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Are you one of those people who run out and buy a book because Oprah liked it or it's on somebody's best-seller list or you want to be the first among your friends to read it? Or are you someone who dislikes hype, is busy reading four other books, and waited years before picking up Harry Potter number one? Reading habits often put me in the latter ... (more)

Idris Elba is very happy. He has become a father once again. Elba's girlfriend Naiyana Garth gave birth to a baby boy on April 17th.

My absolute favorite is Data and Goliath , but there's a problem. Malcolm Gladwell recently published a book with the title of David and Goliath .

'Hogwarts is Here' is a new website created by Harry Potter fans that offers online courses to aspiring wizards and witches.

Purdue University professor Kevin McNamara, left, interviews Khaled Hosseini, author of "The Kite Runner," on Aug. 22, 2010, in Elliott Hall of Music.

Lovers of steamy tension and thick glasses, rejoice. If there ends up being a third season of Orange Is the New Black , Laura Prepon will return full-time as Piper's on-again, off-again love interest, Alex Vause .

DAVE MORROW gets ready to take a photo of a woman and young girl at Merry Time Nursery School.

The actor, best known for playing Nelson Mandela in last year's biopic The Long Walk To Freedom, tweeted that his partner, make-up artist Naiyana Garth, had a baby boy yesterday.

Read the Book: Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game by Michael Lewis This book explains how Billy Beene, the general manager of the Oakland Athletics, is using a new kind of thinking to build a successful and winning baseball team without spending enormous sums of money.

This morning at the Pinery on the Hill, as a part of the Innovate Colorado Springs events this week, Pikes Peak Library District announced its theme - "Engage the Extraordinary" - and title selection for All Pikes Peak Reads 2014 .

Four large technology companies should not be allowed to limit evidence about Apple Inc co-founder Steve Jobs at an upcoming trial over no-hire agreements in Silicon Valley, according to a court document filed late on Thursday by employees suing the firms.

Mary Roach at Boulder Book Store, April 22. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Book Store. 1107 Pearl St., Boulder.

Netflix has released a new Orange Is the New Black season 2 trailer. For those unfamiliar with the terrific series, it takes place inside a women's prison, and although the "main character" is a socialite incarcerated for an old crime, the supporting cast is just as interesting .

For the second week in a row, "The Wolf of Wall Street" was No. 1 for movies on demand from March 31 to April 6, 2014, according to Rentrak.

Best-selling author Hilary Mantel has criticised 'abuse and bullying' in public discourse, following reaction to a lecture she delivered on royalty through the centuries last year.

Random House says it plans to publish a young adult adaption of Laura Hillenbrand's bestselling survival saga "Unbroken."

Should you read the book first? Or watch the film? Dominic Corry investigates his options ahead of Ben Affleck's new film, Gone Girl.

The plaque to honor Philip Reid was unveiled during a ceremony in Hyattsville, Md.

Former Vice President Al Gore took center stage in Manoa, and was fired up to share his message.

New Yorker magazine staff writers Adam Gopnik and Malcolm Gladwell appear together April 17 at the Long Wharf Theater.