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ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Many Europeans have become accustomed to seeing candlelight vigils and piles of flowers in city squares - memorials to terror victims. They're in Paris, Berlin, London and now Barcelona, where ISIS plowed a van into pedestrians las

美国国家公共电台 NPR Nathan Englander Says His New Book Is 'A Turducken Of A Novel'

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Dinner At The Center Of The Earth is a novel that winds together the stories of a prisoner, his guard, mothers, sons, spies, statesmen, traitors and lovers. Sometimes - maybe even more than sometimes - they're the same person. Dinn

美国国家公共电台 NPR Celia Perez's New Novel 'The First Rule Of Punk' Comes With Advice For Adolescents

KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: Maria Luisa is 12 years old. Her parents are divorced, and her mom just got a job at a new city. Things are not looking good. So Malu - that's the shortened version of her name, the version she prefers - puts on her headphones. (

美国国家公共电台 NPR In 'World Of Tomorrow,' A Novelist Found Echoes Of 1939, Today

LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: If you're looking to settle in for a long, meaty read as the days get shorter, the new novel The World Of Tomorrow is the sprawling story of three Irish brothers and their adventures in an America on the cusp of World War I

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(SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC) MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: Time now for StoryCorps. Monday is the anniversary of the September 11 attacks. And this morning, we remember 23-year-old Salman Hamdani. He was an emergency medical technician who rushed to the World Tra

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美国国家公共电台 NPR Harry Dean Stanton, A Supporting Actor Who Became A Star, Dies At 91

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美国国家公共电台 NPR When Hurricanes Churn, A Little Hotel Becomes Something More

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美国国家公共电台 NPR 'Unforgivable Love' Resets Steamy 'Dangerous Liaisons' In 1940s Harlem

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ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: The first new original Star Trek TV show in a dozen years debuted on CBS last night - Star Trek: Discovery. NPR TV critic Eric Deggans says the show goes where no Trek show has gone before. It's a prequel to the original Star Tre

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(SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC) RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: It's time now for StoryCorps. And today, we hear from Josh Hanagarne. Josh has an extreme form of Tourette's syndrome, where his tics - his involuntary movements and sounds - have been so severe, they have pu

美国国家公共电台 NPR This Test Can Determine Whether You've Outgrown A Food Allergy

MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: Now an estimated 4 percent of Americans have food allergies, and that can show up very early in life. But many kids actually outgrow some of their allergies. NPR's Allison Aubrey reports on a surprisingly simple test that can

美国国家公共电台 NPR In Storm-Tossed Houston Area, Most Homeowners Lack Flood Insurance

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Texas officials say flooding from Harvey has damaged some 49,000 homes. That's not a final count. Most of those homeowners never got flood insurance and face a long road to recovery. NPR's Jim Zarroli has more. JIM ZARROLI, BYLINE: