Steinbeck in Vietnam: Dispatches from the War by John Steinbeck

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Weekend Edition Saturday ‘Steinbeck In Vietnam’: A Great Writer’s Last Reports
April 21, 2012
The last piece of published writing from one of America’s greatest writers was a series of letters he sent back from the front lines of war at the age of 64. John Steinbeck’s dispatches shocked readers and family so much that they’ve never been reprinted — until now.

Do Not Ask What Good We Do: Inside the U.S. House of Representatives by Robert Draper

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Weekend Edition Saturday ‘What Good’ Does Congress Do? Don’t Ask
April 28, 2012
Host Scott Simon speaks with reporter Robert Draper, the author of the new book Do Not Ask What Good We Do. In the book, Draper follows the 112th Congress and the 2010 Republican takeover of the U.S. House of Representatives.

Fug You: An Informal History of the Peace Eye Bookstore, the F*** You Press, the Fugs, and Counterculture in the Lower East Side by Ed Sanders

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Weekend Edition Saturday ‘Fug You’: The Wild Life Of Ed Sanders
May 5, 2012
Ed Sanders co-founded the legendary avant-rock band The Fugs, and went on to be an important member of the Youth International Party — the Yippies. He’s also a classical scholar who’s written a new memoir of life on New York’s Lower East Side in the 1960s.

Fifty Shades of Grey By E L James

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When literature student Anastasia Steele is drafted to interview the successful young entrepreneur Christian Grey for her campus magazine, she finds him attractive, enigmatic and intimidating. Convinced their meeting went badly, she tries to put Grey out of her mind — until he happens to turn up at the out-of-town hardware store where she works part-time. Erotic, amusing and deeply moving, the Fifty Shades Trilogy is a tale that will obsess you, possess you and stay with you forever.

Garbology: Our Dirty Love Affair with Trash by Edward Humes

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Fresh Air from WHYY Following Garbage’s Long Journey Around The Earth
April 26, 2012
Americans generate more trash than anyone else on the planet: more than 7 pounds per person each day. Journalist Edward Humes explores how that happened in his new book Garbology: Our Dirty Love Affair with Trash.