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Best-Selling Books, 2011

/**/ Rank Title Author 1. The Help Kathryn Stockett 2. The Hunger Games Suzanne Collins 3. Heaven is for Real Todd Burpo with Lynn Vincent 4. Water for…

A Crime in the Neighborhood

Author:Suzanne BernePublisher:Henry Holt A sage lyrical sensibility permeates Suzanne Berne's first novel. Told by a woman looking back on her experiences as a 9 year old, Berne captures the…

Ivan Lendl

Ivan LendlBorn: Mar. 7, 1960Czech tennis player No. 1 player in world 4 times (1985-87,89); has won both French and U.S. Opens 3 times and Australian twice; owns 94 career tournament wins.…

Sugar Ray Leonard

Sugar Ray LeonardBorn: May 17, 1956Boxer light welterweight Olympic champ (1976); won world welterweight title 1979 and four more titles; retired after losing to Terry Norris on Feb. 9, 1991…

Biographies: Notable Philanthropists

Notable Philanthropists Andrew Carnegie See also Activists and Reformers People in the NewsRecent Obituaries Related Links Charitable Contributions by Type of…

STRONG, William, Congress, PA (1808-1895)

STRONG William , a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Somers, Conn., May 6, 1808; attended Munson Academy, Massachusetts, and was graduated from Yale College in 1828; taught school in…

Fred Christian GARTNER, Congress, PA (1896-1972)

GARTNER Fred Christian , a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Philadelphia, Pa., March 14, 1896; attended the public schools and Brown Preparatory School in Philadelphia; served as a…

Asa LYON, Congress, VT (1763-1841)

LYON Asa , a Representative from Vermont; born in Pomfret, Conn., December 31, 1763; attended the common schools; was graduated from Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., in 1790; divinity student…

Edna Flannery KELLY, Congress, NY (1906-1997)

KELLY Edna Flannery , a Representative from New York; born Edna Patricia Flannery, in East Hampton, Suffolk County, N.Y., August 20, 1906; graduated from East Hampton High School, East Hampton, N.…