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They know whom he married and how many children he had. They know he played the fiddle and spent 12 years enslaved in the South before being freed.

Visitors were mesmerized, which was fitting because the city was about to see the world's first test case of murder by hypnosis.

Pew: Americans Are Actively Engaged with Public Libraries Just in time for the 2014 Public Library Association Conference in Indianapolis, Ind., the Pew Research Center Thursday released a long anticipated "typology" of Americans and their library use.

Millions of people follow bestselling author Brandon Stanton's Humans of New York , a blog featuring his portraits and stories of people he's encountered on the streets of New York.

The Dolby Theatre stage was filled with a beautifully eclectic group of women when the cast of Netflix's critically acclaimed series Orange Is the New Black sat down for their first Paleyfest panel.

Made by some very creative students and in no way endorsed by Jim Henson or the Children's Television Network, Cookie Monster stars as Jordan Belfort, the charismatic role played by Leonardo DiCaprio in the original blockbuster movie.

Jennifer Aniston made headlines earlier this month when she told Self magazine that she would love to trade bodies with Gisele Bndchen .

He wrote for 20 years before his first novel got published and paid the bills by teaching high school English.

No dragons in the stands, no Dark Marks on the field, and absolutely no retaliating for a bad call by casting an engorgio spell on the referee's buttocks! These are just a few of the secret guidelines revealed by J.K. Rowling in a new official History of the Quidditch World Cup.

For all our talk about food, we don't like to think much about it after we put it in our mouths.

Highlighted as a must-read in our Mysteries & Thrillers Spring Preview, Chris Pavone's The Accident is a gripping read for suspense lovers, as well as those interested in an insider's peek at the publishing Your Take contributions have not been reviewed for accuracy by USA TODAY.

Audiobooks.com gives you the opportunity to read or should I say "experience" the books that interest you in audio form.

Ben Horowitz is the co-founder of Andreessen Horowitz, the Silicon Valley venture firm that invested in Facebook, Twitter, Skype, and Foursquare.

Here are the best sellers for February 2014, plus descriptions of the Top 10. 1. "Scaling Up Excellence: Getting to More Without Settling for Less" by Robert I. Sutton and Huggy Rao; Crown, 368 pages 2. "Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead" by Brene Brown; Gotham, 256 pages 3. "From ... (more)

Adichie, whose other works include "Half of a Yellow Sun," was chosen over "The Goldfinch" author Donna Tartt and three other finalists.

We still don't know why Adam Lanza killed his mother, then 20 children and six teachers at Sandy Hook Elementary School before turning a gun on himself in December 2012.

Lena Dunham's edgy TV show "Girls" has helped usher in a new era of "transgressive anti-heroines," says British writer Helen Walsh.

The 400-page book is set on an imaginary street in Dublin and features a series of stories about the street's residents.

Book of Bieb ... 'The story of the rise and fall of Justin Bieber, the only begotten Son of God'.

"Dark Shadows" and "Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter" scribe Seth Grahame-Smith is set to make his feature directorial debut on a new film adaptation of Ray Bradbury's thriller novel "Something Wicked This Way Comes" for Disney Pictures.