Terry Gross

The best-selling author and humorist has kept journals for 36 years. Those diaries have been the jumping-diff point for the personal essays that appear in his collections, including Me Talk Pretty One Day and now Let's Explore Diabetes With Owls.

Known for rom-coms, the actor, currently starring in Mud, is taking on more dramatic roles.

Animals and humans have a lot in common, including some health problems that plague them. In her book Zoobiquity, Dr. Barbara Patterson-Horowitz explores how studying animal illness -- from cancer to sexual dysfunction -- can help us better understand human health.