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Many parents tell their children never talk to strangers. But Curtis Chin's parents urged their six kids to ask customers at their Chinese restaurant about their background.

Dolly Parton’s iconic look -- big hair, big heels and tight low-cut dresses covered in rhinestones or beads — is a big part of her lasting appeal , nearly as important as her vast catalogue of country ballads and bangers that made her a star.

Top Paid Books (US Bestseller List): 1. Blood Lines by Alex Demille & Nelson DeMille (Scribner) 2. Judgment Prey by John Sandford (Penguin Publishing Group) 3. Obsession by Brett Battles & Stuart Woods (Penguin Publishing Group) 4.

NEW YORK (AP) — Deion “Coach Prime” Sanders has counted the ways to success. The Gallery Books imprint 13a announced Tuesday that Sanders' “Elevate and Dominate: 21 Ways to Win On and Off the Field,” will come out March 12, 2024.

While summoning stories from his remarkable yet erratic life in music, Sly Stone admits he occasionally had to depend on the recollections of others because his own memory wasn't always reliable.

Christine Coulson, who spent 25 years working at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, has written a short, clever novel that tells the story of a woman over the course of her life in a series of museum wall labels.

Thirty-two years after “The Firm” launched his career as a legal novelist who churns out bestselling books that almost invariably become movies, John Grisham returns with a sequel starring Mitch McDeere.

Reflecting on how he overcame obstacles in the past helped Andre De Grasse break out of his funk in 2023.

Ted Nolan should have been thrilled. The knock at the door was the delivery of the Jack Adams Award — a prestigious nod given annually to the NHL's coach of the year.

NEW YORK (AP) — LeVar Burton will host next month's National Book Awards ceremony, replacing the original choice, Drew Barrymore, who was dropped because of her decision to resume taping of her show during the writers' strike.