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Ghostways: Two Journeys in Unquiet Places, by Robert Macfarlane, Stanley Donwood (illustrator) and Dan Richards W. W. Norton & Company hide caption
Bob Woodward's book Rage was one of a wave of highly publicized books Simon & Schuster published this year critical of President Trump. Jim Watson/Getty Images hide caption
James Beard Award-winning chef David Chang says fatherhood changed the way he cooks: "I had never been in a position where I'm trying to generally feed someone else with love and I just want to nurture them." Andrew Bezek/Penguin Random House hide caption
Chef David Chang On Depression, Being A Dad And The Burden Of 'Authenticity'
Author R.F. Kuang grounded her Poppy War books in her own interpretations of history, and her family's history. Kobi C. Felton hide caption
Morning Edition poet in residence Kwame Alexander on Oct. 23, 2018 in New York City. Slaven Vlasic/Getty Images hide caption
Kwame Alexander Offers New Poems On Race And Hope As 'Psalms And Balms' For The Soul
Pope Francis arrives at the window of his studio for the Angelus noon prayer in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday. Alessandra Tarantino/AP hide caption
Catherine Coleman Flowers is the founding director of the Alabama Center for Rural Enterprise. Michael Carson/The New Press hide caption
'Waste' Activist Digs Into The Sanitation Crisis Affecting The Rural Poor
An archival postcard of the Grove Park Inn in Asheville, N.C., where much of the novel Even As We Breathe is set. Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images hide caption
'Even As We Breathe': A First Novel From A Teacher Who Writes For Her Students
Nights When Nothing Happened, by Simon Han Riverhead Books hide caption
"It is said that when those warriors jumped from the cliff tops, Apache women cried, and their tears were transformed into black stones. At the Apache Tear Caves, tourists hunt for these so-called Apache Tears. Some claim the obsidian nuggets possess healing properties." --- From Oak Flat Lauren Redniss/Random House hide caption
Former President Barack Obama speaks at a Biden-Harris drive-in rally in Miami on Oct. 24. In his first interview with Terry Gross, Obama talks about what he misses most about being president and reflects on the turmoil of the Trump White House. Obama's new memoir is A Promised Land. Chandan Khanna/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Democracy Is 'Strained' But Not 'Broken,' Former President Obama Tells 'Fresh Air'
This Is Not My Memoir, by André Gregory and Todd London Farrar, Straus and Giroux hide caption
The Book Collectors: A Band of Syrian Rebels and the Stories That Carried Them Through a War, by Delphine Minoui Farrar, Straus and Giroux hide caption
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'The Book Collectors' Opens The Door To A Secret Library Amidst Syria's Civil War
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'The Book Collectors' Opens The Door To A Secret Library Amidst Syria's Civil War
Fevers, Feuds, and Diamonds: Ebola and the Ravages of History, by Paul Farmer Farrar, Straus and Giroux hide caption
Former President Barack Obama at a campaign rally in Miami for then Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden the day before Election Day. In his new memoir, A Promised Land, Obama focuses on his first term in the White House. Lynne Sladky/AP hide caption
Barack Obama On Trump's Defeat And Cooperation In A Divided America
Former President Barack Obama campaigns in Miami just ahead of Election Day for his former vice president, Joe Biden, now President-elect Biden. Lynne Sladky/AP hide caption
Former President Barack Obama speaks during a drive-in campaign rally for Joe Biden on Oct. 31 in Flint, Michigan. Drew Angerer/Getty Images hide caption