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By Katie Baker

As far back as any of the oracles could remember, the restaurant had been the object of a power struggle.

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A portrait of writer and novelist Edward Abbey on duty as a fire lookout on Aztec Peak Arizona

The World’s Dirtiest Eco-Fighters

By Nathaniel Rich09.27.15

LOS ANGELES - 1955: Actor James Dean poses for a Warner Bros publicity shot for his film 'Rebel Without A Cause' in 1955 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)

How James Dean Changed Acting Forever

By Paul Alexander09.27.15

Hitler, Ein Volk, Ein Reich, Ein Fuhrer, 1939 poster of the German Chancellor. Image shot 1939. Exact date unknown.

Hitler the Mass-Murdering Ecologist?

By Adam Kirsch09.27.15

E92XFX Nelson Algren (1909-81), American Writer, Portrait under Bridge, circa 1949

The Man in a $20 Hotel Room

By Jimmy Breslin09.27.15

Two Kid Lit Stars Kick Up a Wild Rumpus

By Brian Selznick, William Joyce09.27.15

Nazi Germany, Fanfare of Hitler Youth, c. 1933.

My Hunt For Art Stolen By The Nazis

By Allison McNearney09.27.15

Blossom Restaurant, New York City, USA, 1935. (Photo by Berenice Abbott/Getty Images)

Long-Lost Photos Of the Lower East Side

By Charles Simic09.26.15

The American Who Saved Shakespeare

By Nick Romeo09.26.15

THE ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN, Jack Larson, 1952-58

He Was America’s First Teen Heart-Throb

By Tim Teeman09.26.15

U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump addresses the crowd at an event organised by the Greater Charleston Business Alliance and the South Carolina African American Chamber of Commerce in North Charleston, South Carolina, September 23, 2015.

Best-Selling Authors Are Loser Candid...

By Jason Pinter09.25.15

Cast member Julianne Moore poses during a photocall for the film "Maps to the Stars" in competition at the 67th Cannes Film Festival in Cannes May 19, 2014. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier

The Dangerous Fun of Having Red Hair

By Jacky Colliss Harvey09.25.15

Gordon Moore, Chairman Emeritus and co-founder of Intel Corp., poses with photo of deseased co-founder Robert Noyce, at Intel headquarters in Santa Clara, Calif., Thursday, July 16, 1998. Intel has been in business for 30 years and is the world's largest supplier of microprocessors, the brains of computers. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)

The Nerdy Moses of Silicon Valley

By J.P. O’Malley09.24.15

Gomorrah Author Plagiarism Scandal

Mafia Author’s Plagiarism Problem

By Michael Moynihan09.24.15

Telling stories to children

The Lifesaving Power of Storytelling

By Alan Gelb09.24.15

Labourers work during sunrise at a construction site of a residential complex in Puer, Yunnan province, April 23, 2015. Weighed down by a cooling property market, industrial overcapacity and local debt, China's economy grew 7.4 percent in 2014, its slowest expansion in 24 years. Economists expect growth to cool further to 7 percent in 2015, even with additional stimulus measures. REUTERS/Wong Campion

China’s Planned City Bubble Set to Pop

By Joel Kotkin, Wendell Cox09.24.15

British singer Morrissey performs on Arena Stage during the Roskilde Festival, late 03 July 2004. Some 70,000 youths from across Europe are expected to attend the four-day rock music festival some 30 kilometres west of Copenhagen. AFP PHOTO/SCANPIX/THOMAS NIELSEN

Morrissey’s Misogynistic First Novel

By Nico Hines09.23.15

Hall of Famer Yogi Berra of the New York Yankees stands in the dugout just prior to the start of the Grapefruit League Spring Training Game against the Philadelphia Phillies at George M. Steinbrenner Field on February 26, 2011 in Tampa, Florida.

Yogi Could Catch and He Could Deliver

By Allen Barra09.23.15

Jackie Collins authoress sitting astride a chair at home Mar 1964

Jackie Collins’s Sexual Revolution

By Wednesday Martin09.22.15

Kareem's New Mycroft Holmes Novel

Kareem’s New Mycroft Holmes Novel

By William O’Connor09.22.15

British Prime Minister David Cameron speaks to the media during a press conference at Downing Street on August 29, 2014 in London, United Kingdom. The Prime Minister is to introduce new legislation to make it harder for Britons to travel to Syria and Iraq to fight for Islamist State (IS). Earlier today, the British Home Secretary Theresa May announced that Britain has raised its international terrorism threat level to "severe", indicating that a terrorist attack is "highly likely".

British PM Accused of Sex Act With Pig

By Nico Hines09.21.15

The Biggest Books This Fall

By Goodreads09.21.15

The Daily Beast's Best Longreads

By William Boot09.20.15

Ta-Nehisi Gets Moynihan All Wrong

By Gil Troy09.20.15

A1XJKX CEFALU BEACH SICILY ITALY. Image shot 2006. Exact date unknown.

A Dishy, Bloody History of Sicily

By William O’Connor09.20.15

Ailsa Von Dobeneck places the stuffed crabs into the oven, Saturday, Sept. 12, 2015.

How to Make Martha Washington’s Crab Pie

By Ailsa von Dobeneck09.20.15

UNDATED: New York Jets' quarterback Joe Namath #12 throws a pass during a circa 1960's game. (Photo by Focus on Sport/Getty Images)

The Best Books Ever About Football

By Robert Birnbaum09.20.15

L/R: Cardinals Bernard Jan Alfrink, 78, from Utrecht, and Emmanuel Nsubuga, 64, Uganda, followed by other princes of the Church walk in procession Aug. 14, 1978 to go to pay their respect to the tomb of Pope Paul VI in the grottoes of St. Peter's Basilica, where many Pontiffs are buried. (Ap Photo/Bruno Mosconi)

A Giggle at the Old Cardinals

By Jimmy Breslin09.19.15