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NPR Topics: Books Book reviews, interviews with authors, and NPR Book Tour, a weekly audio feature and podcast where leading authors read and discuss their work. Subscribe to the RSS feed. New Book Collects Copp Children Stories 6 Sep 2008 at 3:06pm Scott Simon speaks with Weekend Edition's Daniel Pinkwater, about a new book called Jim Copp, Will You Tell Me A Story?" The book is a collection of three of Copp and Ed Brown's stories for children, put in book form for the first time. Palin Autobiography Reissued 6 Sep 2008 at 2:59pm Scott Simon takes a moment to note that a biography of Sarah Palin, Republican vice presidential candidate, has been quickly reissued. The book reveals Palin's favorite meal: moose stew. Novel's Young Narrator Tells Family's Story 6 Sep 2008 at 2:54pm Author Matthew Kneale discusses his new book When We Were Romans, the story of a mother and her two young children who flee London to stay with friends in Rome. Kneale wrote the book from the point of view of a nine-year-old. Shaw's Graphic Take On Ordinary Family Drama 5 Sep 2008 at 8:08pm Bottomless Belly Button, Dash Shaw's portrait of good people with a desperate, bourgeois dignity, is a welcome break from the comic genre's usual angst-ridden post-modernity. Novel On Islam's Prophet Finds New Publisher 5 Sep 2008 at 8:40pm Independent publisher Beaufort Books agrees to publish The Jewel of Medina after Random House backs out. Random House had feared Sherry Jones' historical novel about the Prophet Mohammed and his wife, Aisha, could be offensive to Muslims. Bacardi Biography Details The 'Fight For Cuba' 8 Sep 2008 at 4:03pm Tom Gjelten's new book, Bacardi and the Long Fight For Cuba, threads the history of the family-owned Bacardi Rum Co. together with that of the nation in which it was founded. 'Scattershot' A Bipolar Family Portrait 4 Sep 2008 at 6:27pm In his memoir, Scattershot, David Lovelace chronicles what he calls "the family sickness." Terri Cheney joins the discussion and shares details from Manic, a chronicle of her own struggle with bipolar disorder. Whodunits Pack Literary Punch 3 Sep 2008 at 8:40pm Two new novels take on the same theme: murder. Donald Pfarrer's A Common Ordinary Murder is at once both harrowing and exultant. John Darnton's Black & White and Dead All Over is for those who like a little satire with their blood. Russian Literary Boom Linked To Authoritarianism 3 Sep 2008 at 8:15pm Literary critics feared that after the Soviet collapse, the easy availability of popular romance novels and thrillers would seduce Russian readers away from deeper works. Now they attribute a literary revival to the country's new authoritarianism. 'Book Of Lies' Examines Superman's Story 3 Sep 2008 at 2:06pm Brad Meltzer's new novel threads together the biblical story of Cain and Abel with the actual details of Superman creator Jerry Siegel's life. New Biography Takes 'Heat' Off Dickinson Editor 3 Sep 2008 at 4:53pm Brenda Wineapple's highly engaging biography White Heat examines the poet's enduring friendship with editor Thomas Wentworth Higginson. 'One Party Country' Dissects Why Republicans Win 3 Sep 2008 at 3:50pm In One Party Country, journalists Tom Hamburger and Peter Wallsten explain what they call "The Republican plan for dominance in the 21st century." The Republicans, they argue, are "firmly in the lead when it comes to the science and strategy of attaining power — and keeping it." An Imperfect But Epic 'America' 3 Sep 2008 at 12:38pm A young man enters a world of power and privilege when he is summoned to live on the estate of the local industrial baron in Ethan Canin's epic America America. Poking Fun At The 'Stuff White People Like' 3 Sep 2008 at 1:12am In a new book based on his popular blog, Christian Lander tracks the trends and tendencies of white people, from fair-trade organic coffee to vintage T-shirts. A Breezy, 'Contrarian' View Of Marriage 2 Sep 2008 at 1:58pm In a delightful new book, journalist Susan Squire traces the first 5,000 years of marital behavior and reveals just how much of a historical odd couple love and marriage are. Newsfeed display by CaRP