Leisure & Lifestyle

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Yiyun Li : "The Vagrants" (Random House)

February 18, 2009

An award-winning, Beijing-born writer presents her debut novel. It is based on a true story of the public execution in nineteen-seventy-nine of a young woman who served in the Red Guard before denouncing communism.

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Martha Sandweiss: "Passing Strange" (Penguin)

February 11, 2009

Clarence King was a famed explorer, scientist, and hero of late nineteenth century history. But the blue-eyed and fair-skinned King also led a secret double life passing as a black man. A historian examines the secret King only revealed...

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Abigail Trafford: "As Time Goes By" (Basic Books)

February 10, 2009

Every day, eight thousand Americans turn sixty years old. Many are re-inventing romance and re-defining marriage in their retirement years. An award-winning journalist on what it means to love and be loved in later life.

http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2009-01-26/bryan-burrough-big-rich-penguin

Bryan Burrough: "The Big Rich" (Penguin)

January 26, 2009

"Vanity Fair" correspondent, Bryan Burrough, explores the beginnings of America's obsession with oil by chronicling the lives of the Texas oil industry's four wealthiest families -- known in their heyday as "The Big Four."

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Michael Davis "Street Gang" (Penguin) (Rebroadcast)

January 11, 2009

PBS's "Sesame Street" marks its 40th anniversary in 2009. A look at of one of the longest-running and most influential shows on television.

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Michael Davis "Street Gang" (Penguin)

January 6, 2009

PBS's "Sesame Street" marks its 40th anniversary in 2009. A look at of one of the longest-running and most influential shows on television.

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Maya Angelou: "Letter To My Daughter" (Random House) (Rebroadcast)

December 31, 2008

Maya Angelou gave birth to only one child, a son, but says she has thousands of daughters of all backgrounds. A writer's reflections on the life lessons she’d like to pass on.

http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2008-12-25/jon-katz-izzy-and-lenore-rebroadcast

Jon Katz: "Izzy and Lenore" (Rebroadcast)

December 25, 2008

Author Jon Katz is best known for his stories about the dogs in his life and his decision to move to a farm in upstate New York. In a new book, he shares why he let another troubled dog into his life and how they both helped those in...

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Les Standiford "The Man Who Invented Christmas" (Crown) (Rebroadcast)

December 21, 2008

Charles Dickens' career had hit its lowest point by eighteen-forty-three. He received scant praise for a string of lackluster works that followed the great success of his early novels. Then Dickens revived his stature and the holiday...

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Patricia McConnell: "Tales of Two Species" (Dogwise)

December 17, 2008

The nationally recognized animal behaviorist presents the latest thinking about the behavior of people and dogs and the relationship between her two favorite species.

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