Books can make wonderful last-minute gifts. You can find them at all kinds of stores, and your local bookstore is often open late during the holidays for last-minute shoppers. All the books released in the last few months of the year are just waiting to be given as gifts. They also make great first-choice gifts, […]
Diane Parfitt
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Literature with a twist of Dickens
The following are some contemporary novels “in the style of Dickens.” Check them out and get in just the right mood for “A Dickens Holiday” on Friday, Nov. 29, in downtown Fayetteville.
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Poetry — a marriage of art and culture
To all our poets in Fayetteville and the region, thank you for expressing the subjective beauty that lets us see what we need to see, and touches us in the way we need to be touched. Thank you for sharing your vision so we can find ours.
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Vive Lafayette!
Here are some fascinating books about Lafayette for all ages and interests. All continue to be popular books available at City Center Gallery & Books.
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Back To School and the books that will get your kids reading
The arrival of August means summer is more than halfway over, with so little time to squeeze in some last-minute vacation fun. The start of school brings both happiness and dread. For students, it means they will get to see friends they haven’t seen all summer, but it also means the beginning of all that schoolwork. For parents, things will be a little quieter around the house, but it also brings some sadness if it’s the little ones headed off to school for the first time.
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Books that changed soldiers’ lives
I have often read stories about a book or books that changed someone’s life. I have seen articles that ask you to think about books that have changed your life.
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Local lit — find it downtown
Downtown Fayetteville is special to me for many reasons. My husband and I live and work downtown. We love to walk around to the stores and restaurants, and love going to the Cameo Art House Theatre. A perfect evening is as simple as walking up the street for dinner and a movie with friends, coming […]
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Homes and gardens — and the top 6 books to fill them
When looking for your next good book to read, you might not think about books on homes and gardens. Sure, if you are going to re-decorate your house or do new landscaping in your yard, you might look for books to help you with that. But a book about houses and gardens for pleasure reading?
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Reading is better together
Reading to your children is one of the greatest gifts you can give them. It can begin as soon as they are born, or even while mom is pregnant. They get to sit in your lap and cuddle while you read a …
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Finding faith in literature
What is faith? For some, it is a strong belief in God or the doctrines of their religion even in the absence of proof. A study of religions demonstrates that there are many similarities between most major religions, and they teach us some of the same things.
