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Books & Authors
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Daniel Handler, aka Lemony Snicket, discusses his new stand-alone, all ages book, Poison for Breakfast. Unl...
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Even outside of his native Kansas City, Evan S. Connell is regarded as a modern master in literary circles. However, until now no one has written e...
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Drawing from her bestselling book The Sum of Us, strategist and political commentator Heather McGhee examin...
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“Everything can’t be the most important thing.” Using her own storie...
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Inger Burnett-Zeigler counts herself among the many today who wear the badge of strong Black woman with honor. All too often, the estee...
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Even among the iconic frontiersmen of the American West, Jim Bridger stands out as larger than life.
Born in 1804 and orphaned at 1...
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Pay attention, scientists say. The deadly winter storm that pummeled Texas last month is the latest warning on the impact of climate change. ...
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They came from different neighborhoods and ran with rival gangs on Chicago’s West Side. Improbably, the group of young men found promise and common...
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From Huckleberry Finn to Harry Potter. From The Great Gatsby to The Giving Tree. For a...
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Stephanie Powell Watts' first novel is a story about the things in our past that haunt us, that continue to call and constrain us from movin...