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NPR's Pien Huang speaks with writer Kristopher Jansma about his new novel, Our Narrow Hiding Places. In a new book of historical fiction, a woman looks back on her childhood in Holland upended by a brutal war. That war was World War II, and she grew up to be a grandmother, living a quiet life on the Jersey Shore, until a visit from her grandson brings up that past. The book is called "Our Narrow Hiding Places," and it's the latest novel by Kristopher Jansma. Jansma's real-life grandmother inspired the main character Mieke. She lived through a time known as the Hunger Winter.

Kristopher Jansma's 'Our Narrow Hiding Places' explores how history is woven into our bodies

Fought in the United States between 1861 to 1865, the American Civil War is described as one of the darkest times in United States history. Brother fought against brother over several reasons, although primarily over the controversy of slavery in the United States. The states that remained loyal to the United States were known as the Union with the southern states that succeeded calling themselves the Confederate States of America. The conflict is the bloodiest and most costly war ever fought on American soil, changing the trajectory of the United States forever. These photos salvaged from the Civil War show what that time was really like.

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A pair of polar bears attacked and killed a worker at a remote government radar site in the Canadian Arctic, the facility's operator said, marking at least the second fatal attack since last year.The attack took place Thursday at the outpost on Brevoort Island, in Canada's far northeastern Nunavut territory, said Nasittuq Corporation, the logistics company contracted to operate the site."An attack by two polar bears has resulted in the loss of one of our valued employees," the company said Friday. "Nasittuq employees responded to the scene and one of the animals was put down."The site is one of dozens...

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Hollywood child stardom has taken its toll on many actors through the decades. Lani O'Grady, for one, found fame in the 1970s on the TV family series, Eight is Enough. O'Grady followed in the footsteps of her brother, actor Don Grady, an original Mouseketeer and member of another popular TV family show: My Three Sons. Their mother, Mary B. Grady, was a talent agent who represented several child actors. But Lani, who would also eventually become an agent, died in 2001 just one week before what would have been her 47th birthday.

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(JTA) — “It has been said that the Weimar Republic died twice,” Timothy Ryback writes. “It was murdered, and it committed suicide.” In his new book, “Takeover: Hitler’s Final Rise to Power,” we know who the murderer is. But Ryback also sets out to show how the Nazi leader came to power in a functioning...

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In his new book \"Our Narrow Hiding Places,\" author Kristopher Jansma takes a chilling, charged look at a forgotten part of history, when tens of thousands of people in Netherlands died during a Nazi blockade at the end of World War II. The book blends real events - including those experienced by Jansma's family - with fiction. Jeff Glor has more.

Author Kristopher Jansma talks new WWII book \"Our Narrow Hiding Places\"

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In his new book "Our Narrow Hiding Places," author Kristopher Jansma takes a chilling, charged look at a forgotten part of history, when tens of thousands of people in Netherlands died during a Nazi blockade at the end of World War II. The book blends real events - including those experienced by Jansma's family - with fiction. Jeff Glor has more.

Author Kristopher Jansma talks new WWII book "Our Narrow Hiding Places"

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