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He wanted to put a face on the source of cells that led to striking medical advances, and through him a best seller and a movie did just that, telling Mrs. Lacks’s story.

He wanted to put a face on the source of cells that led to striking medical advances, and through him a best seller and a movie did just that, telling Mrs. Lacks’s story.

Whether you’re in the mood for another Jane Austen adaptation, a British rom-com or a love story with a fabulous older heroine, we’ve got you covered.

Bookstores once shunted romance novels to a shelf in the back. But with romance writers dominating the best-seller lists, a network of dedicated bookstores has sprung up around the country.

She was, she said, unable to cook a basic meal into her mid-20s. But she went on to a successful career as a restaurateur and an authority on Asian cuisine.

In the 1960s, he was among the first Westerners allowed into the country, and for decades he helped the rest of the world understand it.

The star, whose show “RuPaul’s Drag Race” has an international following, is one of the founders of a new online bookstore promoting underrepresented authors. The giveaways are part of its outreach.

After publishing a definitive biography of Rodin, she went on to write about the underappreciated women who modeled for the giants of 19th-century French art.

In “King of Ashes,” the novelist again returns to rural Virginia as a setting, with a hero who has to face the family he once fled.

How the bunny became the reigning star of children’s literature.