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Kristin Hannah
Thur., 2/9, 7:30 p.m

Lisa See
Fri., 2/24, 7:30 p.m

Lionel Shriver
Tues., 4/3, 7:30 p.m.

Ann Ross
Wed., 4/4, 7:30 p.m.

Ron Rash
Wed., 4/11, 7:30 p.m.

Poetry: McFee/ Shapiro
Sun., 4/15, 3:00 p.m.

Richard Ford
Thur., 6/13, 7:30 p.m.

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Noteworthy Paperbacks

The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery

By Eric Foner

$18.95

This Pulitzer Prize winner traces the evolution of Lincoln's tangled attitudes toward race and slavery, from his early life through his presidency.

Witches on the Road Tonight

By Sheri Holman

$14.00

A legacy of mysticism haunts three generations in this seductively eerie noel, which moves back and forth in time, from the Appalachian Mountains in the 1940's Virginia to present-day New York. -- New York Times

Wait for Me!: Memoirs

By Duchess of Devonshire Deborah Mitford, Charlotte Mosley

$18.00

The Dowager Dutchess of Devonshire, now 91, is the last of the celebrated Mitford sisters. She tells of her eccentric but happy childhood roaming the English countryside, tea with Hitler in 1937, and her marriage to the Duke.

A Singular Woman: The Untold Story of Barack Obama's Mother

By Janny Scott

$16.00

A fascinating account of the "desparate forces" that shaped President Obama's mother.

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Listen to This

by Alex Ross

(Farrar Straus & Giroux 9.99)

The New Yorker's music critic examines classical work, historical and contemporary, as well as rock music.

JOE MOBLEY & VALARIE SCHWARTZ - Local History Comes Alive

Start: 12/13/2009 3:00 pm

We have a wonderful afternoon program for those fascinated by local history.

Joe Mobley brings us RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA: A BRIEF HISTORY. He'll discuss how it became a major center of economic, social, and political life in North Carolina.

Valarie Schwartz moves a little west for REMEMBERING CHAPEL HILL. This is a tribute through photos and stories to the 20th century citizens who made the town what it is today: "the Southern part of heaven."