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'Game of Thrones' is picked up for fifth and sixth seasons'Game of Thrones' returned for a fourth season on April 6.
Oh no 鈥� Archie of Archie Comics will die this summer!Archie will 'sacrifice himself heroically while saving the life of a friend,' according to Archie Comics.
'Updike' and 'John Updike: The Collected Stories'Biographer Adam Begley explores the life of the American writing legend in 'Updike,' while the Library of America has released a collection of 186 Updike short stories in the boxed set 'John Updike: The Collected Stories.'
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CIA used 'Doctor Zhivago' as a propaganda tool in Russia, says new bookAccording to Peter Finn and Petra Couv茅e's new book 'The Zhivago Affair,' the CIA believed the novel could be used as propaganda. '[W]e have the opportunity to make Soviet citizens wonder what is wrong with their government,' a CIA memo stated.
Hogarth Shakespeare re-tellings project adds more authorsAuthors Margaret Atwood, Howard Jacobson, and Tracy Chevalier have come on board to retell various Shakespeare plays in novel form.
'The Leftovers' trailer offers a peek at the literary adaptation'Leftovers' is based on Tom Perrotta's novel about a Rapture-like occurrence.
EggMichael Ruhlman recognizes the humble white orb as a fundamental building block of cooking.
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Benedict Cumberbatch will star in 'Richard III' for the BBCThe actor is also starring in a theater production of 'Hamlet' in 2015.
Megan McCafferty urges readers to interact with YA authors via new web seriesMcCafferty is hosting a Google Hangout series titled 'Ask! Authors! Anything!' which finds her interacting with young adult authors like Sarah Dessen and Laurie Halse Anderson.
Jackie Chan: 10 quotes on his birthday Jackie Chan 鈥� martial artist, singer, actor, screenwriter, and director 鈥� is an all-around star turned philanthropist. Celebrate his birthday with these 10 quotes.
BarkDoes this new short story collection jibe with Lorrie Moore's rock-star reputation?
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Meet Yahya Hassan, the Danish-Palestinian teen poet sensationHassan's poetry has brought him literary fame but also 30 death threats.
Kind of creepy: 'Game of Thrones' generator gives you a Westeros deathWith the fourth season premiere of the notoriously death-filled show close at hand, the website Vulture has created a generator that tells visitors just how they would die on the HBO drama.
'Breaking Bad' actor Bryan Cranston will write a memoirCranston said the book will detail 'the stories of my life and reveal the secrets and lies that I lived with for six years shooting "Breaking Bad."'
7 books for golfers and fairway fans Spring sunshine glints off golf clubs once again, stirring those who play, enjoy watching, or simply communing with the game through the printed word. Here are excerpts from seven books that range from a young caddie's perspective to a closeup of a famous course architect.
Utopia or BustIn a series of sharp and witty essays, novelist and Marxist thinker Benjamin Kunkel works his way through some of the left's most complex scholarship.
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