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Between 1915 and 1975, millions of African-Americans left their homes in the South for the relative freedoms of the North. Isabel Wilkerson's The Warmth of Other Suns is an exhaustively researched and deeply emotional portrait of the Great Migration.

Let's get one thing straight: Norwegian author Per Petterson is not Stieg Larsson. They may both be Scandinavian, but Petterson's books are as quiet and contemplative as Larsson's are violent and action-packed.

In his new book, Baby, We Were Meant for Each Other, Scott Simon shares the emotional journey that ended with him and his wife, Caroline, adopting two little girls from China.

The jazz duo known for dazzling, brilliant live performances delivered at the Tiny Desk, with a set of songs from its debut album.

Author Malcolm Gladwell gets inside the food industry's pursuit of the perfect spaghetti sauce — and makes a larger argument about the nature of choice and happiness.

Children's books seem simple, but good ones are deceptively complicated to write and illustrate. The images and the text depend on each other, and author Martin Salisbury says it's quite a challenge to condense a story into just 32 pages while maintaining simplicity and elegance.

When ESPN needed a play-by-play announcer for a nail-biting, pulse-pumping chess tournament, they turned to this week's guest, a reporter who has covered some of the world's strangest sporting events.

Two-term U.S. Poet Laureate Billy Collins captures readers with his understated wit and profound insight. He shares a look into his own creative process, which requires a lot of patience, intensity and trips to the dry cleaner.

Marking the 100th anniversary of An Alpine Symphony, take a guided tour through Strauss' evocative music with conductor Semyon Bychkov and author David Hurwitz as trail guides.

Eight radio stations in Southern Louisiana still broadcast partially in French as they try to keep alive a dying language in the area. French has been spoken there since the mid-1700s.