NPR Picks for June

NPR Picks of the Month

The Peasant Prince: and the Age of Revolution (Hardcover)

$26.96

ISBN-13: 9780312388027
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Published: Thomas Dunne Books, 4/2009

The Diane Rehm Show, June 11, 2009

The story of Thaddeus Kosciuszko, an 18th-century Polish engineer who played a crucial role in the American Revolution. It was his plans for West Point that Benedict Arnold tried to sell to the British. Among figures in U.S. history, only George Washington has more statues in his honor.

Wicked Plants: The Weed That Killed Lincoln's Mother & Other Botanical Atrocities (Hardcover)

By Amy Stewart, Briony Morrow-Cribbs, Jonathan Rosen

$17.06

ISBN-13: 9781565126831
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 5/2009

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Morning Edition, June 19, 2009 Things are not as placid and peaceful in the plant kingdom as you might believe. Beyond the flowers, butterflies and vegetables, something dark is lurking in the garden. In her new book, Wicked Plants: The Weed That Killed Lincoln's Mother and Other Botanical Atrocities, author Amy Stewart focuses on plants that are illegal, dangerous — even deadly.