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To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Eric Nuzum's memoir, "Giving Up the Ghost," is a true story about feeling haunted -- by a ghost, a girl, and his past as a troubled teen growing up in the wasteland of American suburbia.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Daniel Handler wrote "A Series of Unfortunate Events" under the pen name of Lemony Snicket.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Francine Segan is the author of “Shakespeare’s Kitchen: Renaissance Recipes for the Contemporary Cook.” She gives an inside view of the kind of dinner party William Shakespeare might have known

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Junot Diaz bookmarks "Dark Reflections" by Samuel R. Delany.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Douglas Rushkoff's Dangerous Idea is alternative currencies.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Fashion designer Suzanne Lee makes jackets and skirts out of cloth she grows by fermenting liquid in a big vat. In the future, she believes we'll harness nature to grow all sorts of clothing and other products.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

David Blight tells Jim Fleming that Americans on both sides played a role in whitewashing the history of the Civil War, in favor of a more unified nation.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Brian Turner was an average young American who volunteered for military service in Iraq. At night he wrote poetry by flashlight.

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