The next installment of “Short Books for Busy Readers” is here! Bin Laden’s Bald Spot & Other Stories by Brian Doyle 146 pages In this collection of short stories, Brian Doyle pulls together fun snippets of fiction on a variety …
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The next installment of “Short Books for Busy Readers” is here! The Pianist in the Dark by Michéle Halberstadt 140 pages Maria Theresia, the only child of the Austrian Imperial Secretary Joseph von Paradis, is a beautiful, intelligent and talented …
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The next installment of “Short Books for Busy Readers” is here! Chike and the River by Chinua Achebe 88 pages Chike, an 11-year-old boy, leaves his family’s home in a rural “bush village” to live with his uncle in the city of Onitsha (Nigeria) …
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Working at a library, I often succumb to the temptation to check out way too many books. However, the number I check out and the number that I finish are inversely related; the more I have at home, the more I skip …
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