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James Patterson brings tales to Palm Beach Day Academy (Palm Beach Daily News)
Palm Beacher and best-selling author James Patterson was not an avid reader as a kid.
Valley Angler: A few classic books (The Conway Daily Sun)
— Usually about this time each year I write a column about new fishing books for Christmas. In all honesty there are not a lot of new titles this year that have really turned me on. A few years ago, when fly fishing was all the rage there were dozens of new books every year.
Family Calendar (The Herald News)
Family Calendar (The Homer Sun)
MUSEUMS
Franklin to unveil sculpture Nov. 19 (The Milford Daily News)
The town is extending the first invitation to residents to the new Franklin Historical Museum Nov. 19 for the unveiling of a life-sized bronze sculpture of a 19th century Franklin boy who waves to visitors, welcoming them to the facility.
Buccigross: "Back in Black" and hockey … what's a more perfect combo? (ESPN)
Want the perfect soundtrack for the NHL? An album that embodies all of hockey's passion and drive? Look no further than AC/DC's "Back in Black." Just try and challenge Bucci on this one.
‘Election' still in style at library (Miami News-Record)
As far as the Miami Public Library is concerned, the elections are not over. The motto for Family Reading Night is “Vote for books ... Elect to Read” and for the past two months the children's department has been holding an election for the children's favorite book.
Peter Schjeldahl: William Eggleston at the Whitney. (The New Yorker)
You can always tell a William Eggleston photograph. It’s the one in color that hits you in the face and leaves you confused and happy, and perhaps convinces you that you don’t understand photography nearly as well as you thought you did. To view “William Eggleston: Democratic Camera, Photographs and . . .
Curtain closes on illustrious career (The Capital)
ots of people claim to have encyclopedic knowledge of a subject. David White has an encyclopedia to prove it. The veteran Naval Academy English professor was an editorial consultant for a massive tome called "Shakespeare A to Z" several years back.
Wow your visitors with personal touches (Courier-Post)
The holidays are around the corner and this year might be the time to offer houseguests more than a couch and extra blanket.