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Debora Hardings memoir, "Dancing with the Octopus," is One Book One Nebraskas 2024 selection. The book untangles her Omaha kidnapping while offering an intimate portrait of her family.

Debora Hardings memoir, "Dancing with the Octopus," is One Book One Nebraskas 2024 selection. The book untangles her Omaha kidnapping while offering an intimate portrait of her family.

LINCOLN, Neb. — People across Nebraska are encouraged to read the work of a Nebraskan — and then talk about it with their friends and neighbors. “Dancing with the Octopus:

What book will all Nebraskans be encouraged to read in 2024? The public will all find out on Oct. 14 at the Celebration of Nebraska Books. A collection of essays

WASHINGTON (BRAIN) — A "Charlie Fest" has been scheduled for Friday and Saturday to honor City Bikes founder and CEO Charlie McCormick, who died May 11 at 60.Friday, "Toasts and Tales of Charlie" starts at 7 p.m. at Franklin Hall, 1348 Florida Avenue in Washington.

The co-founder of the Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction explains why now is a golden age for female writers

"I just finished reading Let Me Tell You What I Mean, it’s a new collection of pieces written by Joan Didion, 12 in total, from the early years of her career. Usually with essay collections I read one or two a night with a glass of wine when I get home from work, but with this book I caved and read it all across one afternoon and night. Her writing is just so funny, so smart and she has a way of examining both big and more mundane issues through a completely different lens to other writers....

Debora Harding When Debora Harding was 14 years old, she was abducted at knife point. An ice storm swirled throughout her hometown in Omaha as she waited outside a closed church, assuming the choir practice had not been canceled since a school wrestling event across the street went on as planned. The abductor, a man she refers to as “Mr.K.,” drives her around in a stolen van, interrogating her about her family’s finances. The young, naive girl surmises that her father must make “$16,000...

Looking for some last minute Christmas stocking stuffers? Check out these books Books make great last-minute stocking-stuffers. Here are a few suggestions for every type of reader, young, old and everything in between. Hint: You can also use this column for some ideas on how to spend those book store gift certificates that you find in your own stocking this year. Written By: Terri Schlichenmeyer / The Bookworm Sez | 12:00 pm, Dec. 20, 2020 × unique. Some family members w...