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Amitav Ghosh's epic novel tells the stories of a disparate group of seafarers aboard a former slave ship that has been retrofitted for the opium trade and its human cargo.

Growing up an "awkward boy" in the grim, gray reality of 1970s England, Mark Barrowcliffe sought out books that offered a glimpse of hidden powers and a life less ordinary.

The author and NPR commentator says she updated her best-selling book from 10 years ago because since then, mothers and daughters have been making more history. She has added a couple of more recent profiles to those she wrote ten years ago, including Billy Jean King and Hillary Clinton.

The first lady of southern cooking, Edna Lewis, was laid to rest this morning in Unionville, Va., at the age of 89. Food writer John T. Edge helps Debbie Elliott remember a woman who helped change the image of southern food.

Toni Morrison's 1987 work Beloved is the best American novel of the past quarter-century. That's according to a vote of writers and critics who were invited to weigh in with their choices by The New York Times Book Review.

The future of our culture — and most business — lies in niches, according to author Chris Anderson. His new book, The Long Tail, references a statistical trend to suggest that the market for items that are not "hits" will always be larger than that for the most popular items.

Journalist Bob Woodward's new book, State of Denial: Bush at War, Part III, is a follow-up to his previous books on the Bush administration. In the new book, Woodward says that the Bush administration has avoided telling the truth about the Iraq war to the public, to Congress, and to itself. Woodward is an assistant managing editor of The Washington Post and has been a newspaper reporter and editor for 35 years.

In The Conservative Soul, Andrew Sullivan argues for getting back to the basics of conservatism: limited government, balanced budgets, individual liberty. He says the Republican-controlled U.S. government has strayed from these fundamentals.

Who needs spinach? There are plenty of other interesting, tasty and healthful greens for your dinner table. Chef Patrick O'Connell offers up some spinach alternatives. He is the executive chef at the award-winning Inn at Little Washington in Virginia.

Cookbook writer Madhur Jaffrey demonstrates how to make "Everyday Cauliflower," and discusses her memoir of childhood in India.