Cary Regional-NPR Readers Corner-Radio/Podcast

Explore the best in literature with NPR's Readers Corner. Discover new authors, dive into thought-provoking conversations, and find your next great read. From fiction to nonfiction, and everything in between, we've got you covered. Browse our curated selection of book reviews, author interviews, and reading recommendations to fuel your love of reading.
 

Showing 1 - 2 of 2  There are a total of 283 valid entries on the list.

1. The Kamogawa food detectives

Book cover for "The Kamogawa food detectives"
Star rating for The Kamogawa food detectives
Author:
Kashiwai, Hisashi, 1952-
Series:
Kamogawa food detectives volume 1.
Average Rating:
4 stars
Choose a Format
On Shelf
9 copies, 2 people are on the wait list.
Express - Fayetteville St. - Adult Fiction
KASHIWAI
Description:
"The Kamogawa Food Detectives is the first book in the bestselling, mouth-watering Japanese series, for fans of Before the Coffee Gets Cold. What's the one dish you'd do anything to taste just one more time? Down a quiet backstreet in Kyoto exists a very special restaurant. Run by Koishi Kamogawa and her father Nagare, the Kamogawa Diner serves up deliciously extravagant meals. But that's not the main reason customers stop by... The father-daughter...

2. Road to surrender: three men and the countdown to the end of World War II

Book cover for "Road to surrender"
Star rating for Road to surrender
Author:
Thomas, Evan
Choose a Format
On Shelf
Athens Drive Community - Adult Non-Fiction
940.531 THOMA
Cary Regional - Adult Non-Fiction has 2
940.531 THOMA
East Regional - Adult Non-Fiction has 2
940.531 THOMA
Description:
"This suspenseful and propulsive account of the days leading up to the end of World War II, is told through the stories of three men: Henry Stimson, the Secretary of War, who had overall responsibility for decisions about the atomic bomb; Gen. Carl "Tooey" Spaatz, head of strategic bombing in Europe and the Pacific, who was in charge of actually dropping the bombs; and Shigenori Tōgō, the Japanese Foreign Minister, who was the only one in Emperor...