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What History And Fiction Teach Us About Women And Power

9:49am January 08, 2018

by Tania Lombrozo

Psychologist Tania Lombrozo considers two books: In one, we learn what ancient Greece can tell us about Twitter trolls and, in the other, we're shown a world in which women have power over men.

'A Fabricator Extraordinaire': Trump's Campaign Manager Slams Wolff For 'Fire And Fury'

6:04pm January 07, 2018

In a Washington Post op-ed, President Trump's deputy campaign manager David Bossie called Michael Wolff's new book a "fake book that reads like the National Enquirer on steroids." NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Bossie about the book and the campaign.

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Predicting Death In 'The Immortalists'

8:06am January 07, 2018

The siblings in Chloe Benjamin's new book, The Immortalists, are told the date they will die. The knowledge changes their lives in fundamental ways. NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with the author.

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'Gnomon' Starts Simply — And Then It Goes Sideways

7:00am January 07, 2018

by Jason Sheehan

Nick Harkaway's big, ambitious new book is about pretty much everything, from ancient Egypt to a future utopia that actually seems utopian at first, until an inconvenient death disrupts everything.

Trump Exposé Has Plenty Of 'Fire And Fury,' Maybe A Little Less Substance

6:44pm January 06, 2018

by Annalisa Quinn

Michael Wolff's incendiary new book about the first year of Donald Trump's presidency has plenty of juicy detail about chaos, infighting and cheeseburgers — but it's best read with a grain of salt.

Star 'Treknology': Imagining The Future Into Being

4:47pm January 06, 2018

by Adam Frank

From its first appearance, Star Trek has always been hopeful about the relationship between society and technology. Ethan Siegel doesn't lose sight of this in his book, Treknology, says Adam Frank.

In Women & Power, Mary Beard connects modern misogyny (and her own experiences of it) to ancient precedents.

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'Women & Power' Links Today's Trolls With Ancient Ancestors

10:00am January 06, 2018

by Annalisa Quinn

Classicist Mary Beard's new book — a compilation of two of her lectures — traces current strains of misogyny back to the ancient world (one 7th century B.C. poet compared women to yapping dogs).

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For January, Let These 3 Romances Take You Somewhere Warm

7:00am January 06, 2018

by Maya Rodale

This month, we acknowledge that love actually is all around, with three romances that range from Victorian London to modern-day Mumbai — to the clash and clamor of an American football stadium.

Red Sky at Noon, by Simon Sebag Montefiore

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In 'Red Sky At Noon,' A Western On The Eastern Front

6:05am January 06, 2018

by Scott Simon

Simon Sebag Montefiore's new novel, set during World War II, follows a Jewish political prisoner who's pressed into a battalion of convicts and Cossacks and sent to fight the Nazis on horseback.

Publication of Michael Wolff's new book about the Trump White House was moved up, despite the president's threat to block it.

'People Regret What They Said To Me,' Michael Wolff Tells NPR About Trump Book

11:21pm January 05, 2018

by Brian Naylor

"I'm someone who just found his way into this story of our time," the Fire and Fury author says. He stands by the work that has created a rift between President Trump and former adviser Steve Bannon.

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