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Childhood is surreal. Why shouldn’t children’s books be? In this whimsical talk, award-winning author Mac

Broken horses : a memoir / Brandi Carlile “Brandi Carlile was born into a musically

“In Uncomfortable Conversations With a Black Man, Acho takes on all the questions, large and

Lionel Shriver takes a satirical look at the possible outcomes of a couple’s vow to

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The Line Tender A National Bestseller A Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2019 A School Library Journal Best Book of

Nature’s best hope Tallamy, Douglas W In this new book, Tallamy takes the next step

So Brave, Young, and Handsome / Leif Enger. A stunning successor to his best selling novel Peace Like

Marketplace From APM Reports Every weekday, host Kai Ryssdal helps you make sense of the

What it’s like to be a bird: what birds are doing, and why — from

This is the fire : what I say to my friends about racism / Don Lemon. As

“Taylor Jenkins Reid has an effortless way of making each character so vividly real —

Mouse Guard by David Petersen (Series) Beautiful artwork and great story! Dispatched to find a

How I Built This with Guy Raz : NPR Guy Raz dives into the stories

Each two-minute vignette of Dan Roberts’ A Moment in Time is a brief and compelling

American wolf: a true story of survival and obsession in the West / Nate Blakeslee

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