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The Prisoner of Hell Gate By Dana I. Wolff

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'Hell Gate' Is An Infectious But Unsatisfying Take On Typhoid Mary

7:00am July 05, 2016

by Jason Heller

Dana I. Wolff's new novel digs up the story of infamous disease vector "Typhoid Mary" Mallon — it's a fun, fast read, but misses a rich opportunity to draw parallels to modern pandemic scares.

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'This Is No Paradise': Author Explores The Side Of Jamaica Tourists Don't See

4:40pm July 04, 2016

by NPR Staff

The characters in Here Comes the Sun are working class women, struggling with money, sexuality and the pressures of tourism. It is a debut novel for Jamaican author Nicole Dennis-Benn.

'The Next Pandemic': New Threats, But New Defenses, Too

5:02pm July 03, 2016

Dr Ali S. Khan's book, The Next Pandemic, takes us from doctor's offices in the Midwest to the "hot zones" of Africa. In the process, he explains how to think about the risk of migrating diseases.

'The Panama Papers' Book: Inside The Ping Heard 'Round The World

8:52am July 02, 2016

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Bastian Obermayer and Frederik Obermaier, authors of The Panama Papers: Breaking the Story of How the World's Rich and Powerful Hide Their Money.

Learn To Make Korean Food With A Charming Graphic Cookbook

7:00am July 02, 2016

by Tove Danovich

Robin Ha's Cook Korean! uses brightly colored illustrations to break down the process of making dishes like acorn jelly salad or kimchi stew.

Credibility Concerns Overshadow Release Of Gay Talese's New Book

4:29pm July 01, 2016

NPR's Kelly McEvers speaks with Paul Farhi of the Washington Post about Gay Talese's new book, The Voyeur's Hotel. The credibility of the book, which follows a self-proclaimed sex researcher who bought a hotel to spy on his guests through ventilator windows, has been called into question after Farhi uncovered problems with Talese's story.

A Personal History Of L.A. Punk: 'It Was A Free-For-All For Outcasts'

1:41pm July 01, 2016

John Doe, Exene Cervenka and Dave Alvin of the band X discuss punk's early days. "Anybody could belong to punk that wanted to be there," Cervenka says. Originally broadcast May 2, 2016.

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Suki Kim is the author of Without You, There Is No Us.

Mislabeled As A Memoirist, Author Asks: Whose Work Gets To Be Journalism?

1:38pm July 01, 2016

by NPR Staff

Suki Kim wrote Without You, There Is No Us after working undercover as a teacher in North Korea. She says the response to her book is also a response to her identity as Korean and a woman.

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Gay Talese attends a movie screening in New York City this past February.

Gay Talese Disavows His Disavowal Of His New Book

1:06pm July 01, 2016

by Annalisa Quinn

Talese had told The Washington Post he wouldn't promote his new nonfiction book, The Voyeur's Motel, after the paper found flaws in its story. But now he says the book will go ahead as planned.

"Tarzan serve Blue Steel! Want tell you about Tarzan's paleo regimen!": Alexander Skarsgard in The Legend of Tarzan.

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Me, Tarzan: Get To Know Your Friendly Neighborhood Ape Man

11:51am July 01, 2016

by Glen Weldon

To help you prepare for this weekend's new Tarzan film, we offer this primer on the many lives of the world's very first Vine celebrity.