T.S. Eliot is best known for writing "The Waste Land," but the Nobel Prize winner was also a prankster who coined a perennially popular curse word and created the characters brought to life in the Broadway musical "Cats."

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As one of the founding fathers of science fiction, Herbert George Wells certainly had a lot to say about the human race.
The cartoonist revived his popular 1980s strip thanks to a letter from Harper Lee.
The author wrote the verses for the Primate Dixon Primary School in 1988.
The Metropolitan Museum has already expressed interest.
When Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press in 1440, he couldn’t have foreseen how his humble creation would eventually lead to a global industry churning out millions of books each year.
On November 1, 1755, an earthquake released the energy equivalent of 32,000 Hiroshima atomic bombs, with Lisbon suffering the worst of it. Then the tsunami hit...
Print isn't dead—far from it.
Arthur Read and his friends have been amusing (and educating) kids via public television for 20 years.
Pottermore just released three unpublished illustrations by J.K. Rowling.
A third (largely unheralded) person played a vital role in the creation of the airplane: Katharine Wright.
“Beauty is only skin deep, but ugly goes clean to the bone.”
The Baker Street Irregulars is the most exclusive book club around.
The plan was to create an anthology of stories and illustrations over a period of years.
It's difficult enough to write a sentence that doesn't contain the popular vowel. (There are eight right there.)
If you’re a jet-setting bibliophile, you might want to plan a trip to Hong Kong or Edinburgh.
The author's unfinished manuscript contains many odd characteristics, including a kind of precursor to the paperclip.
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Whether you were a fan of her thrillers, like 'I Know What You Did Last Summer,' or preferred more lighthearted fare like 'Hotel For Dogs,' Lois Duncan’s name probably appeared somewhere on your bookshelves when you were younger.