May 7-13, 2018
From Cold War to Hot Peace: An American Ambassador in Putin's Russia
by Michael McFaul

A former ambassador to Russia during the Obama administration describes how the progress made between the two countries was destroyed when Vladimir Putin returned to power and recounts how the Kremlin actively sought to discredit and undermine him.
 
Morning Edition (NPR) 05/04/18
That Kind of Mother
by Rumaan Alam

It's 1985, and Rebecca Stone finds herself equally overwhelmed and overjoyed by her newborn son. Her husband is willing to abdicate child-rearing to her as he focuses on his career as a diplomat, so Rebecca is left on her own to juggle the demands of motherhood with her aspirations to be a poet. 
 
Weekend Edition Sunday (NPR) 05/06/18
Beauty in the Broken Places: A Memoir of Love, Faith, and Resilience
by Allison Pataki

Recounts how the author's healthy thirty-year-old husband suffered a life-threatening stroke that placed everything they had worked for in jeopardy, a struggle she navigated by writing daily letters to her husband that helped her make sense of the challenges they faced.
 
 All Things Considered (NPR) 05/06/18
My American Dream: A Life of Love, Family, and Food
by Lidia Bastianich

The Emmy Award-winning host of Lidia's Kitchen and best-selling author of Lidia's Celebrate Like an Italian shares a heartwarming, revelatory memoir that traces her impoverished but loving upbringing under Tito's communist regime, her years as a refugee while trying to enter the United States and her early start as a restaurant worker.
 
Fresh Air (NPR) 05/07/18
The Hellfire Club
by Jake Tapper

Charlie Marder is an unlikely Congressman. Thrust into office by his family ties after his predecessor died mysteriously, Charlie is struggling to navigate the dangerous waters of 1950s Washington, DC, alongside his young wife Margaret, a zoologist with ambitions of her own. 
 
PBS NewsHour 05/07/18
Natural Causes: An Epidemic of Wellness, the Certainty of Dying, and Killing Ourselves to Live Longer
by Barbara Ehrenreich

The respected cellular immunologist and author of the best-selling Nickel and Dimed shares cautionary insights into today's healthcare practices to identify the cellular sources of aging and illness while revealing how most treatments are aggressive and offer only the illusion of control and better survivability at the cost of life quality.
 
PBS NewsHour 05/08/18
Square
by Mac Barnett

When his friend Circle asks him to do her portrait after praising him as a sculptor and genius, Square struggles to carve her likeness from a stone block.
 
Morning Edition (NPR) 05/08/17
Like Brothers
by Mark Duplass

The multitalented writers, directors, producers, and actors (The League, Transparent, Togetherness, and The Mindy Project) share the secrets of their lifelong partnership in this unique personal memoir.
 
Fresh Air (NPR) 05/08/18
Weekend Edition Saturday (NPR) 05/05/18
Eunice: The Kennedy Who Changed the World
by Eileen McNamara

A Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist examines the life and times of Eunice Kennedy Shriver, covering her Stanford education, her inspirational relationship with her sister Rosemary, her advocacy on behalf of disabled citizens and the solutions she envisioned that helped engineer one of the greatest civil rights movements of the modern world.
 
PBS NewsHour 05/10/18
The Light Within Me
by Ainsley Earhardt

The Fox News star and #1 New York Times best-selling author offers a powerful, uplifting look at her life and her spiritual journey, reflecting on her family, her faith and her successful career.
 
Fox News 05/10/18
Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America
by James Forman

A consequential argument about race, crime and law in today's America by a Yale legal scholar and former public defender examines the urgent debates surrounding the criminal justice system and its activities involving mass incarceration, aggressive police tactics and their impact on at-risk people of color and beleaguered law-enforcement officers.
 
Fresh Air (NPR) 05/11/18
The Favorite Sister
by Jessica Knoll

She'll have it all or die trying. Brett is dead and Kelly is not innocent. When two fiercely competitive sisters are cast on a reality TV series, one will benefit immensely; the other won't live through the taping.
 
Weekend Edition Sunday (NPR) 05/13/18
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