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Portland, Oregon's literate and theatrical rock group The Decemberists have just released what some critics are calling the year's best album. Hear selections from The Crane Wife and some of the band's earlier albums in a full concert, recorded live from Washington, D.C.

NPR's Susan Stone talks with Alan Moore, one of the most respected writers of the comic novel genre, about The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. The comic series takes literary figures from Victorian England and re-imagines them as flawed superheroes. Listen to Moore describe the genesis of the series, and where it goes from here.

Lawrence Peter Berra -- better know by his nickname Yogi -- is better known for his malapropisms and Zen-like quips. But in his new memoir Ten Rings: My Championship Seasons, Berra recounts the players and team spirit that created the Yankees dynasty. Read an excerpt from the book.

When the family cat dies, NPR listener Jamaica Ritcher has to explain to her 2-year-old daughter what happened. In searching for an explanation of death, Ritcher finds a belief to guide her life.

Taste of Home's subscription base rivals that of People and Time, but it flies under the radar thanks to its non-urban readership and lack of advertising.

On Sept. 11, 2001, thousands of ordinary citizens joined some of the world's best photojournalists at the World Trade Center towers to chronicle the horror and bravery of that day.

Evan S. Connell, an old American master, and Claire Keegan, a young Irish prodigy, both have new books of short fiction this summer — and both are worth picking up.

Washington, Jefferson and Adams may have planted the seeds of liberty in America, but a new book says they were also obsessed with nurturing tomatoes, beans and trees in lovingly tended gardens.

In her illustrated book for middle-grade readers, How They Croaked, Georgia Bragg chronicles the disgusting and bloody deaths of 19 famous figures, from Beethoven (who exploded with pus) to George Washington, who bled to death.

For Mary and Carol Higgins Clark, the family business is suspense — of the fictional order. The mother and daughter write suspense novels separately, and also team up to write a series of holiday mysteries, most recently Dashing Through the Snow.