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Renia Spiegel's Diary Survived The Holocaust. People Are Finally Reading It

Renia Spiegel (left) and her younger sister, now known as Elizabeth Bellak, wade in the Dniester River around 1935. The photo can be seen on the cover of the published edition of Renia's Diary. Courtesy of Elizabeth Bellak/St. Martin's Press hide caption

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Renia Spiegel's Diary Survived The Holocaust. People Are Finally Reading It

Renia's Diary spent decades in a safe deposit box before being published this week in the U.S. It was written by a Jewish teenager in Poland before she was murdered by the Nazis.

Renia Spiegel's Diary Survived The Holocaust. People Are Finally Reading It

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A Single Thread

Tracy Chevalier Says 'A Single Thread' Can Make All The Difference

Chevalier's new novel follows one of the generation of "surplus women," who lost their men in World War I and had to make new lives for themselves — sometimes outside the bounds of convention.

Tracy Chevalier Says 'A Single Thread' Can Make All The Difference

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Disney CEO Bob Iger Has Lessons On Fostering Creativity — And Acquiring It

Bob Iger, CEO and chairman of The Walt Disney Co., and Mickey Mouse rang the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange in November 2017. Iger's new book is an account of what he has learned running Disney. Drew Angerer/Getty Images hide caption

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Disney CEO Bob Iger Has Lessons On Fostering Creativity — And Acquiring It

The head of The Walt Disney Co. has a new book, The Ride of a Lifetime. It's a memoir of what he has learned in 15 years there — encompassing the purchases of Pixar, Lucasfilm and 21st Century Fox.

Disney CEO Bob Iger Has Lessons On Fostering Creativity — And Acquiring It

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In Golden Age Hollywood, Film Stars Slid Into Each Others' Telegrams

Audrey Hepburn appears as Eliza Doolittle in My Fair Lady. In a letter to director George Cukor, she raved about the script. AP hide caption

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In Golden Age Hollywood, Film Stars Slid Into Each Others' Telegrams

The new book Letters from Hollywood offers a peek inside the inner workings of the film industry through 137 communiques from luminaries like Audrey Hepburn, Bette Davis and a very young Jane Fonda.

In Golden Age Hollywood, Film Stars Slid Into Each Others' Telegrams

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The Ties That Bind: Bruce Springsteen And The Wide Divide

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Music Features

The Ties That Bind: Bruce Springsteen And The Wide Divide

A Springsteen concert "created a civic space in which two antithetical sentiments could coexist and communicate with each other," writes A.O. Scott. The Boss turns 70 years old today.

The Testaments

First Reads

Hear Margaret Atwood Read From 'The Testaments,' Her Sequel To 'The Handmaid's Tale'

In this recording, exclusive to NPR, Atwood returns to the world of The Handmaid's Tale, reading from her long-awaited sequel. Some 15 years after the first book, it introduces a few new voices.

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Margaret Atwood, Salman Rushdie Headline 2019 Booker Prize Shortlist

Clockwise from top left: Quichotte by Salman Rushdie; Ducks, Newburyport by Lucy Ellmann; An Orchestra of Minorities by Chigozie Obioma; 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World by Elif Shafak; Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo; and The Testaments by Margaret Atwood. Courtesy of the publishers hide caption

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Margaret Atwood, Salman Rushdie Headline 2019 Booker Prize Shortlist

Atwood made the list for her sequel to The Handmaid's Tale, and Rushdie for his reimagining of Don Quixote. Chigozie Obioma, Elif Shafak, Lucy Ellmann and Bernardine Evaristo round out the finalists.

For Many Authors, Celebrity Book Clubs Are A Ticket To Success

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For Many Authors, Celebrity Book Clubs Are A Ticket To Success

Booksellers often talk about discoverability — the ability to help readers find books publishers want them to buy. And increasingly, celebrity book clubs are a way to get books into readers' hands.

For Many Authors, Celebrity Book Clubs Are A Ticket To Success

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A Novel Concept: Silent Book Clubs Offer Introverts A Space To Socialize

Individuals from all walks of life join together at Silent Book Clubs around the world to socialize, meet new people and trade book recommendations. When the bell rings, it's reading time, and people can read whatever they like, as long as it's in silence. Jonathan McHugh/Getty Images/Ikon Images hide caption

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A Novel Concept: Silent Book Clubs Offer Introverts A Space To Socialize

When the bell rings, it's reading time. At over 70 chapters around the world, people gather at Silent Book Clubs to read whatever they like, as long as it's in silence.

Inland

Téa Obreht's Latest Is Steeped In The Supernatural — Also, There Are Camels

Téa Obreht's new novel, Inland, was inspired by the myths of the American West, and by a little-known episode in U.S. history: the military's unsuccessful attempt to use camels as pack animals.

Téa Obreht's Latest Is Steeped In The Supernatural — Also, There Are Camels

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Toni Morrison, Whose Soaring Novels Were Rooted In Black Lives, Dies At 88

Toni Morrison was the author of Beloved, Song of Solomon and The Bluest Eye. She was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Michel Euler/AP hide caption

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Toni Morrison, Whose Soaring Novels Were Rooted In Black Lives, Dies At 88

Morrison was the author of Beloved, Song of Solomon and The Bluest Eye. She was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

Toni Morrison, Whose Soaring Novels Were Rooted In Black Lives, Dies At 88

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