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Books and Music on The Afternoon Magazine: May 2009
Animal Investigators: How the World's First Wildlife Forensics Lab Is Solving Crimes and Saving Endangered Species, by Laurel A. Neme (Scribner)
Interview date: Friday, May 29, 2009
The Garden of Invention: Luther Burbank and the Business of Breeding Plants, by Jane S. Smith (The Penguin Press)
Interview date: Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Cooking Green: Reducing Your Carbon Footprint in the Kitchen the New Green Basics Way, by Kate Heyhoe (Da Capo Press)
Interview date: Tuesday, May 26, 2009
The Lonely Soldier: The Private War of Women Serving in Iraq, by Helen Benedict (Beacon Press)
Interview date: Friday, May 15, 2009
The Pirate's Dilemma: How Youth Culture Is Reinventing Capitalism, by Matt Mason (Free Press)
Interview date: Thursday, May 14, 2009
Edible Wild Mushrooms of Illinois & Surrounding States: A Field-to-Kitchen Guide, by Joe McFaland & Gregory M. Mueller (University of Illinois Press)
Interview date: Thursday, May 14, 2009
Birth Day: A Pediatrician Explores the Science, the History, and the Wonder of Childbirth, by Mark Sloan (Ballentine Books)
Interview date: Wednesday, May 13, 2009
The Brother Gardeners: Botany, Empire & the Birth of an Obsession, by Andrea Wulf (Alfred A. Knopf)
Interview date: Tuesday, May 12, 2009
The Frogs and Toads of North America, by Lang Elliott, Carl Gerhardt, and Carlos Davidson (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)
Interview date: Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Plan/bee: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About the Hardest-Working Creatures on the Planet, by Susan Brackney (A Perigee Book)
Interview date: Monday, May 11, 2009
The End of Life Advisor: Personal, Legal, and Medical considerations for a Peaceful, Dignified Death, by Susan R. Dolan and Audrey R. Vizzard (Kaplan Publishing)
Interview date: Friday, May 08, 2009
"To Everything There Is a Season" Pete Seeger and the Power of Song, by Allan M. Winkler (Oxford University Press)
Interview date: Thursday, May 07, 2009
In a Time of War: The Proud and Perilous Journey of West Point's Class of 2002, by Bill Murphy, Jr. (Henry Holt and Company)
Interview date: Wednesday, May 06, 2009
Lucky Girl: A Memoir, by Mei-Ling Hopgood (Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill)
Interview date: Tuesday, May 05, 2009
