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The Unabomber's Brother Tells His Story

For the first time, David Kaczynski has written about the man he grew up with, admired and ultimately alerted authorities to. His essay is part of a new collection, Brothers: 26 Stories of Love and Rivalry.

The Unabomber's Brother Tells His Story

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McCourt Goes Back to School in 'Teacher Man'

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Frank McCourt taught school for 30 years. Relationships formed with 12,000 mostly teenaged students form the basis of a new memoir, Teacher Man. He tells Jacki Lyden about life in the classroom.

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