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In The Daring Book for Girls, authors Andrea Buchanan and Miriam Peskowitz celebrate intriguing traditions (like double Dutch jump rope) while also adding new ones — including how to perfect karate moves.

Investigative reporter David Cay Johnston explores in his new book how in recent years, government subsidies and new regulations have quietly funneled money from the poor and the middle class to the rich and politically connected.

Long after reality shows seemingly hit their peak, Dancing with the Stars captivated millions of viewers, as celebrities transformed into ballroom dancers. Scott Simon went to New York to get some tango lessons from the show's contestants.

Photographer Mark Edward Harris traveled to North Korea for the mass gymnastic games and gathered vivid snapshots throughout the country. His photographs are collected in a new book, Inside North Korea.

Sunday has traditionally been a day of rest and worship but its purpose has been widely debated. A new book examines the 3,000-year evolution of Sunday including how it is celebrated in America, England and France.

The celebrated author of The English Patient weaves a tale of intersecting lives that takes readers from 1970s California to pre-World War I France in his fifth novel, Divisadero.

The satirical novel The Last One In chronicles the adventures of an unlikely war correspondent — a New York gossip columnist sent to the front lines of the Iraq war. In 2003, author Nicholas Kulish was an embedded reporter with troops in Iraq.

Poet W.H. Auden was born in England 100 years ago today. Edward Mendelson, Auden's literary executor, marks the occasion with a new collection, Selected Poems.

Headgear was once considered as necessary as shoes for the American man. No more. Some think the decline began with JFK, who didn't like to be photographed wearing a hat. But author Neil Steinberg tells NPR's Scott Simon there's more to the story, as he details in a new book, Hatless Jack.

After a chart-topping and occasionally controversial music career, she s now turning out children s books publishing four in just over a year. The newest is The Adventures of Abdi. The others are The English Roses, Mr. Peabody's Apples and Yakov and the Seven Thieves. Her fifth, Lotsa de Casha, is due out in April 2005.