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Becky Cooper: Harvard Detective Becky Cooper '10 published her new non-fiction book, “We Keep the Dead Close: A Murder at Harvard and Half a Century of Silence" on Nov. 10. The book dives into a story Cooper stumbled upon as an undergrad, which started out as little more than a rumor. The whispers told of a young Anthropology graduate student named Jane Britton. Rebecca “Becky” A. Cooper ’10 actually remembers her freshman convocation speaker. Her voice deepens and her vowels lengthen as she mimics the “very illustrious Harvard accent” of Jeremy R. Knowles, a for...

Lima Public Library Book Reviews LIBRARY OPEN • The Lima Public Library has reopened. Main library hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays. Branch hours are noon to 6 p.m. Mondays to Thursdays, except Lafayette is closed Wednesdays. • The main library has curbside pick up. Hours are 2 to 6 p.m. weekdays and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays. Call 567-712-5239, contact the library through Facebook Messenger or put a hold on a book through the online catalog. Give workers 24 hours to gather. Park near the main entrance. Call when you arriv...

30 Thoughtful Book Choices for Everyone on Your Holiday List On 12/12/20 at 8:00 AM EST Having trouble picking out the perfect gift for everyone on your list? Did you wait till the last minute? Never fear, Newsweek has curated a list of book choices for you, with a selection of photo essays, biographies, novels, thrillers and more—all from 2020, each one proving that something good came out of this year after all. These great reads are available for pick up at nearby bookstores, or online for contactless purchases with shipping in time for...

Book World: Harvard students told a lurid tale of a long-ago murder. Was it true? Marin Cogan, The Washington Post Dec. 11, 2020 FacebookTwitterEmail We Keep the Dead Close: A Murder at Harvard and a Half Century of Silence Becky Cooper - - - When Becky Cooper was a junior at Harvard, her friend's boyfriend told her a story about the murder of a graduate student in the university's archaeology department. This was in the 1960s, he said. The victim had been having an affair with one of her professors - a romance that began while they were on a dig together in Iran. When he tried to end the re...

These are the big books this holiday season, to read or give Patrick Rapa Peak TV has peaked, movie theaters are no-go zones, the Eagles are painful to watch, and the squirrels outside your window are just lying around looking at their phones. We’re in the doldrums, and all signs point to a long, dull winter. But at least we have books. Books to give as gifts. Books to give ourselves. Good ones are coming out all the time, which is why we’ve assembled a list of some top new titles to help point you in the right direction. There, our job is done.