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1:05 pm
Tue October 23, 2012

Bollywood's 'King Of Romance' Took India To The Alps

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Yash Raj Chopra, shown celebrating his 80th birthday earlier this year in Mumbai, died Sunday.
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Originally published on Wed October 24, 2012 12:42 pm

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How We Watch What We Watch
7:43 am
Tue October 23, 2012

The Afterlife Of A TV Episode: It's Complicated

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Despite having aired its final episode in May, the medical drama House lives on, in reruns and on digital services like Hulu, Netflix and Amazon Prime. But not every episode is available in all formats.
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Have you ever seen a rerun episode that made you want to watch more of a show — even a whole season? With so many TV channels and so many shows to keep up with, it's possible that some of them could completely pass you by.

But there are also many ways to watch a show, even if it's no longer on the air. Take the medical drama House, which ended its run on FOX in May.

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Book Reviews
6:03 am
Tue October 23, 2012

Comic Struggles Of A Frustrated Writer In 'Zoo Time'

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Howard Jacobson won the Man Booker Prize in 2010 for The Finkler Question, a novel about the British Jewish experience.
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Originally published on Tue October 23, 2012 10:01 am

"My aim," writes English novelist Guy Ableman to his agent, "is to write a transgressive novel that explores the limits of the morally permissible in our times."

Sounds quite serious, even brow-wrinkling, doesn't it? A dangerous act of experimental writing, perhaps something Norman Mailer might have tried, or Henry Miller before him?

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Author Interviews
3:38 am
Tue October 23, 2012

Running Toward Redemption On 'Ransom Road'

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Caleb Daniloff is a writer and graduate of Columbia University's creative writing program. Running Ransom Road is his first book.
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Originally published on Tue October 23, 2012 4:53 am

Meet a man with a powerful addiction — to running. Caleb Daniloff says he believes the sport saved him from addictions that were far worse, and he's written a new book, called Running Ransom Road: Confronting the Past, One Marathon at a Time, about his experiences.

Daniloff has run some familiar marathons — New York and Boston — but he's also been to a place not famous for outdoor running: Moscow.

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Books News & Features
3:38 am
Tue October 23, 2012

America's Facebook Generation Is Reading Strong

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Pew's study found that 60 percent of Americans under 30 used the library in the past year.
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Originally published on Tue October 23, 2012 4:53 am

In what may come as a pleasant surprise to people who fear the Facebook generation has given up on reading — or, at least, reading anything longer than 140 characters — a new report from the Pew Research Center's Internet and American Life Project reveals the prominent role of books, libraries and technology in the lives of young readers, ages 16 to 29. Kathryn Zickuhr, the study's main author, joins NPR's David Greene to discuss the results.

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