjacks in turn-of-the-20th-century Idaho. PlayHere & Now09:47Sep 8, 2021How Transatlantic Ocean Liners Ferried Women Into The WorkforceAuthor Siân Evans goes beyond images of wealthy women with hat boxes and includes the women below decks.PlayHere & Now09:43Sep 6, 2021'The Afghanistan Papers' Reveals How Officials Knew The U.S. Was Likely To Fail ThereAuthor and journalist Craig Whitlock looks at what went wrong in Afghanistan over the two decades the United States had troops there.PlayHere & Now10:50Aug 30, 2021In New Book 'Asylum,' A Daughter Seeks To Uncover Her Parents' PastsGrowing up, author Judy Bolton-Fasman's parents were a continual mystery — one that she was determined to solve.PlayHere & Now07:54Aug 24, 2021It's A Good August For Books Says NPR's Petra MayerAugust can usually be a slow time for new releases — but not this year.PlayHere & Now09:36Aug 23, 2021Reflections On 'The Long Run And Beautiful Game' Of Roger FedererThe tennis great has bowed out of the U.S. Open this year because of knee surgery.PlayHere & Now09:42Aug 18, 2021'The Perfect Police State' Paints A Picture Of The Surveillance China Uses To Monitor UyghursThe surveillance uses sophisticated technology and a so-called predictive policing system designed to find people who might commit terrorist acts. PlayHere & Now10:51Aug 9, 2021Jessamyn Stanley's 'Yoke' Breaks Down Being Black In The Thin, White Yoga World"Yoke" is a series of honest, challenging, humorous and poignant essays about the author’s life — mostly seen through the lens of her yoga practice.PlayHere & Now10:40Aug 9, 2021From Flying Jets To Running For Office: Former Marine Pilot Amy McGrath Dreams Big In 'Honor Bound'When Amy McGrath was growing up in Kentucky in the 1980s, she had one dream: to become a fighter pilot. At the time, women weren't allowed to fly in combat.PlayHere & Now09:40Aug 3, 2021With 'Curls' And 'Glow,' Poet Ruth Forman Wrote The Books She Wanted Her Daughter To ReadWhen Ruth Forman turned to childrens' books to find positive messages for very young Black readers like her daughter, she realized that there wasn't a lot out there.PlayHere & Now11:03Jul 28, 2021NPR Books Editor Petra Mayer Yells About Some More Summer ReadsAre you still looking for a good summer read? Here's a list to help. PlayHere & Now09:39Jul 22, 2021The 'Ugly Truth' About Facebook: How The Company's Policies Cause Its Biggest ProblemsIn "An Ugly Truth: Inside Facebook's Battle for Domination," New York Times reporters Sheera Frenkel and Cecilia Kang chronicle the series of scandals at Facebook between 2016 and 2021.PlayHere & Now10:48Jul 19, 2021In 'I Ain't Studdin' Ya,' Blues Legend Bobby Rush Reflects On Over 7 Decades Of Making MusicRush has written over 400 songs and won his first Grammy at 83 years old for his album "Porcupine Meat."PlayHere & Now11:05Jul 8, 2021Author Angeline Boulley Mines Native American Roots In Bestselling YA Novel 'Firekeeper's Daughter'The book centers around an investigation into a new form of crystal meth coming out of an Ojibwe community in Michigan.PlayHere & Now10:37Jul 6, 2021New Book 'After The Apocalypse' Explores Transforming America's Role In The WorldIn "After The Apocalypse," author Andrew Bacevich argues that the most important threats the U.S. faces are in North America, not on battlefields in the Middle East.PlayHere & Now11:02Jul 2, 2021'Letters To My White Male Friends' Is A Call To Action And A Reflection On RaceDax-Devlon Ross's new book is an expansion on a letter he wrote after the murder of George Floyd last year when his white male friends reached out to him to...PlayHere & Now10:50Jun 21, 2021Ursula Burns' New Memoir Chronicles Her Journey From New York Tenements To Xerox CEOBurns began at Xerox as an intern and worked her way up through the ranks for almost three decades before being named CEO.PlayHere & Now10:49Jun 16, 2021New Novel 'Truth Like Oil' Explores Race, Single Parenting And The Meaning Of HomeThe book tells the story of a Black teen struggling with his own demons as the prospects of walking across the stage on commencement day get smaller and smaller.PlayHere & Now07:06Jun 16, 2021How 19th Century Antarctic Explorers Barely Escaped The 'Madhouse At The End Of The Earth'The group of explorers became the first people to spend an entire winter within the Antarctic Circle.PlayHere & Now09:42Jun 4, 2021Next Page
New Young Adult Novel By C.J. Farley Illustrates Kids' Eye View Of The Pandemic"Zero O'Clock" focuses on a high school senior in New Rochelle whose preoccupation with college admissions, her father's death and the K-pop group BTS becomes overshadowed by the Covid-19 outbreak.PlayHere & Now11:09Sep 16, 2021
Singer-Songwriter Josh Ritter's New Novel Is The Rollicking Rodeo He Wanted To Read"The Great Glorious Goddamn of It All" is about a young boy coming of age among lumberjacks in turn-of-the-20th-century Idaho. PlayHere & Now09:47Sep 8, 2021
How Transatlantic Ocean Liners Ferried Women Into The WorkforceAuthor Siân Evans goes beyond images of wealthy women with hat boxes and includes the women below decks.PlayHere & Now09:43Sep 6, 2021
'The Afghanistan Papers' Reveals How Officials Knew The U.S. Was Likely To Fail ThereAuthor and journalist Craig Whitlock looks at what went wrong in Afghanistan over the two decades the United States had troops there.PlayHere & Now10:50Aug 30, 2021
In New Book 'Asylum,' A Daughter Seeks To Uncover Her Parents' PastsGrowing up, author Judy Bolton-Fasman's parents were a continual mystery — one that she was determined to solve.PlayHere & Now07:54Aug 24, 2021
It's A Good August For Books Says NPR's Petra MayerAugust can usually be a slow time for new releases — but not this year.PlayHere & Now09:36Aug 23, 2021
Reflections On 'The Long Run And Beautiful Game' Of Roger FedererThe tennis great has bowed out of the U.S. Open this year because of knee surgery.PlayHere & Now09:42Aug 18, 2021
'The Perfect Police State' Paints A Picture Of The Surveillance China Uses To Monitor UyghursThe surveillance uses sophisticated technology and a so-called predictive policing system designed to find people who might commit terrorist acts. PlayHere & Now10:51Aug 9, 2021
Jessamyn Stanley's 'Yoke' Breaks Down Being Black In The Thin, White Yoga World"Yoke" is a series of honest, challenging, humorous and poignant essays about the author’s life — mostly seen through the lens of her yoga practice.PlayHere & Now10:40Aug 9, 2021
From Flying Jets To Running For Office: Former Marine Pilot Amy McGrath Dreams Big In 'Honor Bound'When Amy McGrath was growing up in Kentucky in the 1980s, she had one dream: to become a fighter pilot. At the time, women weren't allowed to fly in combat.PlayHere & Now09:40Aug 3, 2021
With 'Curls' And 'Glow,' Poet Ruth Forman Wrote The Books She Wanted Her Daughter To ReadWhen Ruth Forman turned to childrens' books to find positive messages for very young Black readers like her daughter, she realized that there wasn't a lot out there.PlayHere & Now11:03Jul 28, 2021
NPR Books Editor Petra Mayer Yells About Some More Summer ReadsAre you still looking for a good summer read? Here's a list to help. PlayHere & Now09:39Jul 22, 2021
The 'Ugly Truth' About Facebook: How The Company's Policies Cause Its Biggest ProblemsIn "An Ugly Truth: Inside Facebook's Battle for Domination," New York Times reporters Sheera Frenkel and Cecilia Kang chronicle the series of scandals at Facebook between 2016 and 2021.PlayHere & Now10:48Jul 19, 2021
In 'I Ain't Studdin' Ya,' Blues Legend Bobby Rush Reflects On Over 7 Decades Of Making MusicRush has written over 400 songs and won his first Grammy at 83 years old for his album "Porcupine Meat."PlayHere & Now11:05Jul 8, 2021
Author Angeline Boulley Mines Native American Roots In Bestselling YA Novel 'Firekeeper's Daughter'The book centers around an investigation into a new form of crystal meth coming out of an Ojibwe community in Michigan.PlayHere & Now10:37Jul 6, 2021
New Book 'After The Apocalypse' Explores Transforming America's Role In The WorldIn "After The Apocalypse," author Andrew Bacevich argues that the most important threats the U.S. faces are in North America, not on battlefields in the Middle East.PlayHere & Now11:02Jul 2, 2021
'Letters To My White Male Friends' Is A Call To Action And A Reflection On RaceDax-Devlon Ross's new book is an expansion on a letter he wrote after the murder of George Floyd last year when his white male friends reached out to him to...PlayHere & Now10:50Jun 21, 2021
Ursula Burns' New Memoir Chronicles Her Journey From New York Tenements To Xerox CEOBurns began at Xerox as an intern and worked her way up through the ranks for almost three decades before being named CEO.PlayHere & Now10:49Jun 16, 2021
New Novel 'Truth Like Oil' Explores Race, Single Parenting And The Meaning Of HomeThe book tells the story of a Black teen struggling with his own demons as the prospects of walking across the stage on commencement day get smaller and smaller.PlayHere & Now07:06Jun 16, 2021
How 19th Century Antarctic Explorers Barely Escaped The 'Madhouse At The End Of The Earth'The group of explorers became the first people to spend an entire winter within the Antarctic Circle.PlayHere & Now09:42Jun 4, 2021
