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A bomb explodes in the campus office next door, and Lee, a math professor, becomes the primary suspect. Is he being targeted for revenge by someone in his past? Fresh Air book critic Maureen Corrigan reviews A Person of Interest, a new novel by Susan Choi.

Microsoft's first priority in its unsolicited bid for Yahoo is to compete with Google for advertising revenue that comes from online searches. But the merger would bring a lot of other goodies, too.

Publishers in the U.S. released more than 291,000 separate titles in 2006. But an imprint that got its start last year has already had a string of hits with a philosophy of "less is more."

The Sheik, starring a smoldering Italian immigrant named Rudolph Valentino in the title role, helped make Valentino Hollywood's first sex symbol — and introduced an exotic, erotic character to millions.

Food is a big part of Cuban playwright Eduardo Machado's life. So much so that he has written a memoir Tastes Like Cuba: An Exile's Hunger for Home. In his book he talks about life as and exile and how food played an intricate part in forming his earliest memories of Cuba and his life in the U.S.

In Russell Banks' lushly romantic new novel, The Reserve, a pilot swoops into a privileged enclave, turning the life of a beautiful heiress upside down.

In Diary of a Wimpy Kid by author and illustrator Jeff Kinney, the most mundane details of a middle school student's life are uproarious. Kinney's illustrated diaries remind readers about the dramas of junior high.

Microsoft has plenty of reasons to want to acquire online giant Yahoo — 80 billion reasons, in fact. Online ad revenues are expected to double by 2010, reaching $80 billion, and Microsoft is eager to get into the game — if for no other reason than to slow rival Google's historic growth.

Police in India have uncovered an illegal kidney transplant racket in which hundreds of poor laborers were duped or forced into giving up their organs for wealthy Indians and foreigners. Several such operations have been discovered in India, but the scale of this one is described as unprecedented.

During their childhood, Melissa Wilbur and Janaki Symon's relationship was marked by bitterness and jealousy. But an unexpected sign of affection finally brought the sisters closer.