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Writer Andrew Solomon dives into his childhood to describe moments of great adversity, and how they helped him build identity.

It's Harry Potter's Birthday , and These Awesome New Book Covers Are the Perfect Way to Celebrate You know how you'll never forget your best friend's birthday? That's how I feel about today, July 31st, which I celebrate every year: My usual festivities? Binge-watching my favorite movies, diving down the Harry Potter wiki black hole , and texting ... (more)

Cynthia Zamperini-Garris becomes tearful as she talks about her father, Louis Zamperini, at a memorial for the Torrance legend, who died earlier this month.

Eulogy for Louis Zamperini written by Laura Hillenbrand, the author of “Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption.” Hillenbrand became close friends with the World War II hero during the seven years it took to research the write the book.

I love a good book on U.S. history, and Doris Kearns Goodwin's latest is one of the best I've seen.

Donna Tartt, a reclusive author whose promoting her latest novel, "The Goldfinch," in New York, Oct. 15, 2013.

The Boy Who Lived, who on Thursday celebrates the birthday he shares with creator J.K. Rowling, teaches kids to be more accepting and tolerant toward the LGBT community, immigrants and refugees, according to new research.

Culled from the 14,000+ titles in PW 's Fall Announcements issue , we asked our reviews editors to pick the most notable books publishing in Fall 2014.

French economist Thomas Piketty received national attention when he called for a global wealth tax in his best-selling book, "Capital in the Twenty-First Century."

Damian Lewis has been pictured wearing a frock coat and thigh-high leather boots for his latest role - as King Henry VIII.

Brace yourselves, nineties kids. Bloomsbury have gone and changed the covers of the Harry Potter books.

Philip Seymour Hoffman, in his last starring role, plays a German spymaster attempting to recruit a suspected Muslim terrorist in this adaptation of a novel by John le CarrA©.

The young adult novel by Lois Duncan centers on Kit, a new student at Blackwood Boarding School: "It is the opportunity of a lifetime, but Kit quickly realizes something strange is happening behind its walls as she confronts the darkly seductive powers of Blackwood's headmistress and comes face to face with the supernatural powers that could make ... (more)

When the muggles who live in this neighborhood on the west side of Missoula, MT talk about their subdivision, they don't call it by its given name, Windsor Park.

'Make Way for Ducklings' and 'The Invention of Hugo Cabret' were two of the titles that made Amazon's list of '100 Books to Read in a Lifetime, Children's Books Edition.'

At 784 pages, Donna Tartt 's "The Goldfinch " is a hefty chunk of book, the kind that's hard to tote around and read during off times, impossible to lazily prop up on the beach and difficult to casually read on the bus or the train or the whatever.

A meek girl living in the sleepy town of Termonfeckin, Ireland, she'd devoured J.K. Rowling's books, longing to play the quirky teenage-wizard Luna Lovegood.

MOBILE, Alabama - If you haven't seen the free films based on the Holocaust in France, now showing at Spring Hill College, you've got two more chances before the series ends.

U.S regulators may relax rules that require the fastest possible execution of securities trades, potentially helping upstart trading venue IEX Group's plans to become a full-fledged stock exchange.

With the acting industry so full of such hugely talented stars these days, it seems harder than ever before to make a name for yourself in Hollywood , having to compete against such hard-working and dedicated stars.