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<title>Hold Obama Accountable</title>
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<description><![CDATA[by nikki powell
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You can exhale now, the election is over. We all experienced the campaign signs, robocalls and television ads, but I was surprised to learn about a new book when a library patron requested Change We C... ]]></description>
<pubDate>Sat, 22 Nov 2008 21:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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<title>Be the Change</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The Kansas City Public Library hosts a forum on problem solving at the community level as inspired by the FRONTLINE/World Social Entrepreneur Series. The event will take place on Saturday, November 15, at 2 p.m. in the Helzbe... ]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 09:50:00 -0600</pubDate>
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<title>Graphic Reading</title>
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<description><![CDATA[If you think "superhero" when you hear the phrase "graphic novel," take a second look. Trust me, they're not just for kids. Here are two I picked up this week.Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi blew me away when I read it last yea... ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 15:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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<title>Joe Hill's (Stephen King's son's) 'Heart-Shaped Box'</title>
<link>http://www.inkkc.com/bookends/blog/2652</link>
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<description><![CDATA[by kaite stover
Just because Halloween is over is no reason to think all the creepy-crawlies have gone back to their hidey-holes behind the sink, under the bed and in the back of the closet.
Joe Hill doesn't need a spooky s... ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 09:15:00 -0600</pubDate>
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<title>For the guys</title>
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<description><![CDATA[by kaite stover

I review quite a few titles that guys might read. I find the male mind fascinating in its intricacies, complexities and abilities to tell the differences among so many beers. Why stop now? Here's another on... ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2008 08:45:00 -0600</pubDate>
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<title>Books for kitchen-remodeling inspiration</title>
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<description><![CDATA[by angela kille&nbsp;
My parents plan to remodel their kitchen, and my mother is in the midst of dreaming and making plans.
She wants to knock down walls, add an island and open the kitchen up to the living area.
So far, s... ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2008 08:20:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Vote smart!</title>
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<description><![CDATA[by nikki powell
To vote in the upcoming General Election, the voter registration deadline was October 8th for&nbsp;Missouri. Check your voter registration status and polling location at www.kceb.org or call your local electi... ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2008 13:10:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Librarian reads up on natural childbirth</title>
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<description><![CDATA[by shelley carney
Wow. Nine months goes by quickly.
This is the last article I will write before I become a mother. I am due to have a baby in four weeks but my nurse midwife surprised me and said that my body's ready to ha... ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 10:20:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Art of Racing</title>
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<description><![CDATA[by chris barnickel&nbsp;
&ldquo;That which we manifest is before us.&rdquo;&nbsp; 
Next week is my birthday.
Tres dos for those who are counting.&nbsp; 
It&rsquo;s time to take inventory.&nbsp; 
My wife is five months pr... ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 16:50:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Branch out and read some lad lit</title>
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<description><![CDATA[by angela kille
Typically my stack of recent reading contains lots of literary fiction and melodramatic memoirs.
Most have female protagonists.
An academic setting? Even better.
I have to admit, though, my selections were... ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2008 14:20:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Living Sensationally: Understanding Your Senses</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Date and time of event: 09/24/2008 - 6:30pm
Location: Plaza Branch
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Dr. Winnie Dunn, Professor and Chair of the Department of Occupational Therapy Education at the University of Kansas Medical Center discusses her ... ]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Sep 2008 18:15:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Buck O'Neil book</title>
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<description><![CDATA[by kaite stover
Even though our boys in blue won't be the boys of October is no reason to write off the baseball season yet.
Kansas City Star sports columnist Joe Posnanski has preserved the twinkling summer evenings and he... ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 17 Sep 2008 08:55:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Only a vampire can love you forever</title>
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<description><![CDATA[by nikki powell
This is not your mother's vampire novel. Or maybe it is. The Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer has become remarkably popular among teens and their mothers, teachers and other adults.
The four-part series fo... ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 10 Sep 2008 18:05:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Wee Snuff and DJ play First Friday show</title>
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<description><![CDATA[If you&rsquo;re in the mood for something completely and extraordinarily different, go see Wee Snuff this weekend when it presents &ldquo;Urban Noise Camp&rdquo; from 7 p.m. to midnight Friday at the Lyric Opera&rsquo;s rehea... ]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 15:20:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Chick lit and more guilty pleasures</title>
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<description><![CDATA[by shelley carney
Summertime reading is my absolute favorite. I seem to have more time for leisure reading and often gravitate toward books I would normally pass up during busier times of the year.
This summer I read an ass... ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2008 18:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Bohemian DJazz</title>
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<description><![CDATA[A cross-format collaboration in the Crossroads &ndash; featuring Wee Snuff and The Red Shirt Theory &ndash; on Friday, September 5, from 7 p.m. till midnight at the Lyric Opera Warehouse, located at 18th and Charlotte.
Led b... ]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>The Title Says It All</title>
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<description><![CDATA[by chris barnickel&nbsp;
The title says it all--power to the people.&nbsp; That&rsquo;s the advice that Yvon Chouinard gives in his book let my people go surfing: the education of a reluctant businessman.&nbsp; Maybe you&rsq... ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 12:55:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Tom Bloch: Stand for the Best</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The Kansas City Public Library hosts the national launch of Tom Bloch's new book, Stand for the Best, on Thursday, August 28, at 6:30 p.m. in the Truman Forum at the Plaza Branch, 4801 Main St.
Stand for the Best: What I Lea... ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:05:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>The definitive book on Kansas City Jazz</title>
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<description><![CDATA[by kaite stover
You say you live in Kansas City and love jazz, but how well do you know your Kansas City jazz?
Local history buffs and jazz aficionados have likely flipped through the pages of Kansas City Jazz: From Ragtime... ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 12:15:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Your first book</title>
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<description><![CDATA[by angela kille
As I watched my preschool-age daughter flit from book to book in the library this week, I wondered what made her pick one book over the other. She's going through a "fairy princess" phase, so many of the book... ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 10:30:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Food for Fines Week 2008</title>
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<description><![CDATA[In partnership with Harvesters: the Community Food Network, the Kansas City Public Library offers its annual Food for Fines Week from August 18 through August 24.
During this period, Library patrons are encouraged to bring u... ]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 08:20:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>KC Rock the Vote!</title>
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<description><![CDATA[by nikki powell

Many people register to vote at their local library or the DMV, but did you know you can register to vote at concerts and shows? Rock the Vote provides voter registration at your favorite concert venues, ev... ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 09:10:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>A librarian's guilty secret</title>
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<description><![CDATA[A librarian's guilty secret
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by shelley carney
I have secrets. We all have secrets. Even in a comfortable and open relationship, deep down there is usually something we try to keep hidden. Those secrets make us who w... ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 08:15:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Friends of the Library Summer Booksale</title>
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<description><![CDATA[On the first Sunday of every month at 9:30 a.m. at the City Market, 400 Grand St. Kansas City, MO 64106--North Walkway next to the Steamboat Arabia, the Friends of the Library will hold a series of book sales.&nbsp; Book sale... ]]></description>
<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jul 2008 17:05:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Share the Road</title>
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<description><![CDATA[by chris barnickel
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Us and them.&nbsp; It disgusts me&mdash;the mentality.&nbsp; Two more people died.&nbsp; The response from some readers is even more repulsive.&nbsp; Go ahead, read all about it.&nbsp; http://www.k... ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 08:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Brett Lott: Ancient Highway</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Best-selling author Bret Lott will discuss his novel, Ancient Highway, on Wednesday, July 23, at 6:30 p.m. at the Central Library, 14 W. 10th St. Lott is best known for Jewel, an Oprah&rsquo;s Book Club selection.
Ancient Hi... ]]></description>
<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jul 2008 17:15:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>The best foodie novel is by a local</title>
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<description><![CDATA[by kaite stover
One of the hottest trends in reading lately is also one of the oldest &mdash; food and books.
Committed readers everywhere have always known it is nearly impossible to crack open a book without a morsel of s... ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 07:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>ORDER UP! Tales from the Dining Room</title>
<link>http://www.inkkc.com/bookends/blog/1225</link>
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<description><![CDATA[Throughout July 2008, the Kansas City Public Library celebrates the triumphs and trials of service industry employees (waiters, waitresses, and cohorts) as well as the people who love them with a series of programs called Ord... ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 17:15:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Prep and the Playaway</title>
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<description><![CDATA[by angela kille
While looking for something to read on the bus this month, I decided to try out something new at the Kansas City Public Library: a Playaway digital audio book.
Playaways are tiny MP3 players pre-loaded with ... ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 09:15:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Bomb the Suburbs</title>
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<description><![CDATA[by nikki powell
"Bomb the Suburbs" by William "Upski" Wimsatt is about graffiti, the big colorful art you see around town &mdash; not bombs or weapons. This book reads like a crash course on hip-hop culture. Upski poses thou... ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 10:20:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Four things that attract people to books</title>
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<description><![CDATA[by shelley carney

Part of my job as a reader&rsquo;s advisory librarian is to help guide readers to the next great book. While this is an extremely enjoyable part of my job, it can also be rather tricky.
What I enjoy read... ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 10:55:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Vacation Assassination w/ special thanks to Sarah Vowell</title>
<link>http://www.inkkc.com/bookends/blog/1077</link>
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<description><![CDATA[by chris barnickel&nbsp;
&nbsp;&nbsp; Time or money.&nbsp; You&rsquo;ve heard the saying: you either have one or the other&mdash;those who have the time don&rsquo;t have the money, and those who have the money can&rsquo;t af... ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 09:55:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Introducing the Kansas City Jazz Marquee Collection</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The Kansas City Public Library celebrates the first anniversary of its Stanley H. Durwood Film Vault with the unveiling a new audio visual collection coupled with a live music performance during an open house reception at 6:3... ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2008 20:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Books: At your service</title>
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<description><![CDATA[by kaite stover
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At holiday gatherings, friends of the ballet cocktail parties and roller derbies, I am often asked what it is like to work in a library. I used to struggle with an answer to adequately describe the my... ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2008 14:15:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Passion for Community: The Story of Greensburg</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Little more than a year ago, an EF-5 tornado devastated the community of Greensburg, Kansas. What the forces of nature could not overcome was the will of Greensburg&rsquo;s people.&nbsp; All that was visible was gone. But the... ]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jun 2008 19:15:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>MySpace vs. Facebook</title>
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<description><![CDATA[MySpace and I have come a long way. I'm a MySpace convert, originally attracted to Friendster. I had a MySpace account early on, but it didn't pick up until '05.
Around that time, Friendster added a feature that allowed you ... ]]></description>
<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jun 2008 16:10:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>BUZZ(word)KILL...and how to make it right.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Buzz word.&nbsp; I hate the term.&nbsp; I hate the idea.&nbsp; 
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Let me clarify, it&rsquo;s more the lip service that buzz words like social networking receive.&nbsp; They are thrown around carelessly in sound bytes t... ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 16:05:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Boxed-Up Books</title>
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<description><![CDATA[I have a closet full of books. They are in boxes. Unordered. At this point, I&rsquo;ve forgotten what&rsquo;s in there. It wasn&rsquo;t always this way. When my husband and I combined our personal libraries, they collided in ... ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 27 May 2008 15:45:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Day trippin' out of KC</title>
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<description><![CDATA[If you haven't already, it's time to start planning your summer getaway. But with the price of gas at a million dollars a barrel, you may be considering a rendezvous closer to home.
There are plenty of wonderful attractions ... ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2008 10:30:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Friends with Benefits</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Do you have friends who are constantly complaining about the lack of things to do in this town?&nbsp; Do your friends always tell you how bored they are?&nbsp; Those of you who didn&rsquo;t nod in agreement, maybe you&rsquo;r... ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 10:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Off-the-Wall Film Series: Can't Stop the Music!</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The Kansas City Public Library redefines the wall of sound as the annual Off-the-Wall Film Series reels off a rollicking line-up of cult musicals this summer.
This raucous rock/pop driven showcase kicks off with the long los... ]]></description>
<pubDate>Sun, 11 May 2008 18:30:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Jane Chu: A Report to the People of Kansas City at The Kansas City Public Library

Jane Chu, president and CEO of the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts, presents an illustrated talk on the status of downtown Kansas Ci... ]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 12:05:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Worst Best Friend Ever</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Everyone knows Tucker Max. Oh, maybe you&rsquo;ve never been formally introduced, but we all know someone just like Tucker. Guys have all had a friend like Tucker--a loud-mouthed, smart-assed, risk-taking, skirt-chasing frien... ]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 10:55:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Market-fresh reading</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Lured by thoughts of fresh organic asparagus and spinach, I&nbsp;dragged my husband and daughter out into the below-freezing cold to the opening day of the farmers market in Brookside.
I had just finished reading Animal, Veg... ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Of Spies and Their Toys</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The creator of the James Bond phenomenon, Ian Fleming was born in London 100 years ago this May. Escape with us now into those far-away days when a government agent donned a bespoke tux, drove a dream machine, and commanded a... ]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2008 12:15:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Something Wicked this way comes</title>
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<description><![CDATA[&lsquo;Wicked&rsquo;: Maguire brings new light to old villains
Who is the Wicked Witch of the West?
Meet Elphaba, the green-skinned girl of Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West.
Gregory Maguire's nove... ]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2008 12:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Author Scott Heim at Plaza Library</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The Kansas City Public Library, in association with Rainy Day Books, welcomes critically acclaimed author Scott Heim in a discussion on Tuesday, April 22, 2008 at 7 p.m. at the Plaza Branch, 4801 Main St. A 6:30 p.m. receptio... ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 12:20:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>More Pulitzer reading:</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Fiction 
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, by Junot Diaz. 
Diaz immerses us in the tumultuous life of Oscar and the history of the family at large, rendering with genuine warmth and dazzling energy, humor, and insight t... ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 23:05:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Mini Book Sale</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Spring Book Sale!Not all Library books are loaners. In conjunction with National Library Week, Library patrons can also pick up some keepers from a selection of books for sale during the Friends of the Library book sale at th... ]]></description>
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<title>Book clubs aren't just for dorks anymore</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Contrary to what you may think, book clubs are fun! They are the perfect excuse to get together with friends to show off how smart you are. As mentioned in my April 16th article, I&nbsp;am a member of a successful book club w... ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 11:10:00 -0500</pubDate>
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