The Worlds Brainiest Call Girl
Showtime
The Worlds Brainiest Call Girl

This week a research scientist was unmasked as blogger Belle de Jour, inspiration for Showtime's Secret Diary of a Call Girl. Olivia Cole on a sex scandal's surprisingly happy ending.

Tricky Dick vs the Pink Lady
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Tricky Dick vs the Pink Lady

Nixon’s victory over Helen Gahagan Douglas was one of the nastiest in history. In an exclusive excerpt from The Pink Lady, Sally Denton revisits the infamous Senate campaign.

The Next Twilight
Summit Entertainment
The Next Twilight

From fallen angels to zombies, publishers and movie producers are on the hunt for the next big young adult series that will dominate the market. The Daily Beast’s Shannon Donnelly on the top six candidates.

Peter Stothard
The Best of Brit Lit

A look at great reads from the editor of the Times Literary Supplement. This week: the books soldiers take to war, how the French resistance was paid for, and what makes good music.

Sarah Palin Katie Couric
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Palins Katie Couric Myths

Sarah Palin's account of her infamous interview with "the perky one" is not the whole story. Shushannah Walshe on what Going Rogue gets wrong about the TV showdown that doomed her.

Sarah Palin or Danielle Steel
Sarah Palin or Danielle Steel

Can you tell the difference between Sarah Palin's Going Rogue and Danielle Steel’s No. 1 bestselling novel Rogue? Take our quiz.

Palins Unlikely Hero
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Palins Unlikely Hero

Thomas Paine gets a nod in Going Rogue, and Sarah Palin's not the only conservative who loves this American revolutionary. But the right has him-and their American history-all wrong, writes historian Harvey Kaye.