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Political scientists Jacob Hacker and Paul Pierson are the authors of the new book Off Center. In it, the two professors examine the tactics of far-right Republicans — and how they've changed the system for years to come.

Rock journalist Bob Spitz's new biography of the Beatles is decidedly not prettified: venereal disease, drugs, and bad business are all part of the story of the Fab Four. The book is The Beatles: The Biography.

Vatican reporter John Allen's new book is Opus Dei: An Objective Look Behind the Myths and Reality of the Most Controversial Force in the Catholic Church. The book is billed as the first serious journalistic investigation of the highly secretive organization Opus Dei, an international association of Catholics.

After the fall of the Taliban, California teen Said Hyder Akbar returned to the home country he'd never known: Afghanistan. His audio diaries of summer trips there form the basis of his book, Come Back to Afghanistan.

Throughout November, hundreds of people are lining up to peer through the telescope at Lowell Observatory in northern Arizona. What they'll see: Mars in close opposition with the Earth. This is the nearest the red planet has been to Earth since 2003. If you miss it this month, you'll have to wait until 2018 for such an incredible view. Sadie Babits has this postcard from the observatory.

A debate has begun in India over whether the country's educated and talented young people working in call centers are victims of exploitation. A report from a government-funded think tank compared some centers with "Roman slave galley ships."

For writer Anne Dimock, the iconic pie is much more than a dessert. She says a hearty, homemade pie can hold a family together through even the most difficult times. Her new book is called Humble Pie: Musings on What Lies Beneath the Crust.

Philosopher-chef Jose Andres has been on a mission to ignite America's passion for the flavors of his native Spain. To help that process along, Andres has written a cookbook, Tapas: A Taste of Spain in America.

Host Debbie Elliott talks with author Jeanne Birdsall, the winner of this year's National Book Award for Young People's Literature, about her book, The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy.

On Good Friday, March 27, 1964, the largest earthquake ever recorded in North America struck Anchorage, Alaska. It sent tsunami waves rushing down the northwest coast to Crescent City, Calif.