Book excerpt: Eugenia Zukerman's "Like Falling Through a Cloud"
The flutist and broadcast journalist writes poetically about an emotional backdrop revealed through her diagnosis of Alzheimer's
Books
Reince Priebus: "A Warning" author Anonymous is "dishonorable"
President Trump's first chief of staff calls the secretive "senior Trump administration official" behind a new tell-all book a "coward"
Master of intrigue John le Carré on his latest villain: Brexit
His new novel, "Angel Running in the Field," examines how the British public, he says, is being "bamboozled by people with private interests," and European allies are being turned into enemies
For the birds: Illustrator David Sibley
One of the most respected and successful chroniclers of avian life has produced bestselling field guides for birdwatchers, covering more than 800 species
Excerpt: "Agent Running in the Field" by John le Carré
The latest novel by the master Cold War storyteller tells a story of international intrigue involving up-to-date villains: those trying to take Britain out of the European Union
"The Joy of Cooking" and its recipe for success
Updating one of the most successful cookbooks ever published has been a family tradition since 1931
Book excerpt: "Black Widow" by Leslie Gray Streeter
The Palm Beach Post columnist recounts the terrible night when her life was turned upside-down, and her unplanned, forced accommodation to the newly-dominant emotion of grief
Book excerpt: "Modern Loss: Candid Conversation About Grief. Beginners Welcome."
Rebecca Soffer writes that, when communing about grief in a social media era, no "like" can replace a conversation, or a hug, or shared double martinis
Obit writers: Deadly serious about their craft
At ObitCon, members of the Society of Professional Obituary Writers talk about the privilege of honoring lives well-lived. Mo Rocca reports on the annual gathering of obit writers, and their awards ceremony, where they hand out the Grimmys
Mitch Albom's mission
The "Tuesdays With Morrie" author, after helping rebuild a Haiti orphanage wrecked by the 2010 earthquake, met a little girl, Chika, who changed everything
Book excerpt: "The Harder You Work, the Luckier You Get" by Joe Ricketts
The entrepreneur and founder of Ameritrade writes of his background, with his immigrant family's history of farm failures, innovation, and determination to succeed
Time will tell: Historians on judging presidential leadership
Doris Kearns Goodwin, David McCullough and author David Rubenstein on taking the measure of our nation's leaders, past and present
The life of Prince, revealed in "The Beautiful Ones"
Begun just months before his death in 2016, a memoir by the legendary singer-songwriter is now being published – and a vault of his unreleased music is beginning to disclose its secrets
Book excerpt: Prince's memoir, "The Beautiful Ones"
Published three years after the singer's death, his unfinished memoir tells of his life and musical evolution
How Janis Joplin became America's first female rock star
A new biography about the rock and blues singer, "Janis: Her Life and Music," presents a portrait of a gifted, complex and challenging artist who became an iconic trailblazer during her brief 27 years
More From Sunday Morning
This week on "Sunday Morning" (August 24): By Design
A look at the features for this week's broadcast of the Emmy-winning program, hosted by Jane Pauley.
A pilgrimage to the desk with the greatest view
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.
"Severance" star Adam Scott
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.
Laufey on creating her own sound
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."
Capturing the melting of glaciers, with data and art
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.
This week on "Sunday Morning" (August 17)
A look at the features for this week's broadcast of the Emmy-winning program, hosted by Jane Pauley.
To tip or not to tip: That is David Sedaris' question
The humorist has some thoughts about gratuities, especially when they're pre-programmed onto a screen.
The JFK Files
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?
At 75, "Sunset Boulevard" is ready again for its closeup
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.
Steve Wozniak on fighting internet scams
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.