Monthly Archives: March 2009

New book profiles West York High School’s championship football season

Posted on March 31, 2009 by Jim McClure

A new book tells about the West York High School’s district champs. A 56-page book about the West York High School varsity football team’s District 3 championship season is being published this month by the York Daily Record/Sunday News and … Continue reading →

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‘How We Decide’ gains national headlines

Posted on March 29, 2009 by Jim McClure

Jonah Lehrer, the Rhodes Scholar with local ties, has penned his second book “How We Decide.” … It has captured comparisons with Malcolm Gladwell’s “Blink.” For more, see Author with York ties: Learned the brain inside and out in writing … Continue reading →

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Local writers in new anthology

Posted on March 27, 2009 by Gloria Fogal

“Yesterday I Will,” an anthology of original short stories, poems and one-act plays, will be formally launched during the York Book and Paper Fair on April 4. The anthology, which grew out of a writing contest sponsored by The York … Continue reading →

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“To Dance With the White Dog” by Terry Kay

Posted on March 27, 2009 by Gloria Fogal

Nancy Duncan, children’s librarian at Red Land Community Library, reviews “To Dance With the White Dog.” A short book about life, love and endings. Sam Peek is an old man whose wife of many years, Cora, has just passed away. … Continue reading →

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An interview with best-selling author Jodi Picoult

Posted on March 26, 2009 by Gloria Fogal
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Read about genocide in April

Posted on March 26, 2009 by Gloria Fogal

In April, survivors from Darfur and five previous genocides will join anti-genocide advocates and people of conscience around the world to observe Genocide Prevention Month. As part of Genocide Prevention Month, organizers have partnered with the American Booksellers Association to … Continue reading →

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Kuddling Up with My Kindle

Posted on March 26, 2009 by Teresa Cook

Review by Robert Cook Okay, I’ll admit the Kindle 2 is not for everyone. In fact, it’s not for every book I want to read, but the 2 makes me believe that the electronic reader is here to stay. What … Continue reading →

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Former treasury secretary writing about meltdown

Posted on March 26, 2009 by Gloria Fogal

From the Associated Press: A book coming this fall will offer one of the ultimate inside takes on the economic crisis — from former Secretary of the Treasury Henry M. Paulson, Jr.

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“Cherie Blair: Speaking for Myself”

Posted on March 26, 2009 by Gloria Fogal

Joan McInnis, librarian for the Daily Record/Sunday News, reviews “Cherie Blair: Speaking for Myself”: From a girlhood in working class Liverpool to wife of Prime Minister Tony Blair at No. 10 Downing Street, Cherie Booth Blair tells her remarkable story.

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Dogs love stories

Posted on March 25, 2009 by Gloria Fogal

Children are invited to read a book to Buster, a golden retriever, or Jackson, a Labrador retriever, during Books with KPETS from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. April 7 and May 5 at East Berlin Community Library, 105 Locust St. Keystone … Continue reading →

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