Tonight on the Daily Show, Jon Stewart discusses the history of prohibition with Dan Okrent, author of The Last Call. Libraries are still showing holds on the book, in some cases over 10:1.

Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition Daniel Okrent Retail Price: $30.00 Hardcover: 468 pages Publisher: Scribner – (2010-05-11) ISBN / EAN: 0743277023 / 9780743277020

S&S Audio; 9780743599214, CD, $39.99

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Tomorrow night, Stewart moves on to an even weightier topic, religion and how it relates to science, with author Marilynne Robinson. Best known for her novels, including the Pulitzer Prize winner, Gilead, in her new book, Robinson takes issue with many current thinkers, including Richard Dawkins. The book has been  reviewed in both the L.A. Times and The Washington Post.

Absence of Mind: The Dispelling of Inwardness from the Modern Myth of the Self (Terry Lectures) Marilynne Robinson Retail Price: $24.00 Hardcover: 176 pages Publisher: Yale University Press – (2010-05-25) ISBN / EAN: 0300145187 / 9780300145182

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