In her books, Durham author Sharon Ewell Foster paints a compelling portrait of the slave Nat Turner as a freedom fighter who led the 1831 rebellion in Southampton County, Va., inflicting the deadliest blow to slave owners in the young nation's history.
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In his First Inaugural Address of March 4, 1861, Abraham Lincoln stated forthrightly his position on emancipating the South's slaves.
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A decade ago UNC-Chapel Hill religion professor Carl Ernst suggested that all incoming freshmen read a book containing passages from the Quran, the Muslim holy scripture, as part of the university's annual book discussion program.
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Poser: My Life in Twenty-Three Yoga Poses by Claire Dederer.
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book review: Jerry Falwell has been dead for nearly five years. Yet amid the legislative maneuverings on Jones Street, his spirit is very much alive.
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book review: When a book wins an award for promoting social justice - in this case, the Bellwether Prize, established by writer Barbara Kingsolver - one might expect it to be heavy-handed or preachy.
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A quick look at some of the latest softcover releases.
Modified: 01/28/12 06:01:25 PMA list of authors visiting Triangle bookstores this week.
Modified: 01/29/12 05:39:33 AMHighly decorated publisher Kate Douglas Torrey, the first woman to serve as director of the UNC Press, will retire this summer.
Modified: 01/25/12 11:09:24 PMSome authors visiting Triangle bookstores this week:
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Stewart O'Nan doesn't write sweeping epics, doesn't delve into places far away or times long past. Instead, he peers deeply into the real lives of real people - their dreams and fears, their triumphs, however small, and their failings, however petty.
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If there's such a thing as a celebrity farmer, Joel Salatin is surely that.
Modified: 02/03/12 04:00:48 PMPineapple Grenade
Modified: 02/03/12 04:00:46 PMSome authors visiting Triangle bookstores this week:
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book review: Every schoolchild learns that William Henry Harrison was America's briefest president, dying from pneumonia in 1841 a month after his inaugural.
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book review: As unlikely as it seems, the Volkswagen Beetle is one of the most persistent icons of imperial ambition. A car affordable to the masses - a Volkswagen, or "people's car" - was Adolf Hitler's least insane, longest-lasting pet project.
Modified: 01/28/12 05:56:00 PMBrief reviews of two recent fiction releases.
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If you're a book lover and love sharing books you love with others, here's an opportunity for you.
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In this provocative, witty, well-written book, Adrian Bejan, a mechanical engineering professor at Duke University, pitches a theory he calls the constructal law. The idea came to him in 1995.
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