http://wpsu.org/radio/podcast.html en-us 2008 The Pennsylvania State University WPSU - Penn State Avid readers from Central Pennsylvania tell you about the books they've read lately. Mysteries, non-fiction, biographies, children's books are all in the mix. WPSU wpsu@psu.edu WPSU - Penn State If you were asked to name famous Pennsylvanians, you might list William Penn, and Ben Franklin Thu, 08 May 2008 09:15:05 -0400 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State For National Poetry Month Tue, 06 May 2008 10:33:54 -0400 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State Here in Central Pennsylvania we have lots of farms, lots of fresh produce Tue, 06 May 2008 10:08:36 -0400 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State Dough Fri, 02 May 2008 09:57:09 -0400 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State Mon, 14 Apr 2008 17:51:13 -0400 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State Country singer Tim McGraw tells us to "live like we were dying Thu, 10 Apr 2008 11:19:22 -0400 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State A new book by local poet Marjorie Maddox, just released by Pennsylvania publisher Wordsong, is all about the whimsical names for groups of animals Thu, 03 Apr 2008 11:55:31 -0400 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State Cool Women, the Thinking Girl's Guide to The Hippest Women in History, by Dawn Chipman, Mary Lawrence and Naomi Wax (Scholastic, Inc Thu, 13 Mar 2008 10:49:44 -0400 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State March is Women's History Month, a good time to take a look at the "More Than Petticoats" series Fri, 07 Mar 2008 08:56:01 -0500 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State This spring, the Center for American Literary Studies sponsors a Community Read of A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway for the Penn State University Park campus Thu, 28 Feb 2008 11:34:42 -0500 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State Best-selling Philadelphia author Omar Tyree's books have been a hit with black women Thu, 21 Feb 2008 10:50:14 -0500 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State It's a little known chapter in colonial history-between 1558 and 1603, the British government sent tens of thousands of Irish citizens to the new world, technically as indentured servants but in practice as slaves Wed, 13 Feb 2008 14:35:22 -0500 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State Wars are being fought worldwide, and aid agencies estimate that as many as 300,000 of the soldiers involved are children Wed, 13 Feb 2008 09:49:26 -0500 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State Valentine's Day is coming up, the second busiest mailing day of the year Thu, 07 Feb 2008 10:11:15 -0500 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State Hip-hop star and political activist Sister Souljah made a splash with this story of drugs and violence in the inner city Thu, 31 Jan 2008 13:25:38 -0500 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State Centre County Reads is a community organization that each year selects a worthwhile book for the community to read together Thu, 17 Jan 2008 14:07:07 -0500 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State Ayn Rand's first novel was her first denouncement of communism Thu, 10 Jan 2008 09:46:17 -0500 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State This week's selection is a novel ripped from the headlines Thu, 03 Jan 2008 10:28:50 -0500 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State also: Golden Legacy: How Golden Books Won Children's Hearts, Changed Publishing Forever, and Became an American Icon Along the Way by Leonard Marcus (Golden Books, 2007) It's gift-shopping season, and this week BookMark has gift suggestions for avid readers of all ages Thu, 20 Dec 2007 09:14:43 -0500 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State When legislators ban smoking in public places or transfats on restaurant menus, are they looking out for your well-being, or acting like facists? That's the question posed by libertarian Denver Post columnist David Harsanyi, and his answer is clear: he thinks the government intrudes way too much into our private lives Thu, 13 Dec 2007 11:24:09 -0500 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State This year marks the 50th anniversary of the granddaddy of American road-trip books: Jack Kerouac’s On the Road Fri, 07 Dec 2007 12:28:52 -0500 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State Carnegie Mellon creative writing professor Hilary Masters writes about Sam Emerson, a Penn State alumnus and Pittsburg restaurant owner with an unconventional past and complicated present Mon, 03 Dec 2007 12:20:49 -0500 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State Native American names grace many of the cities, counties, rivers, mountains, and lakes in Pennsylvania Mon, 03 Dec 2007 12:05:11 -0500 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State Civil unrest in a small kingdom in the Middle East Mon, 03 Dec 2007 11:50:13 -0500 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State This week marks the anniversary of Kristallnacht, the “Night of Broken Glass,” when German stormtroopers smashed the windows of Jewish shops Mon, 12 Nov 2007 11:26:02 -0500 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State Too Many Pumpkins by Linda White, illustrated by Megan Lloyd (Holiday House, 1997) The Little Old Lady who Was Not Afraid of Anything by Linda White, illustrated by Megan Lloyd (HarperTrophy, 2002) No Place for a Pig by Suzanne Bloom (Boyds Mills Press, October 2003) We Keep a Pig in the Parlor, by Suzanne Bloom (Weekly Reader Books, 1988) An Amish Christmas by Richard Ammon (Aladdin Picture Books, 2000) An Amish Wedding by Richard Ammon (Atheneum, 1998) This week: children’s books with distinctive illustrations that create a “sense of place Thu, 01 Nov 2007 11:16:56 -0400 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State Explorers in the 1800s were the astronauts of their day, and the race was, not to the moon, but to find the fabled “Northwest Passage” that would speed the shipping of precious cargo from East to West Thu, 25 Oct 2007 13:56:10 -0400 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State This summer the headlines were all about a mine disaster in Utah Thu, 18 Oct 2007 10:34:21 -0400 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State A new collection from a local poet explores our connection to the natural world Thu, 11 Oct 2007 09:15:59 -0400 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State The River by Gary Paulsen The Ear, the Eye and the Arm by Nancy Farmer The Smugglers by Iain Lawrence Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment by James L Thu, 04 Oct 2007 09:53:17 -0400 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State BBC marketer Lois Pryce says "take this job and shove it" to her boss, and ships herself and her motorcycle to Alaska fo ra 20,000-mile solo odyssey across the Americas Thu, 27 Sep 2007 09:32:29 -0400 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State You've heard of the best little whorehouse in Texas? The most famous whorehouse in American history was the high-class establishment run by the notorious Everleigh sisters (pun perhaps intended) in turn-of-the-century Chicagi Wed, 19 Sep 2007 11:49:08 -0400 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State This summer BookMark featured a series of books that reflect, in different ways, on the phenomenon of the "local food" movement Thu, 13 Sep 2007 10:37:11 -0400 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State Students! If you think going back to school is hard, consider this: What if your school were like the grueling, sadistic space-based military academy attended by Ender Wiggin, the hero of the legendary work of science fiction, Ender's Game? Reviewer Ben Silver is 15 years old and a sophomore at State College Area High School Wed, 05 Sep 2007 12:24:08 -0400 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State We associate the hearing of voices with madness - yet research shows, the phenomenon is not so rare and not necessarily pathological Thu, 30 Aug 2007 10:12:44 -0400 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State If you love maps, you'll love this compendium of maps that tell you practically everything you could want to know about the Keystone State Wed, 22 Aug 2007 11:07:30 -0400 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State Children's author Bill Wallace is known for books that address tough issues in a tender way Mon, 20 Aug 2007 13:35:25 -0400 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State Do you know where your food comes from? In this ambitious book, New York Times columnist Michael Pollan lays it all out for you in great detail; reviewers say, "You'll never look at a Chicken McNugget in the same way again Wed, 08 Aug 2007 07:44:20 -0400 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State This book addresses a distressing fact of the modern workplace: you want to soar with the eagles, but sometimes you work with turkeys Fri, 03 Aug 2007 10:36:38 -0400 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State What is the recipe for a happy marriage? Psychologists have been cooking up answers for years, but Project Everlasting turns to the experts: that is, couples who have been married for more than 40 years! In this book, couples share their time-tested wisdom on relationship bliss Wed, 25 Jul 2007 08:45:45 -0400 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State Globalization and economic inequity are some of the themes in this novel from up-and-coming writer Kiran Desai, as each of the members of a makeshift family living in the foothills of the Himalayas struggles with questions of identity in a rapidly modernizing India Fri, 20 Jul 2007 10:02:07 -0400 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State It's easy to become confused about what to eat Fri, 13 Jul 2007 07:18:22 -0400 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State So your teenaged son thinks reading is roughly as much fun as cleaning his room? Despair not Fri, 06 Jul 2007 10:42:24 -0400 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State Every year, thousands of girls in Nepal and India are sold into prostitution Thu, 28 Jun 2007 10:46:53 -0400 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State Magdalena Yoder has another mystery to solve in this Pennsylvania Dutch Series Wed, 20 Jun 2007 09:52:59 -0400 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State In his latest novel, Carnegie Mellon creative writing professor Hilary Masters writes about Sam Emerson, a Penn State alumnus and Pittsburg restaurant owner Mon, 18 Jun 2007 10:36:09 -0400 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State Feeling bad about your messy desk? Well, say good bye to guilt with A Perfect Mess, a book about the benefits of disorder in the corporate world Thu, 07 Jun 2007 09:52:04 -0400 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State The Congressional Medal of Honor is the highest award given for military bravery Wed, 30 May 2007 12:32:24 -0400 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State A Long Long Way, by Sebastian Barry (Viking Adult, 2005) My Detachment, by Tracy Kidder (Random House, 2005) May 28 is Memorial Day, a day to remember the nation's fallen soldiers Wed, 23 May 2007 10:49:14 -0400 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State In the 20th century, South American writers made famous the literary genre called magical realism, which blends real-world events with fantasy Wed, 16 May 2007 11:14:32 -0400 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State In the mood for a short little spine-tingle? James Patterson is known as an expert author of thrillers Thu, 10 May 2007 08:17:33 -0400 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State Rain Man was just a movie Fri, 04 May 2007 11:55:07 -0400 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State April is National Poetry Month, and BookMark brings listeners a month's worth of poetry book reviews Thu, 26 Apr 2007 09:49:28 -0400 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State April is National Poetry Month, and BookMark brings listeners a month's worth of poetry book reviews Thu, 19 Apr 2007 11:28:36 -0400 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State We continue our celebration of National Poetry Month with a collection of poems that share a common theme: The impacts of two devastating hurricanes, Katrina and Rita Wed, 11 Apr 2007 16:15:17 -0400 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State April is National Poetry Month, and BookMark brings listeners a month's worth of poetry book reviews, starting with Hometown for an Hour Fri, 06 Apr 2007 09:19:10 -0400 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State Larry McMurty uses his novelists' chops in this nonfiction account of the lives of Buffalo Bill Cody and Annie Oakley, the two "demigods of western mythology Thu, 29 Mar 2007 09:33:39 -0400 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State During the spring semester, Penn State University Park's new Center for America Literary Studies is sponsoring a "community read Wed, 21 Mar 2007 16:15:17 -0400 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State The protagonist in this thriller is a professor who asks, "Can one man change the course of history?" And in this book, which presents an alternate version of American history during World War II, the answer is "yes Thu, 15 Mar 2007 11:53:54 -0400 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State Jennifer Weiner made a name for herself with her "chick-lit" best-sellers: Good in Bed, Little Earthquakes, and In Her Shoes Thu, 08 Mar 2007 09:45:57 -0500 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State The Road is a grim, post-apocalyptic tale of a father and son who cross a burned landscape, pushing their meager belongings in a shopping cart, avoiding savage bands of marauders out to rape and enslave their fellow survivors Thu, 01 Mar 2007 12:16:41 -0500 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State During Black History Month the spotlight focuses on important figures on history Thu, 22 Feb 2007 14:27:48 -0500 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State A woman-journalist goes missing in Paris, along with a man who may or may not be her lover Wed, 14 Feb 2007 12:12:08 -0500 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State Dizzy by Jonah Winter (Arthur A Fri, 09 Feb 2007 08:43:54 -0500 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State All your questions about this wacky holiday are answered in one concise volume Thu, 01 Feb 2007 08:49:34 -0500 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State Legendary investigative journalist Bob Woodward (of Watergate fame) takes a close look at how the Bush administration has conducted the war in Iraq Thu, 25 Jan 2007 09:23:43 -0500 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State Children's picture books have gotten glitzy, what with pop-ups, glitter, and doctored photographs Thu, 18 Jan 2007 08:55:15 -0500 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State Forty years ago, we Americans were more likely to all watch the same TV show, read the same best-seller, and eat the same breakfast cornflakes Thu, 11 Jan 2007 11:24:06 -0500 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State Native American names grace many of the cities, counties, rivers, mountains, and lakes in Pennsylvania Thu, 04 Jan 2007 09:47:47 -0500 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State What makes Jimmy Stewart so wholesome? America’s favorite boy-next-door actor got his start in small-town Pennsylvania Thu, 21 Dec 2006 09:44:59 -0500 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State Many books have been written about World War II and Viet Nam, but almost no literary works document the Korean War Wed, 13 Dec 2006 10:20:21 -0500 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State This best-selling fantasy tale of a twelve-year-old girl who lives in an alternate universe, where the bad guys do terrible things to children, is about to be released as a major motion picture Thu, 07 Dec 2006 09:39:02 -0500 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State Civil unrest in a small kingdom in the Middle East Wed, 29 Nov 2006 13:58:57 -0500 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State Arcardia Publishing specializes in titles about regional and local history Wed, 22 Nov 2006 09:53:58 -0500 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State This romance-thriller is the seventh by St Thu, 16 Nov 2006 11:41:44 -0500 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State This selection for Veteran’s Day is the first-ever collection of poems by a veteran of the Iraq War Thu, 09 Nov 2006 10:17:57 -0500 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State Anne Garrels is National Public Radio’s senior foreign correspondent, which means she has reported from such war zones as Bosnia, Afghanistan, Chechnya, and Kosovo Thu, 26 Oct 2006 10:46:48 -0400 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State You know Zorro as the swashbuckling guy with the sword and the cape, skewering bad guys in the name of justice Thu, 19 Oct 2006 10:24:36 -0400 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State If you liked the children’s classic The Borrowers, you’ll love a new book called The Doll People it’s the story of some real living dolls Thu, 12 Oct 2006 10:40:47 -0400 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State Award-winning author Nihal de Silva’s novel wraps its plot around real events the ongoing bloody civil war in Sri Lanka Thu, 05 Oct 2006 09:23:20 -0400 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State State College resident Gabriel Welsch is a former landscaper and nurseryman, and his new collection of poems reflects his horticulturalist’s’ eye for natural beauty Thu, 14 Sep 2006 09:33:58 -0400 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State This entertaining account of Bryson’s marathon end-to-end hike along the famous Appalachian Trail is this year’s selection for “Centre County Reads” an annual initiative to get everyone in the community reading and talking about the same book Thu, 07 Sep 2006 09:58:04 -0400 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State Award-winning local poet Marjorie Maddox (the director of Creative Writing and a professor of English at Lock Haven University) explores spirituality and religious practice in this new collection of poems Thu, 31 Aug 2006 09:20:10 -0400 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State This is an encore edition of the Bookmark that ran on April 19 & 23 Colossal doughnuts in Beaver County Thu, 03 Aug 2006 10:14:00 -0400 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State This is an encore performance of the BookMark that aired on March 22 & 26 Thu, 27 Jul 2006 08:59:13 -0400 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State Grade school students looking for a good summer book will enjoy this story of an ordinary boy named Brandon Thu, 20 Jul 2006 05:35:39 -0400 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State It isn’t every day that a history book rates a review in Entertainment Weekly Thu, 13 Jul 2006 09:12:26 -0400 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State As we celebrate the 4th of July, it’s well to consider how ideas shared over a friendly beer played a role in the birth of our nation Thu, 06 Jul 2006 09:43:42 -0400 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State The “electric Michaelangelo” of the title is a Coney Island tattoo artist, and his canvas is the human body Thu, 29 Jun 2006 10:48:57 -0400 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State Heading for a baby shower this summer? Looking for a gift that’s educational yet sure to please? Frequent BookMark book reviewer Steven Herb has the lowdown on the season’s best board books for babies Fri, 23 Jun 2006 09:01:37 -0400 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State The first women to enroll at the Pennsylvania State University faced a host of challenges Thu, 15 Jun 2006 09:45:18 -0400 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State State College resident Claudia Mauner and her friend Elisa Smalley are the authors of Zoe Sophia’s Scrapbook: Adventure in Venice the story of an adventurous 9-year-old in spectacles Thu, 08 Jun 2006 09:22:12 -0400 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State This charming picture book about a little girl and her grandparents won the Caldecott award for illustration for Huntingdon native Chris Raschka Thu, 01 Jun 2006 10:01:56 -0400 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State Soldiers carry many things into war: their guns, back packs, ammunition, food Fri, 26 May 2006 09:41:11 -0400 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State Resident mystery buff and Altoona librarian Debbie Weakland reviews this hot new thriller, set 35 years in the future, after terrorists conquer America and civil war divides the nation into a Muslim north and Bible Belt south Thu, 18 May 2006 10:18:25 -0400 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State Storytelling is an ancient art, and even in the electronic age, stories still have the power to fascinate Thu, 11 May 2006 10:29:00 -0400 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State If Jane Austen had lived in India in the 1950s, she would have written this richly detailed novel of love and marriage Thu, 04 May 2006 08:25:19 -0400 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State Just in time for National Poetry Month, a collection of poems about ordinary experiences that are anything but ordinary in the way they connect to a young woman’s inner world Thu, 27 Apr 2006 11:46:01 -0400 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State Colossal doughnuts in Beaver County Thu, 20 Apr 2006 09:31:31 -0400 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State Turn on the nightly news these days, and you’ll see footage of flames, burning homes, and soot-blackened firefighters Fri, 14 Apr 2006 09:12:42 -0400 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State Two years ago, humorist Carl Hiassen was a Newbery honor award winner for Hoot, his eco-thriller for young adults set in Florida Thu, 06 Apr 2006 09:38:35 -0400 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State Time travel is a science fiction staple Thu, 30 Mar 2006 10:18:34 -0500 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State This is an encore performance of the BookMark that aired on March 22 & 26 Thu, 23 Mar 2006 09:14:49 -0500 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State When writer Robert Lewis Stevenson died in 1894, he left behind a wide-ranging literary legacy: story-teller, essayist, dramatist, children’s author, poet, travel writer Wed, 15 Mar 2006 16:46:38 -0500 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State “Magical events happen to an orphan at a British boarding school Thu, 09 Mar 2006 09:32:20 -0500 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State Black History Month is over, but it’s always a good month to read worthwhile books about the Black experience in America Thu, 02 Mar 2006 10:04:51 -0500 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State February is Black History Month, and history means more than grand events and famous people, it includes personal stories, too Thu, 23 Feb 2006 09:25:30 -0500 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State This gentle coming-of-age novel, described by critics as “deliberately random,” just won the writer’s equivalent of an Academy Award Thu, 16 Feb 2006 09:41:23 -0500 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State Do you make spontaneous decisions? That may be a wiser strategy than you think, according to author Gladwell Thu, 09 Feb 2006 10:13:25 -0500 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State Author Robert Ludlum died in 2001, yet he’s still churning out bestsellers Thu, 02 Feb 2006 10:19:40 -0500 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State Anne Garrels is National Public Radio’s senior foreign correspondent, which means she has reported from such war zones as Bosnia, Afghanistan, Chechnya, and Kosovo Thu, 26 Jan 2006 11:19:48 -0500 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State The legend of Dracula is a constant source of inspiration for novelists Fri, 20 Jan 2006 09:47:03 -0500 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State If you want to explore the Keystone State , there are plenty of conventional travel guides to choose from Thu, 05 Jan 2006 10:15:09 -0500 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State Back in 1923, when the Allegheny National Forest was established, the trees were so sparse locals called it the Allegheny Brush Patch Thu, 29 Dec 2005 09:11:32 -0500 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State Two years ago, humorist Carl Hiassen was a Newbery Award Honor winner for Hoot, his eco-thriller for young adults set in Florida Thu, 22 Dec 2005 09:22:39 -0500 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State If you’re looking for holiday gift ideas for a youthful avid reader--say, age 8 to 12--Steven Herb has a couple of books to recommend Fri, 16 Dec 2005 09:14:18 -0500 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State Ten years ago this month, the war in Bosnia came to a formal end with the signing of a peace agreement in Paris Wed, 07 Dec 2005 10:49:36 -0500 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State The newspaper humorist Dave Barry was famous for describing outrageous events, then saying, “I am not making this up Thu, 01 Dec 2005 09:42:39 -0500 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State The latest Harry Potter movie hit cineplexes last Friday Mon, 28 Nov 2005 08:58:36 -0500 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks, published by Vintage (2003) A Month in the Country by J Fri, 18 Nov 2005 19:33:49 -0500 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State by Thomas Frank, published by Metropolitan Books (2004) Thu, 10 Nov 2005 08:46:17 -0500 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State edited by Marjorie Maddox and Jerry Wemple, published by Penn State Press, 2005 Thu, 03 Nov 2005 10:41:43 -0500 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State by Martha Freeman, published by Holiday House, 2005 Thu, 27 Oct 2005 12:04:35 -0400 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State A few years ago, children’s author Sam Swope volunteered to teach writing to some third-graders in Queens Thu, 20 Oct 2005 09:37:58 -0400 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State Coal Run, by Tawni O'Dell, published by Viking, 2004 Mon, 17 Oct 2005 13:14:30 -0400 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State Norman Rockwell is one of the most beloved artists in America--perhaps best known for his cover illustrations for the Saturday Evening Post , A special exhibition of his works is coming to the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford in September; UPB history professor Rick Frederick says, the 2001 biography of Rockwell, by Laura Claridge, is recommended reading before you go Mon, 17 Oct 2005 11:39:10 -0400 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr Thu, 13 Oct 2005 15:43:49 -0400 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State Riding the Bus With My Sister, by Rachel Simon, published by Houghton Mifflin, 2002 Thu, 13 Oct 2005 15:41:59 -0400 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State If you want to explore the Keystone State , there are plenty of conventional travel guides to choose from Thu, 13 Oct 2005 15:40:49 -0400 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State The Politics of Truth: Inside the Lies that Led to War, by Joseph Wilson, published by Carroll and Graf Publishers, 2004 Thu, 13 Oct 2005 15:39:09 -0400 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State You read Moby Dick in high school--the story of Captain Ahab and his pursuit of the great white whale Thu, 13 Oct 2005 15:25:27 -0400 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State The Pennsylvania Center for the Book has created an award-winning Literary Map of Pennsylvania--and this map is about to feature Pioneer Church, a book by Carolyn Otto with illustrations by Pennsylvania illustrator Megan Lloyd Thu, 13 Oct 2005 15:25:05 -0400 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State One Shot, by Lee Child, published by Delacorte Press, 2005 Tue, 04 Oct 2005 14:12:51 -0400 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale, by Mo Willems Tue, 04 Oct 2005 14:12:22 -0400 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State Jerry Engels, by Tom Rogers, published by Handsel Books, 2005 Tue, 04 Oct 2005 14:12:01 -0400 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, by J Tue, 04 Oct 2005 14:11:43 -0400 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State Assasination Vacation, by Sarah Vowell, published by Simon and Shuster, 2005 Tue, 04 Oct 2005 14:04:42 -0400 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State 102 Minutes: The Untold Story of the Fight to Survive Inside the Twin Towers, by Jim Dwyer and Kevin Flynn, published by Times Books (2005) Tue, 04 Oct 2005 14:04:24 -0400 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State Skywriting: A Life Out of the Blue , by Jane Pauley Tue, 04 Oct 2005 14:04:03 -0400 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State American Road by Pete Davies, published by Henry Holt, 2002 Tue, 04 Oct 2005 14:03:49 -0400 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State Jefferson County Pennsylvania, an Illustrated History, Written and compiled by Carole Briggs, Thomas Curry, Eugene Deible III, and James Sterrett Tue, 04 Oct 2005 14:03:28 -0400 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State Tue, 04 Oct 2005 14:02:10 -0400 wpsu, penn state, psu