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Mo Hayder's 'Poppet' takes nuanced, compelling look at evil
Since introducing Detective Inspector Jack Caffery 14 years ago in "Birdman," Mo Hayder has written some of the grisliest crime fiction in recent memory. Caffery's cases in London and, later, in Bristol's Major Crime Investigation Team, have included...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Human Interest, Physiology, Book, Murder
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'Hold Fast' by Blue Balliett
Hold fast to dreams For if dreams die Life is a broken-winged bird That cannot fly. Those words from "Dreams," a Langston Hughes poem, infuse Blue Balliett's newest novel. At the start of the book, Balliett notes that by the end of the 2012...
Tags: Chicago Tribune, Langston Hughes, Harold Washington Library Center, Arts and Culture
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New Voices: Parents' job: Helping their kids learn to love learning
As students around the nation this month walk across the stage in their caps and gowns, receive their diplomas, and flash a bright smile to the cameras, most parents can't help but beam with pride at the accomplishments of their child. Graduation is a...Tags: Amy Chua, Family, Arts and Culture
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READER SUBMITTED: Solomon Schechter Day School Children Participate In Tree Planting Ceremony
West HartfordChildren in the three-year-old class at the Solomon Schechter Day School of Greater Hartford recently celebrated their year- long study of trees with a tree planting ceremony. The interest in trees emerged from the children at the beginning of the year...Tags: Philosophy, Forestry and Timber, Judaism, Religion and Belief, Arts and Culture
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READER SUBMITTED: "Crestmont" At The Cromwell Belden Public Library
CromwellThe Cromwell Belden Public Library will present an author talk and book signing featuring Holly Weiss, author of "Crestmont," on Wednesday Mary 22, at 6:30 p.m. (Note: this program was postponed from its original date of March 7 due to bad weather.)...Tags: Book, Authors, Libraries, Polio, Arts and Culture
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READER SUBMITTED: NHSNB, Inc celebrates NeighborWorks America Week
New BritainIn conjunction with National NeighborWorks Week, Neighborhood Housing Services of New Britain, Inc. will present a community housing fair titled "A Place Called Home." The fair will be held on Saturday, June 8,, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Louis P. Slade...Tags: Housing and Urban Planning, Foreclosures, Rentals, New Britain, Interior Policy
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Top 3 Pop Releases: 'The Hangover III,' 'Mountains Echoed' book, 'Dancing with Stars'
'DANCING WITH THE STARS' SEASON FINALE MONDAY AND TUESDAY Who will win the Mirror Ball? Only four couples are left from the original 12 and the competition is fierce. Vyeing for the Season 16 win are Aly Raisman and Mark Ballas; Jacoby Jones and Karina...Tags: The Hangover (movie), Kabul (Afghanistan), Mark Ballas, Nabi, Arts and Culture
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‘Pacific Rim’ trailer offers robot vs. kaiju action on a massive scale
Hero Complex - movies, comics, pop culture - Los Angeles TimesSpectacle, you say? The new trailer for Guillermo del Toro's “Pacific Rim” delivers it on a massive scale, with out-of-this […]... -
'The Prophet': Gibran Khalil Gibran refracted around the world
The Lebanon Daily StarIt is a commonplace of this broad land that it resides overseas as much as it does within the borders the French drew for it. Naturally, the expatriate condition is shared by Lebanon's artists. The prototype for the expatriate Levantine artist was...Tags: Entertainment, Qatar, New York City, Beirut (Lebanon), Levant
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Orlando Fringe review: 'Dirk Darrow 2: Ruby Knockers, Jaded Dick'
Classic, black-and-white detective films and dime-store pulp fiction novels inspire much of "Dirk Darrow 2: Rudy Knockers, Jaded Dick," the one-man comedy sequel by Tim Motley. There's the fast-talking, cigarette-smoking private dick wearing a trench...
Tags: Bank Robbery, Arts and Culture
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Cabarrus Teacher of the Year has special connection to students
Independent Tribune, Concord, N.C.Students in local schools are taking tests and preparing for others this week, and in teacher Courtney Smith's seventh-grade English and Language Arts classes, it was no different on Wednesday. As her students at C.C. Griffin Middle School were about to...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Teaching and Learning, Teachers, Students, Middle Schools
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Three indie books include scholarship and Mormon presence
Standard-Examiner, Ogden, UtahI like novels and books from small presses, the independents, those that rely on Kindle, Nook, Smashwords, word-of-mouth ... for sales. I read two novels and one scholarly book, from respectively, Strange Violin Editions, Leicester Bay Books, and Xlibris....Tags: Nazi Party, Fiction, Financial Aid, Awards and Prizes, Germany
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