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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.
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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.
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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.
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Robert Strauss author program
Robert Strauss discusses mhis new book John Marshall: The Final Founder.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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