Today on Fresh Air, Doris Kearns Goodwin, author of Team of Rivals (S&S, $21, 9780743270755/0743270754), discusses how Abe Lincoln turned his political rivals into allies and cabinet members.

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Today on Oprah, in a repeat: John Wood, author of Leaving Microsoft to Change the World: An Entrepreneur's Odyssey to Educate the World's Children (Collins Business, $15.95, 9780061121081/0061121088).

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Tomorrow on the Diane Rehm Show: Paul Auster, author of Man in the Dark (Holt, $23, 9780805088397/0805088393).

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Tomorrow night on the Daily Show with Jon Stewart, in a repeat: Philip Pan, author of Out of Mao's Shadow: The Struggle for the Soul of a New China (S&S, $28, 9781416537052/1416537058).

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Tomorrow night on the Colbert Report, in a repeat: Jorge Ramos, author of The Gift of Time: Letters from a Father (Morrow, $14.95, 9780061353109/0061353108).