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Set in Waynesville, North Carolina during the depression, Ron Rash's novel Serena traces the story of a wealthy lumber baron and his ruthlessly ambitious wife. Think Lady Macbeth in Appalachia......

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In The Tipping Point, Malcolm Gladwell dissected the phenomena of social epidemics; and in Blink, he discussed the nature of split-second decision-making. In Outliers, Gladwell, the founding father of pop-sociology,...

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The release this year of Breaking Dawn, the fourth book in Stephenie Meyer's Twilight Saga coincided with the release of the film version of the saga's first book, creating a...

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Joan Aiken (The Wolves of Willoughby Chase) published her first story collection, All You've Ever Wanted, when she was just eighteen. This collection included the first Armitage family stories, stories...

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During the week of Thanksgiving, NPR considers what it means to be American by speaking with three authors - Junot Diaz, Jhumpa Lahiri, and Joseph O'Neill - who write about...

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