Books Caroline Alexander Books by Caroline Alexander Caroline Alexander has written books about: Nonfiction Facebook Twitter Flipboard Email NPR stories about Caroline Alexander Review This Week's Must Read Tough Commute This Morning? Your 'Journey' Could Have Been Worse January 3, 2014 • Just as the passengers aboard the MV Akademik Shokalskiy thought they had escaped the Antarctic ice, word came that the Chinese ship that rescued them might be stuck as well. Poet Jynne Martin recommends a book to put the situation in perspective, one that tells the story of an expedition that was doomed from the start. Tough Commute This Morning? Your 'Journey' Could Have Been Worse Listen · 2:25 2:25 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/259384355/259533046" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript New In Paperback New In Paperback, Sept. 27-Oct. 3 September 29, 2010 • In fiction, Dominick Dunne's posthumous novel skewers the Manhattan elite he covered for Vanity Fair, while Wicked author Gregory Maguire reimagines "The Little Match Girl." In nonfiction, Ron Paul argues we should End the Fed, while a historian shows how Homer's view of war still rings true. Books A New Look At 'Iliad' In 'The War That Killed Achilles' October 24, 2009 • Homer's epic poem "The Iliad" dates back thousands of years, but author Caroline Alexander says its themes, especially about war, ring true today. Guy Raz talks to Alexander about her new book, The War That Killed Achilles: The True Story of Homer's Iliad and the Trojan War. A New Look At 'Iliad' In 'The War That Killed Achilles' Listen · 5:41 5:41 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/114136854/114136867" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
Review This Week's Must Read Tough Commute This Morning? Your 'Journey' Could Have Been Worse January 3, 2014 • Just as the passengers aboard the MV Akademik Shokalskiy thought they had escaped the Antarctic ice, word came that the Chinese ship that rescued them might be stuck as well. Poet Jynne Martin recommends a book to put the situation in perspective, one that tells the story of an expedition that was doomed from the start. Tough Commute This Morning? Your 'Journey' Could Have Been Worse Listen · 2:25 2:25 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/259384355/259533046" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
Tough Commute This Morning? Your 'Journey' Could Have Been Worse Listen · 2:25 2:25 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/259384355/259533046" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
New In Paperback New In Paperback, Sept. 27-Oct. 3 September 29, 2010 • In fiction, Dominick Dunne's posthumous novel skewers the Manhattan elite he covered for Vanity Fair, while Wicked author Gregory Maguire reimagines "The Little Match Girl." In nonfiction, Ron Paul argues we should End the Fed, while a historian shows how Homer's view of war still rings true.
Books A New Look At 'Iliad' In 'The War That Killed Achilles' October 24, 2009 • Homer's epic poem "The Iliad" dates back thousands of years, but author Caroline Alexander says its themes, especially about war, ring true today. Guy Raz talks to Alexander about her new book, The War That Killed Achilles: The True Story of Homer's Iliad and the Trojan War. A New Look At 'Iliad' In 'The War That Killed Achilles' Listen · 5:41 5:41 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/114136854/114136867" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
A New Look At 'Iliad' In 'The War That Killed Achilles' Listen · 5:41 5:41 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/114136854/114136867" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
