I recently had the pleasure of interviewing Sara Pennypacker, a New York Times best-selling author of 11 books for children. (Today)
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Jeremy Hahn of Traverse City, Mich., reads as he and others wait in line yesterday for the signing of former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's new book, "Going Rogue," at a Barnes & Noble bookstore in Grand Rapids, the first stop of her book signing tour.
It is a measure of Sarah Palin's popularity that her appearance Saturday at a Sam's Club in South Strabane needs no advertising. (Yesterday)
The board of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh said yesterday that it would be willing to place a moratorium on the planned closure of several library branches, contingent on getting short-term and long-term funding commitments in place before its next board meeting on Dec. 14. (Yesterday)
VATICAN CITY -- A series of four books presented yesterday at the Vatican seeks to explain how Michelangelo and other artists translated the Bible into images to produce in the Sistine Chapel some (11/18/2009)
At 384 oversized pages, this is a book that can be measured in pounds. Then again, it covers a lot of territory as it looks back through the years at some of the most fashionable and celebrated people of their time -- and of ours. (11/17/2009)