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How would America handle a major outbreak of an infectious disease? Our nation has weathered terrible epidemics in the past-not necessarily launched by terrorists

Here in Central Pennsylvania we have lots of farms and lots of fresh produce-and many owner-operated eateries that make the most of the abundance

Here's a book for children from kindergarten to second grade that sneaks in a lesson about accepting diversity while at the same time being wildly amusing

One of the world's greatest science fiction writers was a native of Central Pennsylvania! H

The title of the book refers to a proverb from a region in Pakistan

Memory Boy by Will Weaver (HarperTeen, 2003) Under a War-Torn Sky by L,M Elliott (Hyperion, 2003) Among the Hidden by Margaret Peterson Haddix (Aladdin, 2006) Under the Persimmon Tree by Suzanne Fisher Staples (Square Fish, 2008) Blood Trail by Nancy Springer (Holiday House, 2006) Middle school students have the attention spans of the proverbial gnat

Do you think of blogs as web pages where teenagers vent their private lives? Nowadays they're more likely to be essential business tools, and in Naked Conversations, you can learn how to make one work for you

From the late 1970s to the early 1990s, Pennsylvania naturalist Charles Fergus wrote a monthly column for the Pennsylvania Game News

Reviewers have called the works of State College science fiction writer James Morrow, "Wild Vonnegutian satires full of fantastical

Acclaimed local author Steven Sherrill is known for his quirky works: The Minotaur Takes a Cigarette Break and Visits from the Drowned Girl

If you were asked to name famous Pennsylvanians, you might list William Penn, and Ben Franklin

For National Poetry Month

Here in Central Pennsylvania we have lots of farms, lots of fresh produce

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Country singer Tim McGraw tells us to "live like we were dying

A new book by local poet Marjorie Maddox, just released by Pennsylvania publisher Wordsong, is all about the whimsical names for groups of animals

Cool Women, the Thinking Girl's Guide to The Hippest Women in History, by Dawn Chipman, Mary Lawrence and Naomi Wax (Scholastic, Inc

March is Women's History Month, a good time to take a look at the "More Than Petticoats" series

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

Best-selling Philadelphia author Omar Tyree's books have been a hit with black women

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

Wars are being fought worldwide, and aid agencies estimate that as many as 300,000 of the soldiers involved are children

Valentine's Day is coming up, the second busiest mailing day of the year

Hip-hop star and political activist Sister Souljah made a splash with this story of drugs and violence in the inner city

Centre County Reads is a community organization that each year selects a worthwhile book for the community to read together

Ayn Rand's first novel was her first denouncement of communism

This week's selection is a novel ripped from the headlines

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