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Susan, Linda, Nina, and Cokie: The Extraordinary Story of the Founding Mothers of NPR


"Susan, Linda, Nina, and Cokie" is journalist Lisa Napoli’s captivating account of these four women whose voices defined NPR. Find an Event

Göring’s Man in Paris: The Story of a Nazi Art Plunderer and His World


Jonathan Petropoulos's new book, "Göring’s Man in Paris," tells the story of Bruno Lohse, who helped supervise the Nazis’ systematic theft of thousands of artworks during World War II. Find an Event

Making a New American Constitution and the Question of Constitutional Reform


In his recent book, Van Cleve explores flaws in the U.S. Constitution and proposes solutions for them. Find an Event

Robert Strauss author program


Robert Strauss discusses mhis new book John Marshall: The Final Founder. Find an Event

Energy Crises Author program


Author and former Administrator of the U.S. Energy Information Administration Jay Hakes discusses his new book Energy Crises: Nixon, Ford, Carter and Hard Choices in the 1970s. Find an Event

The Agitators: Three Friends Who Fought for Abolition and Women’s Rights


The intertwined lives of Harriet Tubman, Martha Wright, and Frances Seward tell the stories of abolition, the Underground Railroad, and the early women's rights movement. Find an Event

How the South Won the Civil War: Oligarchy, Democracy, and the Continuing Fight for the Soul of America


Heather Cox Richardson argues that democracy’s blood-soaked victory was ephemeral as the system that had sustained the defeated South moved westward and established a foothold there. Find an Event

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. Find an Event

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. Find an Event

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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