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Chef Curtis Stone

If the name Chef Curtis Stone sounds familiar it’s because you have probably watched him on the Bravo network on the popular series Top Chef Masters.  However, we talked mainly about his newest cookbook "What's for Dinner".What is different about Chef Stone's cookbook is he has broken it down into ...

Fans of movies about the British superspy might appreciate “50 Years of James Bond.” Credit: Life Books.

Coffee-table books feed pop culture obsessions

If you’re stumped for a gift-giving idea, the solution may be found in the pop culture obsessions of those on your naughty or not list. Chances are there is a corresponding book on the market to feed their fascination. Fifty is such a nice, round number, and it is the ...

“My Ideal Bookshelf” reveals a peek into the personal libraries of more than 100 contemporary cultural figures. Credit: Little, Brown and Co.

Recommended books for the bibliophile on your holiday list

There’s no getting around it, tablets and e-readers are here to stay — at least until some new technology renders them obsolete. But most likely there will always be those book lovers among us who hold dear the weight of a hefty hardback book in their hands, who relish the ...

Willie Nelson’s new book, ‘Roll Me Up and Smoke Me When I Die,’ essentially serves as an update to his 2002 release, ‘The Facts of Life and Other Dirty Jokes.’

If you know Willie, ‘Roll Me Up’ is fun but no revelation

“Roll Me Up and Smoke Me When I Die,” the song, is a surprisingly spry sing-along from Willie Nelson, not the blunt — ha! — bit of ham you’d expect from a tune with such a name. It offers us crotchety country conservatives the best access to Snoop Dogg since ...

Pete Townshend of the legedary rock band, THE WHO, at a benefit concert at the House of Blues in Chicago, November 12, 1999. (Photo by Frank Micelotta/ImageDirect)

Who guitarist pens memoir

Pete Townshend, known for the rock opera Tommy and for smashing his guitar, has put pen to paper and has written his memoir. Take a look back at the rock legend's life.

Festival program cover.  Poster by Rafael Lopez.

2012 Library of Congress National Book Festival

The National Mall in Washington, DC was the home for all things books September 22-23, 2012. Authors, fans, and book lovers jammed the nation's front yard to celebrate reading. Popular authors like Patricia Cornwell and RL Stein mesmerized their fans with discussions about their books. Kids weren't left out of ...

What is the future for the novel?

What is the future for the novel?

As the erotic novel, Fifty Shades of Grey, becomes the best-selling book in British history, writers at the Edinburgh International Book Festival meet to discuss the future of the novel.

In this image released by Colombia Pictures, Ryan Gosling is shown in a scene from "Ides of March."

Author: "In a perfect world it would be Ryan Gosling as Christian Grey," but fans want "kinky" Ian Somerhalder?

American Psycho author Bret Easton Ellis has been tweeting up a storm about Fifty Shades of Grey. He's made no secret of wanting to adapt the best-selling series for film and he's shared a bunch of casting ideas over the last few days. Get a load of this roundup: "I think David Cronenberg ...

FILE - In this Sept. 6 2011 file photo, children's book author Maurice Sendak is photographed doing an interview at his home in Ridgefield, Conn.  Sendak, author of the popular children's book "Where the Wild Things Are,"  died, Tuesday, May 8, 2012 at Danbury Hospital in Danbury, Conn. He was 83. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, file)

A look back: Maurice Sendak 1928-2012

Children's book author, perhaps best known for "Where the Wild Things Are", Maurice Sendak died, Tuesday, May 8, 2012 at Danbury Hospital in Danbury, Conn. He was 83.

Secret Service agent shares memories of Jackie Kennedy in memoir

Secret Service agent shares memories of Jackie Kennedy in memoir

The Secret Service agent who was with Jackie Kennedy when JFK was shot is publishing his memoirs.

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