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Blog Of The Nation

April 19th: What's On Today's Show

April 19, 2012 • In the first hour of Talk of the Nation, the hidden world of immigrant smuggling, and ten modern classics that are most harmful to aspiring writers. In the second hour, former addict Bill Clegg talks about his struggles through recovery and his book, Ninety Days, and blues singer Guy Davis.

Ancient Texts Will Go Online As Oxford And Vatican Libraries Launch Project

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The Two-Way

Ancient Texts Will Go Online As Oxford And Vatican Libraries Launch Project

April 12, 2012 • Biblical and antiquities scholars will soon have a new resource at their fingertips, as Oxford University's Bodleian Libraries and the Vatican Library launch a plan to digitize millions of pages of rare ancient texts. The scanned pages will be available online.

Blog Of The Nation

April 2nd: What's On Today's Show

April 2, 2012 • In our first hour of Talk of the Nation, how to best deal with the continued violence in Syria, author Donna Britt on coming to terms with her brother's death in a police shooting.

Blog Of The Nation

March 28th: What's On Today's Show

March 28, 2012 • In the first hour of Talk of the Nation, the Political Junkie recaps the week in politics and a pilot sheds light on life in the cockpit. In the second hour, background checks and social media, and the new short biography Hitler.

Blog Of The Nation

March 8th: What's On Today's Show

March 8, 2012 • In the first hour of Talk of the Nation, ethnic mapping to combat terrorism, and the facts behind the film Kony 2012. In the second hour, the challenges of divorce after fifty, and the author of Da Vinci's Ghost.

All Tech Considered

What Science Fiction Books Does A Futurist Read?

February 24, 2012 • Science fiction's job is to give us a map of where we're headed. From Jules Verne to William Gibson, sci-fi authors describe their visions of the future, and how people might live in it. We ask Intel's futurist for his list of favorite sci-fi books.

Auction Of Audubon Set On Friday Could Mark New Record For Books

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Auction Of Audubon Set On Friday Could Mark New Record For Books

January 19, 2012 • In 2010, a set fetched $11.5 million. At Friday's sale, it's expected that someone will bid even more. The four volumes were created between 1827 and 1838.

Blog Of The Nation

Judge A Book By Its Cover — Everyone Does!

April 6, 2011 • You know you're not supposed to judge a book by its cover. But admit it, you totally do. And authors know it. Matthew Galloway at The Awl spoke with several authors about their experiences with cover designs and blurbs.

Blog Of The Nation

Jane Eyre, Sputter Sputter, Jane Eyre

February 3, 2011 • Sebastian Faulks sees Jane Eyre as a morally upright, mouse-y little thing, with her happiness dependent entirely upon marriage with Mr. Rochester. Boy, did he miss the point. Good thing Salon's Laura Miller can take him to task.

Blog Of The Nation

Fictional Non-Fiction

October 27, 2010 • Mad Men's Roger Sterling's memoir will be a real book, published by Grove/Atlantic next month -- now we can all find out what actually happened with Mrs. Blankenship -- Queen of Perversions-- back in the day.

The Two-Way

Barnes & Noble Puts Itself Up For Sale

August 3, 2010 • Barnes & Noble, the world's largest physical retailer of books, is putting itself up for sale.

Blog Of The Nation

Books Are... Evil?!

December 7, 2009 • Michael Wolff urges you to boycott... books.

Tell Me More

Want Us To Feature Your Book? Here Are 5 Tips:

June 2, 2009 • There are some books that meet all these criteria and still don't make it on the air. These volumes inhabit what I call "the shelf of constant reproach." It is kind of an editorial purgatory inhabited by worthy titles awaiting just the right news ...

Tell Me More

A Book Here, A Book There, A Book Everywhere ...

June 2, 2009 • I think you are getting the idea that we can only review or talk about a tiny fraction of the books that come to us. For more on how we do decide, here's Luis ...

Blog Of The Nation

Reading The Zeitgeist: Pirates!!

April 13, 2009 • A book for those who can't get enough of adventure on the high seas...Frenchman's Creek.

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