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Steve Martin gave up stand-up comedy in 1981, at the height of his fame. He calls his new book Born Standing Up a biography rather than an autobiography, of a guy he used to know.

Lou Dobbs, the host of CNN's "Lou Dobbs Tonight," discusses his new book Independents Day, which addresses issues he sees as significant factors in the 2008 election cycle. Dobbs also responds to criticism that his style of delivering the news — often infused with strong personal opinions — is too much for some to digest.

Writer Stewart O'Nan has nearly 20 books to his credit, but his name isn't too well known beyond a community of loyal readers. Book critic Maureen Corrigan O'Nan's Last Night at the Lobster may change all that.

Investigative reporter Mark Schapiro explains in a new book that toxic chemicals exist in many of the products we handle every day — agents that can cause cancer, genetic damage and birth defects lacing everything from our gadgets to our toys to our beauty products.

Geologic pressures force ancient layers of rock above ground, exposing their cargo of fossils. Paleontologist Kirk Johnson and artist Ray Troll search the western United States for fossils and chronicle their finds in a new book, Cruisin' the Fossil Freeway.

Before the Yamuna enters Delhi, the river looks relatively clean. This is in stark contrast with what it looks like as soon as it enters the city. Most citizens don't care, but one man is taking up the cause.

Miriam Cruz and Oscar Colon were brought together nearly 50 years ago by a New York acting gig that never panned out. But the moment they met, at a restaurant on Broadway, "there was an electricity," Miriam says.

Every year, Palestinians from towns and villages across the West Bank bring their ladders and tarps to local olive groves. Olive oil season is the center of local history and culture — and at the heart of the economy.

Self-proclaimed "Leaf Geek" Mollie Katzen shares vegetable inspirations for Thanksgiving. She prepares a chard recipe from her latest cookbook, The Vegetable Dishes I Can't Live Without, and extols the virtues of roasted Brussels sprouts.

Kaing Guek Eav, the former Khmer Rouge interrogator known as Duch, was brought to court in Cambodia for a pretrial hearing. It is the first public session of the U.N.-backed tribunal probing the regime's reign of terror in the 1970s. Duch, 66, is charged with crimes against humanity.