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The author of The Secret History returns with a novel about art, love and loss that's drawn comparisons to Oliver Twist and the Harry Potter series. Reviewer Meg Wolitzer says The Goldfinch marks a departure from Tartt's previous work, but it's a rich, absorbing read — all 771 pages of it.

The history of the presidential turkey pardon is often misremembered. Here are the fowl facts.

Fiber artist “Sunshine” Joe Mallard grew up watching his great-great-grandmother quilt. Now a quilt of his own is part of the permanent collection at the Obama Presidential Center Museum.

Stories of the kingdom of Kaabu's reign have been told for generations through a kind of traditional song. Now, an archaeological dig has confirming the histories told and retold by griots.

June 3rd marks the 204th birthday of one of the only two native Kentuckians to hold an American presidency. One is, of course, Abraham Lincoln, and the…

2: Singer LESLIE GORE. In 1963, when she was only 16, Leslie Gore recorded one of the greatest songs in rock and roll history, "It's My Party, and I'll Cry If I Want To." Gore has stayed in the business since the 60s, and she's currently performing a cabaret act at the New York City club "Rainbow and Stars."(REBROADCAST from 10

Business Journalist MARK PENDERGRAST. His new book is "For God, Country, and Coca-Cola: The Unauthorized History of the Great American Soft Drink and the Company that Makes It." (Charles Scribners). In the book PENDERGRAST shows how Coca-Cola, a drink that's 99% sugar water, became the world's most widely distributed product, and a symbol for the Western way of Life.

Child Advocate and Writer GEOFFREY CANADA. His book Fist Stick Knife Gun; A Personal History of Violence in America (Beacon Press), provides a look into the lives of children living in violence. CANADA is President and CEO of Rheedlan Centers for Children and Families in New York. He is dedicated to serving at risk children in the inner-city

Writer GARRY WILLS. He's analyzed the Gettysburg Address in the book, "Lincoln At Gettysburg: The Words That Remade America." He says that speaking for only three minutes that day, Lincoln changed the history of American political thought. Wills is a presidential historian and and political scientist. He's written other books on Nixon, Reagan and Kennedy, as well as a critical profile of Ross Perot.(REBROADCAST. Originally aired 7

2: Pulitzer-prize winning journalist DAVID HALBERSTAM. He has a new book which is a social, political, economic, and cultural history of what he considers the pivotal decades of the century, "The Fifties." (Villard Books). HALBERSTAM's other books include, "The Best and the Brightest," "The Powers That Be," and others.