http://www.npr.org/booktour?ft=2&f=10448909 Copyright 2008 NPR - For Personal Use Only NPR API RSS Generator 0.93 en-us Each week, NPR's Book Tour presents leading contemporary authors of both fiction and nonfiction as t NPR,National Public Radio,Book Tour,Morning Edition,All Things Considered,Fresh Air National Public Radio podasts@npr.org no http://media.npr.org/images/podcasts/thumbnail/icon_510209.jpg http://www.npr.org/booktour?ft=2&f=10448909 Wed, 22 Apr 2009 01:16:03 -0400 Wed, 22 Apr 2009 01:16:03 -0400 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=103113483&ft=2&f=10448909 http://podcastdownload.npr.org/anon.npr-podcasts/podcast/10448909/103352682/npr_103352682.mp3 NPR,National Public Radio,Book Tour,Morning Edition,All Things Considered,Fresh Air 36:50 no It Will Come to Me, a comic novel set on the campus of a large Southern university. The book is the first work of fiction from the acclaimed memoirist.]]> Tue, 14 Apr 2009 20:48:42 -0400 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=102895271&ft=2&f=10448909 http://podcastdownload.npr.org/anon.npr-podcasts/podcast/10448909/103113658/npr_103113658.mp3 NPR,National Public Radio,Book Tour,Morning Edition,All Things Considered,Fresh Air 30:05 no Lowboy, a schizophrenic teenager goes off his meds and disappears into the New York subway system. His mission: to save the world by losing his virginity.]]> Tue, 07 Apr 2009 16:34:41 -0400 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=102584267&ft=2&f=10448909 http://podcastdownload.npr.org/anon.npr-podcasts/podcast/10448909/102853669/npr_102853669.mp3 NPR,National Public Radio,Book Tour,Morning Edition,All Things Considered,Fresh Air 34:56 no Granta included moving stories from two new writers: Daniyal Mueenuddin, author of the book In Other Rooms, Other Wonders; and Justin Torres. The writers read from their works.]]> Tue, 31 Mar 2009 19:03:18 -0400 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=102408799&ft=2&f=10448909 http://podcastdownload.npr.org/anon.npr-podcasts/podcast/10448909/102582544/npr_102582544.mp3 daniel muenuddin,mueenuddin,menuddin,muenudin,NPR,National Public Radio,Book Tour,Morning Edition,All Things Considered,Fresh Air 35:09 no Sowing Crisis, Middle East scholar Rashid Khalidi examines how Cold War tensions between the U.S. and the Soviet Union continue to undermine stability in the Middle East.]]> Tue, 24 Mar 2009 14:55:52 -0400 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=102041312&ft=2&f=10448909 http://podcastdownload.npr.org/anon.npr-podcasts/podcast/10448909/102302073/npr_102302073.mp3 NPR,National Public Radio,Book Tour,Morning Edition,All Things Considered,Fresh Air 32:06 no Tue, 17 Mar 2009 16:46:32 -0400 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=101685456&ft=2&f=10448909 http://podcastdownload.npr.org/anon.npr-podcasts/podcast/10448909/102019765/npr_102019765.mp3 NPR,National Public Radio,Book Tour,Morning Edition,All Things Considered,Fresh Air 31:12 no Cutting for Stone, is a big, sprawling story of an Ethiopian surgeon, his family and his craft. The author is best known for his memoir My Own Country.]]> Tue, 10 Mar 2009 18:47:08 -0400 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=101416445&ft=2&f=10448909 http://podcastdownload.npr.org/anon.npr-podcasts/podcast/10448909/101682149/npr_101682149.mp3 NPR,National Public Radio,Book Tour,Morning Edition,All Things Considered,Fresh Air 30:27 no Cutting for Stone, is a big, sprawling story of an Ethiopian surgeon, his family and his craft. The author is best known for his memoir My Own Country.]]> Tue, 10 Mar 2009 12:33:49 -0400 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=101416445&ft=2&f=10448909 http://podcastdownload.npr.org/anon.npr-podcasts/podcast/10448909/101653698/npr_101653698.mp3 NPR,National Public Radio,Book Tour,Morning Edition,All Things Considered,Fresh Air 30:27 no Tue, 03 Mar 2009 14:14:14 -0500 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=101170584&ft=2&f=10448909 http://podcastdownload.npr.org/anon.npr-podcasts/podcast/10448909/101385284/npr_101385284.mp3 NPR,National Public Radio,Book Tour,Morning Edition,All Things Considered,Fresh Air 31:27 no Tue, 24 Feb 2009 15:53:25 -0500 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=100899483&ft=2&f=10448909 http://podcastdownload.npr.org/anon.npr-podcasts/podcast/10448909/101105311/npr_101105311.mp3 NPR,National Public Radio,Book Tour,Morning Edition,All Things Considered,Fresh Air 33:52 no Wed, 18 Feb 2009 18:36:47 -0500 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=100706260&ft=2&f=10448909 http://podcastdownload.npr.org/anon.npr-podcasts/podcast/10448909/100843329/npr_100843329.mp3 NPR,National Public Radio,Book Tour,Morning Edition,All Things Considered,Fresh Air 39:37 no Things I've Been Silent About shares the personal story of her family.]]> Tue, 10 Feb 2009 07:03:43 -0500 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=100170373&ft=2&f=10448909 http://podcastdownload.npr.org/anon.npr-podcasts/podcast/10448909/100499134/npr_100499134.mp3 NPR,National Public Radio,Book Tour,Morning Edition,All Things Considered,Fresh Air 34:58 no American Lion, Jon Meacham delivers a portrait of the war-grizzled seventh president, a fierce populist who reshaped the executive branch.]]> Tue, 03 Feb 2009 14:57:23 -0500 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=99915988&ft=2&f=10448909 http://podcastdownload.npr.org/anon.npr-podcasts/podcast/10448909/100204249/npr_100204249.mp3 NPR,National Public Radio,Book Tour,Morning Edition,All Things Considered,Fresh Air 35:35 no 2666.]]> Tue, 27 Jan 2009 16:24:26 -0500 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=99517680&ft=2&f=10448909 http://podcastdownload.npr.org/anon.npr-podcasts/podcast/10448909/99921342/npr_99921342.mp3 NPR,National Public Radio,Book Tour,Morning Edition,All Things Considered,Fresh Air 32:25 no Tue, 20 Jan 2009 11:43:27 -0500 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=99343668&ft=2&f=10448909 http://podcastdownload.npr.org/anon.npr-podcasts/podcast/10448909/99593978/npr_99593978.mp3 NPR,National Public Radio,Book Tour,Morning Edition,All Things Considered,Fresh Air 43:28 no A People's History of Sports in the United States, Dave Zirin offers a witty alternative history of America as seen through the games its people played.]]> Wed, 14 Jan 2009 19:43:48 -0500 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=99127215&ft=2&f=10448909 http://podcastdownload.npr.org/anon.npr-podcasts/podcast/10448909/99379357/npr_99379357.mp3 NPR,National Public Radio,Book Tour,Morning Edition,All Things Considered,Fresh Air 56:57 no Sea of Poppies, a British trading ship carrying an eclectic group of passengers sets sail on the eve of the First Opium War. The novel, the sixth from Amitav Ghosh, was shortlisted for the 2008 Booker Prize.]]> Wed, 07 Jan 2009 15:14:06 -0500 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=98804204&ft=2&f=10448909 http://podcastdownload.npr.org/anon.npr-podcasts/podcast/10448909/99089003/npr_99089003.mp3 NPR,National Public Radio,Book Tour,Morning Edition,All Things Considered,Fresh Air 42:34 no Wed, 31 Dec 2008 10:33:39 -0500 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=98428388&ft=2&f=10448909 http://podcastdownload.npr.org/anon.npr-podcasts/podcast/10448909/98866873/npr_98866873.mp3 NPR,National Public Radio,Book Tour,Morning Edition,All Things Considered,Fresh Air 37:41 no A Long Stone's Throw, the youngest brother, Alphie, shares a colorful account of his own life in Ireland and America.]]> Tue, 23 Dec 2008 18:04:45 -0500 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=98381065&ft=2&f=10448909 http://podcastdownload.npr.org/anon.npr-podcasts/podcast/10448909/98666727/npr_98666727.mp3 NPR,National Public Radio,Book Tour,Morning Edition,All Things Considered,Fresh Air 26:59 no