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Civil Warrior of the Week #8: ?
Submitted by jgoffin on Wednesday February 08, 2012
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Special Collections on the Road
Submitted by jgoffin on Thursday February 02, 2012

In addition to the fascinating items we have on exhibition here at our 150 Empire St. location, you can now see PPL Special

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Ugly, misbegotten, hump-backed, and so forth
Submitted by jgoffin on Tuesday January 31, 2012

Some fonts just don't get much love. Papyrus and Comic Sans are well-known for being much 

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Civil Warrior of the Week #6: George Henry Thomas
Submitted by jgoffin on Wednesday January 25, 2012
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Happy 150th, Edith Wharton
Submitted by jgoffin on Tuesday January 24, 2012

Edith Wharton, the author of Ethan Frome, The Age of Innocence and quite a few other classic works of fiction, would turn 150 today. Wharton was born in New York on the 24th of January, 1862. If you happen to find yourself in

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The Literary Life of the Whaleman
Submitted by jgoffin on Thursday January 12, 2012

If you're wondering what kept whalers occupied when they weren't busy whaling, Robin Davis of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has part of the answer: reading the works of American women authors. In a 

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Your Luck's in Your Own Hand
Submitted by jgoffin on Thursday January 12, 2012

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