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The New York Times bestselling author of "Seating Arrangements" returns with a novel of two interlacing stories featuring a legendary female pilot in the early 20th century, and the actress portraying her in a movie many years later.
In this satirical novel the children of Indian immigrants are determined to succeed in America while honoring their parents' culture.
The full text of the celebrated writer's tale of a Black man fleeing police custody is being published for the first time.
Lisa Napoli's history of National Public Radio tells the stories of four trailblazing journalists who brought unique perspectives to the microphone, as they fought sexism in politics and on the air.
The journalist's new book features exclusive interviews with the disgraced investor who built a Ponzi scheme that grew into the largest financial fraud in Wall Street history.
In a scorching new memoir, "On the House," the former House Speaker writes that "political terrorists" playing to the party base are hurting the country, and threaten the GOP's survival.
In her biography of the first lady, "The Triumph of Nancy Reagan," Washington Post columnist Karen Tumulty examines the complicated persona of the woman who had the most significant influence on President Ronald Reagan.
To many, the celebrated author of such classics as "The Sun Also Rises" and "The Old Man and the Sea" was the very definition of toxic masculinity. But a new PBS documentary finds the writer's literary image, personality and sexuality are not so cut-and-dried.
The Washington Post columnist's new biography explores the first lady's skills at protecting her husband from perceived threats, underscoring her little-appreciated political savviness in aid of the Reagan presidency.
The son of President Biden opens up about the loss of his brother, Beau; his abuse of drugs and alcohol; and becoming the center of an election-year firestorm launched by his father's political opponents.
A survivor of conflict on the streets of Chicago, the author writes of his post-prison experience in trying to inspire youth to develop the emotional skills that will protect them from life-altering, even deadly mistakes.
Psychology professor Peter T. Coleman's book examines conflict resolution, the importance of overcoming political and social schisms, and healing the divides.
Bestselling author Amanda Ripley's new book looks at how tribalism forces people into narrow categories, breeding conflict that makes divisions even harder to overcome.
The former U.S. Army National Guard helicopter pilot talks about her memoir, "Every Day Is a Gift," which explores her life's missions — from a tour in Iraq where she was wounded, to becoming a U.S. senator and mother — and never losing the passion of a patriot.
At a critical time the worlds of movies, television and music were transformed by a creative explosion centered in Los Angeles, as explored in the new book, "Rock Me on the Water."
A look at the features for this week's broadcast of the Emmy-winning program, hosted by Jane Pauley.
In the late 1970s, a group of university students in West Texas, wanting a place to study with a view, hauled a desk to the top of Hancock Hill in the town of Alpine. Today, the desk is a pilgrimage for hikers seeking a meditative place.
The former "Parks and Recreation" star heads the surreal, critically-acclaimed series about workers at a mysterious corporation whose brains are altered to create distinctly separate personalities in and out of the office.
Whimsical and romantic, the music of Icelandic singer and cellist Laufey Lín Bing Jónsdóttir blends pop, jazz, classical and bossa nova – a "mishmash," she calls it. Her latest album is "A Matter of Time."
For more than 40 years, glaciologist Mauri Pelto has been measuring shrinking glaciers in Washington State. He's been joined by his daughter, artist-scientist Jill Pelto, whose watercolors provide another view of the drastically-changing landscape.
A look at the features for this week's broadcast of the Emmy-winning program, hosted by Jane Pauley.
The humorist has some thoughts about gratuities, especially when they're pre-programmed onto a screen.
More than six decades after the Kennedy assassination, the existence of unreleased documents from the investigation has continued to fuel questions - and conspiracy theories - in search for a "smoking gun." What did the recent release of thousands of documents reveal?
Billy Wilder's caustic tale of Hollywood, obsession and murder, in which a fading star of silent pictures tries to recreate her fame, is back in its full dark glory.
The computer inventor and co-founder of Apple is sounding the alarm about one of the great threats of this new Information Age: internet fraud. He talks about how he is fighting for the victims of online scams involving AI, cryptocurrency and faked messages.