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Award-winning novelist, poet, and essayist Luis Alberto Urrea reads from and discusses his newest novel, Into the Beautiful North. Nineteen-year-old Nayeli works at a taco shop in her Mexican village... -
Author Eva Hoffman and neuroscientist Richard Restak take a critical look at the concept of time and how our brain perceives it. While we are living longer than ever, we feel we have ever less time. The natural... -
Historian of science Oren Harman holds a conversation about his new book, The Price of Altruism: George Price and the Search for the Origins of Kindness. Since the dawn of time man has contemplated... -
Terrorism and foreign policy expert Jessica Stern discusses her new book, Denial: A Memoir of Terror. While the word "terror" is now primarily used in a global context, including in much of Stern′s work,... -
Pioneer of mind body medicine Herbert Benson explores his new book, The Relaxation Revolution: Enhancing Your Personal Health Through the Science and Genetics of Mind Body Healing. In the 1970s, Dr....
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