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For more than a decade, Bailey White has delivered a story each Thanksgiving to National Public Radio's All Things Considered listeners. Long awaited by her many fans, Nothing with Strings is the entire collection of these Thanksgiving stories, published together for the first time. With wit and charm, White writes about an almost-gone little town where a spoon player is a guardian angel, an old woman fears that John James Audubon is living in her...
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NPR marks the 100th anniversary of the start of the Great War with firsthand accounts from veterans themselves, as well as insightful commentary from leading historians.
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Compiles the work of David Gilkey, a celebrated conflict photographer who helped NPR bring vivid life to big and small stories with global impact. Known for chronicling pain and beauty in war and conflict, he was on assignment in Helmand, Afghanistan in 2016 when he and NPR's Afghan interpreter, Zabihullah Tamanna were killed by a Taliban ambush of their convoy. Considered one of the best photojournalists in the world, his death made headlines around...
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This I Believe features eighty Americans-from the famous to the unknown, completing the thought that the book's title begins. Each piece compels readers to rethink not only how they have arrived at their own personal beliefs but also the extent to which they share them with others.Featuring many renowned contributors and essays by some not-so-famous people: a Brooklyn lawyer; a part-time hospital clerk in Rehoboth, Massachusetts; a woman who sells...
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According to NPR, a Driveway Moment is when a listener is so riveted by a radio piece that he or she will stay in their idling car to hear the show all the way through. Presented here, drawn from award-winning NPR programs such as All Things Considered and Morning Edition, are vibrant tales of motherhood.
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Dog lovers will delight in these stories of the sometimes imperfect, always endearing canine companions with which people share their lives. These long and short, straight and curly tales of animals and their devoted human friends are comical, touching, and ultimately unforgettable.