Since it is October, what better way to celebrate this fun month than pairing candy and books?
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When Writers Are the Story: Films About Famous Authors
Let’s highlight some notable biographical films about writers.
100 Books You Can’t Put Down
A list of 100 Books You Can’t Put Down, compiled from both your recommendations as well as suggested titles from our HPB Bibliomaniacs.
October 24 2013
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Five Things You May Not Have Known about JAWS– on its 37th Birthday!
Even if you’ve never seen this classic 1975 thriller, odds are you’d recognize (and fear) John Williams’ suspenseful Jaws score after the first two notes. DA DUM (DA DUM…DA DUM…DA DUM…etc.). Sound familiar? Often rated as one of the greatest films of all time, Jaws is in a large part so effectively terrifying for what… View Article
June 20 2012
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American Homer: An Ode to David Halberstam
People can, and do, quibble about the dates, but no nation in history has been as rich, free, and powerful as the United States in the post-war years from 1945 – 1975. The pen that best chronicled these American decades belonged to David Halberstam. A Harvard man (he edited the Crimson), Halberstam went in the… View Article
November 8 2011
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