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Valdosta Daily Times--Local News (Free subscription) | 23/10/2009
October 22, 2009 09:36 pmSouthern Artists showcase at Smith NorthviewBy Dean Poling VALDOSTA — For 20 years, Southern Artists League has been an organization serving as an advocate, resource and meeting place for regional artists in South Georgia and North Florida.This evening, Southern Artists League receives guests for its ongoing “Fall Collage” exhibit at Smith Northview Hospital....
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KRISATOMIC (Free subscription) | 05/10/2009
I recently read I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith, which was on my list of books to read for about a hundred years and I was a total fool to have waited that long. The book was completely charming, so I was kind of in two minds about the film when I saw it suggested [...]
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Asiaing.com (Free subscription) | 01/10/2009
Selected as one of the Books of the Century by The New York Public Library A Tree Grows In Brooklyn is a novel by Betty Smith first published in 1943. It relates the coming-of-age story of its main character, Francie Nolan, and her Austrian/Irish-American family struggling against poverty in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York City. The novel is set in the first and second decades of the 20th century....
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Blogcritics: Books (Free subscription) | 18/09/2009
A Drinking Life is a slice of Americana at its best. Sponsored Topics: Pete Hamill - Games - Arts - Literature - Kids and Teens
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Gratuitous Violins (Free subscription) | 31/08/2009
I've always believed in the joy of reading whatever I want, so I was very interested in this New York Times story yesterday about teaching literature. The question is: Should everyone in the class read the same book or should students choose their own books? Times reporter Motoko Rich focuses on a middle school teacher in Jonesboro, Ga. Last fall instead of assigning To Kill a Mockingbird , Lorrie...
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Reading matters (Free subscription) | 25/08/2009
Non-fiction - paperback; 1st Back Bay Ed; 280 pages; 1995. I am a sucker for memoirs, especially if they're written by "proper writers", whether authors or journalists. It's not so much that these particular people lead more interesting lives than others, but they can write about them so much better than anyone else. Essentially, they use the skills of novelists and reporters to turn their...
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The Kindle Reader (Free subscription) | 18/08/2009
This is part two of the list of 100 best beach books chosen by the audiences of National Public Radio. See the previous Kindle Reader post for part one. Kindle-worthy titles are listed below in bold type. Kindle holdouts are in italics and link to dead tree editions of the book. Of the 100 titles on the complete list, 68 are now available in Kindle editions. 51. Little Women by Louisa May Alcott 52....
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Rancid Raves (Free subscription) | 13/08/2009
One consistent theme I have held here in the past 5 years is that I love me a good book. And since having children, I have even less tolerance for a bad one. Before I had children, I would plod through a boring read, the goal was just to finish . Now? If I am a quarter to half way through a book and I still cannot "get" it, then I put it away and move along. Life is too damned short to read...
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SevEn cLoWn CirCuS (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
What is it? Well, we'll tell you what it is NOT ... It's Not About YOU . It's about SOMEONE ELSE. It's our chance, each of us, to shine our light on someone else. Huh? Whaddya mean? We each spend a lot of time talking about ourselves and our lives, but we are also fairly GIVING people too...Tuesday's Tribute is a chance to talk about OTHER people, OTHER blogs, OTHER lives. Now's your chance to shine...
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MyWeaverville.com (Free subscription) | 08/08/2009
Program at the Dry Ridge Museum on Tuesday features Dr. Betty Smith. Details: Friends of the Weaverville Library and Dry Ridge Museum, in conjunction with the “Road Scholars” program of the North Carolina Humanities Council, proudly present:Award winning author and performer, Dr. Betty Smith, showcasing Jane Hicks Gentry, most prolific writer of ballads, songs, stories and [...]
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Radon Mitigation Pittsburgh (Free subscription) | 05/08/2009
A man and his wife have filed an asbestos lawsuit against 10 companies. Robert and Betty smith allege that Robert became ill with an asbestos-related disease caused by the negligence of those companies named in the lawsuit. Robert Smith claims he developed a disease during the course of his work as a laborer, paper machine operator, lubricator and vibration analyst. The lawsuit was filed in Jefferson...
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A Work in Progress (Free subscription) | 31/07/2009
It's been a while since I've created a Thursday Thirteen list, and since I seem to be reading lots of coming of age stories lately, I thought the genre would be the perfect subject for a list. I must be...
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MyWeaverville.com (Free subscription) | 30/07/2009
August 2009 events at the Weaverville Library (41 North Main Street ). For information on these or any other program at the Weaverville Library, call the library at 250-6482 or email weaverville.library@buncombecounty.org. Weaverville Evening Book Club Tuesday, August 4, 7 p.m. The book to be discussed is “Blue Highways” by William Least Heat Moon. All interested readers are [...]
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Surviving Oz (Free subscription) | 29/07/2009
By now any Facebook users (which is pretty much everyone on the planet except Bill Gates , right') have probably seen this. The challenge is to list fifteen books you've read that will always stick with you; the first fifteen you can recall within fifteen minutes. This is my list - they're not necessarily the most profound books (check out #10!), but all of them made an indelible impression on me in...
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stagno per anitre (the duckpond) (Free subscription) | 25/07/2009
Albums I bought at Recycled Records on my last day of car ownership: The Joshua Tree -- U2 Storm Front -- Billy Joel Bob Marley and the Wailers Vol 1 Gather Round: Songs for Kids and Other Folks Red Hot + Rhapsody: The Gershwin Groove The first two were nostalgic picks. The third was because Cardo was asking me recently who Bob Marley was. Books I bought today at Goodwill (none of which I've read before):...
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