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Bestsellers (5-2-19)

Rowan bestsellers South Main Book Co. 1. Ginger Bread, by Helen Oyeyemi. 2. The Second Mountain, by David Brooks. ...

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Kristy Woodson Harvey completes her popular trilogy

“The Southern Side of Paradise,” by Kristy Woodson Harvey. Gallery Books. 2019. 387 pp. $16. By Deirdre Parker Smith ...

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Don’t slip into summer slide: RPL is here to help

By Sydney Smith Rowan Public Library Any teacher or educator can tell you it’s an especially exciting time ...

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Folk singer and storyteller Adam Miller coming

Folksinger, storyteller and autoharp virtuoso Adam Miller presents a free sing-along concert of Folksongs of the Great American ...

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Rowan Public Library holds annual Book Sale May 2-7

SALISBURY – Bibliophiles, take note — Rowan Public Library will hold its annual spring book sale May 2 ...

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Bestsellers (4-28-19)

Rowan bestsellers South Main Book Co. 1. Becoming, by Michelle Obama. 2. Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine, by Gail Honeyman. ...

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Livingstone’s Children’s Book Festival is Saturday

SALISBURY – The Livingstone College Children’s Book Festival will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday ...

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Musician, storyteller Adam Miller coming to library

By Laurie Lyda Rowan Public Library SALISBURY – Adam Miller will return as part of the Friends of ...

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Bestsellers (4-21-19)

Rowan bestsellers South Main Book Co. 1. The Matriarch, by Susan Page. 2. Becoming, by Michelle Obama. 3. Five Feet Apart, ...

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Becoming a superhero at the library through databases

By P.L. Stiles Rowan Public Library Sometimes life brings gnarly problems, uninvited and unwelcome guests that dampen a ...

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Release party for new book at St. John’s

By Susan Shinn Turner For the Salisbury Post SALISBURY — The release party for “Let Your Light So ...

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At 28, Rooney is the voice of her generation

“Normal People,” by Sally Rooney. Hogarth. 288 pp. $26 By Lauren Sarazen Special To The Washington Post When ...

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Jojo Moyes’ ‘The Peacock Emporium’ is a far cry from ‘Me Before You’

The Peacock Emporium By Jojo Moyes Penguin. 416 pp. $16 By Bethanne Patrick Special To The Washington Post ...

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Fascinating nonfiction that reads like a novel

By Edward Hirst Rowan Public Library “The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt’s Darkest Journey,” (2005) by Candice Millard, ...

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Bestsellers (4-14-19)

Rowan bestsellers South Main Book Co. 1. The Matriarch: Barbara Bush and the Making of an American Dynasty, by ...

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Ivelisse Rodriguez, a new voice in modern fiction

By Deirdre Parker Smith deirdre.smith@salisburypost.com Ivelisse Rodriguez, an adjunct professor at Catawba College, is anxiously waiting to see ...

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Celebrate National Library Week through Saturday

By Laurie Lyda Rowan Public Library SALISBURY – This week, the Rowan Public Library system joins libraries of ...

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Lots of new fiction available at the library

By Abigail Hardison   Rowan Public Library We’ve got a lot of big fiction releases this spring, so be ...

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Bestsellers (4-8-19)

Rowan bestsellers South Main Book Co. 1. Matriarch, by Susan Page. 2. First: Sandra Day O’Connor, by Evan Thomas. ...

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Winner of Wolfe Fiction prize named

ASHEVILLE — Leslie Kirk Campbell of San Francisco has won the 2019 Thomas Wolfe Fiction Prize for her ...

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Abbott Jerome gets mixed up in another mess

“The Opera House Murders” is the 15th book by award-winning author Jan McCanless. Her Beryl’s Cove Mystery series ...

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Boy with epilepsy finds help from disabled dog

John H.C. Lefler of Misenheimer has a new book, “Holding Putter,” a short novel about a boy and ...

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Attend a Star Party and more at Rowan Public Library

By Laurie Lyda Rowan Public Library SALISBURY – This April, join the party as Rowan Public Library, in ...

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Bestsellers (3-31-19)

Rowan bestsellers South Main Book Co. 1. Run Away, by Harlen Coben. 2. Where the Crawdads Sing, by Delia Owens. ...

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Did crime literature inspire murder in Victorian England?

“Murder by the Book: The Crime That Shocked Dickens’s London,” by Claire Harman. Knopf. 272 pp. $26.95. By ...

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Women in fiction beware: Someone’s out to get you

By Paul Birkhead Rowan Public Library If you’re a character in a literary work, and a woman, watch ...

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NC writers win Rose Post Nonfiction contest

RALEIGH—NCWN members swept first, second and third place in this year’s Rose Post Creative Nonfiction Competition. Pam Van ...

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Library notes: Biographies contain fascinating details

By Gretchen Beilfuss Witt Rowan Public Library  Biographies have held an endless fascination for me. Not only does ...

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