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New Kids' Books Put A Human Face On The Refugee Crisis

12:42pm July 10, 2018

by Deborah Amos

In classrooms and at home, kids are reading a new genre of books about a timely topic: refugees. They're selling well and providing a sympathetic view of people often portrayed as threats.

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My Year of Rest and Relaxation, by Ottessa Moshfegh

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'Rest And Relaxation' Is As Sharp As Its Heroine Is Bleary

7:00am July 10, 2018

by Heller McAlpin

Ottessa Moshfegh's bizarrely fascinating new novel follows a young woman in Manhattan who decides to sleep her life away with a combination of pills, waking occasionally for bad bodega coffee.

Author James Crabtree On India's Growing Income Divide And 'The Billionaire Raj'

5:01pm July 09, 2018

by Ari Shapiro

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with author James Crabtree about his book The Billionaire Raj. The book talks about the growth of super-wealthy Indians and why there are so many.

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The Science — And Environmental Hazards — Behind Fish Oil Supplements

1:37pm July 09, 2018

by Terry Gross

Author Paul Greenberg says the harvesting of tiny fish for omega-3 supplements is having a ripple effect, leading to less healthy and bountiful oceans. His new book is The Omega Principle.

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For July, 3 Romantic Reads That Prove Summer Is For Lovers

10:00am July 08, 2018

by Maya Rodale

Whether you like high-powered lawyers, ambitious politicians or petticoat-wearing paleontologists, July brings a bumper crop of romance novels, for all your happy-ever-after needs.

Cover of Captain Atom #78 (December 1965). Co-created by Steve Ditko, the nuclear-powered hero left a wake of ... stars? Sparkles? Glitter? ... in his fabulous wake.

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Remembering Steve Ditko: Forget Kirby Dots, Let's Talk Ditko Sparkles

10:00am July 08, 2018

by Glen Weldon

The idiosyncratic co-creator of Spider-Man, Doctor Strange and many lesser-known comics characters died last week. His distinctive storytelling style shaped generations of comics readers.

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Young Adult Summer Books

8:44am July 08, 2018

by Barrie Hardymon

Too hot to go outside? Weekend Edition has some suggestions for what to read while curled up under your ceiling fan this summer.

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6 Books For The Beach At The End Of The World

7:00am July 08, 2018

by Genevieve Valentine

Sometimes, you want to leave the world behind and escape into a book — but if you're in the mood for a good disaster story, we've got a selection of summer reads that are just the right kind of grim.

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Evil Children And Overachieving Skeletons: Welcome To The World Of Paperback Horror

5:26pm July 07, 2018

by Grady Hendrix

When Rosemary's Baby hit the best-seller lists in 1967, it spawned a boom in paperback horror novels. All but forgotten today, they're a wacky feast of killer crabs, evil dolls and busy skeletons.

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'Safe Houses' Explores The Past And The Present Of The Cold War

8:07am July 07, 2018

Dan Fesperman's Safe Houses is spy story set in both the present day and the Cold War era. Fesperman speaks with NPR's Linda Wertheimer about the book.