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Don Emmert/AFP via Getty ImagesIn Nothing More of This Land, Aquinnah Wampanoag writer Joseph Lee takes readers past the celebrity summer scene and into the heart of Noepe, the name his people have called the island for centuries. -
Teacher John Scopes was convicted and fined $100 for violating a Tennessee law that banned the teaching of evolution because it contradicted the Bible.
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One of the most infamous books ever written was published 100 years ago: Mein Kampf by Adolf Hitler.
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"Who Taught That Mouse to Write and Other Doggerel," a collection of animal rhymes illustrated by Stephen Coren.
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NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Aatish Taseer about his book A Return to Self. It's part travelogue, part memoir and finds the writer wrestling with questions about immigration and cultural identity.
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More than 350,000 American kids are now wards of the state — that means the government has assumed the parental role for these foster children.
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NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks to author and journalist Tim Weiner about his new book, The Mission: The CIA in the 21st Century.
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Abrams isn't running for office — but she's not ruling it out, either. "Politics is a tool ... for getting good done, but it's not the only one." Her new thriller is Coded Justice. -
July marks summer temperatures heating up, evening sunshine seemingly lasting forever, and lines at local ice cream shops stretching down the street.
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"Heart Lamp" explores the lives of Muslim women in Southern India who struggle with poverty and patriarchy.
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After a bad breakup, writer Melissa Febos decided to abstain from sex and dating for a year. She didn't realize how much it would change her life. She tells her story in a new book, The Dry Season. -
Jeneva Rose, author of The Perfect Marriage, has given new life to her first novel, which was previously self-published. It's about a woman who travels back in time and meets her 18-year-old self.
