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Lady Bird Johnson: Hiding in Plain Sight
In a new biography, Julia Sweig discusses Lady Bird Johnson’s complex role as a political partner to her husband and vital yet underappreciated presence in the White House.
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Thaddeus Stevens: Civil War Revolutionary, Fighter for Racial Justice
Bruce Levine's new biography profiles Thaddeus Stevens, one of the foremost abolitionists in Congress before the Civil War and firm proponent of equal rights for Black Americans during Reconstruction.
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The Girl Explorers: The Untold Story of the Globetrotting Women Who Trekked, Flew, and Fought Their Way Around
In "The Girl Explorers," Jayne Zanglein tells the inspirational and untold story of the founding of the Society of Women Geographers
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The Doctors Blackwell: How Two Pioneering Sisters Brought Medicine to Women and Women to Medicine
Janice P. Nimura presents the story of pioneering sisters Elizabeth and Emily Blackwell and how they exploded the limits of possibility for women in medicine in the mid-19th century.
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Liars: Falsehoods and Free Speech in an Age of Deception
Legal scholar Cass Sunstein probes the fundamental question of how we can deter lies while protecting freedom of speech.
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Martha Teichner Author Program
CBS Sunday Morning correspondent Martha Teichner discusses her new memoir "When Harry Met Minnie"
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Medicare For All author program
Health care and public policy experts, Dr. Abdul El-Sayed and Micah Johnson discuss the policy and politics of Medicare for All as presented in their new book.
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Lisa Napoli Author program
Author Lisa Napoli discusses her new book "Susan, Linda, Nina, and Cokie: The Extraordinary Story of the Founding Mothers of NPR."
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Calhoun: American Heretic
John C. Calhoun is among the most notorious and enigmatic figures in American political history.
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George Washington’s Final Battle: The Epic Struggle to Build a Capital City and a Nation
"George Washington’s Final Battle" tells how the country’s first President tirelessly advocated for a capital on the shores of the Potomac.