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Elections in Afghanistan are scheduled for Oct. 9. Interim President Hamid Karsai is the best known of 18 candidates for the presidency. Hear NPR's Scott Simon and NPR's Philip Reeves.

NPR's Robert Siegel talks with Tom Gleisner, co-author of the travel guide Molvania: A Land Untouched by Modern Dentistry. Gleisner describes the invented Eastern European country, including everything from historic nuclear reactors to the legacy of founding father Szlonko Busjbusj, also known as "Bu Bu."

Stewart hosts The Daily Show on Comedy Central. The show has won an Emmy, the coveted Peabody Award, and most recently, the Television Critics Association award. He has a new book, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Presents America (The Book): A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction.

Human rights activists are increasingly concerned about the prospects for fraud and abuse in next week's Afghan presidential elections. They say the greatest threat is voter intimidation by the country's ubiquitous warlords. NPR's Philip Reeves reports.

Dubose is co-author (with Jan Reid) of a new book about House Majority Leader Tom DeLay. Delay's nickname — and the name of the book — is The Hammer. DeLay was a small-town Texas exterminator who rose to be the most powerful man in Congress. Dubose was the editor of The Texas Observer for 11 years. He is also co-author, with Molly Ivins of Bushwhacked and Shrub.

Howard Dean says John Kerry is on the attack against President Bush — exactly what the Democratic senator needs to do to get voters fired up about his campaign.

Warlords in Afghanistan could hijack upcoming elections and entrench their own power, a report from Human Rights Watch warns. The group says local strongmen are using force, threats and corruption to dominate the election process and intimidate candidates and voters. Hear NPR's Philip Reeves.

NPR's Jennifer Ludden talks to aspiring outdoorsman and occasional NPR contributor Doug Fine about his new book, Not Really an Alaskan Mountain Man. It's a comic account of five years spent learning to survive in Alaska.

Co-editors Ann and Gerard Gawalt talk about of the new book, First Daughters: Letters Between U.S. Presidents and Their Daughters. These are open and intimate letters between powerful men, and the girls they had very little time to raise. Hear NPR's Susan Stamberg.

Toni Morrison's life — like her writing — is populated by ghosts — some bad, some benign and others, pure inspiration. She talks about the "good" ghosts and memories that have inspired her writing.