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'The Great Successor' Ventures Inside Kim Jong Un's North Korea

3:10pm June 11, 2019

by Dave Davies

Journalist Anna Fifield visited North Korea and interviewed many of its citizens — including members of Kim Jong Un's family — for her new book about the country and its leader.

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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attends a wreath laying ceremony in Vladivostok, Russia on April 26.

'The Great Successor' Aims To Fill In Blanks On The Life Of North Korea's Kim Jong Un

2:47pm June 11, 2019

by Scott Neuman

Contrary to prevailing stereotypes, in Anna Fifield's reported story Kim is anything but a madman — cold-blooded, for sure, but playing a calculated defensive strategy aimed at standing up his rule.

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LOL — This Year's Summer Reader Poll Is All About Funny Books

2:42pm June 11, 2019

by Petra Mayer

Take these books ... please?! Our famous Summer Reader Poll is back, and this year we're celebrating funny books. What makes you laugh — or giggle, or even just snicker quietly? We want to know!

President Donald Trump takes a question from CNN reporter Jim Acosta, right, before boarding Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington on Nov. 20, 2018.

In 'The Enemy Of The People,' CNN Reporter Recounts His Time Covering President Trump

1:11pm June 11, 2019

by Annalisa Quinn

Jim Acosta comes across less like a reporter than a rival in his book — giving his side of the history of his interactions with the president and the legal battle to regain access to the White House.

Former Teen Vogue Editor-In-Chief Elaine Welteroth, pictured here in 2017, has a new memoir out called More Than Enough.

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Former 'Teen Vogue' Editor Shares Her Memoir — And Her Manifesto

6:16am June 11, 2019

by Noel King

Elaine Welteroth became the first black beauty director at a Condé Nast magazine. Then she oversaw its political transformation. More Than Enough is her new book.

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'Great Successor' Warns Kim Jong Un Is A Threat, Not A Joke

5:01am June 11, 2019

Rachel Martin talks to Washington Post reporter Anna Fifield about her new book — The Great Successor — where she sought to piece together the puzzle of North Korea's Kim Jong Un.

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Sympathy For Several Devils In 'Among The Lost'

7:00am June 10, 2019

by Lily Meyer

Emiliano Monge's prose is brilliant, but that often obscures the moral questions around his protagonists, both human traffickers who transport their cargo while worrying about their relationship.

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Nicole Dennis-Benn On 'Patsy'

11:14am June 09, 2019

In Nicole Dennis-Benn's new novel Patsy, she explores the demands on one woman who immigrates from Jamaica to New York and leaves her young daughter behind. She talks with NPR's Barrie Hardymon.

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The Spies of Shilling Lane, by Jennifer Ryan

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A Blitz Of Mother Love In 'Spies Of Shilling Lane'

10:00am June 09, 2019

by Vikki Valentine

How far would you go to get away from your overbearing mother? In Jennifer Ryan's novel, a young woman braves the London Blitz to avoid her mom — who promptly hops a train and comes looking for her.

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Story Of The 1972 Andes Plane Crash In 'Out Of The Silence'

8:44am June 09, 2019

Eduardo Strauch survived the 1972 Andes plane crash of the Uruguayan rugby team. NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with him about his story of hope in his book, Out of the Silence: After the Crash.