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Guardian Guardian First Book Award. Petina Gappah became only the second short story writer to win the award in its 10-year history." The Guardian (UK) 12/02/09
Creator: Catherine Caruana While there has been relatively little research on the impact of natural disasters on families, there exists a vast body of literature on the psychosocial impact at an individual level, allowing us to extrapolate to the family context. Social Policy
Most adolescents have a feeling at one time or another that they are somehow different than everybody else, or that they don’t really fit in with the crowd. For Medford’s Judah Leblang, that feeling has stuck with him his entire life, and has followed him no matter where he’s lived and who he’s met.
Derrick Jensen, the California environmentalist, author and lover of expletives, is coming out with a book for children. No joke. Jensen is the guy who...
The expanded second edition of Secrets of the Ledge: Pictorial Report of Archaeological Findings on the Niagara Escarpment in Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin by local author Dwight Weiser is available at outlets in Fond du Lac, Waupun and Eden.
University of South Florida art history professor Sheramy Bundrick will discuss and sign her historical romance, Sunflowers: A Novel of Vincent van Gogh, at the Safety Harbor Public Library on Saturday, December 12, at 2:00 p.m. Books will be available for sale and signing and refreshments served.
PARK HILLS — Graduation is in an hour and 45 minutes and the entire audience must pass a Western Literature class before they can graduate.
SOUTH BEND, Ind., Dec. 3 / Christian Newswire / -- Jennifer Beckham appeared on The Harvest Show, an internationally syndicated Christian talk show, to encourage women around the world that their destiny is at hand and it is still attainable--if they would first learn to "get over themselves!"
On Friday, December 11, Bert's Pine Bay Gallery will host award-winning Author Robert N.
The Lacuna shows Barbara Kingsolver at her best and her worst. The first half of the novel is enthralling; the second half, not so much. The massive historical work moves from 1929 to 1959, documenting the life and career of the fictitious Harrison William Shepherd, best-selling author of historical potboilers about life in ancient Mexico.
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- Author Kimberly Ellen helps women pave the way to their dreams as she provides lessons gathered through her journey of attracting, enticing, and winning over rich men.
Bad sex judges pay tribute to 'part-genius' of winning novel and hope winner 'takes it in good humour' The American winner of the Prix Goncourt, Jonathan Littell, has added another feather to his cap. His novel, The Kindly Ones, was tonight announced as the winner of the Literary Review's 2009 bad sex in fiction award . The Kindly Ones, which tells the story of the Holocaust through the eyes of ...
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Mary Grimm used a local cafe as her office and received words of encouragement from cafe employees to write "The Tootsie Roll Lady: A Memoir of Mental Illness, Alcoholism and Faith," a book about finding hope and her personal struggles between 1998 and 2005.
Allentown native Deborah Heiligman, who was named a National Book Award finalist this fall, will be back in the Lehigh Valley for a talk and book signing.
While thumbing through a book a few years ago, Spencer Sadler saw an old photograph of members of Pennsylvania's Coal and Iron Police, a private police force created under state legislation to protect company property but which later became better known for their often heavy-handed, strike-breaking tactics.
