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EXCERPT: Three Famines
by
Chau Tu
Sep 1, 2011
The following is an excerpt from "Three Famines." Learn more about the book and listen to an interview with author Tom Keneally....
EXCERPT: Nickel and Dimed
Aug 26, 2011
The following is an excerpt from Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America. Learn more about the book here....
'Nickel and Dimed,' 10 years later
Aug 26, 2011
Barbara Ehrenreich, author of the book "Nickel and Dimed," talks about how the economy and attitudes about the poor have changed since her seminal work was published 10 years ago.
EXCERPT: Pinched
Aug 5, 2011
The following is an excerpt from Pinched: How the Great Recession has Narrowed Our Futures. Learn more about the book....
The financial and psychological pinch of the recession
Aug 5, 2011
Author Don Peck examines how the Great Recession has affected individual Americans financially and psychologically, and discusses what impact those changes will have on American society overall.
Dupont Photographers
EXCERPT: Precious Objects
by
Chau Tu
Aug 4, 2011
The following is an excerpt from Precious Objects: A Story of Diamonds, Family, and a Way of Life. Learn more about the book....
The facets and forces changing New York's Diamond District
by
Kai Ryssdal
Aug 4, 2011
Author Alicia Oltuski discusses the inner workings of New York's diamond industry and some of its most fascinating characters.
For public good, not for profit.
'Brand resilience' in the social media age
by
Bob Moon
Aug 4, 2011
Author Jonathan Copulsky explains how companies can manage their image in the era of Twitter, Facebook and YouTube
Portraits of the Mind: Visualizing the Brain from Antiquity to the 21st Century
by
Chau Tu
Aug 2, 2011
Title: Portraits of the Mind: Visualizing the Brain from Antiquity to the 21st Century
Author: Carl Schoonover
Publisher: Abrams
Type: Non F...
The economics of humiliation
by
Kai Ryssdal
Aug 2, 2011
Poet, social critic and author Wayne Koestenbaum discusses why there's so much shame involved in issues of money.