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When Wall Street Journal book critic Meghan Cox Gurdon wrote that teen fiction had become too dark, author Lauren Myracle lashed out, calling Gurdon's assertion "idiocy." Myracle joins Gurdon on NPR's Talk of the Nation to apologize for that remark.

For most of the world, Cary Grant was a Hollywood icon, but to Jennifer Grant he was simply Dad. Grant chronicles her close relationship with her father in her new book, Good Stuff.

When a body washed up on the shores of New York's East River in 1897, the race to solve the murder sparked one of the country's first great newspaper wars. Weekend Edition's literary detective Paul Collins tracks that war's progress in his new book, The Murder of the Century.

In the summer of 1893 and at the beginning of an economic depression, President Grover Cleveland disappeared for four days to have secret surgery on a yacht. Author Matthew Algeo recounts the episode, and the lengths Cleveland went to to cover it up, in The President Is a Sick Man.

All over the world, people have been grilling since they discovered fire, and immigrants to the United States brought their signature flavors with them. Hot dogs and burgers are joined by chorizo, kalbi, yakitori, kebab and more as we fire up the grill for Independence Day.

The British explorer may have been beaten to the South Pole, but the experiments he conducted along the way changed science forever. What Robert Falcon Scott achieved, says author Edward Larson, went far beyond what his peers accomplished.

In the world of skateboarding, only one man can claim Bill Gates status: Tony Hawk. His brand is on everything from skateboards to Jeeps to cheeseburgers -- and he's releasing his 12th video game this week.

Curtis Wilkie is the author of The Fall of the House of Zeus, in which he chronicles the life of Dickie Scruggs, a trial lawyer who made millions in lawsuits targeting the asbestos and tobacco industries — and then wound up in prison for attempted bribery.

Gordon Murray spent a life on Wall Street. Now, he's facing death from brain cancer. In his final days, he's made peace with his fate and found meaning in helping others — particularly through a slim, smart volume of investment advice for people on Main Street.

It's the perfect gift, as Fannie Farmer's classic cookbook states: "Homemade candy, made from real cream, butter, fresh nuts, and rich chocolate, is a real and wonderful surprise." And it's easier than you might think to whip up caramels, toffee, brittle, fudge and other treats.