Esteemed British novelist Ian McEwan reads from his latest book, "Solar"...
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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James Miller has written a fascinating book called “Examined Lives," a collection of short biographies of philosophers from Socrates to Nietzsche...
Renowned Shakespeare scholar Stephen Greenblatt has just published a new book about the foundation for the Renaissance and the modern world.
Jake Tapper tells Anne Strainchamps about the importance of lies during wartime and gives several examples of strategic deceptions.
Crime fiction is increasingly a global phenomenon. Maybe you've heard of Nordic Noir... but how about Euro Noir? Or African, Indian, Japanese crime fiction?
Isabel Allende talks with Anne Strainchamps about "The Sum of Our Days." It's Allende's fourth memoir, and takes the form of a letter to her deceased daughter, Paula.
Ian Caldwell and Dustin Thomason wrote a book about four brainy Princeton students and a 15th century manuscript written in code and it’s a runaway hit.
Maybe the Earth itself is alive. That’s the remarkable idea behind the Gaia hypothesis.
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