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Constantly having access to our cellphones is changing the way we interact with the world, says technology writer Brian X. Chen. In a new book, he explains how being "always on" will affect law enforcement, the medical community and higher education.

The British explorer may have been beaten to the South Pole, but the experiments he conducted along the way changed science forever. What Robert Falcon Scott achieved, says author Edward Larson, went far beyond what his peers accomplished.

In her debut novel, Patricia McArdle, a retired Foreign Service officer, tells the story of a diplomat's journey of self-discovery. Diplomat Angela Morgan is summoned to serve a year in an isolated British Army compound in Afghanistan — where she finds new purpose, new friends and even new love.

Kate Christensen's latest novel, which follows the travails of a down-and-out poet whose wife of 30 years has thrown him out, is overwhelmed by the doldrums that it chronicles.

Ann Patchett's new novel lives up to its name; critic Maureen Corrigan's one-word review: "Wow." Patchett masterfully weaves her story through uncharted geographic and literary territory, all the while unraveling a story about the awful price of love and the terror of its inevitable loss.

In Manana Forever? former Mexican Foreign Minister Jorge Castaneda tries to encapsulate the paradoxes and promises of his country. He joins NPR's Neal Conan to talk about what Mexico needs to do to turn itself around.

What could be more embarrassing than an obsession with a star? For author Jon Reiner, it's not the glamorous Elizabeth Taylor who occupies his thoughts — it's her sometimes husband, Richard Burton. In Hellraisers, Reiner finds his boundless hunger for the leading man satisfied — almost.

In the spring of 1936, Margaret Mitchell's Gone With The Wind was an instant success. Mitchell won the Pulitzer Prize in 1937 and in 1939 the film won eight Academy Awards. Author Pat Conroy shares his connection to Mitchell's book.

Daily Beast and Newsweek editor Tina Brown highlights a book and a pair of articles that take us through life — from creating it and raising children to growing up an only child to a writer's reflections on his battle with cancer.

Welcome to Temple Stage School, a place for child actors. At Freddie's by Penelope Fitzgerald stars proprietress Freddie, her misfit students and her troubled teachers as they try to save the school. Author Ben Dolnick encourages you to take a front row seat with this bittersweet comedy.