Indeed, the irrepressible Groucho Marx, master of quick wit and caustic quip, said: “After a dog, a book is a man’s best friend.” Groucho, who with Chico, Harpo, Gummo, and Zeppo made up the ...

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For almost four decades, Michael Connelly has set his characters loose in a city of big dreams and lucky breaks. Now they’re facing an altered landscape. So is he. By Elisabeth Egan In ...

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Sorting through them after the move, Cooper, 81, discovered an artifact — a library book 99 years past due.“I was looking through the books and found one about (building) toys for boys and ...

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Celebrity bookworms are here to stay. Ever since Oprah Winfrey started her iconic book club in the ’90s, celebrities including Reese Witherspoon, Emma Roberts, Dua Lipa and Jenna Bush Hager have ...