Here are some upcoming programs at Penn Hills Library
The Penn Hills Library, 1037 Stotler Road, offers a variety of programs for all ages. For a complete list of offerings, visit ...
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14 Signs You’re a Quiet Genius Who Can Solve Problems No One Else Can Crack
They don’t just tackle challenges—they flip them upside down, examine them from every angle, and often arrive at solutions no one else would have thought of. If you’ve ever been described as ...
I Overheard 2 Women Discuss The 'Good Old Days.' Here's The Unpleasant Truth People Seem To Forget.
Though there were all kinds of forces building, and multiple voices advocating for change, Friedan’s book did seem to break things open. Many consider it a catalyst of second-wave feminism, at least ...
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How astronauts on the space station inspired an insomniac writer
She pictured it as a painting. “I did consider writing it from one of the astronaut’s points of view, and I thought, ‘no, that’s not right for this book because I don’t want it to work ...
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Meta didn't want people to read this book. Now it's a No. 1 bestseller.
"Careless People," the book by a former Meta employee, debuted at No. 1 on The New York Times Bestseller list. Meta tried to legally prevent the author, Sarah Wynn-Williams, from promoting the book.
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Interview: Nell Zink on ‘Sister Europe’ and Her Reading Life
SCOTT HELLER What books are on your night stand? I keep a cot in the hallway just for sleeping. There’s no reading lamp. In related news, I sleep like a marmot. Describe your ideal reading ...
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No penalty for man who returned UBC library book 64 years late
An Edgewood, B.C., man is being commended for his thoughtful maintenance of a library book that he returned to the University of B.C. this January — nearly 65 years after he took it out.
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John Wayne left speechless by Maureen O’Hara's forbidden improvised line that's in film
In the 1952 Oscar-winning classic, considered by director John Ford to be his sexiest movie, John Wayne’s retired boxer Sean Thornton makes a pilgrimage to his home village in 1920s Ireland to ...
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Making a case for the return of the snug
Another rural client specified three snugs, based on her different collections; in one, antiquarian books are stacked lengthways ... Snugs originated as quiet nooks in British pubs. In country houses, ...
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No Body. No Clues. What Happened to Child Prodigy Barbara Newhall Follett? (Exclusive)
She is the recipient of the Christy Award, the Harper Lee Award for Alabama’s Distinguished Writer of the Year, and the Alabama Library Association Book of the Year. She lives in Alabama and ...
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Introverts unite (silently): A Fredericton book club finds community in the quiet
"Just know that whoever you are, when you come to the silent book club, we welcome you." After an hour and a half, the readers filed out of the library. It was empty and quiet again, until the ...