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Apple Computer is expected to announce that its i-Tunes music downloading service will become available for users of Windows-based personal computers. Analysts say Apple should expect intense competition from similar services. Jason Lopez reports.

A new translation of Leo Tolstoy's Hadji Murad is published. During the 1851 Chechen revolt against the Russians, Murad was a Muslim tribal chieftain. Leo Tolstoy was then a young man in the Russian Army. NPR’s Alan Cheuse has a review.

Pete Dexter, author of the award-winning Paris Trout, has published his first novel in eight years. It's called Train, and it tells the story of a black caddy, a white cop and a wealthy widow in 1950s Los Angeles.

Author Julie Orringer's first book is a volume of short stories called How to Breathe Underwater. She addresses the inherent difficulties of growing up -- especially when the awkwardness of life is affected by death and disease. Orringer speaks with NPR's Steve Inskeep.

The new season of the show 24 begins Tuesday night. The show's creators say that having each hour-long episode reflect an hour in the life of CIA agent Jack Bauer allows them to make it up as they go along. Main plot elements this season include a drug cartel and biological weapons. NPR's Robert Siegel talks with Joel Surnow, a writer and co-creator of the FOX series.

On the event of the publication of the Nobel laureate's memoirs, commentator and independent radio producer Katie Davis recalls first meeting Gabriel Garcia Marquez in 1983.

The life of writer Amy Tan has provided her with enough dramatic, seemingly fateful moments to fuel several works of fiction. Tan, known for her best-selling novel The Joy Luck Club, has published her first non-fiction book, The Opposite of Fate: A Book of Musings, about her own life and family. Tan spoke with NPR's Liane Hansen.

Three new films draw inspiration from the deadly 1999 rampage by a pair of teenagers at Columbine High School in Colorado. David Darcy reports.

Nowadays, most of us regard candy as a guilty pleasure, but during the Great Depression, sugary confections were marketed as healthy and inexpensive meals. That's just one of the interesting tidbits author Beth Kimmerle shares in her new book, Candy: The Sweet History. NPR's Michele Norris talks with Kimmerle.

Subtitles have become more common in mainstream movies as filmmakers incorporate multiple languages and foreign films gain popularity. Translating film dialogue into subtitles is tricky, and as older foreign films are released in new DVD editions, this skill is in high demand. NPR's Susan Stone reports.