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NPR Bestsellers: Hardcover Nonfiction, Week Of April 9, 2015

4:03pm April 10, 2015

In her new book Between You & Me, The New Yorker's long-time copy editor Mary Norris delves in to the world of grammar, editing and pencil sharpeners. It debuts at No. 8.

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NPR Bestsellers: Paperback Fiction, Week Of April 9, 2015

4:03pm April 10, 2015

Appearing at No. 14, David Baldacci's The Escape follows John Puller as he joins a manhunt for his own brother.

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NPR Bestsellers: Paperback Nonfiction, Week Of April 9, 2015

4:03pm April 10, 2015

At No. 13, Elizabeth Warren reflects on hard-won political lessons in A Fighting Chance.

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Meditating On Maisie Dobbs, Our Favorite Intuitive Detective Psychologist

2:35pm April 10, 2015

by Bobbi Dumas

This trip in the Time Machine, we're looking back at Jacqueline Winspear's well-loved Maisie Dobbs books. Reviewer Bobbi Dumas says there are interesting times ahead for the nurse-turned-sleuth.

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Queen Victoria's Childhood Story To Be Published

10:16pm April 09, 2015

A short story written by Queen Victoria when she was just 10 years old is to be published for the first time in June.

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Renata Adler, Taking A Buzz Saw To The 'Tall Timber'

6:29pm April 09, 2015

by Juan Vidal

This new volume collects some of the uncompromising writer's greatest hits, from her coverage of the march on Selma to Monica Lewinsky, and of course her famous takedown of film critic Pauline Kael.

The celebrated poet Maya Angelou crafted a number of lines that have resonated with her readers â but the one on this stamp, it turns out, isn't one of them.

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USPS Picks Perfect Line For Maya Angelou Stamp — If Only It Were Hers

6:10pm April 09, 2015

by Colin Dwyer

A limited-edition stamp from the U.S. Postal Service, which was intended to honor the late poet, bears a quote that was actually written by a different author.

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'The Only Words' Remembers Love And Science After The Apocalypse

3:27pm April 09, 2015

by Jason Heller

Jeffrey Rotter's new novel follows a young man searching for connection in a post-apocalyptic America. Critic Jason Heller calls it a "humbling monument to the sorrow, and the power, of loneliness."

China's 'Barefoot Lawyer' And His Great Escape

11:04am April 09, 2015

by Anthony Kuhn

In his new book, exiled Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng tells the story of growing up blind, being beaten under house arrest and finding refuge in the American Embassy in Beijing in 2012.

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Postal Service Slips Up With Special-Edition Stamp For Maya Angelou

6:23pm April 08, 2015

by Melissa Block

The U.S. Postal Service has put the late poet Maya Angelou's face and name, together with a choice quotation, on a special edition stamp. Trouble is, that quotation didn't start with her.

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