NPR Picks for July

NPR Picks of the Month

The Thing Around Your Neck (Hardcover)

$22.46

ISBN-13: 9780307271075
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Published: Knopf, 6/2009

The Diane Rehm Show, July 6, 2009

A Nigerian-born author explores the ties that bind men and women, children and parents, Africa and the U.S. She presents her latest collection of stories set in Nigeria and America.

In FED We Trust: Ben Bernanke's War on the Great Panic (Hardcover)

By David Wessel

$24.29

ISBN-13: 9780307459688
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Published: Crown Business, 8/2009

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The Federal Reserve went on a rescue mission last fall to keep the U.S. economy from launching off a cliff. In his new book, In Fed We Trust: Ben Bernanke's War On The Great Panic, David Wessel, The Wall Street Journal's economics editor, writes about Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke's attempts last year to fend off financial disaster.