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By Beth Clark • August 17, 2018

The Great American Read is a PBS series that explores and celebrates the power of reading as the core of an ambitious digital, educational, and community outreach campaign designed to get the country reading and passionately talking about books. One hundred books, to be exact, so as promised, here are books 61–80 on the list!

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By Beth Clark • August 13, 2018

Celebrate #NationalProseccoDay with a glass of sparkling Italian wine and enjoy its refreshing notes of apple, pear, honey-flowers, and lemon as summer winds down with the dog days of August. Also, prepare to be fascinated by the history of your chilled, effervescent beverage!

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By Beth Clark • August 10, 2018

The Great American Read is a PBS series that explores and celebrates the power of reading as the core of an ambitious digital, educational, and community outreach campaign designed to get the country reading and passionately talking about books. One hundred books, to be exact, so as promised, here are novels 41–60 on the list!

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By Beth Clark • August 08, 2018

If the cat found buried with a human on the Mediterranean island of Cyprus is any indicator, humans have been fascinated by, obsessed with, and affectionately herding cats as pets for 9500 years. Cats started showing up in cave art around 1950 BC, so it's safe to say that humans and felines go way, waaay back.

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By Beth Clark • August 03, 2018

The Great American Read is a PBS series that explores and celebrates the power of reading as the core of an ambitious digital, educational, and community outreach campaign designed to get the country reading and passionately talking about books. One hundred books, to be exact, so as promised, here are the next 20!

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By Beth Clark • August 01, 2018

The six book adaptations being released on the big screen this month are crazy rich with humor, suspense, intrigue, characters you feel like you know (or want to!), and things that make your heart happy. Naturally, you'll want to read the books if you haven't before! (Or re-read them if you have, but it's been a while.)

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By William Shelton • July 31, 2018

One never knows how their reading habits, such as this case of a blind man with a passion for books, will influence the lives of young readers.

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By Beth Clark • July 30, 2018

The world can be a divided and challenging place, but with the help of friends (a lot of help some days), it's brighter and we're stronger, no matter how chaotic things get. And hey, the United Nations recognized that the bonds between humans are essential enough to life that they created International Day of Friendship to honor and strengthen the ties between us. So, as soon as you finish reading this blog (ahem, and place your next ThriftBooks order), Insta, Snap, Tweet, message, write, or call your friends and CELEBRATE!

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By Beth Clark • July 27, 2018

The Great American Read is an eight-part PBS series that explores and celebrates the power of reading as the heart of an ambitious digital, educational, and community outreach campaign designed to get the country reading and passionately talking about books. One hundred books, to be precise, at least to begin with, so here are the first 20!

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By Linda Vandercook • July 25, 2018

After seeing our dog's lump steadily grow in size over the past few years, but knowing that it was not cancerous, we decided to have the lump removed anyway. We knew that it would eventually restrict his range of motion and/or he'd be too old to have the surgery. While we thought we were prepared for the post-operative care—taking time off work, asking the vet about the surgery and what to expect—we were, in fact, not prepared.

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