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Best books ... chosen by Tracy Kidder

Author Tracy Kidder

Best books ... chosen by Tracy Kidder

Tracy Kidder is the Pulitzer–winning author of The Soul of a New Machine and House. His latest best-seller, Strength in What Remains, follows a war refugee who returns to Burundi to open a medical clinic.

John C. Reilly: 'Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant'

How director Paul Weitz translates three books from the popular 'Cirque de Freak' series into one movie

Tom Cruise, Bronson Pinchot, and homophobia

Did Cruise make homophobic remarks to Pinchot while filming 'Risky Business'?

Hilary Swank: 'Amelia'

How the pioneering aviator is portrayed in director Mira Nair's new biopic

'Going Rouge': A Sarah Palin parody book

What publishers of a book mimicking Palin's memoir hope to accomplish

Rihanna's 'Russian Roulette'

What the pop star has to say in her first single since the Chris Brown scandal

Suzanne Somers’ controversial cancer advice

Why the actress' new book 'Knockout: Interviews With Doctors Who Are Curing Cancer' is causing a stir

Lars von Trier's 'Antichrist'

Is the director's latest a film of 'great beauty,' or completely 'tasteless'?

November 13, 2009

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