NPR radio host and Peabody Award-winning Scott Simon reveals the story of his daughter’s adoption in his book, Baby, We Were Meant for Each Other.

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One of San Francisco’s most provocative writers, Rebecca Solnit explores major disaster and discovers people’s capacity to rise to the occasion with creativity and courage.

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A.S. Byatt may be the patron saint of bookworms. In her novels, including the Booker Prize-winning Possession: A Romance, Still Life, A Whistling Woman and The Children’s Book, reading and writing often prove to be matters of life and death.

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Journalist Christopher McDougall shares the secrets of the Tarahumara Indians whose practiced techniques allow them to run hundreds of miles without rest.

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