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For five seasons, DukeReads has offered books selected by diverse Duke faculty and experts to give alumni a chance to hear what Duke is reading and learn insights from favorite Duke personalities.

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    • Feb 14, 2011 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 56m AVG DURATION
    • 24 EPISODES


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    "The Plague" by Albert Camus

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2011 55:52


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    "Ninety-Two in the Shade" by Thomas McGuane

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 19, 2011 54:18


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    "Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed" by Jared Diamond

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 29, 2010 60:00


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    "The Children's Book" by A.S. Byatt

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 15, 2010 57:36


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    "Bel Canto" by Ann Patchett

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 27, 2010 60:39


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    "The Maltese Falcon" by Dashiell Hammett

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2010 55:55


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    "To The Lighthouse" by Virginia Woolf

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2010 57:32


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    "A Brief History of the Human Race" by Michael Cook

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 2, 2010 55:50


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    "The White Tiger" by Aravind Adiga

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 23, 2009 57:01


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    "House of Cards: A Tale of Hubris and Wretched Excess" by William Cohan '81

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 9, 2009 55:43


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    "Howards End" by E.M. Forster

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2009 55:57


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    "Copenhagen" by Michael Frayn

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 23, 2009 53:42


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    "The Known World" by Edward P. Jones

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2009 55:25


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    "The Towers of Trebizond" by Rose Macaulay (56:07)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2009 56:31


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    "Out of Africa" by Isak Dinesen

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 15, 2009 54:33


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    "Mariette in Ecstasy" by Ron Hansen

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 19, 2008 54:41


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    "What is the What" by Dave Eggers (panel discussion)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2008 56:09


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    In Our Time, by Ernest Hemingway

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2008 56:17


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    Stuart Pimm Discusses "Guns, Germs, and Steel" by Jared Diamond

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2008 54:47


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    Anne Firor Scott Discusses "Middlemarch" by George Eliot

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2008 56:23


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    Duke President Richard H. Brodhead Discusses "Namesake" with NPR's Frank Stasio [video]

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2008 57:51


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    Reynolds Price Discusses "Light Years" By James Salter

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 15, 2007 54:49


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    "We Need to Talk About Kevin" Discussion

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 15, 2007 57:07


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    "Best Of Enemies" Panel Discussion

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2007 59:25


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