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A study of companies that made a remarkable advance and sustained those results for at least 15 years.

Writer and director Nora Ephron on her new movie with Meryl Streep, lust, and the greatest lamb stew recipe ever

All of Pynchon’s eternal themes and quirks are on display, including paranoia, wretchedly named characters and endless pop culture references

A new children’s book is the latest in Dolly Parton’s ever-expanding empire

"Remarkable, bracing and highly moral"

The story of "an accordion maker from Sicily who follows his dreams to America"

They can hurt your career, your marriage, your social life, your bank book. Why bother?

Top-selling fiction and non-fiction titles (week of July 21st, 2009)

Each miniature universe feels true and authentic, the result of subtle, uncluttered storytelling, wryly-observed detail and crackling dialogue

The tattooed and ruthless Lisbeth Salander powers a Swedish writer’s bestselling trilogy