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Books for children - June 16

 June 16, 2013; Updated: 3:59 pm

AT THE LIBRARY
"Night of the Howling Dogs" by Graham Salisbury, Wendy Lamb Books, 191 pages
Read aloud: age 9, 10...

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Premium Content The beginning and end of an island love affair

 June 10, 2013; Updated: 11:34 am

Our destinies may be profoundly shaped by the places we choose to live - or that choose us - as Christian Brechneff discovered on a small Greek island as a young man in search of artistic inspiration.

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New book gives balanced view of energy debates

 June 9, 2013; Updated: 4:06 pm

In recent years, the seemingly dry subjects of oil and gas drilling and renewable energy have become fodder for Hollywood movies, celebrity concerts and protests outside the White House. Many advocates suggest one side is "good" for...

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Books for children - June 9

 June 9, 2013; Updated: 3:53 pm

BOOKS TO BORROW

"The Conch Bearer" by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, Roaring Brook Press, 265 pages
Read aloud:...

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Premium Content Poet Kathleen McClung at the Hygienic

 June 6, 2013; Updated: 12:39 pm

Writer Kathleen McClung headlines tonight in New London at the Hygienic Art Galleries' First Thursday Poetry Series.

McClung's poetry, fiction and works of memoir have been widely published, and her most recent poetry collection is "Almost...

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Premium Content Author whose book inspired "Downtown Abbey" visits Norwich

 June 6, 2013; Updated: 12:39 pm

Julian Fellowes, who created the phenomenon known as "Downton Abbey," has said that he was reading Carol McD. Wallace's book "To Marry An English Lord" when he was asked to write a TV miniseries.

So any similarities between one and...

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Premium Content Two in a row: Authors Daniel James Brown and Daniella Garran come to Connecticut

 June 6, 2013; Updated: 12:39 pm

With the Yale-Harvard Regatta making its way to the Thames River on Sunday, it's the absolutely appropriate time for authors who penned books about rowing to come to the region for booksignings.

On Sunday, Daniel James Brown signs his book...

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Premium Content Mother-and-son writers Christine and Will Schutt at La Grua

 June 6, 2013; Updated: 12:39 pm

I'm not saying my own sainted Mom and I can't throw down a killer Tuna Helper together. But a dual-reading Friday by Will Schutt and his mother, Christine Schutt, taking place in Stonington's La Grua Center, should be a familial high point in...

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Fox News ‘mole’ resurfaces with book

 June 5, 2013; Updated: 5:07 pm

Joe Muto has dealt with losing his job, losing his reputation and losing friends. The low point for the former Fox News Channel "mole" came three weeks ago, when he needed to be escorted from a holding cell in handcuffs to use the...

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Books for children - June 2

 June 2, 2013; Updated: 4:27 pm

BOOKS TO BORROW

"10 Little Rubber Ducks" written and illustrated by Eric Carle, HarperCollins, 31 pages
Read...

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Sex-advice ace Dan Savage on the loose in new book

 June 2, 2013; Updated: 3:28 pm

It's been quite a run for Dan Savage. Between speaking gigs, radio and TV appearances and the syndicated sex-advice column he writes from a desk that belonged to Ann Landers, Savage managed another book, "American Savage."

Savage, 48, looks...

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Premium Content A therapist’s ‘Book of Woe’

 May 31, 2013; Updated: 4:42 pm

On the same week the much anticipated revision of what he calls the "foundational document" of psychiatry was released, psychotherapist and author Gary Greenberg will be holding court for a hometown audience on everything he thinks is...

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Premium Content Author C.B. Bernard talks about "Chasing Alaska"

 May 30, 2013; Updated: 1:06 pm

A state of mind: C.B. Bernard will be in Mystic Sunday to talk about his book "Chasing Alaska: A Portrait of the Last Frontier Then and Now." The author says the book shares "two visions of Alaska: one formed by Captain...

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Premium Content Book tip: "Louder than Hell: The Definitive Oral History of Metal"

 May 30, 2013; Updated: 1:02 pm

Jon Widerhorn and Katharine Turman
A review copy showed up last Tuesday. Within 24 hours, I read most of its 700-plus pages - despite being ambivalent about most metal and being...

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Premium Content Author Beatriz Williams appears at The Other Tiger

 May 30, 2013; Updated: 12:52 pm

Why do book publicists automatically assume that anyone who goes to the shore to sit in the sun and smell the sea - and read - is a helium-brain?
Indeed, Google "beach read of the summer" and not too...

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Khaled Hosseini’s new book is another tear-jerker

 May 26, 2013; Updated: 12:12 pm

My main goal in reading Khaled Hosseini's new book, "And the Mountains Echoed," was to avoid crying. I failed within the first 20 pages. And by the last page, I was bawling.
So, yes, much like...

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Premium Content Books for children - May 26

 May 26, 2013; Updated: 12:01 pm

BOOKS TO BORROW

"Thunder from the Sea" by Joan Hiatt Harlow, McElderry Books, 256 pages
Read aloud: age 8...

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Premium Content The novelist captured in fiction

 May 21, 2013; Updated: 5:14 pm

Serendipity played a big role not only in the overall concept of Jennie Field's fictional account of the life of 19th-century novelist Edith Wharton, but also in the specific development of the storyline.

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Books for children - May 19

 May 19, 2013; Updated: 3:55 pm

BOOKS TO BORROW

"Tarra & Bella: The Elephant and Dog Who Became Best Friends" written and photographed by Carol Buckley, Putnam, 32 pages

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Premium Content Book series concludes with ‘Outliers’

 May 19, 2013; Updated: 5:51 pm

The Groton Public Library/Groton Public Schools book discussion series concludes at 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 29, with "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell. Gladwell takes participants on an intellectual journey through the world of "outliers" - the best...

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Premium Content Tish Rabe's postcards from Sesame Street

 May 17, 2013; Updated: 5:32 pm

Maybe we should just let Tish Rabe's resume speak for itself:
She has penned more than 150 children's books over the past 15 years. She has her own "I Believe Bunny" series, but she has penned books...

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Premium Content Book tip: "The One-Way Bridge"

 May 16, 2013; Updated: 2:30 pm

Cathie Pelletier
After a few stand-alone novels, Pelletier returns to her fictional town of Mattagash, Maine, for another seriocomic tour-de-force. Along with Fannie Flagg and fellow...

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Premium Content Author Tish Rabe in Mystic

 May 16, 2013; Updated: 2:23 pm

Tish Rabe knows a little something about writing children's books. Actually, she knows a lot about the subject. She's written more than 150 in all - including the latest Dr. Seuss books and some Curious George tales.

She, of course, penned...

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Premium Content Bank Square Books goes big

 May 14, 2013; Updated: 5:12 pm

Indie book store emerges as author destination

Go ahead. Sit down in Mystic's Oyster Club and slurp down a few on the half-shell with your newest pal, the world-famous author. Discuss intricacies in plotting and characterization as you...

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Premium Content Lehane brings ‘Live by Night’ to Groton

 May 13, 2013; Updated: 11:55 am

Not quite two weeks ago in Manhattan, Dennis Lehane's "Live by Night" won the prestigious Edgar Award for Best Mystery Novel - beating out other finalists such as Gillian Flynn, Walter Mosley and Ace Atkins.

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