New Hampshire Public Radio is offering a number of thank-you gifts to members who pledge during the NHPR 2007 Fall Membership Campaign. You can find out more about our thank-you gifts here. And, if you haven't done so already, we hope you'll consider making a pledge with NHPR's secure online form.
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Still To Mow
by Maxine Kumin
A new set of works from one of New Hampshire's most celebrated poets, touching on news of the world, growing old, and, of course, life in rural New Hampshire.This item is sold out!
Maxine Kumin on The Exchange
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$100
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Car Talk 2008 Calendar
365 days of car tips, jokes and puzzlers from Click and Clack. (Is that a good thing?)
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$100
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The New Kings of Nonfiction
Edited by Ira Glass
The host of This American Life edits this collection of pieces by outstanding nonfiction storytellers, including Chuck Klosterman, Susan Orlean and Malcolm Gladwell.
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$120
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Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! 2008 Calendar
The NPR News Junkies' Quiz calendar feeds your craving for news - even if it's not necessarily the most normal news you've ever heard.
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$120
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$120
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A More Perfect Constitution
by Larry Sabato
We think of the U.S. Constitution as timeless... but Sabato says the Founders never meant it to be. Through 23 proposals, Sabato suggests we reimagine the structure of American government as a way out of partisan gridlock.
Larry Sabato on The Diane Rehm Show
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Last Child In The Woods
by Richard Louv
Kids seem to know more about the characters on their TV's than the creatures in their backyard, and Richard Louv says this "nature deficit disorder" has profound costs for kids and their communities.
Richard Louv on The Exchange
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Curveball
by Bob Drogin
An Iraqi informant - code named "Curveball" - tells intelligence officials Saddam Hussein is constructing mobile germ labs. The intelligence is cited as a basis for the Iraq War. The only problem? The story wasn't credible. Los Angeles Times reporter Bob Drogin traces American intelligence on Iraq and how it led to the war.
Bob Drogin on The Diane Rehm Show
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Pontoon
by Garrison Keillor
Flying Elvises, a group of Lutheran ministers from Denmark on tour, and giant, duck-shaped pontoon boats as wedding accessories - it could only be Lake Wobegon. "Like the best of Keillor's stories, 'Pontoon' balances the goofy and the reflective in perfect measure." - Seattle Times
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Into the White Mountains
by Robert J. Kozlow
This collection of 130 color photos capture the beauty and grandeur of New Hampshire's White Mountains. Contribute online
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$250
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The War
by Geoffrey C. Ward and Ken Burns (signed copy)
The companion volume to Ken Burns' latest epic documentary chronicles how citizens of four American towns experienced World War II, as soldiers, as family members, as workers and as Americans. This item is sold out!
Ken Burns on The Exchange
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Schulz and Peanuts
by David Michaelis
Charles Schulz rewrote the comic page by bringing complex, "grown-up" themes to a world of children. Now, David Michaelis writes the even more complex story of the man who brought Snoopy and friends to life.
David Michaelis on The Diane Rehm Show
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