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Thomas Eugene Robbins (July 22, 1932 – February 9, 2025) was an American novelist. His most notable works are "seriocomedies" (also known as "comedy dramas"). [1]Robbins lived in La Conner, Washington, from 1970, where he wrote nine of his books. [2]
In April 1960 the Tampa Public Library's expanded its hours, from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Saturday, increasing the library's open hours from 66 to 72 hours per week. This was done with the hope that it would be more convenient for people working downtown to visit the library. [12] In 1961, the library was no longer seen as an adequate ...
The first free continuous children's library in the United States was funded privately, founded in 1835 in Arlington, Massachusetts. [14] New York lawyer, governor and bibliophile Samuel J. Tilden bequeathed millions to build the New York Public Library. He believed Americans should have access to books and a free education if desired. In 1902 ...
The L. Tom Perry Special Collections is the special collections department of Brigham Young University (BYU)'s Harold B. Lee Library in Provo, Utah. Founded in 1957 with 1,000 books and 50 manuscript collections, as of 2016 the Library's special collections contained over 300,000 books, 11,000 manuscript collections, and over 2.5 million ...
At the end of the Saturday Night Live season 50 premiere, hosted by Jean Smart, a title card appeared on screen honoring Tom McCarthy. Unlike former hosts, musical guests, or show staffers who ...
The library has also hosted many free concerts featuring music of different genres. [24] National acts such as Steve Forbert , Ron Sexsmith , Marshall Crenshaw , Glenn Tilbrook (of Squeeze), [ 25 ] Bill Kirchen, Graham Parker , NRBQ, [ 26 ] and Maggie and Terre Roche have all played at the library.
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In the first printed issue of the novel, the word 'Decides' was misprinted as 'Decided', and the word 'saw' is mistyped as 'was' on page 57.