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Charles Stephen focuses on three books: "Climate Change: Picturing the Science," a book of stunning prose and photographs by Gavin Schmidt and Joshua Wolfe; "Sealing Their Fate: The Twenty-two Days That Decided World War II" by David Downing, an English historian's perspective on the key turning points of WWII; and "Schemers," the 34th installment in Bill Pronzini's "Nameless Detective" series.

Otis Young hits home with Allen Barra's "Yogi Berra: Eternal Yankee," an in-depth biography of the quotable catcher; Young also eyes "Bottom of the Ninth: Branch Rickey, Casey Stengel, and the Daring Scheme to Save Baseball from Itself" by Michael Shapiro, a behind-the-scenes look at the 1950s team managers and their fight to keep baseball America's most popular sport.

Charles Stephen wends his way through "Sojourner Truth's America" by Margaret Washington, a substantial biography of the former slave and her fight for women's rights and against slavery. Stephen also reflects on "The Day We Found the Universe" by Marcia Bartusiak, the story of scientists - well-known and obscure - and the discoveries that shape our current knowledge of the nature of the universe. Third, Stephen examines Giles Blunt's "No Such Creature," a new thriller set in a thief-eat-thief world.

Charles Stephen sets out on an evolutionary adventure as he discusses four Darwin-related books: "Charles Darwin: The Beagle Letters," edited by Frederick Burkhardt; "The Annotated Origin: A Facsimile of the First Edition of On the Origin of Species," introduced by James T. Costa; "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman; and "Living Witness," the latest addition to the Gregor Demarkian series by Jane Haddam.

Charles Stephen tracks down "The Increment" by Washington Post columnist David Ignatius, a spy thriller featuring a CIA agent, aided by a British agency and an Iranian nuclear scientist, as he races to prevent an unnecessary war with Iran. Otis Young opens up "The Servants' Quarters" by Lynn Freed, a romance exploring war, maturity, and class set in the shadow of WWII.