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I love Ann Patchett's fiction. I have read three of her six novels - "Bel Canto," "Run," and "State of Wonder" - and enjoyed them so thoroughly that she ranks exceptionally high among my favorite authors.

Mitch Albom has made a career of exploring moments of human connection. He has inspired worldwide audiences with best-sellers such as "Tuesdays With Morrie" and "The Time Keeper," and founded charities from Detroit to Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

A select group of 19 Middlesex Community College students has been accepted into the new Honors Program at the College, including Hunter Spitale of Old Saybrook .

Rush Limbaugh and Sarah Palin are starting to sour on the new pope. In response to Pope Francis's rejection last week of the idea that trickle-down economics, "encouraged by a free market, will inevitably succeed in bringing about greater justice and inclusiveness in the world," these two paragons of the far right -- both of whom regularly invoke ... (more)

2."The Valley of Amazement," by Amy Tan The intertwined fates of two courtesans in early 20th-century China.

Cooler temperatures and falling leaves can only mean one thing -- it's holiday time, a time of family visits, food and festivities.

Stephen King, the author of over fifty books all of the worldwide bestsellers. His novels have sold millions of copies.

If you love wearing a men's classic style watch with a feminine twist, look no further than the HMS ladies watch by Arnold & Son.

Comedy fans, you don't want to miss Moonwork, which is far more than just a stand-up show.

It seems Tudor England is becoming an area of particular interest in historical fiction.

Nominations for the 56th Annual GRAMMY Awards were announced tonight by The Recording Academy.

Jodie Evans was given the award by the National Literacy Trust along with Harry Potter author JK Rowling and actor Henry Winkler, best known for playing The Fonz in sitcom Happy Days.

Who knew that Rainbow Dash was such a bookworm? Give bronies a break! In defense of adult My Little Pony fans On the Hub Network's all-new My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic , the loyal pegasus is in a dither because her favorite author A.K. Yearling will be releasing her new book soon.

It's impossible to name the top books of 2013, not least because I haven't read all the possible contenders.

Piper Kerman did 15 months in Danbury 's Federal Correctional Institution for her brief involvement in the drug trade.

Harry Potter is to be given a full-colour makeover in a complete set of new editions of the JK Rowling books, Bloomsbury has announced.

"Religion is dead," the director tells THR of "The Zero Theorem" with Christoph Waltz, Matt Damon and Tilda Swinton, as he pulls out his iPhone 5S.

It is rare for a book to receive the kind of attention Jonathan Safran Foer's "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close" garnered a couple of weeks ago, Ankeny school district officials said.

Young love:Daniel Radcliffe and Dane DeHaan share 'quite a good kiss' as Allen Ginsberg and Lucien Carr 'I'm crap,' sighs Daniel Radcliffe.

Steve McQueen's film about a free black man captured and enslaved, is the best kind of history lesson: Brutal truth that demands to be seen.