"Who knows why we live, and struggle, and die?... Wise men write many books, in words too hard to understand. But this, the purpose of our lives, the end of all our struggle, is beyond all human wisdom."
—Alan Stewart Paton (1903-88) South African writer, noted for novels Cry, the Beloved Country
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Investigating The Real Detective Charlie Chan
Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0400
The fictional, aphorism-spouting Chinese detective is best known today as a stereotypical relic from a less sensitive time. Yunte Huang tells the story of the real man who inspired the caricature in Charlie Chan: The Untold Story of the Honorable Detective and His Rendezvous with American History.
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Gary Shteyngart's Nerd Passion For 'Zardoz'
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 10:00:00 -0400
Writer Gary Shteyngart may have no idea what Zardoz is about, but that doesn't stop him from knowing the science-fiction novel by heart. For a nerd like him, nothing compares to the post-apocalyptic world full of floating heads and immortal beings.
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The Joys Of Reading Many Books At Once
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 13:00:00 -0400
Many people are serial readers -- they read a book cover-to-cover before putting it down. Chicago Tribune cultural critic Julia Keller, however, is a poly-reader -- juggling four or more books at a time. And in an age of rampant multi-tasking, Keller asks, why not?
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Jokes To Tell Your Parents For Rosh Hashana
Sun, 05 Sep 2010 07:53:00 -0400
When Sam Hoffman and Eric Spiegelman's video of Hoffman's 60-something mother telling an off-color joke on YouTube went viral, they knew they had something special. The success of their subsequent website, OldJewsTellingJokes.com, and their upcoming book have proved them right.
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'Phantom Tollbooth' Creators Reunited By An 'Ogre'
Sat, 04 Sep 2010 13:00:00 -0400
In the early 1960s, writer Norton Juster and illustrator Jules Feiffer created The Phantom Tollbooth, which quickly became a kid-lit classic. Now, 50 years later, the two have finally collaborated once more -- this time, on a picture book called The Odious Ogre. They speak to NPR's Liane Hansen about their partnership and their new project.
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Victory At Marathon Saved A Lot More Than A Race
Sat, 04 Sep 2010 16:27:00 -0400
The story's a classic: An outnumbered band of Athenians pushes back the mighty Persian army. But the battle of Marathon, 2,500 years ago in ancient Greece, left a legacy that extends far beyond the name of a famous race. Historian Richard Billows explores the legendary battle in his new book, Marathon: How One Battle Changed Western Civilization.
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Next Week: Franzen Talks About 'Freedom'
Sat, 04 Sep 2010 15:00:00 -0400
Jonathan Franzen's new novel, Freedom, is being called a "masterpiece of American fiction." He was recently on the cover of Time magazine -- the first living author on its cover in more than a decade. Next weekend, Franzen will join us to talk about Freedom, the story of a contemporary American family in St. Paul, Minn.
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Memories Of War And Reading Clubs
Sat, 04 Sep 2010 08:00:00 -0400
Patrick Hennessey was the youngest front-line captain in the British Army, served in Iraq and Afghanistan and earned a commendation for gallantry. Host Scott Simon speaks with Hennessey about his memoir, The Junior Officers' Reading Club.
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English Lives. Tell The Grammar Police.
Sat, 04 Sep 2010 08:00:00 -0400
Roy Peter Clark of the Poynter Institute says we ought to remind ourselves that language lives, breathes and learns more as it goes along. He advises professionals to write carefully, but not defensively and certainly not drably. Host Scott Simon speaks with Clark about his new book, The Glamour of Grammar: A Guide to the Magic and Mystery of Practical English.
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Eat Your Way Down I-95, And Other Stops To Make
Sat, 04 Sep 2010 04:19:00 -0400
In their seven-year love affair with Interstate 95, Stan Posner and Sandra Phillips-Posner have found the best Polish sausage, Berger cookies and a battleship you can spend the night on.
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A Funny, Fractured Field Guide To A 'Wild Kingdom'
Sat, 04 Sep 2010 07:42:00 -0400
Kevin Huizenga's alter-ego Glenn Ganges returns in his latest collection of spiky, intellectually adventurous stories -- drawn in friendly, stylized art. The Wild Kingdom is like entries from the Encyclopedia Britannica of an alternate, funnier universe.
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'666': A Tale Of The Tribulation So Bad, It's Good
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 05:00:00 -0400
When Rhoda Janzen was 9, her mother busted her for reading the thriller 666 during an incredibly dull sermon at their Mennonite church. To this day, Janzen revels in the terribly written prose about the Antichrist, cannibalism, global famine and apocalyptic doom.
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God Not Needed To Create Universe, Hawking Says
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:57:00 -0400
In his new book, The Grand Design, the British physicist says unraveling a complex series of theories will explain the universe. The book, written with American physicist and author Leonard Mlodinow, will be published Sept. 9.
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Where's The Beef? One Man's Search For 'Steak'
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 13:50:00 -0400
Mark Schatzker, a lifelong steak lover, was disappointed in the steaks he was eating. So Schatzker set off on a quest to find the very best piece of beef in the world -- a quest that took him from feedlots in Texas, to French cave paintings of prehistoric cattle, to the Argentine pampas.
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Tony Blair On War, Globalization And 'My Political Life'
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0400
The former prime minister of the United Kingdom's memoir, My Life: A Political Journey, is on sale in the U.S. Blair spoke to Steve Inskeep about Iraq, globalization and his political career.
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