I’m a proud Midwesterner, and have loved to call Iowa my home for the past ten years. Iowa is full of lovely towns, both large and small, that have a locally owned independent bookstore on the main street or town square. We’re also a literary and arts hub, due to Iowa City, with its UNESCO
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As a Captain in the King’s army, Taryn Ellsbree led his men with courage and honor, winning battle after battle to become a decorated war hero. And though he escaped death, survived war and claimed victory, he paid a heavy price. Not only did he lose valuable men, his brothers in arms, he lost something
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“Before Penn” provides the little known but fascinating history of the European settlement of the Delaware River Valley prior to the founding of Philadelphia by William Penn. The background tells of a legendary visit to North America by Irish monk St. Brendan in the seventh century and continues with a litany of European explorers searching
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The National Book Foundation announced the 2019 National Book Awards Translated Literature longlist. This prize, which represents a permanent fifth National Book Award category, was added last year and honors a work of fiction or nonfiction that has been translated into English and published in the U.S. It was awarded last year to The Emissary by Yoko Tawada,
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