
Books
NewsWorks Tonight, May 30, 2018
Air Date: May 30, 2018
Listen 21:05Philly children’s book author fills a need with ‘Mommy’s Khimar’
A new children’s book from a Philadelphia author focuses on a mother-daughter bond told by a young girl who delights in wearing an Islamic headscarf.
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Listen 5:12Fake and faulty drugs: A problem no one wants to talk about
The World Health Organization also estimates that between 72,000 and 169,000 children may die each year because of substandard or fake antibiotics.
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America’s first coffee-table book offers ‘Views of Philadelphia,’ on exhibition now
America's first coffee-table book, circa 1800, showed Philadelphia as the world's next great city.
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Listen 2:06New Horizons: NASA’s mission to Pluto
Air Date: May 2, 2018 10:00 am
Listen 49:47Filtering American history through a ‘Brown’ lens
Young's new book, Brown, is colored by memories from his family and childhood, United States history, and black culture.
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Writers house in Camden honors ‘haiku king’ Nick Virgilio
Camden's king of haiku poetry - Nick Virgilio - now has a writers house named after him.
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Listen 2:50Mummers off Broad: New book of photos documents a decade of wenches
Photographer and Drexel professor Andrea Modica photographed Mummer wenches, one day a year for 10 years.
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Listen 5:40‘The Shale Dilemma’ goes global: Author discusses shale gas development across the world
Shanti Gamper-Rabindran a University of Pittsburgh professor and editor of The Shale Dilemma, sat down for an interview about the topic.
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Turning kids into readers, one barbershop at a time
It's mid-afternoon when Irby walks in, a man on a mission. He needs a trim from his go-to barber, Kenny, but he also wants to check in on his 15 books.
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Move over, brisket. There are fresher foods ‘Too Good To Passover’
Abadi's new cookbook, Too Good To Passover, collects Passover recipes from nearly two dozen countries.
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Air Date: March 23, 2018 10:00 am
Listen 49:29In Philly, Sally Yates commends librarians as holders of truth
Acting U.S. attorney general was fired by Trump over stand against travel ban.
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Ian Buruma’s “A Tokyo Romance”
Air Date: March 15, 2018 10:00 am
Listen 36:00Author answers hot-button questions on fracking, including climate impact
As Pennsylvania’s gas boom helps propel the United States away from coal-fired power, one energy researcher says the impact on climate change will be a wash.
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