NBN Book of the Day
The "NBN Book of the Day" features the most timely and interesting author interviews from the New Books Network delivered to you every weekday.
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Thomas Borstelmann, "Just Like Us: The American...
America is a "nation of immigrants." The trouble is that Americans often don't understand them...
62 min
1552
W. J. Perry and T. Z. Collina, "The Button: The...
Donald Trump has his finger on "The Button." Best to pay attention....
46 min
1553
Samuel Morris Brown, "Joseph Smith's Translatio...
In 1827, Joseph Smith said he found a kind of new "New Testament" buried on a hill upstate New York. It became the foundation of Mormonism...
53 min
1554
Paula Fredriksen, "When Christians Were Jews: T...
Wait. Jesus and his followers were Jewish? Yup, and how...
65 min
1555
Sarah B. Rodriguez, "The Love Surgeon: A Story ...
Dr. James Burt thought he could use his scapel to turn new mothers into "horny little house mice." He ended up mutilating hundreds of women...
43 min
1556
Solomon Goldstein-Rose, "The 100% Solution: A P...
What to do about Global Warming? Well, Solomon Goldstein-Rose has a plan...
60 min
1557
Theresa Kaminski, "Dr. Mary Walker's Civil War:...
Only one woman has ever won the Medal of Honor. Her name was Dr. Mary Walker...
48 min
1558
R. K. Jefferson and H. B. Johnson, "Shortlisted...
Why did it take so long to get a woman on the Supreme Court? It's not like there weren't qualified candidates...
57 min
1559
Justin Gomer, "White Balance: How Hollywood Sha...
Hollywood so white? It's worse than that...
67 min
1560
Andrew S. Baer, "Beyond the Usual Beating" (U C...
Police brutality is on the front page. Not exactly a new development...
77 min
1561
Jennifer Domino Rudolph, "Baseball as Mediated ...
Latin/o Americans make up 25% of MLB players. What does that mean for Latinos?
60 min
1562
Marc Zimmer, "The State of Science" (Prometheus...
Confirmation crisis, 'Pal' review. Phony findings. What's up with science?
56 min
1563
Christina Dunbar-Hester, "Hacking Diversity: Th...
How diverse are open technology/open source communities? Not very...
34 min