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Tuesday, November 27, 2012
New In Paperback
Portraits Of An Artist, A Correspondent, 'Gossip,' And The 'Piano'
November 27, 2012 In fiction, Paula McLain explores Hemingway's first marriage, while Anita Desai re-examines modern India. In nonfiction, Joseph Epstein defends gossip, Rosamond Bernier remembers midcentury Paris, and Stuart Isacoff lauds the piano.
Author Interviews
After Decades Of Dreaming, Dolly Parton Says, 'Dream More'
November 27, 2012 When Parton told her high-school classmates that she planned to go to Nashville and become a star, the whole class burst into laughter. In her book Dream More, Parton explains the principles behind her success and describes how she became one of the best-selling recording artists of all time.
Best Books Of 2012
Librarian Nancy Pearl's Picks For The Omnivorous Reader
November 27, 2012 The only thing that these books have in common is that NPR's go-to librarian likes them a lot. Nancy Pearl's self-described "higgledy-piggledy" list includes a book of cartoons, a Civil War history, a coming-of-age story, a spy novel and more.
Monday, November 26, 2012
Paperback Fiction Bestsellers
NPR Bestsellers: Paperback Fiction, Week Of November 22, 2012
November 26, 2012 The Snow Child, Eowyn Ivey's bleak portrayal of 1920 Alaska, appears at No. 12.
Paperback Nonfiction Bestsellers
NPR Bestsellers: Paperback Nonfiction, Week Of November 22, 2012
November 26, 2012 Jordan Matter's Dancers Among Us shows artists performing in unexpected places. It appears at No. 9.
Hardcover Nonfiction Bestsellers
NPR Bestsellers: Hardcover Nonfiction, Week Of November 22, 2012
November 26, 2012 Jon Meacham's Thomas Jefferson paints a rich portrait of the third president. It debuts at No. 1.
Independent Bookstores Find Their Footing
November 26, 2012 Independent bookstores have weathered competition from big chains, Amazon and now e-books. But NPR's Lynn Neary reports that this year's holiday shopping season looks like an improvement on past years, as booksellers offer quality hardcovers and their own take on e-readers.
Hardcover Fiction Bestsellers
NPR Bestsellers: Hardcover Fiction, Week Of November 22, 2012
November 26, 2012 Alice Munro's new story collection makes ordinary existence seem extraordinary. It debuts at No. 8.
Author Interviews
Mantel Takes Up Betrayal, Beheadings In 'Bodies'
November 26, 2012 Hilary Mantel is the first woman to win the Man Booker Prize twice, first for her 2009 novel, Wolf Hall, and now for that book's 2012 sequel, Bring Up the Bodies. The novels are part of a historical fiction trilogy about Tudor England and the events surrounding the reign of King Henry VIII.
You Must Read This
Strange Fruit And Stranger Dreams In The Deep South
November 26, 2012 The Battlefield Where The Moon Says I Love You may be more than 15,000 lines of almost entirely unpunctuated poetry, but author Steve Stern says this Southern gothic fun house is so bewitching you'll have to finish it. Do you have a favorite impossible book? Tell us in the comments.
Author Interviews
Memoir Traces How Cartoonist Lost Her 'Marbles'
November 26, 2012 Just before her 30th birthday, Ellen Forney received a diagnosis that finally explained her super-charged highs and debilitating lows: bipolar disorder. In Marbles, a new graphic memoir, Forney recalls both the pain and the humor of her path to stability.
Sunday, November 25, 2012
Author Interviews
Uncovered Letters Reveal A New Side Of William Styron
November 25, 2012 The momentous life of Pulitzer Prize winner William Styron is now chronicled in more than 1,000 of his letters compiled by his widow, Rose Styron. The collection is called, Selected Letters of William Styron.
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Old Newspapers, New Perspectives On The American Revolution
November 25, 2012 For his new book, archivist Todd Andrlik tracked down 18th century newspapers to provide a sense of the Revolution as it actually unfolded. Andrlik says the newspapers preserve things that didn't make it into history textbooks — like the fact that the Boston Tea Party was not universally popular.
