Mark Schatzker, a lifelong steak lover, was disappointed in the steaks he was eating -- they simply didn't taste as good as he remembered.

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Where's The Beef? One Man's Search For 'Steak'

One day, books will be written about Hans Darkbolt. No, really Peter Dovey, the groups lead singer, is writing a book. That book, a comic for which Dovey hopes his bands work can serve as musical accompaniment, is just one piece of the conceptual puzzle that starts with the groups unusual name

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Darkbolt daringly dodges dullness

"Hollywood" is by far the most enjoyable of McMurtry's short memoirs that began with "Books" and continued with "Literary Life."

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Nonfiction review: 'Hollywood: A Third Memoir' by Larry McMurtry

  So we found ourselves with three days off and full-time weekend babysitting, so we did what I think most 35-year-old professional married couples would do when gifted with such a rare opportunity: Went promptly to Harry Potter land in Orlando. My idea was Chuck E.

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Harry Potter and the Order of the Vrabels

GREENWICH -- One of Inge Isler 's recollections from her childhood in Germany is the extensive library accumulated by her father -- a huge room in their home filled with books.

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Books seized by Nazis returned to Greenwich woman

Alex Barclay is a writer of smart, taut thrillers, one of a reasonably rare breed of such that fit snugly into the genre as if tailor-made for it, writes TONY CLAYTON-LEA

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Cracking it on the dark side

Tall stacks of new picture books teeter in my study. Wish me luck in reading them all before my grandchildren arrive to visit.

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A tall stack of picture books perfect for young readers

Here are 10 magical facts about the writer of the popular series.

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'Harry Potter' author J.K. Rowling turns 45

Deadline Hollywood reports that Craig's deal has options for him to star in adaptations of the other two books in Larsson's 'Millennium' trilogy, 'The Girl Who Played with Fire' and 'The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest'.

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Craig signs deal for Dragon Tattoo

Rare man who understands the teenage brain

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Man understands the teenage brain