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When your best friend is Bono, and you're not

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Neil McCormick grew up convinced he was going to be a world-famous rock star, unfortunately it was his childhood friend Bono who became famous.
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Dick Cheney opens up in new memoir

In an interview to promote his new memoir, Cheney promised 'heads will explode all over Washington.'...
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Documenting the world's monster waves

'The Wave' follows big wave surfers, mariners and scientists who have encountered huge waves and have lived to tell the tale....
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If you liked 'District 9,' you'll like 'Zoo City'

South African sci-fi gets high marks again with a new book about people who are bonded with animals....
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Superlatives: Start using 'exalted' says author

If the word 'awesome' has lost its awesomeness, author Arthur Plotnik has a list of new superlatives to help you express yourself....
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The big life of the small Mrs. Tom Thumb

'Mrs. Tom Thumb' is a fictional account of the life of Lavinia Warren -- only 32 in. tall and made famous by P.T. Barnum's traveling circus....
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The Coen Brothers: 'Pranksters' of cinema

Journalist Erica Rowell documents the films of Joel and Ethan Coen in 'The Brothers Grim: The Films of Joel and Ethan Coen.'...
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Dennis Lehane's 'Moonlight Mile'

The author has revived his Boston-based detective team from his previous books like 'Gone Baby Gone.'...
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Neil Gaiman's "American Gods" 10 years later

The author discusses his decade old book with one of its biggest fans. ...
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Architecture of the absurd

An argument for why buildings like the Walt Disney Music Hall and the CCTV building in Beijing, while breathtaking, may be architecturally absurd....
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