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Practicing OB-GYN Mary Fariba Afsari bought an RV and started a mobile clinic in 2022. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to Afsari about her book, "Labor: One Woman's Work."

Having "brutally honest conversations" about money can bring couples closer together, says Vivian Tu, a financial educator. She shares questions to ask your partner at every relationship stage.

In 2019, 19-year-old Zac Brettler leapt towards the River Thames from a fifth-floor luxury apartment in central London. Patrick Radden Keefe investigates the story of the teen's double life in a new book.

NPR's Scott Simon talks to author Patrick Radden Keefe about his new book, "London Falling." It tells the story of the mysterious death of a London teen and his connections to the city's underworld.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks to children's author Philip Stead about his new book "A Potion, a Powder, a Little Bit of Magic," about a goat keeper looking for a lost goat.

"Pain is a mysterious thing," says neurosurgeon Dr. Sanjay Gupta. But understanding how it works in the body and different kinds of treatment can help you find the right pain relief when you need it.

Journalist Mo Rocca joined NHPR's Julia Barnett in June 2024 to discuss his latest book, "Roctogenarians."

Callan Wink's novel "Beartooth" centers around two brothers eking out a living near Yellowstone.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with America's beloved late-night TV host Arsenio Hall who writes of the ups and downs of his remarkable career in his new memoir, "Arsenio."

Historian Ian Buruma chronicles the lives of ordinary Berliners — including his own father — during World War II. Stay Alive is about the past, but has powerful lessons for the present.