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27097
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Ernest Cline is the author of Ready Player One, an award-winning book based on the author’s love of video games and eighties pop culture. On April 19, Cline will be at Flyleaf Books in Chapel Hill for the release of his 2015 novel, Armada.
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30902
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North Carolina’s diverse culture has inspired many distinctive guidebooks, including two new books on native writers, arts and agriculture. Book reviews are provided for “Literary Trails of the North Carolina Mountains: A Guidebook” by Georgann Eubanks, and “Homegrown/Handmade: Art Roads and Farm Trails” by John F. Blair.
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35476
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After the death of Richard Jente, a professor at UNC Chapel Hill, the university acquired a collection of his books, proverbs, and other miscellaneous works for the library.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 19 Issue 4, Nov 1971,
p191-193
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31095
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This article provides excerpts from the book, “River Spirits: A Collection of Lumbee Writings,” edited by Stanley Knick and published by the University of North Carolina at Pembroke’s Native American Resource Center. The book provides a window into the Lumbee culture, and features a variety of work about the tribe’s past and hopeful future.
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31512
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“The Woodwright’s Shop,” the made-in-North Carolina television series about 19th Century woodcraft techniques, is going national this fall. Roy Underhill’s television series will be aired nationally by Public Broadcasting Service, and his new book based on the television series is currently being published. This article discusses Underhill’s background, and use of alternative technology and humor to entertain the woodworking layman.
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31197
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David S. Cecelski has produced the first major study of slavery on the North Carolina coast, published in his book called, The Waterman’s Song. In addition to detailed descriptions of the places, society and working conditions that maritime African Americans encountered, Cecelski recounts stories of individuals who lived through these times. He also discusses the role of slave fishermen in developing the traditional fishing culture in coastal North Carolina.
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42632
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The first several pages of chapter three from Willa of the Wood are printed in continuation of chapters 1 and 2 from last month’s issue of Laurel of Asheville.
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42619
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The first two chapters of Willa of the Wood, by Robert Beatty. are printed here in preparation for its nationwide release. The book follows a magical orphan girl, Willa, living in the Great Smoky Mountains around 1900.
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29791
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The third book in the best-selling Serafina Book Series by author Robert Beatty will be released nationwide on July 4, 2017. The story is set at the Biltmore Estate and in the mountains of Western North Carolina, and adapted as a Disney-Hyperion mystery-thriller film series. This month, Beatty will give a reading of the opening chapters in his hometown of Asheville.
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The Laurel of Asheville
(NoCar F 264 .A8 L28), Vol. 13 Issue 4, April 2017,
p13, il, por
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21429
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Black describes a movement that's afoot in the state, the Little Free Library, a nationwide movement that began in Wisconsin in 2009. The little wooden boxes on poles may look like birdhouses, but they're not. There are 2,510 of them scattered across the country by August 2012 and neighbors and visitors just take a book and leave a book.
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11306
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Kemp lists a number of books by North Carolina writers that were published in 1965 and the awards some of them received.
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15768
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Bob McFarland Franklin is the founder and lead editor at McFarland & Co. Inc., located in Jefferson in Ashe County. It is the state's largest privately owned book publisher, and its market is a narrow one--scholarly and reference books--marketed to libraries and the general public. McFarland is not into trade publishing.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 8 Issue 9, Sept 1988,
p32-36, por
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34287
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David Sedaris is widely considered America’s leading humorist. In an interview, Sedaris discusses growing up in Raleigh, North Carolina. His new book, Calypso, is a memoir set in Emerald Isle.
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Garden and Gun
(NoCar AP 2 G247), Vol. 12 Issue 3, June/July 2018,
p37-39, il, por
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31555
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James Valentine, a North Carolina photographer, and Marguerite Schumann, a writer in Chapel Hill, collaborated on a new book called, “North Carolina.” The book features photographs and text aiming to inspire a sense of urgency about the need for environmental stewardship. Images capture natural areas, as well as cultural and historical landmarks throughout North Carolina.
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24029
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The POP Project (Pages Opening People) is a non-profit organization in Asheville that provides new homes for used books. Books are gathered and sent to prisons, homeless shelters, housing communities, churches, and many other places.
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The Laurel of Asheville
(NoCar F 264 .A8 L28), Vol. 11 Issue 12, December 2014,
p104-105, por
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